Cara Corel Photo Paint X4 Tutorials

• If you'd like the watermark a little more visible, use a custom color in the Emboss options and set it to a gray color slightly lighter than 50% gray. • Scaling the type after applying the effect may cause it to appear jaggy or pixelated. A bit more Gaussian blur will remedy this. • You can edit the text by clicking on it with the type tool, but you will lose the effects and they will have to be reapplied.​ • You are not restricted to text for this effect. Try using a logo or symbol as a watermark. If you use the same watermark often, save it to a file that can be dropped into an image whenever you need it.

PaintShop Pro X7 Tutorials. This series of tutorials is aimed at helping you understand and master Corel’s leading photo editing software, PaintShop Pro. Our experts will guide you through the key features, allowing you to unlock PaintShop Pro’s full potential in your personal and professional projects.

• The Windows keyboard shortcut for the copyright (©) symbol is Alt+0169 (use the numeric keypad to type the numbers). The Mac shortcut is Option-G.

Step 1: Select the object and text to which you will apply the metallic effect (bronze), and create an outlined contour around them using the Contour tool ( Toolbox > Contour). Step 2: Separate the contours of objects by right-clicking on the contours and selecting “Break contour group apart” ( CTRL+K), and copy them to a new page (page 2), for future use. Keep only the main objects on page 1. Page 2: reserve this image for future use Page 1: Work on this image Step 3: Select only the first object (balloon). Hit F11 to open the Fountain Fill settings, and edit the colors of the gradient as close as possible to the example below: Step 4: Repeat the action for the text or simply copy the object’s properties. To do this, select the vector object (balloon), click on: Edit > Copy properties from and apply the same fill to the text. Step 5: Select only the vector object and convert it to a bitmap. Chertezhi golovkin bloka cilindrov.

Go to: Bitmap > Convert to bitmap. After converting, go to: Bitmap > Edit bitmap in order to open the image in Corel Photo-PAINT. Step 6: In PHOTO-PAINT select the object and go to: Effects > Texture > Plastic Step 7: In “ Light Color” settings, choose a color that simulates “bronze”. Adjust “ Highlight“, “ Depth” and “ Smoothness” to your own preferences. Step 8: Select the Liquid Smear tool from the Toolbox (a) and adjust nib size, pressure, pen pressure, etc. In the Property Bar.

(b) Step 9: With the Smear tool active, hold down the left button and carefully drag the mouse over the light and dark areas to create tone distortions. If necessary, change the nib size and the pressure. TIP: Drag the mouse slowly from the darker to the lighter areas.

Rub again over the affected areas to add minor corrections. Save and go back to CorelDRAW. Step 10: Repeat steps 5 to 9 with the Text object. Save and go back to CorelDRAW. Step 11: Go to Page 2 and bring back the outline (boundary) that was reserved as shown in Step 2. Make sure that all objects are centered by selecting the text and the balloon and pressing C on the keyboard.

Select only the boundary and apply a Drop Shadow effect ( Toolbox > Drop Shadow tool). Drag a color similar to “bronze” over to the shadow to change the shadow color. Step 12: Now select the individual objects (balloon and text) and adjust the Brightness/Contrast/Intensity. Go to: Effects > Adjust > Brightness/Contrast/Intensity. Step 13: Adjust the parameters as you prefer.