User Guide

Basics44
in the object—also snaps to the
guide.
• Dragging the handles of reference
layers, shapes, and selections to
transform them.
• Dragging with the Selection
Adjuster tool or Layer Adjuster
tool .
To enable Snap to Guides:
• Choose Canvas menu > Guides
> Snap to Guides.
The option is enabled when the
menu item has a check beside it.
Using the Grid
Corel Painter provides a grid to help
you in laying down brush strokes or
creating shapes. You can set the types,
size, line thickness, color, and
transparency of the grid. You can also
print grid lines.
The Grid Options dialog box.
To activate the grid:
Do one of the following:
• Choose Canvas menu > Grid >
Show Grid.
• Click the Toggle Grid button on
the right side of your image
window.
Your image now has a
non-printing grid.
To set grid options:
1 Choose Canvas menu > Grid >
Grid Options.
2 In the Grid Options dialog box,
choose a grid type from the Grid
Type pop-up menu.
3 Enter values for Horizontal
Spacing (the distance between
horizontal lines), Vertical Spacing
(the distance between vertical
lines), and Line Thickness.
The unit of measure can be in
pixels, inches, centimeters, points,
picas, columns (2" wide), or
percent.
4 Click in the Grid Color color chip
to set the color of the grid lines.
5 Click in the Background color chip
to set the grid’s background color.
To print grid lines
•Choose Effects menu > Esoterica
> Grid Paper.
Setting the Snap to Grid
Option
The Snap to Grid option enables
certain tool operations to “snap” to a
grid within 6 pixels of the cursor.