Draw Guide

Additional Tools
Note: In order for the cross-fade to function, the objects need to have attributes that are
similar. It is, for example, impossible to carry out a cross-fade between a shape filled with a
simple color and another shape filled with a bitmap image.
Exchanging Objects with Other Programs
This section describes a few ways of exchanging data between the various modules in the
OpenOffice.org suite and Draw and other programs.
Reminder Concerning Image Formats
As mentioned in several places in this document, Draw is essentially a vector graphics tool,
and even if it has a few bitmap handling functions, it is advisable to save your vector work in
a vector graphics format, rather than in bitmap format.
The major advantage of vector files is apparent when they are displayed zoomed or when you
resize them. The following image shows a comparison of the degree of detail between a
vector image on the left and a bitmap image on the right when enlarged 700 times.
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Figure 72 - 3D crossfade
Figure 73 - Vector / bitmap comparison