Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Sizing, shaping, and rotating vector objects

Sizing, shaping, and rotating vector objects

You can transform vector objects and vector text interactively. For example, you can drag the handles on a bounding box to size, shape, or rotate objects. You can also transform vector objects by editing their nodes. For more information, see Working with nodes.

You can also size vector object to make them the same width, height, or both.

To size and shape a vector object

Edit tab

1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pick tool

2 Select the object.

3 Perform any of the steps in the following table.

To	Do the following
Size a vector object	Drag a corner or edge handle. If you want to resize while changing the current proportions, right-click and drag a handle.
Change perspective symmetrically	Hold down Shift, and drag a corner handle.
Shear a vector object	Hold down Shift, and drag a side handle.
Distort a vector object	Hold down Ctrl + Shift, and drag a handle.

To rotate vector objects

Edit tab

1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pick tool

2 Select an object.

3 Drag the rotation handle.

You can set a specific angle of rotation in the Angle box on the Tools Options palette.

To change the center of rotation, hold down Ctrl, and drag the rotation pivot point to a new location.

To make vector objects the same size

Edit tab

1 On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pick tool

2 Select the first vector object.

Note: The first object controls how all the other vector objects are resized.

3 Hold down Shift, and click the other objects you want to resize.

4 On the Tool Options palette, choose one of the following options from the Same Size group box:

• Make Same Height

• Make Same Width

• Make Same Width and Height

To change the object’s proportions while resizing, select the object with the Pick tool , and then right-click and drag a corner handle.