Atul's BlogLearn Corel DRAW, the magic of Vector Graphics!https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/atomTelligent Community (Build: 10.1.8.10498)2008-01-05T11:29:00Z138th Lesson! Corel DRAW - Blend Effect - Part 12https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/138th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-122010-02-12T02:54:00Z2010-02-12T02:54:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us learn how to split blend.<br /><br />1. Open Corel DRAW.<br /><br />2. Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.<br /><br />3. Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.<br /><br />4. Select both the shapes.<br /><br />5. Go to menu.<br /><br />6. Effects > Blend<br /><br />7. Keep the blend selected.<br /><br />8. Select "Miscellaneous Blend Options" tab.<br /><br />9. Please observe carefully.<br /><br />10. Select Split.<br /><br />11. Click on any step (that is any square in between).<br /><br />12. You will find that the square you clicked is selected.<br /><br />13. Using arrow key, move that square to left.<br /><br />14. You will notice that the square is moved to the left distorting and bending<br />the blend.<br /><br />15. You can even carefully select that square with pointer tool and move it fast<br />anywhere.<br /><br />16. The blend will change according to the position of the square you selected<br />for split.<br /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=77671&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul137th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 11https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/137th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-112009-03-19T03:38:00Z2009-03-19T03:38:00Z<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Selecting different option from the color wheel in the blend docker can produce interesting effects.</span></p>
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<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Keep the blend selected.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Select “Miscellaneous Blend Options” tab. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Please observe carefully.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Select Map Nodes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">You will find that the green circle is selected which is at the front.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">And you got the different kind of arrow cursor.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Select top left point of the green square with this cursor.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Now you get the red square selected which is at the back.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Select bottom right point of the red square with this cursor.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">The middle portion of the blend is turned into the smallest square.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Hence the blend starts from the red original square, getting tapered, smaller in the middle and again becoming bigger and back to original green square when it reached to the last green one.</span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=50078&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul136th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 10 https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/136th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-102009-02-13T02:38:00Z2009-02-13T02:38:00Z<p>Dear Members, </p>
<p>Selecting different option from the color wheel in the blend docker can produce interesting effects. </p>
<ol>
<li>Open Corel DRAW. </li>
<li>Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color. </li>
<li>Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color. </li>
<li>Select both the shapes. </li>
<li>Go to menu. </li>
<li>Effects > Blend </li>
<li>Select blend color tab. </li>
<li>This time select the next option that is counter clockwise path. </li>
<li>Please make a note that counter clockwise path from red to green covers less colors than clockwise path. </li>
<li>But it will cover the colors from red to green, accommodating more colors than direct path. </li>
<li>Press “Apply” </li>
<li>You will get the blend effect with intermediate colors of counter clockwise path in the intermediate steps. </li>
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<p>With regards <br />Atul Thakur <br />Editor <br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com">http://www.insidegraphics.com</a> <br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=46351&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul135th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 9https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/135th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-92008-10-10T21:49:00Z2008-10-10T21:49:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Selecting different option from the color wheel in the blend docker can produce interesting effects.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select blend color tab.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This time select the next option that is clockwise path.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It will cover the colors from red to green, accommodating more colors than direct path.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect with more colors in the intermediate steps.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_11_10_08.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_11_10_08.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#247cd4;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=36553&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul134th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 8https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/134th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-82008-09-25T03:13:00Z2008-09-25T03:13:00Z<p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Lets see how blend color work.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<ol>
<li>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></div>
</li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select blend color tab.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will see the color wheel and by default direct path may be selected. If not, then select direct path.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect that you usually get with previous options.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please make a note that the straight line is drawn between green and red color on the color wheel.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">This covers minimum numbers of colors at this point hence you don’t see many variations of the colors in this blend effect.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_25_09_08.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_25_09_08.gif" alt="" /></a></span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=35094&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul133rd Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 7https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/133rd-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-72008-09-15T02:13:00Z2008-09-15T02:13:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />We will start with blend acceleration.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the rest of the settings as they are.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select Blend Acceleration tab in the blend docker.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Uncheck the “Link Acceleration” box.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Drag “Accelerate Objects” slider towards extreme right.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Other slider will be stationary as the link acceleration is unchecked.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press Apply.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will observe that the intermediate blend steps are gathered towards the green square.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Fill is stationary.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Now drag the accelerate fill slider towards right.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will find that fill is also changed. The distribution of the color changes.</span></li>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=33968&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul132nd Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 6https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/132nd-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-62008-09-08T00:56:00Z2008-09-08T00:56:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />We will start with blend acceleration.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the rest of the settings as they are.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select Blend Acceleration tab in the blend docker.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Drag “Accelerate Objects” slider towards extreme right.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Other slider also getting dragged automatically along with the first one as they are linked.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press Apply.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will observe that the intermediate blend steps are gathered towards the green square.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Now drag the slider towards extreme right.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The intermediate steps are now gathered towards red square.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /></span></li>
</ol>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_09_08.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_09_08.gif" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=33154&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul131st Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 5https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/131st-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-52008-09-01T02:53:00Z2008-09-01T02:53:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us try rotate command using blend. You will get an interesting effect.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Change the rotate angle to 90.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the rest of the settings as they are.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will observe that the red square is gradually rotating during the intermediate steps at 90 degree angle till it reaches to Green Square.</span></li>
