Applying brush strokes 1
Paint tools let you imitate a variety of painting and drawing media. For example, you can apply brush strokes that imitate watercolors, pastels, felt markers and pens. By default, brush strokes are added to the active object or background. Brush strokes can also be rendered as separate objects. For information about objects, see Creating objects on page 447. The paint tool and brush type you choose determines the appearance of the brush stroke on the image. When you paint with a preset brush,...
Creating layers
All CorelDRAW drawings consist of stacked objects. The vertical order of these objects the stacking order contributes to the appearance of the drawing. You can organize these objects using invisible planes called layers. Layering gives you added flexibility when organizing and editing the objects in complex drawings. You can divide a drawing into multiple layers, each containing a portion of the drawing's contents. For example, using layers can help you organize an architectural plan for a...
Choosing colors
You can choose fill and outline colors using fixed or custom color palettes, color viewers, color harmonies, or color blends. For information about applying the colors you choose, see Applying uniform fills on page 141 and Formatting lines and outlines on page 52. When you want to use a color that already exists in an object or document, you can sample the color to achieve an exact match. For more information, see To copy a fill to another object on page 150. Choosing a color using the default...
To use color management styles
1 Click Tools Color management. 2 Choose one of the following from the Style list box Optimized for desktop printing Optimized for professional output Some color management settings, such as Default, Optimized for desktop printing, and Optimized for professional output, can result in on-screen colors appearing dull. This is due to an on-screen printer simulation of the output. You can add or delete a color management style by clicking the Add preset J or Remove preset buttons.
Selecting objects
Before you can change an object, you must select it. You can select visible objects, hidden objects, and a single object in a group or a nested group. You can select objects in the order in which they were created. You can also select all objects at once and deselect objects. You can select a single object from a group. Click an object using the Pick tool Cj . Hold down Shift, and click each object you An object, starting with the first object Press Shift Tab until a selection box created and...
Tweening objects
Tweening lets you animate objects in a movie. You change their position and appearance at specific frames in their life spans, and Corel R.A.VE. creates the frames in between. Before you can tween an object, you must increase its life span so that it exists for more than one frame. For more information, see Increasing the life span of objects on page 330. To tween a static object, you can turn the end frame of the object's timeline into a keyframe. The start frame of the object's timeline...
Shaping objects using envelopes
CorelDRAW lets you shape objects, including lines, artistic text, and paragraph text frames by applying envelopes to them. Envelopes are made of multiple nodes that you can move to shape the envelope and, as a result, change the shape of the object. You can apply a basic envelope that conforms to the shape of an object, or you can also apply a preset envelope. After you apply an envelope, you can edit it or add a new envelope to continue changing the object's shape. CorelDRAW also lets you copy...
To smudge an object
1 Select an object using the Pick tool Cj . 2 Open the Shape edit flyout i lt lt , and click the Smudge brush tool lt 3 . 3 Drag around the outline to distort it. Type a value in the Size of the nib box Change the size of the brush nib when using the graphics stylus Click the Use stylus pressure button A on the property bar and apply pressure to the stylus. Type a value between -10 and 10 in the Add dry out to the effect box o C on the Type a value between 1 and 90 in the Enter Change the shape...
Creating vector extrusions
You can make objects appear three-dimensional by creating vector extrusions. You can create vector extrusions by projecting points from an object and joining them to create an illusion of three dimensions. CorelDRAW also lets you apply a vector extrusion to an object in a group. After you create an extrusion, you can copy or clone its attributes to a selected object. Cloning and copying transfer the extrusion attributes of an extruded object to another. However, the cloned extrusion settings...
Registering Corel products
Registering Corel products is important. Registration provides you with timely access to the latest product updates, valuable information about product releases, and access to free downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special offers. You can register when you install the application or at a later date. You can register using the following methods online You can launch online registration if you are connected to the Internet when you install the Corel graphics application. If no Internet...
Property bar
The property bar displays the most commonly used functions that are relevant to the active tool or to the task you're performing. Although it looks like a toolbar, the property bar content changes depending on the tool or task. For example, when you click the Text tool in the Toolbox, the property bar displays only text-related commands. In the example below, the property bar displays text, formatting, alignment, and editing tools. A QDeiadt Paragraph Text v Tfc AvartGardeBkBT v 12 v B f U if S...
To change the spacing of text
4 In the Spacing area, type values in any of the boxes. Character and word spacing can only be applied to entire paragraphs, or to an entire paragraph text frame or artistic text object. Values represent a percentage of the space character. The Character values range from -100 to 2000 percent. All other values range from 0 to 2000 percent. You can also change the spacing between words and characters proportionately by selecting the text object using the Shape tool i and dragging the Interactive...
