Entries tagged as ‘New feature’
By Steve Bain
The Cutout Lab introduced in Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X3 enables you to extract or copy photo elements from any digital image with precision and relative ease. Much more than just a quick selection tool, the Cutout Lab accurately detects almost any shape and preserves the fine details of an image. It automatically applies transparent edge-feathering, and it enables you to decide whether your cutout will be an object without a background, an object on top of the original image, or a clip mask attached to the original image.
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Categories: Advanced · Recent feature · Technique
Tagged: Basic, Close-cropping, Cut Out Lab, Masking, New feature, PHOTO-PAINT, Special Effects, Version X3
By Steve Bain
Has anyone ever known you well enough to finish your sentences? Well, that’s sort of how one of the most intuitive drawing tools in CorelDRAW works. The Smart Drawing tool was first introduced in CorelDRAW 12 to give freehand sketching the benefit of a kind of artificial intelligence. You can sketch a shape freehand-style on screen and end up with a precise vector object as a curve, native object or Perfect Shape.
You’ll find the Smart Drawing tool (shown below) located in the Toolbox between the curve tools and the rectangle tools—or you can press the S hotkey for speedy selection.
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Categories: CorelDRAW · Illustration · Tips
Tagged: Basic, CorelDRAW, Feature, Glyph nodes, Illustration, New feature, Smart Drawing Tool
