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Create smoother color transitions between fountain fill nodes Click the Edit transparency button, and click the Smooth button
.
Set the width and height of the transparency as a percentage of
the object’s width and height
Click the Edit transparency button, and type values in the
Transparency width and Transparency height boxes.
Move the transparency center up, down, left, or right Click the Edit transparency button, and type values in the X and Y
boxes.
Slant the transparency at a specified angle Click the Edit transparency button, and type a value in the Skew
box.
Rotate the transparency at a specified angle Click the Edit transparency button, and type a value in the Rotate
box.
To apply the transparency only to the fill or the outline of the object, click the Fill button or the Outline button .
You can also click the Transparency tool in the toolbox. To adjust the transparency, use the controls on the property bar or the
interactive vector handles that appear on the object.
You can also drag colors, which are converted to grayscale, from the color palette onto the transparency nodes. Alternatively, if the
Transparency tool is selected, you can drag the colors onto the object’s interactive vector handles .
Applying pattern transparency
There are three types of pattern transparency:
• Vector pattern transparency — a picture composed of lines and fills, instead of dots of color like bitmaps. These vector graphics are
smoother and more complex than bitmap images and are easier to manipulate.
• Bitmap pattern transparency — a color picture composed of patterns of light and dark or differently colored pixels in a rectangular
array.
• Two-color pattern transparency — a simple picture composed of “on” and “off” pixels. The only shades included in the picture are the
two that you assign.
CorelDESIGNER provides a collection of vector and bitmap patterns that you can access. You can browse the available patterns, search by
keyword, mark patterns as favorites, vote for patterns that you like, or copy patterns from the Content Exchange to your personal library. For
more information, see “Managing fills and transparencies” on page 319.
You can also create your own patterns. For example, you can create patterns from areas of the workspace or images that you import. Vector
and bitmap patterns are made up of smaller units called tiles. Depending on the size of the object, the fill may consist of one or more tiles.
The pattern is created by repeating the tile to fill up the object. You can create a new pattern by selecting an area of the workspace to use as
a tile, or by using an imported image as a tile source.
After you create a pattern transparency, you can save it for future use or share it with other users on the Content Exchange. For more
information, see “Saving and sharing fills and transparencies” on page 321.
You can modify pattern transparencies to suit your needs.