User Guide

334 Corel Painter User Guide
You can constrain the placement of the points by snapping to the grid. For
information about displaying and snapping to the grid, refer to “Using the
Grid” in the Help.
Each click or drag adds to the path. If you unintentionally add to the path,
press Delete (Mac OS) or Backspace (Windows) to remove the last anchor
point.
To add to an open shape path
1 Click an endpoint with the Pen tool.
2 Click or drag where you want to add an anchor point.
You can add to a path from an endpoint only. You cannot add to a closed path,
or to the middle of an open path.
You can also select an endpoint by holding down Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl
(Windows) and clicking the endpoint or dragging a marquee over it.
Using the Quick Curve Tool
The Quick Curve tool allows you to create Bézier curves by drawing freehand lines, as
if you were drawing with a pen or pencil.
To draw a freehand shape
1 Choose the Quick Curve tool in the toolbox.
2 Click where you want to start the shape or line, and drag.
As you drag, a dotted line appears. When you stop dragging, the Quick Curve
shape appears.
If you want to close the shape, finish at the same point where you began.
You can add to either endpoint of a Quick Curve shape by selecting the
endpoint and dragging out from it. To select an endpoint, hold down
Command (Mac OS) or Ctrl (Windows), and click the endpoint or drag
over it.