Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Drawing circles and ellipses

Drawing circles and ellipses

You can draw circles and ellipses.

To draw a circle or ellipse

Edit tab

1 On the Tools toolbar, select the Ellipse tool

Note: If you want to place the circle or ellipse on the current vector layer, mark the Create on Vector check box on the Tool Options palette. If no vector layer exists, marking this check box creates one for the circle or ellipse. If this check box is unmarked, the circle or ellipse is placed on a raster layer. Placing a circle or ellipse on a vector layer makes it easier to edit.

2 On the Materials palette, click the Background and Fill properties box, and choose a fill color.

3 Click the Foreground and Stroke properties box, and choose an outline color.

4 On the Tool Options palette, click one of the following buttons:

• Draw Circle

• Draw Ellipse

If you want to display the shape’s nodes, mark the Show Nodes check box.

5 Drag to draw the shape.

6 Click the Apply button

You can also
Set the radii	Mark the Show Nodes check box. Type or set values in the Radius X and Radius Y controls.
Set the center horizontal (center X) and vertical (center Y) position	Mark the Show Nodes check box. Type or set values in the Center X and Center Y controls.

You can save Tool Options palette settings as presets. For more information, see Using and creating presets.

If you have not displayed nodes in the shape, you can still set the radii and the center horizontal and vertical positions by clicking the Edit Mode button on the Tools Options palette.