NO TRANSPARENCY USING "CREATIVE - VIGNETTE"

I converted it to a bitmap then setting it to Transparent Background... Using under "Bitmap/Creative/Vignette"special effect... the transparency doesn't work.

Any help please... explanation perhaps.

  • You may have converted it to a file format that doesn't support transparency (such as jpg). Try PNG.

    Also, make sure you do not have another object behind your vignette that would be exported along with it. Or, you could select the vignette and do selected only.

    • Cloyd said:

      I converted it to a bitmap then setting it to Transparent Background... Using under "Bitmap/Creative/Vignette"special effect... the transparency doesn't work.

      Any help please... explanation perhaps.

      Hi Cloyd,

      The Vignette feature in both Draw/Photo-Paint doesn't create transparency, it adds a "coloured" vignette to an image. If you want transparency with some kind of control, try this:

      • Convert your image to a bitmap in Draw (you already did this)
      • with the bitmap selected ... Click on Edit Bitmap
      • the image should appear in Photo-Paint as Object 1 in the Object Docker.
      • draw an elliptical selection as required with the Ellipse Mask Tool
      • right-click Object 1 in the Object Docker and choose Clip Mask>Create from Mask
      • Apply a Gaussian Blur (to the Clip Mask) and adjust strength as desired
      • Click on Finish Editing at the top right of the Main Toolbar

      The image will now be back in Draw with a transparent Vignette.

      Best regards,
      Brian.

       

      • thanks for the insights

        • I'm sorry Brian but you are incorrect sir. PhotoPaint was not required in previous versions.

          In Draw X5 we could take any object or bitmap, convert it to a bitmap with Transparency  checked, and then apply a vignette using the Bitmap/Creative/Vignette feature, and the feathered edge would have a graduated transparency. 

          This feature is broken in Draw X6 with the update applied. I did not try it prior to the update..

          • folivio said:
            In Draw X5 we could take any object or bitmap, convert it to a bitmap with Transparency  checked, and then apply a vignette using the Bitmap/Creative/Vignette feature, and the feathered edge would have a graduated transparency.

            I have never tried it in CorelDraw as I do all of my bitmap editing in Photo-Paint. Photo-Paint has always applied a coloured vignette, as far as I can remember. The easy way to use the tool and get transparency in Photo-Paint is to apply the Vignette effect to a clip mask rather than the Object itself. So have a "clip mask to show all" and then apply the vignette while the clip mask is selected.

            Best regards,
            Brian.

            • Another way to achieve a faded out effect is using the Interactive Transparency tool directly in CorelDraw. I used RGB 0,0,0 black to make 100% transparency. The following image was a regular 4" x 6" image placed over a yellow rectangle and then the Interactive Transparency tool applied, as shown: