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Working with Stencils

To add a stencil to the canvas, select it from the Stencil Library or Assets panel by clicking on it.

When a stencil is placed on canvas a Stencil Menu appears at the top:

Move stencil - Move the stencil by clicking the center button and dragging it on the canvas. You can select and move the stencil also by right mouse button or by holding Spacebar + LMB. On tablets with touch screens select and move the stencil with one finger touch.

Rotate stencil - Rotate the stencil by clicking the rotate button and dragging it on the canvas. On tablets with a touch display rotate the stencil using two fingers.

Scale stencil - Scale the stencil by clicking the scale button and dragging on the canvas. On tablets with touch display scale stencil using two fingers.

Hide stencil - Hide the stencil from the canvas. (shortcut Backspace)

Stencil menu:

  • Invert - Invert stencil to reverse the active area where paint can be applied.

  • Flip Horizontally - Flip the stencil horizontally.

  • Flip Vertically - Flip the stencil vertically.

  • Reset - Reset the position and size of the stencil to default.

  • Border - Create a border around the stencil to prevent from painting on the outer canvas.

  • Tile - Tile the stencil on canvas and create an infinite stencil.

  • Lock Aspect Ratio - Preserve the relative width and height when you resize the stencil.

  • Lock - Lock to prevent the stencil from unwanted changes in size, rotation or position.

Tip

Not only the paint is prevented from the place where the stencil is placed but also water and wet painting take stencils into consideration. For example, if you wet a layer where the stencil is placed the whole layer will get wet except the area covered by the stencil. This works the other way around too - if a stencil is placed on the wet layer and you hit the 'Dry the layer' button all is dry except the stencil area.