Clip Art Back Removal

[zzebrazz]

Is there an easy and simple way to separate the white box from clip art that is imported?

I have read the manual and been sent info from the techs at Corel Draw 9, but what they sent me doesn't make a whole lot of sense and when I tried their suggestion, it didn't work for me.

Thanks,
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[Dreamboat]

Have you tried ungrouping it? [sig]<p> <br><a href=mailto:techsupportgirl@home.com>techsupportgirl@home.com</a><br><a href=

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[zzebrazz]

Yes I have tried Ungrouping it. I have tried virtually everything I can think of. I know there is a way to do this, I just haven't found anyone who can tell me how yet.

Thanks,
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[boxplan]

What is the file format? I sounds like since you can't ungroup is that it is a bitmap. Device independent bitmaps (DIB), also know as raster images, won't ungroup. A raster format breaks an image into a grid of equally sized pieces, called pixels, and records color information for each pixel. The number of colors that the file can contain is determined by the bits-per-pixel: the more information that is recorded for each pixel, the more shades and hues that the file can contain. Some common file formats are *.gif, *.bmp, *.jpg, *.pcx and *.tif.

On the other hand, vector images can be broken apart. Vector data is a collection of geometric shapes that combine to make an image, recorded as mathematical formulas. Vector data cannot reproduce photo-realistic images, but for other types of images it has two advantages over raster data: it is scaleable without distortion (the &quot;jaggies&quot; that come with re-sizing a bitmap), and it produces smaller files. To see a picture of this navigate to

http://www.sailoklahoma.com/1363/raster_vector.htm.

You will need to edit the bitmap using Corel PhotoPaint. Here is an excerpt from a FAQ, that I found on the Corel Support site, that might be useful once you correlate it to Version 9.

Q. What are masks and how do I use them?
A. Masks allow the user to click an area of the image to protect or isolate from effects that are applied to the image. Masks can be inverted, edited and saved using various commands in the Mask menu. To learn more about the many aspects of masking, consult the CorelDRAW 8 manual #2.

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[zzebrazz]

The image I was trying to ungroup was a bitmap. I didn't realize that they couldn't be broken apart. Thank you for your help.

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[Cullen]

There is a way to do it in Photoshop. If you create a file with the artwork on a layer above the background layer and then save it as a PSD file.

When you import it into Corel Draw the file will have it's individual layers intact. From there all you have to do is Ungroup the image and Delete the lower layer.

Hope this helps.

Cullen Cox
cullenc3@aol.com
Graphic Artist/Web Designer. [sig][/sig]