I have used Coreldraw 7 for many years with very few problems. Having recently switched fro Windows XP to Windows 7, I purchased Coreldraw X7 (Home & Student) and am rather disappointed by some of the problems I am encountering. In the old program I could create a large rectangle that almost filled the page, and completely fill it with a texture such as "Airbrush" or "Neon Slice" with the bitmap resolution and maximum size set to (for example) 120 and 257 respectively. If I do the same thing in X7 I end up with several "tiles" in the fill pattern, and changing the resolution and/or tile width makes no difference. Is this a bug, or a limitation, or am I doing something wrong? To add to the mystery, if I create a large texture-filled rectangle using my old Coreldraw 7, save the file, and then open it in X7, it is perfectly OK. It's only when I try to create the same thing from scratch in X7 that the problem occurs.
CorelDRAW 7.0 was many years backsince I used. It was my first version though :-) When creating the rectangle, and you like to fill the rectangle, do you use the PowerClip feature? Have you tried using the Interactive Fill Tool?
Lets say you are using the Inetractive Fill Tool. 1) Create a Rectangle 2) Interactive Fill Tool in the Toolbar 3) And choose let say Bitmap Pattern Fill in the Property Bar, while Interactive Fill Tool is selected, you can click the Edit Fill icon/button to the right on the fill features in the propert bar, and make adjustments there.
Or if you simply have a fill to fill a rectangle, is PowerClip something that would work for you?
Hi Stefan, I didn't use Powerclip or Interactive Fill. I just went through the procedure as given in my other response. (Corel 7 didn't have the interactive fill tool, so it's unknown territory for me). I did do a little experimentation by selecting the rectangle shown in Screen 1 of my earlier response and using the interactive fill tool (without really knowing what I was doing). I managed to get the rectangle looking more like the second screenshot. So I am a little happier knowing that I should be able to get similar result provided I spend more time learning about the new tools. However I am still surprised that Corel X7 gave a different result, though the process was the same.
Hello Case, (thats your name?)
I attache a set of screenshots in one image. Hope this helps.
Look at each screenshot step by step, and then the third, click/select BOTH the mirror buttons.
Create the rectangle and select your image to be filled.1) Click the + (quick customize button) and add the Edit Fill icon/button. And Click it and it opens the Edit Fill Dialog. Select your sample image.
2) Click the Transformations button
3) Click both mirror
I saw your reply now. Good you found the Transformation button. Yes there is a good and bad in that respect. More steps. But also more flexibility and possibilities. ALso try playing with the Interactive fill tool.
I like to recomend the video webinar I made for Corel. I show many ways on how you can use this and other features in regard to fills. Click the link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnvdZwHneko