Been awhile since I posted here! I just posted a a good step-by-step at www.signs101.com and thought people here might benefit from it. (Or, hey, I thought it was a good step-by-step, anyway).
Instead of reposting it, I'll just put a link in here:
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That's pretty swift. I'll do it from now on.
I use Transparency all the time to vectrize images and logos from bitmaps.Import the BM into Draw, stretch it out nice and big, and lock it. Then make transparent all the geometric objects that will go into the new vector-file. Some effects, like Contour, won't work on a transparency. So, opaque it until that's done, then bo gack to Transparancy so I can sort-of see what I'm doing.
-------------------- Bruce Williams Lexington KY Posts: 945 | From: Lexington, KY, USA | Registered: Mar 1999
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I use transparency a lot in CorelDraw. Now that I'm having more and more work printed instead of cutting in vinyl there's no extra time involved in rendering special effects. One of my favorite tricks is to copy and paste (duplicate) an item directly onto itself and give the new layer a different fill with a transparency so you can see some of the other color or texture show through.
Touch and drag on the item while the trans tool is selected to make it a gradient. Have one color or texture 'morph' into another. Add a hint of texture to any panel (slate, stucco, woodgrain etc) using transparent bitmap fills.
Bitmap fill not quite the right color - no problem, turn yellow pine into mahogany by duping the object and changing it's fill to a transparent maroon. You never need to have a boring solid panel of any color again by using multiple layers with differently angled and colored gradient transparent fills.
And that's just with the 'Normal' setting. I must experiment now with the 'Multiply' setting. Thanks for the tip Wm.
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