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This is a situation that I never worried about when using CorelDraw for cutting vinyl, but since being retired and tackling increasingly more complex drawings, it is something I find frustrating.
When I create a simple curved shape and want to apply a fountain fill, I don't know how, or if, it is possible to make the fountain fill follow the curve of the shape. Working with CDX7.
I know I could do it using blend, but fountain fill is smoother.
Comments? ideas?
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May have to contour then combine. Send me what you have to fountain fill.
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This probably doesn't help much for what your trying to do, but for me it's usually a line of text I'm trying to do this with. I break the text apart and apply and tweak the fill to each letter. A little time consuming but works ok most of the time. This isn't an option if it's a single graphic. Will try the mesh tool next time...
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. It looks like the mesh tool is the way to go for this project.
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Well, I played around with the mesh fill tool today and am starting to figure out how to manipulate it properly. Yet another tool for this old brain to learn!
I love it!
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Mesh tool works great. But for a simpler solution, the contour tool works great. Just increase your steps and reduce the contour size until you're happy with how it looks.
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Thanks for also mentioning "contour" Phillip. It just wouldn't work for certain elements on this project.
Multiple gradient colours within each element.
The mesh tool is definitely the way to go and after a couple of days, I am getting used to how it works.
The fountain fill and Mesh tool produce smooth colour transitions when you zoom in. Contour doesn't.
I am trying to create a complex vector drawing that looks "realistic" in full colour, that has no overlapping lines with everything trimmed so that, when viewed in wireframe mode, it looks very simple.
I'll post the final results in a week or so when I finish the project.
Many of the features of CorelDraw, I was fortunate enough to have learned first hand by watching someone, in person. Bob Stephens and Gail Beattie were two of the best that helped me in the past.
Currently, I'd love to just sit down and look over the shoulder of someone like Joe Diaz and ask him some questions!!!!
[ February 12, 2016, 10:42 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
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I have looked over Joe' shoulder, and asked lots of questions, and got lots of answers, but my mind still doesn't work like his. I have learned a lot from Joe, but I still have soooo much more to learn. Now you've got me wanting to learn more about the mesh tool as well.
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Don...Like a lot of Corel's advanced features, the mesh tool, I am finding, is something that requires quite a bit of practice. I'm getting better with it after a few days but still have a long way to go.
As an aside, I have been running into mouse problems in the last couple of days. I think I have worn it out!!! At least my Google searches on the problems I am having with it are reported by others too. I guess you can only click on the left button so many times and the interior copper contacts will start to get fatigued.(Today I was working away and suddenly noticed that one element of a project had disappeared, due to the mouse malfunction. Good thing the "un-do" level was set to 150 because I used most of them to restore what had been deleted! And I had only been working for 5 or 10 minutes. It is amazing how often we click on that left mouse button when working on a graphic project!)
I will be on the hunt for a new mouse on Monday in Merida, MX with my "Spanglish" finely tuned!!!
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Found a new mouse today!!! On a whim, I went to the local Bodega Aurrera (Walmart subsidiary) and found a Logitech mouse with a unifying receiver. Set it up and it works perfectly!!!
$298 pesos (about $15.75 US) Now I can continue my "hobby" without frustration.
-------------------- Dave Grundy retired in Chelem,Yucatan,Mexico/Hensall,Ontario,Canada 1-519-262-3651 Canada 011-52-1-999-102-2923 Mexico cell 1-226-785-8957 Canada/Mexico home
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Hope this isn't too off topic, but after I upgraded from my old PC to a laptop, (and then later my old CAMM 1 died)...I found I couldn't install my old Corel 8 into my newer laptop. I miss having it for designing all sorts of things for personal use. If I want to be able to install Corel Draw into Win 7, how new does it have to be? And since I am no retired I can't spend a lot, nor do I want to seeing as it's mostly crafts and fun stuff I'm doing now. I would hope to find a used version online. Any suggestions? Dave, how are you enjoying life in Mexico?
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Adrienne, I know for sure that CorelDraw ver.X3 will install and work perfectly with Windows 7. I wouldn't bother with any earlier version of CorelDraw. You should be able to pick up a used copy pretty cheap on E-Bay.
Edited to add....Just checked aand a brand new full version of X3 can be had for $30 on E Bay.
We are loving life in Mexico, however we only live here for 7 months of the year. During the warmer months we still live in Canada. We kinda live a "dual" life. Two complete households, two different vehicles, two complete sets of legal documentation. When we live in Mexico we are Mexican and when we live in Canada we are Canadian. It's a lot of fun!!!!
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Thanks Dave! The Yucatan peninsula is quite spectacular, I imagine where you are is a bit away from the Cancun hotelera areas, I wouldn't even want to visit there again now, but if I remember correctly you are up the coast a bit near Merida? It's been many years ago, but I spent 2 weeks in Cancun and Isla Mujeras, back in the 80's, I bet it's not the same now. Sounds like the best retirement life ever! for the advice on Corel, I'll go check it out. Just hope this old, one legged lady can handle the learning curve to remember how to just install it even!! edited to ask: if I see 'Tutorial Training/plus' is this some limited version, or what I want? those all run $30 average A:)
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Adrienne...Just look for the CorelDraw Graphics Suite. You don't want/need the tutorial stuff.
Yes, we are about 200 miles west of Cancun, on the beach, directly north of Merida.
And Yes...Even during the last 18 years, there have been huge changes everywhere on the peninsula. Some for the better and some for the worse.
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for the advice on Corel, I'll go check it out.
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