I have CorelDraw 11 and make 2 one inch Box shaps. The one on the left is Black and the one on the Right is Yellow. I then Pick my Blend Tool and Hold my CTRL Key down and draw the line from the first shap to the last shap.
It all works good and blends them but one thing I keep the outline on both Shaps because I want to see the Blendding Afect.
And I see that the first shap stay as one inch big but the last shap it makes very small?
I would like to make the shap at the start and end stay as one inch in size and just have it Blend is this pasable?
And one more thing I see no setting to change how many steps of Blendding will happen?
biferi said:he first shap stay as one inch big but the last shap it makes very small?
I expect you are seeing all shapes except the last reducing, because the shapes are overlapping ? I've made the first box grey to make it clearer:
To prove the overlap, break the blend apart and ungroup all. You can then slide one of the elements to make it clearer what is happening:
To make all the segments exactly 1 inch, you would need to space the first and last element an exact number of inches apart and then set the number of blend steps so that the elements exactly fit without any gap or overlap.
biferi said:I see no setting to change how many steps
I don't have version 11 to check, but in all recent versions there a property bar appears at the top of the screen when you select the blend tool to drag between the two shapes. One of the settings there will control the number of steps.
If I understand you correctly, you want to end up with 8, one inch squares total, Like this:
Create one 1" square and duplicate it., They should be placed 8" apart (left edge to right edge. Use you beginning color on one and end color on the other Use the blend tool to and use 6 steps on the property bar. If you do not have the Property Bar, as you indicate, right click on a blank space in the any existing bar and make sure Property Bar is selected.
OK I think I am getting the hange of it but very slow. I do make two 1 inch shaps like you did. And I place them 1 inch apart and give the first one color Black and the second color Yellow.
I Drag the Blend Tool from first shape to second shape and it works.
And yes the last sape is biger becayse they are all overlapping I do not know why? So I go to the Tool Bar and pick Blend and Re Sizing I think it says.
Then I can space them out so they line up next to one another.
But one thing if I go to Number Of Abjects and type say 5 it makes 7 Blended shaps. And if I type 10 it makes 12 Blended shaps?
Why is it putting 2 Extra Shapes??
In a blend, there is a start and an end object. The steps are between the two. Your total objects are the start object, the steps and the end object. If you want 8 total, you would have the start, end and 6 steps.
What I started with it two squares arranged like this.
Each object is 1" square and the space between is 6"s to allow for 6 one inch steps.
The distances were based on your specs as I read them. I have been known to be incorrect in my assumptions.
biferi said:Why is it putting 2 Extra Shapes??
The two "extra" shapes are the ones you put there yourself. The number of steps is how many elements CorelDraw creates for you.