Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes
You can automatically align a brushstroke to a path or the edge of a shape. You do this by determining the tolerance area, that is, how close the brushstroke must be to the path or shape for automatic alignment to occur. If the brushstroke is within the tolerance area, the brushstroke snaps to the path or shape; if the brushstroke is outside of the tolerance area, no brushstroke is applied.
You can align brushstrokes to paths (left) and to shapes (right).
To align a brushstroke to a path or shape
1
Click the Brush Selector on the Brush Selector bar.
2
Click a brush category and a brush variant.
3
On the property bar, click the
Align to Path button
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Brushstrokes within the tolerance area of a path or shape are automatically aligned.
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If there are multiple shapes within the tolerance area, the brushstroke is aligned to the shape on the selected layer.
To set the tolerance area for brushstroke alignment
1
Choose one of the following:
•
(macOS)
Corel Painter 2023 menu
Preferences
•
(Windows)
Edit
Preferences
2
In the
Preferences list of categories, click
General.
3
Type a number in the
Align Brush to Path tolerance box.
The tolerance area is measured in pixels and must be between 1 and 999.