User Guide

336 Corel Painter User Guide
For best results, the selection should be path-based. If the selection is
pixel-based, from the menu bar choose Select > Transform Selection to
convert it to a path-based selection.
Acquiring Shapes from Adobe Illustrator
You may want to work with shapes you’ve created in Adobe Illustrator. Corel Painter
lets you import the shape contents of files in Illustrator EPS format.
Some Adobe Illustrator file options are not supported by Corel Painter. Patterns,
placed images, gradients, masks, and text cannot be interpreted by Corel Painter. If
the file contains text, you must convert the text to outlines.
Corel Painter also supports PostScript on the Clipboard when you paste content into a
Corel Painter document. This convention allows applications to exchange high-quality
vector PostScript information. With PostScript on the Clipboard, you can copy from
Illustrator and paste into Corel Painter when both applications are running.
Corel Painter imports PostScript content from the Clipboard, but exports only pixel-
based layers and selections.
To acquire shapes from Adobe Illustrator
1 In Corel Painter, choose File menu > Acquire > Adobe Illustrator File.
2 In the Adobe Illustrator File dialog box, select the Adobe Illustrator file, and click
Open.
To convert text in Adobe Illustrator
1 In Adobe Illustrator, select the text using a selection tool.
2 Choose Type menu > Create Outlines.
Setting Shape Attributes
When you apply a stroke, also known as an outline, to a shape, you can choose the
color, opacity, and width of the path outlining the shape. You can also control the way
line ends are drawn and joined. In addition, you can apply a fill to a shape by coloring
the area enclosed by the stroke. When you fill a shape, you can choose the color and
opacity of the fill.