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In Corel® PHOTO-PAINT TM , select any object (other than the background) and copy it to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl + C . Right-click the same object and click Create Clip Mask > From Object Transparency . With the clip mask selected (active state is indicated by a red border in the Objects...
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Many jobs require certain objects at multiple locations on multiple pages in a file. Such objects or a group of objects can be defined and saved as a symbol. These symbols can be managed within the Symbol Manager docker ( Ctrl + F3 ). By defining a symbol, you can then alter the placed symbol at any...
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Let's say you have three text frames that are linked as Text1 > Text2 > Text3 . Now if you change the formatting of the Text2, by default CorelDRAW® will only apply the formatting to Frame 2 and Frame 3. Frame 1 will be not affected. You can change this behavior so that any change in formatting...
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In Corel® PHOTO-PAINT TM , when working with a great many individual objects, it can become difficult to quickly find a specific object in the Objects docker. However, you can quickly identify object information by clicking the Pick tool and hovering over the object in the image window. A pop-up...
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Imagine you have to create a vector rope, perhaps tied around something or with knots in it. In CorelDRAW®, you can easily accomplish this with a line segment and a curve. The Artistic Media tool is great for tasks like this, but how to achieve the best result? The rope segment needs to be tiled...
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In CorelDRAW®, snapping is a powerful tool for creating accurate designs and it is one of my favorite tools. To turn it on, click View > Snap to > Snap to Objects . You can also use Alt + Z to quickly toggle it on and off. When turned on, your selection can be snapped to nodes or other portions...
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You can change the appearance of multiple selected vector objects by using the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness bitmap effect. Just click Effects > Adjust > Hue/Saturation/Lightness to access the controls. Tip provided by Pratik Shah, CorelDRAW Master, Graphic Designer & Trainer.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how: - to create a professional Liquid text effect with CorelDRAW, - to maximize the Interactive Shadow tool and water flashes to create a realistic water effects. Click here to learn more!
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While working on a multi-page document, you may want to see all the pages at once. By choosing Page Sorter View , you can display the thumbnails of each page onscreen. You can also rearrange the pages within the file as required, by dragging and dropping. The most convenient and hidden feature in Page...
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You can quickly create a watermark in CorelDRAW to protect your work. While this doesn't totally prevent misuse of your work, the complications a watermark creates for someone wanting to use it without permission is often enough of a deterrent. 1. Create a seal that you will use as the watermark...
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You can quickly fill selected objects by pressing Ctrl + Shift + E to activate the Color Eyedropper tool, and then clicking a color. This instantly fills the selected objects with the sampled color. Tip provided by Pratik Shah, CorelDRAW Master, Graphic Designer & Trainer. Note: this tip is available...
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If you're working CorelDRAW®, you don't have to start Corel® PHOTO-PAINT TM just to tweak a bitmap you're using in a drawing. CorelDRAW has many built-in photo-editing features, which can found in the Bitmaps menu. For example, you can crop and straighten an image, change its dimensions...
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For certain jobs, templates can be a big time-saver. For example, if you're creating envelopes of a non-standard size that require a layout that allows for post-printing die cutting, you can save the envelope design as a template file (CDT). The next time you want to create an envelope of that size...
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In Corel PHOTO-PAINT®, select an object, and create a duplicate ( Ctrl + D ). Select the duplicate, and click Adjust > Local Equalization . In the Local Equalization dialog box, move the Width and Height sliders to 255 , the highest possible value. Then in the Objects docker, choose Overlay from...
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When using the Barcode Wizard , CorelDRAW® inserts a barcode as a single object, which makes editing the barcode difficult. However, you can insert the barcode as an editable group of vector objects. Select the barcode, and click Edit > Cut . Then, click Edit > Paste Special . In the Paste...