It is also possible to rotate a drawing with the “Rotate Tool”. Left click on the trace and the drawing will be mirrored upside down or left/right. In the Tool Option Window, choose “Layer” in the “Affect” option and then choose “Horizontal” or “Vertical” in the “Flip type” op- tion. It is possible to use percentages by changing the “pixels” option.
Left click on the trace and a grid and a “Scale” window will appear helping the user to adjust the image at the right size. In the Tool Option Window, choose “Layer” in the “Transform” option and leave the other options with the default values. Then, it is possible to move the trace in the right position by left clicking on the trace and dragging the layer. In the Tool Option Window, choose “Layer” (the first icon) in the “Move” option and “Move the active layer” in the “Tool Toggle” option. In the “Layers” window select the layer with the trace. In the toolbox it is possible to find the right instruments (Fig. Next step is to move, scale, flip or rotate the drawings to set them in the right posi- tion. The new layer can be renamed by double-clicking on its name in the “Layers” window. It is also possible to move the entire layer (with a simple drag and drop of the layer into the new image) but this step will increase the file size.
This is particularly useful in order to rearrange the plate later. 5B) right click on this new layer and choose ‘To a new layer’ to create a new layer (named “Pasted Layer”) with the clipping (Fig. A new layer, named ‘Floating Selection’ will appear in the Layers Dialog (Fig. Then copy the selection (Edit > Copy) and paste it (Edit > Paste) into the new blank image. Use the ‘Free Select Tool’ to carve out the part of the drawing left click several times following the trace outline. xcf file and select the layer that contains that trace. 5A) In order to move the trace that has been already drawn into the new plate: open the. at 600 ppi, opening the Advanced Options (Fig.
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