After all these years and updates, CorelPP STILL does not support text borders/stroke?? I just don't understand why not. Every version I keep hoping, but always get dissappointed. Now X4 comes along and still nothing. Photoshop has supported this feature for years, but why can't Corel keep up? It seems to me that they focus all their efforts on CorelDRAW and for CorelPHOTO-PAINT, they just go in and change the icons and call it a day. Maybe I'm missing something and just can't find this feature hidden somewhere (wishful thinking, I'm sure)??
For a few years now to simulate this effect I have to go into DRAW and create a text object with a border. Then copy it. Go into Photo-Paint and create another text object. Then paste the DRAW text object into the PP text object and see how it looks. If the border is too thick or too thin, then i have to start all over again. But if the border is good, then at least i have the ability to alter the letters in the text while still keeping the effect which is good. But it seems to me that if I can mimick the effect in PP, why can't Corel simply implement it into the software fully and give us the ability to change the border thickness and color right there within PP?
Don't get me wrong, I love the Corel products and prefer them over Photoshop and Illustrator, but I wish that Corel would listen to its customers and fix the current problems and if at all possible, match many of the features of the Adobe counterparts.
What do you guys think?
Ok, so it was a little exhaggerated for me to say that all they do is change the icons, but when you compare the new features between DRAW and PP, you can clearly see which one got more attention. And this happens on nearly every single release of the product since I can remember (I've been using the Corel Suite since version 6.0).
I realize that we need to speak up as a group for Corel to hear us, but for things like text borders, this should have been implemented about 4 versions back! I would love to hear how many people who actually use PP frequently ever wanted to give their text a simple outline and realize that they can't. And then you scratch your head and say, "but you can do it in DRAW, why not PP?". And yes, I realize that they are 2 different animals in the sense tha one is vector and the other is raster based graphics, but the need and possiblity is still there. I remember seeing this simple feature available in Adobe Photoshop back around version 6 or 7 (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Adobe is Corel's direct competitor, so shouldn't Corel be watching what the competition is doing?
Believe me, I'm not this angry person just bashing Corel. It's quite the opposite. I love the Corel products and just want to see them succeed. It just frightens me that with every release, they are getting left farther and farther behind Adobe.
Corel, please don't make me switch to from CorelPHOTO-PAINT to Adobe Photoshop...please!
As suggested by other users, I'm attaching a screenshot of what I'm talking about. Now that I think of it, maybe I should've referred to the text border/stroke as "outline" instead...but I figured most people in the industry would know what I'm talking about. In the first screenshot I have PP with a "Sample" text and the next screenshot is DRAW with the same sample text but with a border/stroke/outline. THIS is what I'd like to accomplish in PP. One would think it would be a simple enough feature. Hopefully this screenshot will clear up any confusion.
Note: Yes, the screenshots are using X3 just because it is what I currently had installed on my other computer. I have installed X4 already and there is still no such feature available.
There's a way to achieve what you want, but it doesn't always produce very good results.
HTH
Roy
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Hi Roy,
just out of curiosity, what made you convert the mask to a path at step 3? Why not simply choose Mask>Create>Brushstroke from Mask and then all is done? As per your method - it does not give a perfect clean effect.
that is one of the things I love about PhotoPaint and Draw - it does not matter how long you have used these programmes, there is always something new to learn or discover. I have used PhotoPaint for years and then I discovered the newsgroups and learnt so many new things.
Best regards,Brian.
I'm going to jump in and add my opinion FWIW. I think the OP suggestion is valid, however, I think maybe I would look at it a little differently. I do think that Photo-Paint could use a feature like Edit>Stroke in Photoshop. But I would not limit it to just text -- it needs to be more than that! I have often wanted to add a border around an object that is masked. Applying a brushstroke to a mask just doesn't cut it, IMO. It is never smooth, despite changing the brush settings.
Brian wrote a macro awhile back that he shared in the PP newsgroup that lets you add a pixel border (size and color your choice) around the outside of the whole image -- I would like something like that for masked/selected objects. I would also like the option to choose, outside/center/inside.
Patti