Changing bitmaps to blackandwhite images
You can change any image to a black-and-white image. In addition to conversion settings such as threshold, screen type, and intensity, there are seven conversion options that affect how the converted images will look. Line art Produces a high-contrast, black-and-white image. Colors with a grayscale value lower than the threshold value that you set change to black, while colors with a grayscale value higher than the threshold value change to white. Organizes the gray levels into repeating...
Defining editable areas
There are a number of ways to define an editable area in an image without using color information from the image. Defining an editable area using an obj'ect, text, or the Clipboard contents You can define an editable area using objects. When you create an editable area that has the shape of one or more objects, you have to move the objects away from the editable area before editing it. You can define an editable area using text. The editable area created when you type has the font and style...
Documentation conventions
The following table describes important conventions used in the user guide and Help. Click the menu item followed by the menu command. A list of options that drops down when a user clicks the down arrow button. Choose a value from the Force field list box on the property bar. A window containing available commands and settings relevant to a specific tool or task. Double-click the name of the group in the Timeline docker. Type a value in the Eraser thickness box on the property bar, and press...
Drawing lines
CorelDRAW lets you draw all kinds of different lines, from curved or straight lines to calligraphic lines. You can create a line that is drawn as you drag the mouse. You can create segments that are straight and curved in the same line. You can draw straight or curved segments and then add one node at a time. You can also draw a curve by specifying width and height. You can draw a curved line by specifying its width left , specifying its height center , and clicking the page right . Some lines...
To copy a fill to another object
1 Open the Eyedropper flyout y , and click the Eyedropper tool y . 2 Choose Sample color from the list box on the property bar. 3 Click the Sample size flyout on the property bar, and enable one of the following options 1X1 lets you choose the average color in a 1X1 pixel area of the object 3X3 lets you choose the average color in a 3X3 pixel area of the object 5X5 lets you choose the average color in a 5X5 pixel area of the object 4 Click the object whose fill you want to copy. 5 Open the...
Other resources
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To convert an outline to an object
2 Click Arrange Convert outline to object. Edit line style dialog box. By clicking the boxes to the left of the slider, you can specify the placement and frequency of the dots in the new line style you create. Choose a line style from the Style list box, and click Edit style. Create a line style in the Edit line style dialog box, and click Replace.
Blending objects
CorelDRAW lets you create blends, such as straight-line blends, blends along a path, and compound blends. A straight-line blend shows a progression in shape and size from one object to another. The outline and fill colors of the intermediate objects progress along a straight-line path across the color spectrum. The outlines of intermediate objects show a gradual progression in thickness and shape. After you create a blend, you can copy or clone its settings to other objects. When you copy a...
Creating rollovers
Rollovers are interactive objects that change in appearance when you click or point to them. Ydu can create rollovers using objects. To create a rollover, you add the following rollover states Normal the default state of a button when no mouse activity is associated with the button Over the state of a button when the pointer passes over it Down the state of a clicked button To edit the rollover states, you can view the rollover states and their properties. Rollovers showing Normal left , Over...
Creating PowerClip objects
CorelDRAW lets you place vector objects and bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects, or containers. A container can be any object, for example artistic text or a rectangle. When you place an object into a container that is larger than the container, the object, called the content, is cropped to fit the form of the container. This creates a PowerClip object. Objects before becoming a PowerClip object artistic text and a bitmap Objects before becoming a PowerClip object artistic text and a...
To add a page
1 Click Layout Insert page. 2 Type the number of pages you want to add in the Insert pages box. 3 Enable one of the following options If you want to insert before or after a page other than the current page, type the page number in the Page box. 61 You can also add pages by clicking the Add page button on the Document window, if you're on the first or last page. You can also choose where to add a page by right-clicking a page tab in the Document window, and clicking Insert page after or Insert...
To add a drop cap
4 Choose Drop cap from the Effect type list box. 5 Click one of the following icons Dropped wraps text around the drop cap Hanging indent offsets the drop cap from the body of text OSfc consectetwer a ipi amp cin eiit, sei iew nonummy niai euisitio tm unt ut lacree t dolore marna aliguam erat zmutpat, Ut ft'isis mm ab minim vemam, quis nostni . You can add a drop cap left or a hanging indent drop cap right . a ipiscing eiit, se iew nonummy niby ewismo tincibuvit ut lacree t oiore magna aliguam...
To work with the start or end objects in a blend
Change the start or end object of a blend Select a blend, click the Start and end object properties button on the property bar, and click Show start, or Show end. Select a blend, click the Start and end object properties button on the property bar, and click New start, or New end. Click an object outside the blend that you want to use as the start or end of the blend. Fuse the start or end object in a split or compound blend Hold down Ctrl, click a middle object in a blend, and then click a...
