Corel Painter Help | Using the grid

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2018, and are not included in Painter Essentials 6. For more information about Corel Painter 2018, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 6, see the Painter Essentials 6 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To activate the grid

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To set grid options

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To print gridlines

Using the grid

Corel Painter provides a grid to help you in laying down brushstrokes or creating shapes. You can align and snap image elements to a basic grid. You can set the types, size, line thickness, and color of the grid. You can also print gridlines.

To activate the grid

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Choose Canvas

Grid

Show Grid.

A non-printing grid appears.

You can also activate the grid from the Navigator panel by clicking the Open Navigator Settings button and choosing Show Grid.

To set grid options

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Choose Canvas

Grid

Grid Options.

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In the Grid Options dialog box, choose a grid type from the Grid Type list box.

3

Type values in any of the following boxes:

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Horizontal Spacing

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Vertical Spacing

The unit of measure can be in pixels, inches, centimeters, points, picas, columns (2 in. wide), or percent.

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Click the Grid Color chip to set the color of the gridlines.

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Click the Background chip to set the grid’s background color.

To print gridlines

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Choose Effects

Esoterica

Grid Paper.

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