Use CorelDRAW to make a background with a watercolor effect by
rasterizing paint strokes using the "Artistic media" tool, then applying
the "Watercolor" effect to those strokes. Raster images are those
composed of pixels, unlike CorelDraw's default image type, vectors.
Vectors are composed of instructions that tell CorelDRAW how to draw a
particular shape. The Watercolor effect only works on raster images, not
vectors.
Instructions
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Click "File" and "New" to
display a dialog box with options for creating a new canvas to paint or
draw on. Click "OK" to accept the default parameters for the new canvas
and create the canvas.
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Hover your mouse over the fifth
icon down in the toolbar at the far left of the screen. Press and hold
the left mouse button to display the list of buttons contained within
the single icon. Hover your mouse over the item labeled "Artistic
media," whose icon is shaped like a paintbrush, then release the mouse
button to enter painting mode. In this mode you can choose colors for
the watercolor background.
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Hover your mouse over the
canvas, then press and hold the left mouse button to begin applying
paint. Drag the mouse to paint a shape you like, then release the mouse
to stop painting. Click a color from the set of swatches at the far
right of the application window. The stroke you painted fills with the
color you clicked.
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Paint additional strokes and
choose colors for those strokes, until you have an image you'd like to
make a watercolor background from. Click the toolbar icon shaped like a
white arrow to run the Select tool, then drag a selection region around
your paint strokes to select them.
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Click the "Bitmap" menu's
"Convert to bitmap" command to turn the vector shapes you painted into
bitmaps. Click the "Bitmap" menu's "Art strokes" submenu to display a
list of effects you can apply to the strokes.
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Click the "Watercolor" command
to display a dialog box. Drag the "Brush size" and "Granulation"
controls left or right, then click the "Preview" button to see the
effect of your changes. Click "OK" to complete the watercolor effect.
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Right-click the "Layers" panel
item labeled "Bitmap," then click "Lock object" to prevent your future
mouse actions from impacting the watercolor graphic. You can now create
other imagery with the water effect as your background.
