User guide

146 Painting and Drawing

Curved and freehand pen lines cannot be drawn as filled bitmaps.

Assuming you’re working on a non-shape layer when you create a shape, the

new shape appears on a new shape layer. But what about the next shape you

create? Shape layers can store more than one shape, and it’s up to you where the

next one will go.

This decision is made easy by use of the Context toolbar when the QuickShape

or line tool is selected. The toolbar displays a series of combination buttons

which determine the layer on which the shape will be placed and the relationship

the new shape will have on any existing shapes on the same layer.

New—Adds the shape to a new shape layer.

Add—Adds the shape to the currently selected layer.

Subtract—removes overlap region when a new shape is added

over existing shapes on the currently selected layer. The new shape

itself is not included.

Intersect—includes the intersection area only when a new shape

is added onto existing selected shapes on the currently selected layer.

Exclude—excludes the intersection area when a new shape is

added onto existing selected shapes on the currently selected layer.

To change the fill type, or edit its color(s):

Double-click the shape layer.

Choose the Gradient Fill Tool and use the Context toolbar.

Either approach lets you add a spectrum fill, a solid color fill, and/or a

transparency gradient to a shape or text object.