Friday, March 11, 2011

Interactive Shadow Tool Using Coreldraw


Familiar with Coreldraw know that the use of interactive tools to easily create a shadow object shadow. What I do not know? It does not matter, the first to review this: Open the Coreldraw, open a document, select "Interactive Shadow Tool," a beautiful picture below button click and drag to create a cool shadow. How, is the icing on the cake is not a feeling? (Figure 1)

Figure 1


I personally think that, Coreldraw powerful and easy to use is that it is a series of interactive tools to create the shadow above example, since it is interactive, you can easily modify the adjustment, and is very intuitive and easy to operate: for example, drag shadow on the slider for intuitive adjustments can also be accurate in the property bar to adjust the direction of the shadow, shadow color, the degree of emergence of the property, and real-time reflected in the object, creating the ever-changing shadows.

But, you know, in addition to Coreldraw the vector graphics objects, interactive shadows can also be used in office chart? Yes, if to scan or import images with depth and three dimensions, to add interactive shadows is a good choice.

First to import (File-> Import), or scanned into (File-> Acquire Image-> Acquire) an image to the Coreldraw document. Select interactive shadow tool, drag out from the image center down to build a "classic" in the shadow (Figure 2), or drag out from the bottom to create a three-dimensional sense of strong shadow and perspective (eg, Figure 3)



Figure 2
Figure 3


Relative terms the previous version, Coreldraw offers more features and options to enhance the control of the interactive shadow. For example, you can adjust the properties of the shadow of the desalination column level in order to make the shadow more realistic (Figure 4). You can also change the opacity of the shadow, feathering degree, make it look more real and vivid.



Figure 4

However, there is this: The imported bitmap images often with a solid background, and to pursue more artistic faster and higher effect of us, obviously do not want a solid color background and images to "share" the shadow (Figure 5), but to pursue the effect in Figure 6. How do?


Figure 5 Figure 6

Maybe you think to use such software PHOTOSHOP "extract" flowers, in fact, why bother, Coreldraw 9 for "Bitmap Color Mask" tool (Bitmap Color Mask Tool) can be solved completely. Open the "Bitmap Color Mask," Park Wu window, select the "hidden color" option, with a straw in the background of pure color on a click (Figure 7) to extract the color need to hide, drag the slide below the value allowed section, and click the "Apply", keep trying, until all of the background color disappear (Figure 8), retaining only the major you want to add object shadow - bright flowers. (Mask is to hide or display the specified color.)


Figure 7

Figure 8

Good, successful completion of 50% ... to continue the following work: select flowers in Coreldraw, shadow tool with interactive drag outward from the center down, just like to add a shadow effect as vector graphics to create a three-dimensional and deep sense of strong shadows. This is not even better than the effect of Figure 5?

Impression that is always dark shadow, but do you think of to a "opposite" to let the shadow and shine? Yes. Perhaps everyone in the PHOTOSHOP angle, relief, outside light, is very familiar with the inner glow, we see how the shadow tool in Coreldraw ingenious use of the production of glow.

First of all, a light effect to create an object - in this case we use the art text - the next step, the shadow of tools with interactive drag from the center to create a text shadow (do not drag too far), in order to better set off glow can be properly handled on the background, as with interactive gradient fill. Now using the property bar to change the parameters so that the shadow of "shadow" has fundamentally changed.

Click the Properties bar shadow color button to change from black to bright colors, such as yellow or white, adjust the opacity of the shadow and the emergence level (the value of the greater degree of opacity and feathering the more obvious), and finally, click the shadows eclosion direction button, click "out" option, get a brilliant light effects (Figure 9).


Figure 9

If you are willing to try, you can create more extraordinary effect (Figure 10). Thought, it turned out to be from the "shadow" transformed from, Coreldraw really wonderful!


Figure 10

Coreldraw shadow tool more exciting new features and technologies need to be you to explore and discover, it is important to understand intentions and patience to keep trying and still have enough enthusiasm and interest high.











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