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alexxxis

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Sep 21, 2006
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ok. here goes. i`ve recently got hired for a webdesign job ... but i also found out i had to do the graphics in corel draw. i have v11 and vx3 on my computer. I read some stuff around here, but the basic notion elude me. Can anyone tell me how can i ... well, cut a shape inside a bitmap ? i mean if i have a picture with a car on the street, how can i make the outline of the car and than place it on a transparent background ? i`ll come back with more questions. pls help :)
 
For web work, you should probably do most of the work in Corel PhotoPaint, not in Draw. It will make handling of bitmaps easier.

To remove a car outline, the easiest way is to use your mask tool. Any combination of the magic wand, outline or lasso tool will work, and should be similar to other paint programs you have used.

Once you have the mask, that is basically the same effect as etting it on a transparent background. Now anything you do with that mask will be added to the image as its own "object". However, you may need to ensure that you have selected a "new" object on the "object docker" - otherwise, any effects will occur on whatever object is selected, and cause for some troubling issues on down the road.

If you want an EXACT DUPLICATE of the car, once you have the mask around the car just as you like it, select Object > Create > Object: Copy Selection. This will make a duplicate object of the car, and anything enclosed within the mask (i.e. light pole, curb, etc). Your mask will disapear, and your new car object will be selected and possibly highlighted. This object can be moved around, made transparent etc.

If you are familiar with layers as Adobe does them, then think of each object as its own little mini layer. However, multiple objects can exist on the same layer. So any effects you do to an object (i.e. transparency, blur, change color, etc) will only effect the selected object. The rest of the objects and the rest of the layer remains untouched. Most of the high-end effects require a masked portion to designate where the effect will occur. Sometimes if you want to effect the entire object, the easiest way is to go Mask > Create > Mask from Object. This takes the entire object and makes a mask of its outline. Unlike Adobe though, you have to have an object to manipulate. A few effects can be performed at the layer level, but not in the same manner as they would for Adobe, and this can throw you for a loop if you are expecting something else to occur.

Most everything you are familiar with in Adobe will translate to Corel, in almost the exact same manner. The only difference is keep in mind Corel works at the Object level - not the layer level. Masks exist independent of layer and object, and in order for a mask or effect to change an object, that object must be seleceted. If only a portion of the object is in the masked outline, only that portion of the object will be effected. So in your car example, a mask of the headlight will remain floating in space above the cars headlight, until the car object is moved or made not visible from the object docker. If the car is moved so the tailight is now in position, the mask will make a headlight shaped effect over the tail light.

Hopefully that will get you going. BTW, trying to use Draw will really confuse you, as it is similar to using Illustrator. However, Illustrator has a much more robust bitmap (raster) tie in to Paint Shop, then Draw does to Photo Paint. Draw's prefered method is to open the image in Photo Paint and make all bitmap changes, then open the object back in Draw - much like the Adobe Bridge in CS2.

Any more questions, post back.
 
You can do it in Draw using Powerclip and then exporting out. If you bitmap is in Draw and you want to use PP - right click bitmap - edit bitmap, this automatically launches PP do any alterations you may want, closing PP puts it back automatically in Draw for further work. If you are using X3 check out basic bitmap tools under bitmap tab.
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Ufff .. that really got me going. It worked. Thanks guys. Apparently i have to do lots of things in corel, like those little advertising flyers, cd covers and such.Boss told me i have to learn how to deal with RBG colors, geometrical figures creation [and i`ve seen some really complicated ones], nodes or nods [whatever those are ...].Anyway, i`m glad this place. I`ll ask more questions as soon as i find something i can`t do. thanks again for the help.
 
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