Working with Structures

Use structures to add more in-depth patterns to your paintings. This offers limitless freedom to experiment with multiple diverse structures that can overlay each other.

Open the Structures panel from the Window menu or by using the shortcut Shift + S.

Structure Library - Open the Structure Library to access all your structures and pick the specific structures for your current project.

Click on a structure in the Structure Library to open it in the Structures panel for the current project. This will automatically add the structure to the canvas.

Moving an item from the Library to the current project creates a copy, ensuring that any changes made to the copy don't affect the original item in the Library.

Small | Large Icons - Switch to small or large icons of the structures in the Library panel.

Import Structure - Import a structure to the Structure Library.

Add Structure - Add the currently selected structure from the Structures panel to the Structure Library.

Remove Structure - Remove the selected structure from the Structure Library.

In the Library, right-click the structure and choose to rename or remove it. You can re-arrange the list by dragging a selected structure to the desired position.

Right-click in the Structure Library panel to add a new group or delete the selected group of structures. Rename the group by double-clicking its name, enter the new name of the group and hit Enter. Hide the group using one left mouse button click.

In the Structures panel, right-click the structure and choose to rename or remove it.

Show | Hide Structures - Show or hide all active structures on/from the canvas.

Import a new Structure - Create a structure from an image file. After selecting the file, the structure is automatically created and added to the Structures panel.

Remove Structure - Remove the selected structure from the Structures panel.

To add a structure to the canvas, select it from the Structure Library or Structures panel by clicking on it.

When a structure is placed on canvas a Structure Menu appears at the top:

Move structure - Move the structure by clicking the center button and dragging it on the canvas.

Rotate structure - Rotate the structure by clicking the rotate button and dragging it on the canvas.

Scale structure - Scale the structure by clicking the scale button and dragging on the canvas.

Hide structure - Hide the structure from the canvas.

Structure menu:

• Invert - Invert the current structure.

• Flip Horizontally - Flip the structure horizontally.

• Flip Vertically - Flip the structure vertically.

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

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

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

Video tutorial

Learn more about Rebelle's Structures in this video: Structures.