CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 64. 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. | 594 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Mode buttons Create From Preset selector Mapping options FIGURE 20-2 The Envelope docker lets you select options before they are applied. To apply the effect using the Envelope docker follow these steps. Creating Envelopes via the Docker 1. Create or import an object select it and then open the Envelope docker CTRL F7 . 2. Click the Add Preset button notice how the preset selector window fills with thumbnails of the presets. Choose one try the heart shape by clicking the thumbnail you can see a dashed outline preview surrounding your object on the page. You could click Apply to apply the preset but don t do that right now. 3. In any direction drag a node on the envelope bounding box surrounding your object. Depending on the preset shape you can also drag a direction handle straight line presets don t have node direction handles but curved objects such as the heart do. Notice that the Apply button is now dimmed when you edit a preset bounding box CorelDRAW assumes you ve accepted the preset shape so there s no fussing with the Apply button. 4. The Reset button does not reset the preset object instead it calls the last-used preset. If you want to clear the envelope now notice that the property bar features the Clear Envelope button and other options as long as the docker is onscreen. CHAPTER 20 Envelope and Distortion Effects 595 Envelope Tool Cursor States By following either of the previous tutorials you ll have noticed your cursor changes its look as shown next. These cursor states are visual signals that you re about to edit the envelope in different ways depending on what part of the envelope your cursor is over. While you re shaping your envelope the cursor becomes active. But when your cursor is held over envelope nodes or segments the dotted lines surrounding your envelope object the Shape tool takes over letting you change the position and properties of the nodes and segments by click-dragging see Figure 20-3 . You don t .
