CHAPTER 25: An Introduction to PHOTO-PAINT 797 25 FIGURE 25-11 Erase areas whose tone and color don’t match the edges of the object. Right-click over either object title on the Object docker, and then choose Combine | Combine All Objects With Background. Optionally, you can standardize this image’s data by combining all objects-as you did in the Hollywood condo example. Figure 25-11 shows the work in progress, and the illusion looks pretty convincing. Zoom into the editing area, and then drag over any areas whose brightness doesn’t match the edge of the object. Choose the Eraser tool, and then on the property bar, choose a soft tip from the Presets drop-down list, and set the size to about 35 pixels in diameter. You might be done, but you might want to refine the edges of Object 2 with the Eraser tool. When you think you’re finished cloning, restore the visibility of Object 2. Clone tool Right-click to set sample point then stroke over area to be retouched. 796 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide FIGURE 25-10 Use the Clone tool to visually integrate the areas in Objects 2 and 1. Periodically, unhide Object 2 to see how much work you need to do, and what areas are not necessary to clone away. Work from the outside inward, resampling frequently to match the original tones of the light shirt. Therefore, release the mouse button when you see that the traveling sampling point is getting mighty close to an undesired area for sampling. When you release the mouse button, the sampling point for the Clone tool snaps back to its original position. Drag, ever-so-slowly, slightly, and carefully over the backward lettering on the T-shirt, to get a feel for the Clone tool. You’re choosing a sampling area that’s close in tone and color to the area you want to hide. Right-click with the Clone tool just below the name on Julian’s T-shirt. Hide Object 2 by clicking the visibility (the eye) icon to the left of its thumbnail. CHAPTER 25: An Introduction to PHOTO-PAINT 795 25 FIGURE 25-9 Copy the image area that you don’t want to flip to a new object in the document. On the property bar, choose Medium Soft Clone from the drop-down list. The Clone tool picks up an image area you define by right-clicking and then applies the image area to a different area when you drag, based on the diameter and feather amount (softness or soft-edge in other bitmap programs) you set for the tool. Choose the Clone tool from the group that contains the Red-Eye Removal tool. A straight paint color won’t do the job, because the image area has varying tones of color from the texture of the T-shirt. What needs to be done now is to remove some of the backwards text on Object 1 to keep it from showing through. Click to turn a Background into an object. 794 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide FIGURE 25-8 Once a photo is an object, you can perform many PHOTO-PAINT feats not possible with a standard JPEG or other image file. Click the Object 2 entry on the Objects docker, choose Lightness from the Merge Mode drop-down list-a good mode for making underlying areas fade away only if the top affecting object has lighter corresponding pixels-and then move the object over Julian’s chest at image left with the Object Pick tool.
And yes, it will look strange to have “Julian” floating above the other kid’s chest! 7. Click the Object 1 entry on the Objects list to make it the current editing object. To hide the marquee lines running around a masked area of an object-and you’re only hiding, you’re not deselecting but only hiding an onscreen element-press CTRL+H to alternately Hide and Restore the marquee. This is equivalent to a Select | None command in other programs. Pressing CTRL+R removes a mask in a document window.
On the Object docker, you’ll now see a new thumbnail at the top of the list of objects, titled “Object 2” see Figure 25-9. Right-click inside the dashed indicator lines for the mask area, and then choose Object: Copy Selection from the context menu.