Corel Painter Help | Flipping images

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To flip the canvas, a layer, or a selection individually

Flipping images

You can flip the canvas and all of its associated layers together, or you can flip a layer, selection, or the canvas individually. You can flip all or parts of an image horizontally (from left to right) or vertically (from top to bottom).

Original image.

Image flipped horizontally.

Image flipped vertically.

To flip the canvas and layers together

Choose Canvas

Rotate Canvas.

Choose one of the following:

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Flip Canvas Horizontal

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Flip Canvas Vertical

If your document has layers of different types, you are prompted to commit all of them to a default, pixel-based layer.

To flip the canvas, a layer, or a selection individually

Perform a task from the following table.


To flip	Do the following
The canvas	Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
A layer	Click one or multiple layers in the Layers panel.
A selection	Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document window to select an area.

Choose Edit, and choose one of the following:

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Flip Horizontal

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Flip Vertical

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2015, and are not included in Painter Essentials 5. For more information about Corel Painter 2015, visit http://www.painterartist.com/.

To get started with Painter Essentials 5, see the Painter Essentials 5 Quick Start Guide.