Corel Painter Help | Shapes preferences

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Shapes preferences

The shapes preferences allow you to set the default fill and stroke for creating new shapes. You can also change the appearance of the Bézier handles when drawing or the wing, point, path, outline, and anchor colors.


Shape preference	Description
On Draw - Fill with current color	Fills both open and closed shapes with the currently selected color when drawing.
On Draw - Stroke in current color	Outlines both open and closed shapes with the currently selected color when drawing.
On Close - Fill with current color	Fills the shape with the currently selected color when the shape paths are closed.
On Close - Stroke in current color	Outlines the shapes with the currently selected color when the shape paths are closed.
Big handles	Controls the size of the anchor points and the direction of the wing handles to help you grab and drag them easily. If you want big points, enable this option.
Colors - Wing/Bézier/Handle	Sets the color of the wings, Bézier, and handles.
Colors - Outline/Path	Sets the color of the shape outline paths.
Colors - Selected Point/Anchor	Sets the color of the selected anchor points. The unselected anchor points appear "hollow."

To change shape preferences

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Do one of the following:

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(Mac OS) Choose Corel Painter 2015 menu

Preferences

Shapes.

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(Windows) Choose Edit

Preferences

Shapes.

If you set default preferences for the shape outline and fill color by using the Set Default Shape Attributes dialog box, the settings in the Preferences dialog box are ignored.

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.