Placing files

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When you place a file in an existing Corel Painter document, the placed image becomes a new reference layer in the document — you can transform (resize, rotate, or slant) it on-screen by dragging its handles. A placed file maintains its link to the source file until you commit it to the standard layer format.

You can scale a file before placing it in a document.

For more information, see Working with reference layers.

To place a file

 

To	Do the following
Place the image in a specific location in the document window	Disable the Center on Layer checkbox, and then click the area in the document window where you want to place the image.
Place the image in the center of the document window	Click OK.
Scale the image before placing	In the Scaling area, type a value in both the Horizontal and Vertical boxes.
Maintain the image proportions when scaling	In the Scaling area, enable the Constrain Aspect Ratio check box.
Retain the image mask	Enable the Retain Alpha check box. The image mask becomes a layer mask.

If the placed image contains a mask and you do not enable the Retain Alpha check box when placing, the image mask is discarded.