CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 30. Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn, step by step, how to create the illustrations you've imagined, quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs, import and edit photos, master the art of typography and the science of color theory, make 3D scenes from 2D objects, and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art, this. | 254 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Object moved 2 inches FIGURE 9-9 This object was precisely moved by applying a Position transformation. option is not selected new values you set for absolute nonrelative position move an object to the absolute location shown on your current ruler position. Rotating Objects With Rotate you can make multiple copies and enter exact angles of rotation based on degrees and in default increments of 5 using the spin boxes. Figure 9-10 shows two very different results when using relative and absolute positioning and making two copies of the teakettle. Entering negative values rotates an object clockwise while positive values cause counterclockwise rotation. Selecting the Relative Center option allows either Vertical or Horizontal to rotate objects according to the object s center marker position and the position of that is specified as either V or H. You can specify a new center origin position for your object s rotation by changing the existing value in the H and Vboxes. When Relative Center is not selected your object is rotated according to the page center. Scale and Mirror Objects The Scale and Mirror transformation has features for entering precise changes in object size. You can also cause the object to be flipped either V or H and or simultaneously by clicking one of the two mirror buttons as shown in Figure 9-11. When the Proportional option is unchecked your object s new horizontal and vertical scale values are unlinked meaning you can apply scaling commands to either the width or height independent of each other. While the Proportional option is checked width and height scaling operations are locked to each other. This means that scaling the width or height by a given percentage value causes the adjacent value to be calculated automatically to preserve your selected object s original proportions. CHAPTER 9 Moving Scaling Rotating Basic Transformations 255 FIGURE 9-10 The Rotation transformation features an offset option when .
