Hello
Please need your help with this: I am trying to figure out what kind of bitmap is this in the picture attached (wire-frame view), the third one the one that appears as a black stain, is it very different bitmap form because it changes the color with mouse right click over it, it's different than a regular bitmap that cannot change color. How can I create a similar form?
Thank you in advance
My guess, from your description, is that the black blurred object is a drop shadow left/separated from some other object? Try this: Create a shape and add a drop shadow to it. You can change the amount of blur, transparency, etc. on the Drop Shadow property bar.
Now break apart the shadow (CTRL+K). Once separated from its object you can change the "shadow" color as if it were a closed Curve object. The status bar tells me it's a Lens object, but it's not like the Lens effect available on the Effect menu. And the fact that it's a Lens object also means that where the shadow goes, so does the rectangle/square around it. IOW...I don't think you can separate the Lens from the object.
I have not played with Lens feature much, so perhaps someone more familiar with this type of Lens object can explain better.Patti
Patti, I had the same thoughts - but I am puzzled that it shows as "Bitmap" in the Objects docker.
A separated Drop Shadow is a Rectangle with a Uniform fill, with a Bitmap Pattern Transparency (which is where the "Lens" label comes from).
I'm not exactly thrilled about the fact that some parts of CorelDRAW use "Lens" to refer to transparency. I prefer the way that Object Properties does it, where Lens effects (from the Lens effect docker) are listed separately from transparencies applied through other means.
I would certainly go with your suggestion of seeing what the Status Bar shows for the description of the object and the fill color. The next place I would look is the Object Properties docker, where one can see what type of object it is, fill color, transparency, etc.