Corel PaintShop Pro Help | Using the Marker tool

Using the Marker tool

The Marker tool lets you apply pigment that resembles drawing with a marker on a canvas. Marker pens are a slightly wet medium, though generally not wet enough to interact with other wet media. The pigment goes on the canvas with a multiply function, simulating the interaction of using a pen repeatedly on the same spot. Pens generally have a very sharp fall-off at the stroke edge, and there is full canvas penetration even at light pressure.

Marker tool options

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Marker tool options include

• Shape — defines the shape of the marker tip

• Size — defines the size of the tool head in pixels

• Thickness — defines the aspect ratio of the tool head

• Rotation — defines the angle of head rotation in degrees

• Head Tracking — controls whether the tool head bends around the path of the stroke, or whether it remains at a fixed angle

• Trace check box — allows the Marker tool to select the pigment color by sampling the data below the center of the tool, regardless of the layer type

Important! When you hold down the mouse button to begin the stroke, note that a single sample is performed and the resulting color is used for the duration of the stroke.