fading a bitmap image

[Phill Fenton]

There is a transparency tool (looks like a wineglass) that allows you to do this. Select the object (bitmap in this case) then click on the transparency tool – you can then select the type of fade (in this case Radial fountain) from a sub menu and adjust the level of transparency required.

[Graeme Harrold]

Im only using V12 and just use the slider at the top of the object manager docker to adjust the transparency of objects……

[John Harding]

Thanks Graeme and Phil

Phil your solution was the way to go just used the linear not the radial tool, jobs a good un 😉

Thanks guys

[Stephen Morriss]

Just a quick word of warning.

Check the EPS output if your printing it, in the end I converted it back into a bitmap as it wasn’t exporting properly, also the file size was huge.

[John Harding]

from another thread, stephen would you not be better exporting as a tiff or even pdf in order to print rather than eps which seems to corrupt some fills etc

John

[Alan Drury]

Any lenses will make files quite large and for reliable output I would always flatten. My method is as follows:
Select bitmap in Draw and click edit bitmap (earlier versions double click)
This will launch Photo Paint, have the objects docker open (window – docker)
(X4)There are icons at the bottom of this docker, select second from left (creates object from background)
Slide the opacity slider at the docker top to the desired opacity
Close PP and accept the save changes.. prompt
The bitmap is placed back into Draw
Alan D

[Richard Urquhart]

I would export as a tiff file that way when printing the blend and fill will look as they do in corel, but thats just me what do I know
xx

[Stephen Morriss]

As Alan said a lot of the effects in Corel don’t export properly, Gadients are another.
I’ve never tried a Tiff file, jpg’s seem to print ok and have the correct colours etc.

In fact I don’t think that Colorip would import Tiff files, I have the Wasatch 6.5 upgrade now and that does import most image types so I may give it a go.
Is there any real advantage over a jpg though?

I use PDF or EPS to keep cut contours working, a lot of my work is print and cut.

Steve

[George Elsmore]

colorip does import tifs mate 😀

[George Elsmore]

quote Alan Drury:

Any lenses will make files quite large and for reliable output I would always flatten. My method is as follows:
Select bitmap in Draw and click edit bitmap (earlier versions double click)
This will launch Photo Paint, have the objects docker open (window – docker)
(X4)There are icons at the bottom of this docker, select second from left (creates object from background)
Slide the opacity slider at the docker top to the desired opacity
Close PP and accept the save changes.. prompt
The bitmap is placed back into Draw
Alan D

when i tried that the icon second left is not available ie greyed out why is that Alan?

[Stephen Morriss]

Does it George, I couldn’t remember.
There is a common file type it doesn’t import though isn’t there, I’d have to look to make sure.

The upgrade sorted all that anyway.

Steve

[Alan Drury]

Don’t know George I’m in X4 and its as expected. What version are you on? Its the icon which is ‘Creates an object from the background’ Does the bitmap show as background in the object docker of PP?
Regarding pdf from Corel – ensure the settings are correct or colour model shift will happen which will change colours.
Alan D

[George Elsmore]

It says object 1 in the docker Alan???

[Alan Drury]

If its already an object use the opacity slider at the top of the docker.
A bitmap imported into Draw and edited in PP via ‘edit bitmap’ button should be labeled background in the docker and becomes an object when the icon is used. Closing PP will put it back into Draw. I am describing X4 but from memory X3 is the same. If you are using V12 I’ll try it in that later.
Alan D