Hi, new to coreldraw. I can intersect two letters, but the top letter crosses the bottom letter twice: the first instance needs to be over, and the second instance needs to be under. Have tried everything but cannot get it the way I need it. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Hi Phil!
Wheelhouse started the thread in June and got his issue answered right away by Ariel's great tut.
I (Janet) just recently joined the thread and raised the issue of 'moving intersections'.....:-).....
Your strategy sounds super-promising....but, being a total novice with PP, I'm going to need an every-step walk through......I don't even know how to make layers! Looked up 'layers' in the Help index, and it said "See Objects". 'Objects' had a loooong list of sub-topics, but no sign of 'layers'...:-(.....I'm very adept at photoediting in Photoshop Elements ( not so much with graphic type stuff). Being so used to PSE, I always feel quite lost in PhPaint. Have never used masks. If and when you have time, I would greatly appreciate some step-by-step guidance. Or if you can refer me to relevant tuts. Or even just tell me how to add a layer...:-)....
Phil1923 said:1. Created a blue letter.
Phil1923 said:2. Duplicated the blue letter.
Phil1923 said:3. Created a red letter.
Thanks for your input!
Janet
Phil1923 said: you would be much better off with a manual or even better yet a book than a tutorial. Tutorials only cover a narrow topic. Graphics editors and photo editors are not rocket science..... If I learned to use PhotoPaint, then so can you.
I'm not at all intimidated by PhotoPaint--I'm just not at the point where I really want to sit down with it because I find PSE so much more intuitive. For me. Maybe it's just because I know PSE so well. It's too much of an effort to find things in PP because the setup is so different from other programs--things that are so second-nature for me in PSE. So I only would use it for something very narrow and very specific like this. I have the Bouton book for X5, and it does have a two chapterrs on PP. But for a suggestion such as yours, I would probably just do it in PSE now that you gave me the relevant terms...:-)....
Your comparison of terms is a BIGGGGG help!!! It actually explains why I'm not keen on spending time on PP. I think it's sinful to have totally different meanings for Objects and Layers in CD and PP...:-).....! I keep thinking I should start using PP instead of PSE because it's so much easier when working on a CD document and then just clicking Save.....Any way to have the Edit Bitmap link bring up PSE instead of PP.....:-)....?
I'm still going to see if I can find a CorelDraw way to do this. Seems crazy to go raster for such a graphic (as opposed to image) issue. A vector program should be able to handle moving (adjective, not verb) intersections....Wonder if Illustrator can do this....:-)....
I like this way of thinking!
Very nice Janet.
Graewerld,
Thanks!
I like your signature quote...
Janet:
As Ariel said, many ways to perform this operation, but I understand that you want "freedom" to experiment and to interact with the design. Because your letters maybe are complex(with effects like contour, for example), I think POWERCLIP is the best solution... This was already explained in this topic, so I will only suggest a little implement...
Take your 2 letters and draw curves with the freehand tool in the all points that you may want experiment;
Select all the curves you drawed and COMBINE them;
With the bottom letter selected, use the + key to make a exact copy of this letter and use POWERCLIP to put it inside the curve(resulted from the curves you combined);
Make sure that in the OPTIONS dialog the Auto-center Powerclip is disabled before use the POWERCLIP function;
If you wish, you can remove the outline of the container curve for a best visualization;
Now use the SHAPE TOOL to "play" freely with the nodes of the segments of your container curve, moving them around and hidding or revealing the parts of letters that you want...
I always use this in any case of intersection between two or more shapes. I prefer this method instead use PP because this way I'm always using vectors...
Hope this help you...
Watson,
Thanks. Yes, for me it also makes more sense to stay in vectors. I will read up on power clips (which I have never used........) ---it's about time I did....!
By the way, my letter shapes are often complex, with a lot of overlaps, but nothing like contours or complex fills. These are designs which will be cutout in colored golds or engraved---I'm a goldsmith. So it's really just a design tool for me.