To rotate an object
2 Click Window Dockers Transformations Rotate. 3 Disable the Relative center check box in the Transformations docker. To rotate an object around a point relative to its current position, enable the Relative center check box. 4 Type a value in the Angle box. You can also Specify the point around which you want to Type values in the H and V boxes to specify rotate the object the horizontal and vertical positions. Click You can also rotate a selected object by dragging a rotation handle clockwise...
Positioning objects
You can position objects by dragging them to a new location, by nudging, or by specifying their horizontal and vertical position. The values you set in super nudging, and micro nudging allow you to move objects by increments. By default, you can nudge objects in 0.1-inch increments, but you can change the nudge values to suit your needs. When you specify the position of an object, you can set horizontal and vertical coordinates that are relative to the object's center anchor point or to another...
Combining objects
Combining two or more objects creates a single object with common fill and outline attributes. You can combine rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars, spirals, graphs, or text. CorelDRAW converts these objects to a single curve object. If you need to modify the attributes of an object that is combined, you can break the combined object apart. You can extract a subpath from a combined object to create two separate objects. You can also weld two or more objects to create a single object. For...
To draw an arc or a wedge
Open the Ellipse flyout Q , and click the Ellipse tool. Click the Arc button on the property bar. Drag in the drawing window until the arc is the shape you want. Open the Ellipse flyout O -is , and click the Ellipse tool. Click the Wedge button on the property bar. Drag in the drawing window until the wedge is the shape you want. To draw an arc, the ellipse or circle must have an outline. You can change the direction of a selected arc or a wedge by clicking the Clockwise counterclockwise arcs...
Dockers 1
Dockers display controls, such as command buttons, options, and list boxes. Some dockers also include additional visual information about the tools or image elements. You can keep dockers open while you work on an image. You can attach, or dock, dockers to either side of the application window, or you can float, or undock, them so you can move them as you work in the application window. You can also minimize dockers to save valuable screen space. If you open more than one docker at a time, the...
Dockers
Dockers display the same type of controls as a dialog box, such as command buttons, options, and list boxes. Unlike most dialog boxes, you can keep dockers open while working on a document, so you can readily access the commands to experiment with different effects. An example is the Object properties docker. When this docker is open, you can click an object in the drawing window and view formatting, dimensions, and other properties of the object. Dockers can be either docked or floating....
Importing files
Your application lets you import files created in other applications. For example, you can import a Portable Document Format PDF , JPEG, or Adobe Illustrator AI file. You can import a file and place it in the active application window as an object. You can also resize and center a file as you import it. The imported file becomes part of the active file. While importing a bitmap, you can resample it to reduce the file size or crop it to eliminate unused areas of the photo. You can also crop a...
To change the dimensions of an image
2 Enable any of the following check boxes Anti-alias smooths the edges in the image Maintain aspect ratio avoids distortion by maintaining the width-to-height ratio of the image 3 In the Image size area, type values in one of the following pairs of boxes Width and Height let you specify the image dimensions Width and Height let you resize the image to a percentage of its original size When you change the dimensions of an image, you produce better results using width and height values that are...
To create a color palette from an image
1 Click Window Color palettes Create palette from document. Changing an image to another color mode, such as RGB, CMYK, or grayscale, changes the image's color structure and size and can affect how the image displays and prints. changing the color mode of images changing images to the paletted color mode
To disable a plugin
2 In the Workspace list of categories, click Plug-ins. 3 Disable the checkbox next to the plug-in you want to disable. If your plug-ins are installed in the Corel PHOTO-PAINT plug-ins folder, you must add individual plug-ins to the list on the Plug-ins page, and disable the first checkbox in the list the Corel PHOTO-PAINT plug-in folder before you can disable individual plug-ins. To add individual plug-ins to the list, see To install a plug-in from another location on page 427. fc You can also...
Standard toolbar
The standard toolbar, which displays by default, contains buttons that are shortcuts to many of the menu commands. For information about customizing the position, contents, and appearance of toolbars, see Customizing toolbars in the Help. Cut selected objects to the Clipboard Copy selected objects to the Clipboard Paste the Clipboard contents into a drawing Launch to Corel Graphics Community Web site
Aligning and spacing text
You can align both paragraph and artistic text horizontally. Aligning paragraph text lines up text relative to the paragraph text frame. You can horizontally align all paragraphs or only selected paragraphs in a paragraph text frame. You can vertically align all paragraphs in a paragraph text frame. You can also align text to another object. You can align a text object to other objects using the first line baseline, last line baseline, or the edge of the text bounding box. You can align a text...
To align an object to an object
2 Click Arrange Align and distribute Align and distribute. 4 Enable the check boxes that correspond to the horizontal and vertical alignment you want. If you want to align objects vertically, enable the Left, Center, or Right option. If you want to align objects horizontally, enable the Top, Center, or Bottom option. 5 From the Align objects to list box, choose Active objects. If you are aligning text objects, choose one of the following from the For text source objects use list box The object...
