Use the Ellipse Tool (circled in green on the toolbar) and draw any size circle for our example. Well, it’s possible in a few easy steps in CorelDRAW! Follow the directions below to see how you can master this technique. In our example, the original curve contains 103 nodes, whereas the edited curve contains only 8 nodes.Have you ever had that engraving job that would have looked even better if you could have just curved the text around the photograph, or been able to have the text along a line you drew? In the example below, we used a value of 90 to smooth the entire curve.ĥ) Compare the original tulip object to the edited one, and note the smoother appearance of the edited tulip.Ħ) Select the original object, and then the edited curve, while watching the status bar for the number of nodes each object contains. On the property bar, and move the Curve smoothness slider to 80 or more. The curve segments in the right side have been smoothed.Ĥ) To smooth the entire tulip, click the Select all nodes button We used the Shape tool to select the nodes in the right portion of the curve.ģ) Move the Curve smoothness slider to a value between 80 and 90. In this example, we marquee selected the right side of the tulip. Duplicate the tulip by pressing Ctrl + D so that you can later compare the original and the edited curve.Ī closed curve drawn with the Freehand tool.Ģ) Using the Shape tool, marquee select the part of the tulip that you want to smooth. In this procedure, you'll create a freehand curve and then smooth the curve by using high values of the Curve smoothness slider.Ĭlick the Freehand tool, and draw a tulip in the drawing window. Top: The original contour curve bottom: the contour curve with a low value of smoothness applied. The number of nodes was reduced from 2799 to 86 in the modified curve.Ĭlick anywhere in the drawing window to deselect the curve, and you'll see that its appearance has not noticeably changed. In our example, the status bar now indicates that 86 nodes are selected. You can also type Curve smoothness slider the Curve smoothness box, and press Enter. Use the Shape tool to select all nodes on the curve.ĩ) On the property bar, move the Curve smoothness slider to 2. The contour curve is positioned below the text.Īnd marquee select the contour curve to select all nodes. Note that if you had applied a contour effect with multiple steps, you would need to ungroup the contour curves to be able to edit them.ħ) Select the contour curve, and move it below the text. You can now manipulate the contour curve. In the Object manager docker, you should see two objects listed on Layer 1: Artistic Text and Curve.
Using the Pick tool, marquee select the text in the drawing window.
The Fill color picker is marked by a red ellipse.Ħ) You'll now separate the text from the contour effect. The Contour color page of the Contour docker. He Contour steps page of the Contour docker.ĥ) Click the Contour color button, open the Fill color picker, and click the Cyan color swatch. Next, type 0.03 in the Offset box and 1 in the Steps box. I4) n the Contour docker, click the Contour steps button, and enable the Outside option.