I am using Corel Draw X4. I have made a rectangle with a solid color and then added more colors using mesh fill. Now I want to use this rectangle as a Powerclip Container for some vector images I have created separately. I am unable to do so! Any suggestions?
Appreciate an early response
Mesh filled objects can not be used as powerclip container.
Workaround is to create another object with the same shape as the mesh object, and then clip both the mesh object and the other objects into that one instead. No fill, no outline will work fine, so the new container can be invisible.
...which I see now that Anand already has suggested.
Ronny, this time I beat you.
Ronny Axelsson said:...which I see now that Anand already has suggested.
Damned, I thought I had a most brilliant and exclusive solution.
While we're on the subject (mesh fills) I will take the opportunity to share another great tip (which I'm sure you know already, Anand):
When creating a mesh in a irregular object, it is often very difficult to get the mesh lines right.Or perhaps we need a mesh fill on a combined object, which is not allowed.In both cases it is much easier to start with a rectangle when creating the mesh. Then when it is finished, just powerclip it inside the irregular or combined object. That way we can make much more complicated fills with less struggle.
This works even better in X6, where we can now edit objects inside a powerclip by Alt+click selection.
Hmmm. I just know it. But my wife knows it and uses it. It was Ariel who has been kind to share few more tips on using mesh fill in DRAW.
Ronny Axelsson said:While we're on the subject (mesh fills) I will take the opportunity to share another great tip (which I'm sure you know already, Anand):
The GIMP has the BEST mesh-fill, fast, precise and intuitive. Point the COREL engineers that way and you'll be doing us all a big favor...
Ronny Axelsson said:When creating a mesh in a irregular object, it is often very difficult to get the mesh lines right.Or perhaps we need a mesh fill on a combined object, which is not allowed.In both cases it is much easier to start with a rectangle when creating the mesh. Then when it is finished, just powerclip it inside the irregular or combined object. That way we can make much more complicated fills with less struggle. This works even better in X6, where we can now edit objects inside a powerclip by Alt+click selection.
Ronny,
Great idea! Never thought of doing it that way.
Dan
Terremoto said:Great idea!