To align an object to the page edge
If you want to align an object group, select the group. 2 Click Arrange Align and distribute Align and distribute. 4 Enable the check boxes that correspond to the horizontal and vertical alignment you want. If you want to align objects vertically, enable the Left, Center, or Right option. If you want to align objects horizontally, enable the Top, Center, or Bottom option. 5 Choose Edge of page from the Align to object list box. You can also align objects by selecting them and clicking the Align...
To display dynamic guides
1 With dynamic guides enabled, click a drawing tool. 2 Move the pointer over and then off an eligible snap point of an object. 3 Repeat step 2 with other objects to display other dynamic guides. The snap points you point to are registered in a queue and are used to create dynamic guides. The eligible snap points node, center, quadrant, and text baseline snap points display only when the corresponding snapping modes are activated. For more information about snap points and snapping modes, see...
To place an object at the intersection of dynamic guides
1 With dynamic guides enabled, select an object. If you want to move the object by a specific snap point, move the pointer over the snap point until the snap point becomes highlighted. 2 Drag the object to an eligible snap point of another object, and drag to display a dynamic guide. Don't release the mouse button. 3 Drag the object to another eligible snap point, and when the snap point becomes highlighted, drag to display another dynamic guide to where the two dynamic guides would intersect....
To change the order of an object
2 Click Arrange Order, and click one of the following To front moves the selected object to the front of all other objects To back moves the selected object behind all other objects Forward one moves the selected object forward one position Back one moves the selected object behind one position In front of moves the selected object in front of a specific object Behind moves the selected object behind a specific object
Sizing and scaling objects
CorelDRAW lets you size and scale objects. In both cases, you change the dimensions of an object proportionally by preserving its aspect ratio. You can size an object's dimensions by specifying values or changing the object directly. Scaling changes an object's dimensions by a specified percentage. You can change an object's anchor point from its center to any of its eight selection handles. Drag any of the corner selection handles. Size a selected object from its center Hold down Shift, and...
Combining and linking paragraph text frames
You can combine paragraph text frames. You can also break paragraph text frames apart into subcomponents columns, paragraphs, bullets, lines, words, and characters. Every time you break apart a text frame, the subcomponents are placed into separate paragraph text frames. Linking paragraph text frames directs the flow of text from one text frame to another if the amount of text exceeds the size of the first text frame. If you shrink or enlarge a linked paragraph text frame, or change the size of...
To crop an image
2 Drag to select an area on the image. 3 Double-click inside the cropping area. Enlarge or reduce the cropping area Drag the cropping handles. Move the cropping area Click and drag inside the cropping area to Rotate the cropping area to straighten it Click inside the cropping area to display the rotation handles y Drag the rotation handles to align the cropping area with the image area you want to crop. Expand the cropping area outside the original image Click Image Crop Expand, and drag a...
Applying texture fills 1
Texture fills are three-dimensional patterns. You can use preset texture fills, such as water, minerals, and clouds, or you can edit a preset to create a custom texture fill. You cannot import files to use as texture fills. When you edit a texture fill, you can modify parameters, such as the softness, density, brightness, and colors. Parameters vary for each texture. You can modify the attributes of a texture fill to change its appearance. You can modify the attributes of a texture fill to...
To set the page size and orientation
Click Layout Page setup, and choose a paper type from the Paper list box. Click Layout Page setup, and choose Custom from the Paper list box, and type values in the Width and Height boxes. Click Layout Page setup, and enable the Landscape or the Portrait option. Set the page orientation for an individual page in a multi-page document Go to the page. Click the bottom half of the Set default or current page size and orientation button on the property bar, and click the Landscape or Portrait...
To copy an objects size position or rotation to another object
1 Click the Eyedropper flyout y -y , and click the Eyedropper tool ,y 2 Choose Object attributes from the list box on the property bar. 3 Click the Transformations flyout on the property bar. 4 Enable any of the following check boxes 5 Click the edge of the object whose transformations you want to copy. 6 Click the Eyedropper flyout y 0- , and click the Paintbucket tool gt _J. 7 Click the edge of the object to which you want to copy the transformations.
To resample a bitmap
3 In the Resolution area, type values in any of the following boxes If you want to maintain the proportions of the bitmap, enable the Maintain aspect ratio check box. If you want to maintain the file size, enable the Maintain original size check box. You can also resample a selected bitmap by clicking the Resample button Enable the Anti-alias check box to minimize the jagged appearance of curves.
Changing the paper size
Changing the paper size lets you modify the dimensions of the printable area, which contains both the image and the paper. When you resize the paper, you increase or decrease the paper-colored border, but not the dimensions of the original image. However, if you reduce the paper size so that its height and width are smaller than the dimensions of the original image, the original image will be cropped. You can change the paper size surrounding the original image. You can change the paper size...