16 | Corel Painter 2015 User Guide
Editing channels............................................................................................................................... 571
Selections and transformations.........................................................................................................577
Getting started with selections......................................................................................................... 578
Creating path-based selections......................................................................................................... 580
Creating pixel-based selections......................................................................................................... 583
Creating selections from layers......................................................................................................... 586
Choosing the protected area of a selection...................................................................................... 588
Saving selections as alpha channels..................................................................................................588
Working with the Selection Portfolio................................................................................................ 592
Viewing selections............................................................................................................................ 593
Inverting selections........................................................................................................................... 594
Softening the edges of selections.....................................................................................................594
Stroking selections............................................................................................................................595
Modifying the borders of selections................................................................................................. 596
Expanding or contracting selections................................................................................................. 597
Adding to or subtracting from selections......................................................................................... 598
Preparing selections for transformations...........................................................................................600
Moving selections.............................................................................................................................600
Transforming a duplicate selection................................................................................................... 602
Scaling and rotating path-based selections.......................................................................................602
Skewing and distorting path-based selections.................................................................................. 604
Canceling transformations................................................................................................................ 606
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