
198 Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide
• Dragging shapes and selections. The edges of the content and the selection
rectangle for the shapes and selections snap to the guides. The cursor — wherever
it might be in the object — also snaps to the guide.
• Dragging the handles of reference layers, shapes, and selections to transform them
• Dragging with the Selection Adjuster tool or Layer Adjuster tool
To enable Snap to Guides
• Choose Canvas Guides Snap to Guides.
The option is enabled when the menu item has a check mark beside it.
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
• 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
1 Choose Canvas Grid Grid Options.
2 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:
• Horizontal Spacing
• Vertical Spacing
The unit of measure can be in pixels, inches, centimeters, points, picas, columns (2
in. wide), or percent.
4 Click the Grid Color chip to set the color of the gridlines.
5 Click the Background chip to set the grid’s background color.
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