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Using Perspective Guides

You can display non-printing Perspective Guides to create objects that give the impression that they are receding, or vanishing, from view. You can hide the Perspective Guides when you no longer need them.

You can choose from a selection of Perspective Guide presets, which include different configurations of the Perspective Guides. You can also modify a preset to best suit your needs. However, you can restore presets to their default state. You can also save a modified preset and delete presets that were previously saved.

The Perspective Guide presets include one, two, or three vanishing points that help set the direction of the perspective. You can also enable Perspective-Guided Strokes. The Perspective-Guided Strokes straighten the appearance of brushstrokes while constraining their position to direct them towards the closest vanishing point.

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An example of painting a box by using Perspective Guides

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The Perspective-Guided Strokes are constrained to direct them towards the closest vanishing point.

You can also modify the appearance of Perspective Guides by repositioning the vanishing point, the horizon line, and the primary lines. You can also rotate the primary lines to best suit your needs.

In addition, you can change the color and opacity of all lines. You can also increase or decrease the density of the intermediate lines.

To show Perspective Guides Back to Top

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To better display the guides, make sure you are in Full Screen mode. This allows you to reposition the guides to best suit your needs.

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You can also show the Perspective Guides by choosing Canvas Perspective Guides Enable Perspective Guides. However, this option does not allow you to modify the Perspective Guides.

To show or hide Perspective Guides Back to Top
To enable perspective-guided strokes Back to Top
To reposition lines and the vanishing point Back to Top

 

Hold down Shift and drag the vanishing point to a new position.
Hold down Command + Shift (macOS) or Ctrl + Shift (Windows), and drag the vanishing point to a new position.
To control the display of the primary lines Back to Top

 

On the property bar, click the Show/Hide Primary Lines button .
On the property bar, click the color picker that is to the right of the Show/Hide Primary Lines button, and choose a color.
On the property bar, move the Primary Lines Opacity slider to adjust the line opacity.
To control the display of the horizon line Back to Top

 

On the property bar, click the Show/Hide Horizon Line button .
On the property bar, click the color picker that is to the right of the Show/Hide Horizon Line button, and choose a color.
On the property bar, move the Horizon Line Opacity slider to adjust the line opacity.
To control the display of the intermediate lines Back to Top

 

On the property bar, click the Show/Hide Intermediate Lines button .
On the property bar, click the color picker that is to the right of the Show/Hide Intermediate Lines button, and choose a color.
On the property bar, move the Intermediate Lines Opacity slider to adjust the line opacity.
On the property bar, move the Intermediate Lines Density slider to adjust the line density.
To reset the perspective guides Back to Top
To save perspective guide settings as a preset Back to Top

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If you export your workspace, any Perspective Guides presets that you created are saved with the workspace.

To delete a perspective guide preset Back to Top

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