Resizing, rotating, skewing, and flipping shapes

Corel Painter lets you resize, rotate, flip, or skew an individual shape, or a group of shapes. Before you can work with a shape, you must select it.

Resizing a shape

Rotating a group of shapes

A rectangle (upper left) is skewed by dragging a side middle handle (upper right) and by dragging the top middle handle (bottom).

To resize a shape

1 .	Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox.

You can maintain the proportions by holding down Shift as you drag.

To rotate a shape

1 .	Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox.

To skew a shape

1 .	Choose the Layer Adjuster tool from the toolbox.

To flip a shape

1 .	Choose the Shape Selection tool from the toolbox, and click a shape.

2 .	On the property bar, click the Edit flyout button , and choose one of the following options:

•

Flip Horizontally

•

Flip Vertically

You can also flip a shape by first selecting it with the Layer Adjuster tool . Then, to flip horizontally, drag a top or bottom handle past the opposite handle. To flip vertically, drag a side handle past the opposite handle.

---

Was this page helpful? Send feedback. (Internet connection required.)

---