Operation Manual

Working with bitmaps | 525
Special effect category Description
Noise Lets you modify the graininess of an image. Effects include Add
Noise, Remove Moiré, and Remove Noise.
Sharpen Lets you add a sharpening effect to focus and enhance edges.
Effects include Adaptive Unsharp, High Pass, and Unsharp Mask.
Texture Lets you add texture to an image by simulating a variety of
surfaces, such as cobblestone, elephant skin, plastic, and relief
sculpture.
Plug-ins Lets you apply effects from a third-party filter to bitmaps in Corel
DESIGNER. An installed plug-in appears at the bottom of the
Bitmaps menu.
Adding plug-in filters to Corel DESIGNER provides additional features and effects that you can use to edit images. You can add plug-in filters,
and you can remove them when you no longer need them.
Corel DESIGNER automatically inflates a bitmap so that a special effect covers the entire image. You can disable automatic inflation and
manually specify dimensions for the inflated bitmap.
To apply a special effect
1 Select a bitmap.
2 Click Bitmaps, choose a special effect type, and click an effect.
3 Adjust any special effect settings.
To add a plug-in filter
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the list of categories, double-click Workspace, and click Plug-ins.
3 Click Add.
4 Choose a folder containing a plug-in.
To remove a plug-in filter, click a plug-in folder from the Plug-in folders list, and click Remove.
To inflate a bitmap manually
1 Select a bitmap.
2
Click Bitmaps Inflate bitmap Manually inflate bitmap.
3 In the Width and Height areas, do one of the following:
• In the Inflate to boxes, type the number of pixels that should make up the dimensions of the inflated bitmap.
• In the Inflate by boxes, type the percentages by which to inflate the original bitmap.
4 To inflate the bitmap proportionally, enable the Maintain aspect ratio check box.
To automatically inflate the bitmap to cover the entire image, click Bitmaps Inflate bitmap Auto inflate bitmap.
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