Corel Painter Help | Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2020, and are not included in Painter Essentials 7. For more information about Corel Painter 2020, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 7, see the Painter Essentials 7 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To align a brushstroke to a path or shape

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To set the tolerance area for brushstroke alignment

Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes

You can automatically align a brushstroke to a path or the edge of a shape. You do this by determining the tolerance area, that is, how close the brushstroke must be to the path or shape for automatic alignment to occur. If the brushstroke is within the tolerance area, the brushstroke snaps to the path or shape; if the brushstroke is outside of the tolerance area, no brushstroke is applied.

align stroke to path

You can align brushstrokes to paths (left) and to shapes (right).

To align a brushstroke to a path or shape

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Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.

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In the Brush library panel, click a brush category and a brush variant.

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On the property bar, click the Align to Path button

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Brushstrokes within the tolerance area of a path or shape are automatically aligned.

If there are multiple shapes within the tolerance area, the brushstroke is aligned to the shape on the selected layer.

To set the tolerance area for brushstroke alignment

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Choose one of the following:

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(macOS) Corel Painter 2020 menu

Preferences

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(Windows) Edit

Preferences

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In the Preferences list of categories, click General.

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Type a number in the Align Brush to Path tolerance box.

The tolerance area is measured in pixels and must be between 1 and 999.

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