Rotating the canvas

The Grabber is one of several tools that have alternative options in the Toolbox. Click and hold the Grabber and select the second icon with a circular arrow. This is the Rotate Page tool and allows the picture to be rotated to make it easier to paint with certain brushes. Don't get this confused with the Rotate Canvas command in the Canvas menu, this tool simply turns the picture around in the same way a traditional artist might move a canvas around to get a better angle.

Click and drag in the document window to see the image rotate, to return to the original position click once on the canvas or double click on the Rotate Page icon in the Toolbox. Figure 1.12 shows the rotated

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