CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Cut a hole in a bitmap

Cut a hole in a bitmap

I have a bitmap of a camera. I want to cut a hole in the lens to show the background. The lens already has something in it I need to remove. Any help gratefully received

0 Anand Dixit over 7 years ago

1) Open the image in CorelPhotoPaint (PP)
2) Objects > Create from Background - This will create an object from the background and will make the image transperant
3) select the area (Lens in your case) to remove with suitable masking tool. - Most suitable in your case will be an elliptical masking tool
4) Delete the selection -Either you can use delete button or Edit > Cut - You should see grey and white checks which indicate that it is a transparent background
5) Object > Create > New - Create new layer. This will be created above the camera image.
6) place the image on the new layer which you want to see through the removed lens area
7) Tools > Dockers > Object manager - Drag the new layer below the existing layer.
Hope this does your job.
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0 Myron over 7 years ago in reply to Anand Dixit

Easier to me to just do it in draw. draw a circle/oval over the area you want "cut" then shift select the image and hit trim
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0 Patrick Bell over 7 years ago in reply to Myron

Cool exactly the easiest! Great. Can you tell me if its possible to make the background around the image transparent, perhaps just making white transparent? I've tried but only seem able to male the whole bitmap transparent.
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0 Myron over 7 years ago in reply to Patrick Bell

You mean removing the white around an image? Click on the image, hit edit bitmap. When photopaint is up hit the letter w (wand tool). Click on the white hten hit "invert mask" icon. Hit copy(cntrl+c) then go back to corel and hit paste(cntrl+v)
replace your image with this new one.
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