</ul>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_01_09_08.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_01_09_08.gif" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#247cd4;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=32583&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul130th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 4https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/130th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-42008-08-25T02:52:00Z2008-08-25T02:52:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />we will change the blend steps and see the difference in the effect.</span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw circle using ellipse tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the default setting as it is.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The default blend steps are 20. Change the number of steps to 40.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will notice that intermediate steps are increased and you get a sort of dense structure.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Now change the number of steps to 10 and press “Apply”.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will notice that the intermediate steps are decreased.</span></li>
</ol>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_08_25.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_08_25.gif" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=31899&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul129th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 3https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/129th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-32008-08-20T03:16:00Z2008-08-20T03:16:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us try to blend the colors also.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0in;">
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw circle using ellipse tool. Fill it with red color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the default setting as it is.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will notice that the red color is gradually changing to green along with the circle gradually changing to rectangle.</span></li>
</ol>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_08_20.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/corel_08_08_20.gif" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=31421&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul128th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 2https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/128th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-22008-08-11T08:28:00Z2008-08-11T08:28:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />We will try to blend two different shapes.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<ol>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw circle using ellipse tool.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw square using rectangle tool.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the shapes.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the Blend docker attached to the right side. And the blend steps tab selected.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the default setting as it is.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">It may say number of steps 20 and rotate angle 0.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Circle is gradually changing to square using intermediate steps.</span></div>
</li>
</ol>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> <a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend128_01.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend128_01.gif" alt="" /></a></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p>
<p> </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=30482&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul127th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 1https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/127th-lesson-corel-draw-blend-effect-part-12008-08-02T00:47:00Z2008-08-02T00:47:00Z<p> <span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us start learning blending effect in detail.</span></p>
<ol>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Draw circle using ellipse tool.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Hold Ctrl key to draw perfect circle.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Either duplicate the same circle or draw another circle.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Make the second circle bigger than the first one.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select both the circles.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Go to menu. </span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Effects > Blend</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the Blend docker attached to the right side. And the blend steps tab selcted.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Keep the default setting as it is.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">It may say number of steps 20 and rotate angle 0.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will get the blend effect.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Both the circles are connected with the intermediate circles blending them smoothly with the number of steps mentioned earlier.</span></li>
<li style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Please make a note that small circle is blended with the big one with intermediate gradually increasing bigger size circles.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /></span></li>
</ol>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend03.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend03.gif" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend02.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend02.gif" alt="" /></a></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend01.gif"><img border="0" src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/blend01.gif" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=29399&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul126th Lesson! Corel DRAW - Contour - Part 10https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/126th-lesson-corel-draw-contour-part-102008-07-14T05:34:00Z2008-07-14T05:34:00Z<p><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us find out how the color accelerate in contour effect using color acceleration separately. Go back to the position where you get orange rectangle inside the biggest red rectangle and the yellow rectangle inside orange. Yellow is the smallest one. Keep the object selected.</span></p>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Select the last tab that is Contour Acceleration tab.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Uncheck Link Acceleration.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Shift color acceleration slider to the extreme right.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">You will find that middle orange rectangle become red.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Now drag the color acceleration slider towards extreme left.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">This time, you will find that middle rectangle becomes yellow.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Both the time, object acceleration slider remained stationary as we unchecked link acceleration.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">It means color acceleration changes the color to both the ends.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">It accelerates to the red which is the outermost color.</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">And it accelerates to the yellow which is the innermost color.</span></div>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#800080;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=27687&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul119th Lesson! Corel DRAW - Contour - Part 3https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/119th-lesson-corel-draw-contour-part-32008-05-31T04:10:00Z2008-05-31T04:10:00Z<p> Dear Members,<br /><br />Let us try outside option.</p>
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<li>Open Corel DRAW.</li>
<li>Draw rectangle using rectangle tool.</li>
<li>Effect > Contour</li>
<li>Select "Outside" option.</li>
<li>Change the steps to 10.</li>
<li>Keep the offset distance 0.1 inches.</li>
<li>Press "Apply"</li>
<li>You will get evenly spaced concentric shape outside the<br />rectangle.</li>
<li>Please make a note that when you select "To Center" Option,<br />the steps option goes blurred.</li>
<li>It's because the steps now will be determined by the Corel<br />DRAW based on the offset distance.</li>
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<p>With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><span style="color:#9136ad;">http://www.insidegraphics.com</span></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=24207&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul118th Lesson! Corel DRAW - Contour - Part 2https://community.coreldraw.com/share/b/atul/posts/118th-lesson-corel-draw-contour-part-22008-01-05T02:29:00Z2008-01-05T02:29:00Z<span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Dear Members,<br /><br />We will try different option given for Contour effect.</span><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"> </span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Open Corel DRAW.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Draw rectangle using rectangle tool.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Effect > Contour</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Select “To Center” option.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Keep the offset distance 0.1 inches.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Press “Apply”</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">You will get evenly spaced concentric shape inside the rectangle up to the center.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">Please make a note that when you select “To Center” Option, the steps option goes blurred.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">It’s because the steps now will be determined by the Corel DRAW based on the offset distance.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break;" /></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"><a href="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/to_center.gif"><img src="http://community.coreldraw.com/blogs/atul/to_center.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"></span> </p><span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;">With regards<br />Atul Thakur<br />Editor<br /><a href="http://www.insidegraphics.com/"><font color="#800080">http://www.insidegraphics.com</font></a><br />Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen</span><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.coreldraw.com/aggbug?PostID=11000&AppID=124&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Atulhttps://community.coreldraw.com/members/atul