User's Manual

Bitmap Features
Increased rasterization limit: CorelDRAW 9 lets users convert to a bitmap image with a resolution value as high as
10,000 Dots Per Inch (dpi). This feature is beneficial to users who create bitmap images for extrem ely large
media, such as billboards or highway signs.
Enhanced Convert To Bitmap dialog box: CorelDRAW 9 has logical and consistent bitmap image conversion
resolutions, enhancing the application’s consistency with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
CorelTRACE™ integration: Users can seamlessly send a bitmap image from CorelDRAW 9 to CorelTRACE for
conversion to vector graphics. This can be accomplished by right-clicking a new context menu item, or by
clicking on a new button on the bitmap toolbar.
Bitmap crop: This feature lets users crop a bitmap image in CorelDRAW 9. This eliminates the need to crop
bitmap images in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, streamlining workflow.
Bitmap Effects
CorelDRAW 9 now contains many of the bitmap effects features used in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. They
include the following:
Art Strokes
The Art Strokes effects give images an organic, hand-painted look.
Charcoal: Charcoal strokes render an image in a charcoal art style, simulating the charcoal technique.
Conté Crayon: Conté crayon strokes render an image in a conté crayon art style, giving the image a very soft,
aesthetic effect. Users can compose an image using any one of the five traditional conté colors, a combination
of the five, or all of the colors. The conté crayon colors are black, white, sanguine, bistre, and sepia.
Crayon: The Crayon filter scatters the pixels in an image to produce a wax crayon drawing. Users can contr ol
the crayon pressure and create outlines around elements in the image.
Cubist: This effect produces angular strokes that emulate the mood and technique of the Cubist painting st yle.
Impressionist: This effect creates a simulation of standard Impressionist techniques and applies them to an
image. Users can choose between a loose stroke style, such as a Monet style, or a fine Dab style, s uch as a
Seurat style.
Palette Knife: The Palette Knife creates images in a Palette Knife painting style. It also adds depth to the pain t
strokes, giving the image a layered, three-dimensional appearance.
Pastels: The Pastels strokes render an image in a pastel art style, giving it a smeared appearance. Users c an
choose between Regular or Oil pastels.
Pen & Ink: This effect gives images the appearance of being created in a pen and ink art style. Users can cho ose
between a Crosshatch or Stippling technique when applying the Pen & Ink effect.
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CorelDRAW™ 9
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