Corel Painter Help | Modifying the borders of selections

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:

•

To modify the border of a selection

•

To smooth a selection

Modifying the borders of selections

You can modify the border width of path-based selections. You can also smooth a selection border by removing sharp edges, rounding corners, and straightening the outline path.

To modify the border of a selection

1 .

In the toolbox, click the Selection Adjuster tool

, and then click a selection.

2 .

On the property bar, click the Modify flyout button, and click Border

.

3 .

In the Border Selection dialog box, specify the number of pixels for the width of the border.

border selection

Border selection with airbrush strokes applied

To smooth a selection

1 .

In the toolbox, click the Selection Adjuster tool

, and then click a selection.

2 .

On the property bar, click the Modify flyout button, and click Smooth

.

3 .

Repeat the command from the previous step until the path is sufficiently smooth.

smoothing

Selection before (left) and after (right) smoothing

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