
786 Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide
You can control how the text is centered on the baseline. You can also move the center
point by dragging on the slider or by changing the alignment. Dragging the Centering
slider also changes where the text starts and stops on a line. The Centering slider has
no effect on the Curve Flat style. After you apply a curve style, you can change the
curve of the path.
To set a curve style and change centering
1 Choose the Te xt tool from the toolbox.
2 In the Layers panel, select a text layer.
3 In the Text panel, click a curve style icon:
• Curve Flat
• Curve Ribbon
• Curve Perpendicular
• Curve Stretch
4 Drag the Centering slider to the right or left.
The text moves along the curve.
You can also change the alignment of text on a path by clicking a text layer in
the Layers panel and clicking an alignment button in the Te xt panel. For
more information, see “To align text” on page 781.
To change the text path
1 Choose Window Layers.
2 In the Layers panel, select a text layer.
3 Choose the Shape Selection tool from the toolbox.
4 Click an end point on the path.
Drag the handles to change the shape of the path.
Converting text layers
You can convert a text layer into a standard layer so that you can apply effects such as
gradations, blends, or surface textures. For example, you can also apply surface control
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