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  • What's a symmetry group?
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  1. Additional features

Symmetry

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Last updated 5 months ago

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Symmetry is both beautiful and time-saving. It was one of the most requested features in Pixquare's beta phase.

Most software offers mirroring with 4 symmetry lines: 1 vertical, 1 horizontal, and 2 diagonals. Pixquare goes 1 step further and offers as many groups (not lines, read further down this page to learn more) as your heart desires.

Flip the switch

Symmetry tool is disabled by default, so we'll need to enable it first.

To enable the symmetry tool, go to Settings > Features > Symmetry tool

What's a symmetry group?

Instead of working with individual symmetry lines, Pixquare works with multiple lines crossing at a shared center. It'll divide the canvas into smaller fragments and then do the symmetry magic in each fragment. Each cluster like that is a group.

In Pixquare, we can add as many group as we want

How to use

  1. Position and rotation drag knob - drag these to adjust the position and angle of the lines. Only the selected line in the panel has these

  2. On/off toggle - Symmetry lines can be temporarily turned on/off

  3. Current position of the line

  4. Line color - tap on this box to change the line's color

  5. Number of lines/fragements

  6. Symmetry mode: mirror or rotate

  7. Reset the position to center and angle to 0

  8. Add new line and remove the selected line