how do i get Faded effects in coreldraw please?

[Andy Gorman]

Put a white rectangle over the image and apply a transparency to it using the lens tool. Adjust the transparency until it looks washed out enough.

[Nick Minall]

Or you can use the interactive transparency tool

[JOHN BEEDHAM]

HI…..When i hand out qoutes on A4, i always put the persons design covering the hole page in B\W…Behind all my text and designs, …i have it so washed out ..the customer sometimes does not even see it…..so when I point it out to them they go….” WOW,….
All i use is…(corel draw, not corel paint)………

select your pic…..go to EFFECTS…..then the ADJUST button…
then the Brightness-contrast and intensity button…..play with intensity..
See if it looks good with the (little eye icon) preview button.
then press ok.
CHUCK ALL YOUR STUFF ON TOP …………..johnno

you can go from black to invisable 😛

[JOHN BEEDHAM]

oh yeah……..just a idea

go back to corel draw 10…..trust me its heaps heaps better for almost everthing…………..not so much extra crap to deal with.
even loads faster

[Alan Drury]

Not sure I agree with John, V10 was not a very stable Version of Draw on anything other than W2000 or XP and it wasn’t brilliant then – V12 is better. You can put a lense on your drawing to create the faded effect but this may increase substantially the file size and print time, it may be better to shrink your design to A4 – convert to bitmap – edit bitmap (double click) fade the image, ( in docker make background object – second icon bottom left, and then move the slider at the top of docker) on closing this will be back in Draw, put this on another layer and lock it, (won’t select by accident then) you can make this layer a master then it will appear on every page.
Alan D

[Lee Pawlett]

thanxs for all your help yet again 😀

[Paul Rollason]

Hi Lee

Select object

Select the transparancy tool

The toolbar changes to transparancy tools

At the left hand end of the toolbar there is a box that should say “none”

Change this to “uniform” and a slide appears with the defult setting 50%

Slide the slider until the desired effect ic achieved

paul r

[Peter Munday]

Paul I have looked everywhere for the transparency tool 😮
can you give me a clue to its whereabouts?

[Paul Rollason]

Hi Peter

In the toolbox which on my computer is on the left of the screen.

Click and hold the fith button up and on the flyout there shoulb be a button that looks like a wine glass.

paul r

[JOHN BEEDHAM]

why not just keep it as eps and not even go into corel paint.
just stay in corel draw.
then you can export it to your cutter programe or just print straight from there to printer. 3 commands are better than 10.
every one has xp ..don’t they..
i go straight from corel to signwizard gold………..keeping it eps all the way.
every one is differant

[Paul Rollason]

All of the above is in CorelDraw

paul r