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  • Coreldraw X6 Text/Object Color Flaw

    Here's the scenario. So Im working in a coreldrawX6 document and lets say I type up some words and make the text fill color as red, then save the document. Now I close out of this document and re-open it. When I open this same exact file I no longer…

  • Object Styles: "none" for a single object attribute

    Is there a way to exclude single attributes from being defined in a object style? As example: i want to define an outline that does not change width of the objects, but everything else.

    There is a small tick box right of every attribute with help text…

  • Instantly create Layers from all objects selected.

    Hi crowd, hope You are doing well.

    I did a lot of research about this problem I'm having and couldn't find anything.

    I have finished my works using only one layer( a bad habit I know) and now I need to export them as PSD, and as You know it…

  • Debating getting X6 Question

    Hi, I have been reading about x6 today but can't find anything on it handling 3D image file type. Does anyone know if x6 can open 3d images from programs like poser and Daz? 

  • Making an object out of an image

    Hi all :)

    So let's say I want to use a picture of a coca-cola bottle from an image I found on the internet, or I take a pic of one... what is the best way to cut-it-out?

    1) For instance, sometimes, the object is cut out of a white background and…

  • Object Clearance

    I'm producing some work for a client which has a fairly tight tolerance on clearance between complex shaped line objects. Is there an efficient way for me to prevent objects falling within a specified distance from other objects? 

    The way I would do…

  • Put values to text objects

    Hi!

    I'm designing a catalog with some prices, every product have a code. Working with layers, I can group 3 objects: A produtc photo, the price and the code. So I rename the group to the code of especified product.

    As we see, I can identify the groups…

  • How to convert ALL outlines to objects.

    I often need to convert all outlines to objects in a design before I send it out or when I create a flash base for screen printing.  I know how to convert and outline to an object, but my question is:

     

    How do i convert ALL outlines to objects at the…

  • How Do I Apply A Clipping Mask To A Group Of Objects.

    HI, Do I have to merge the objects first or is there another way to do this without combining the layers?  Thanks.

  • A Quick Question Re Editing Objects.

    Hi, if I want to work on a particular Object (layer) without affecting the objects (layers) beneath it, do I:

    a) lock the transparancey of the layer I'm working on, or

    b) lock all the layers beneath my working layer so as not to affect them?

    I'm…

  • Text edit causes hidden layers to reappear

    This is a pesky problem, but I can't seem to find any information about it. I have a web design comp in Photo-Paint X5 with all of my layers nice and organized, and some are hidden. If I edit a text layer, upon exiting the edit all of my hidden layers…

  • Anti-aliasing for cutting and pasting objects seems "broken"

    Never had this problem before, but lately, when I cut out a rectangular piece of an image and paste it -- say, into the screen of a TV -- the new object is all jaggedy, like anti-aliasing is turned off. How do I get my pasted objects to look smooth again…

  • LEAVING A TRAIL OF DUPLICATE OBJECTS WHEN DRAGGING IT

    I know that someone else has already posted similar problems in 2008 and nobody seems to have an answer. I hope by now someone has any idea why Draw X4 does that, it happens to me often.

    Out of the blues when I want to move or drag an object it leaves…

  • Export Slice Objects - new feature for CorelDRAW

    Would you like to export specified shapes only from many pages of your document any time you make some changes, but with a single click? You may do it without using any slices. I called my own alternative as Export Slice Objects (ESO). In contrast to…

  • Copy and Paste properties between objects - the simplest way!

    Hi!

    Today I want to share with you my techniques for quickly and handy exchange of properties between objects.

    You may copy and paste properties like width, height, rotation, positonX, positonY, fills, or even effects. This may be done separately for…

  • Object Order

    Hi there.  Can Corel X4 automatically reorder the order in which Corel lists objects on a layer.  I have a laser that needs to make 5,000 cuts but I find that the head runs from here to there, helter skelter, retracting its steps and wasting a lot of time…

  • Edit Across Layers

    Not sure if This is the way it is supposed to work, but i am using a the Guides layer in CorelDraw X4 to create a rough structure for hand drawn work (using a wacom), and no matter if i have edit across layers selected or not, i can still edit the guides…

  • Macro Monday: Shelby's Object Order

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    The stacking order of objects in CorelDRAW can be very important. Objects can be hidden if they are behind other objects. And you also may be in a production environment where the stacking order determines which objects are cut or produced first.

    Today…
  • Macro Monday: Oberon Fit Objects to Path

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    Sometimes requests for a particular feature come in bunches. One that I've seen a lot recently is to have the ability to put objects on a path just like you can put text on a path in CorelDRAW. There is a way using Blend on a Path if the objects are more…
  • Folded Curves

    Hi Guys, 

     

    I'm trying to rebuild a logo in CorelDraw, and I'm having troubles with it creating a hole when the object is folded over itself. 

     

    Can anyone help me? The curve is closed, and it's one object that loops around like a figure 8. I…

  • Changing rollover shape

    Building map of states (US) with rollover to change color and highlight area.

    Because larger states (TX, FL, CA) pick as squares, is there any way to change

    the shape of the highlight (pick) area so picking states like Texas don't wipe over

    Oklahoma…

  • Stick / glue object to another

    Do you know the way to permanently glue one object to another?

    I would like to have my object connected with other object and placed always at the very left side of it. So when I move the second object then the first object moves with it (this can be…

  • CorelDraw disappearing object problem when sending objects to my Rayjet 50 laser

    I have been using CorelDraw for several years now (Versions 8, 9 & X3 although I like 9 the most). Recently I had a customer design a small model airplane using X4, save it in CMX (we also tried saving it in versions 9 & X3 with no success) and send…

  • "Tool Tip" type box

    Following the same map in "Changing rollover shape", is there a simple way to

    create a text box with info from an EXCEL spreadsheet to appear on the "over"

    state of the mouse - how can I control location and color of box?  This will…

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