can anyone show me how to create a shadow please?

[Jill Marie Welsh]

I’m pretty much a Corel dummy but here is how I’d do it.
Type text- convert to curves- combine-outline it.
The break it apart, make the outline white, copy the original, and stage it behind the outline. Then you can use as is or trim it to fit the outline, and delete the outline.
Might help to do it in wireframe.
Hopefully someone else will have a better explanation.
Love….Jill

[Tim Painter]

Create the text and rotate it.
Then duplicate it 2 times – change 1 to white.

Layer them so you have black / white / black. ( Maybe easier to use yellow instead of the white so you can see it) in the positions you want.

Convert the text to curves.

Once you have them positioned Select the white text, goto arrange / shaping / shaping / from the docker select Trim then select the lower black text.

It should cut a segment from it.

You can then break apart whats left if you need to get rid of anymore.

This may be all Greek Neil as there are various way to achieve what your trying to do.

Hope it helps – as for books – just play with simple shapes and simple functions then build on it.

Tim.

[Harry Cleary]

Loads of tips and tricks on various Corel sites

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/ … 2796556289

[Neil Speirs]

Thanks for the help Jill & Tim, due to lack of time I ended up nipping out to get a letter head of them to scan 😳

& thanks for the link Harry :thumbsup:

[Hugh Potter]

why is everyone converting to curves?

type text,
left click on text (keep hold), when in position just right click to duplicate.

press ctrl>D and it’ll duplicate another (one step away)

move the top text out the way, click on the 2nd layer, Arrange>shaping>weld

select both sets of text, the Arrange>shaping>trim (or use the little icon in the task bars).

remove the 2nd layer text and discard.

if done right, you’ll have a trimmed 1st layer, now move the top/3rd layer back into position and it’ll look exacly like you have.

in practice it’ll take around 30 seconds to do.

HUgh

[Glenn Sharp]

I’m not sure why everyone is even trimming ??

this is to be printed isn’t it….. so it just needs duplicating and the centre ‘J’ turning white

doesn’t it? 😳

[John Thomas]

If you dont like Corel just create the shadow in your preferred signmaking prog and export it as curves/outlines as a .cdr/.ai file, open it in corel.
Job done. 🙂

[Graeme Harrold]

Yup quite simple an no need to convert to curves…………..
Type font in 1 line inc the Ltd then adjust the size.
Copy and paste the text and adjust the required off set for the shadow
Give each a different colour fill for ease of differentiation.
On the top copy apply a white contour outline
Now change the fills back to black……….

Job done, all that is left is to add the ellipse and rotate it.

No need to trim, weld or any other combine feature as its to be printed.