I need to put label designs that I create onto photo images of wine bottles and make them shadowed on the edges so they look like the labels are on the bottles...I could use any ideas since I cannot figure it out!
I want to make my label on the left look like the one on the right...
Make a copy of the background paper shape, colour it grey and add a graduated transparency to it, then overlay it on top of the label. Maybe do it twice (or make a more complex transparency) if you need to add two shadows.
OK, so I got the bottle and a solid label to form to the bottle and I can do transparencies with that, but how do I take my label design and have it form as well so it looks like it is on the bottle - the design is flat...
You need to distort the label with the Envelope tool (hidden under Drop Shadow on the Tool bar) and then apply the shadows as above.
If you are trying to curve a bitmap, you can try the Shear effect in Photo-Paint (it might be in Draw also under the distort filters).
Or Mesh Warp, but it's really fiddly to use.
here's shear example:
Or if you upgrade to CorelDRAW 2018 you can now apply the Envelope tool directly to bitmaps.