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Introduction: This section describes how to make realistic chrome-like text in Corel
Photo-Paint versions 8+ (some slight differences in the procedure described here occur
in version 8). You can use the same procedure for objects too. The effect relies on a
Difference merge mode and the use of the Tone Curve.
Main Method | Variations | Examples
Create the text 'CHROME' in a medium,
rounded font and centre it to the image.
Mask > Remove, SHIFT+CTRL+R, or use the icon on the Mask/Object Toolbar.
Note: The Current Mask channel disappears from the Channels Docker.
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Blur the image.
Create a mask of the entire image (Mask > Select All or SHIFT+CTRL+A).
Create a new object from the masked area of the background : Object > Create > Object:
Copy Selection, or CTRL+UpArrow, or use the icon on the Mask/Object Toolbar.
The object above the background should be selected. If not, select it in the Objects
Docker.
Display the options in the Merge Mode drop down by clicking the arrow near the list and
choose Difference.
The entire image should go black.
Don't worry, everything is still there. As the floating object and the background are
currently identical, there is NO difference between them - therefore the overall full black
appearance.
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Auto Equalize the image.
Create an object using the mask.
Clea
r the
backgroun
d.
Select the
background
object in the
Objects
Docker then
use Edit >
Clear (or
double-click
the Eraser
tool) to
clear it.
Add a
little
reflective
coloration.
Apply a colour
effect using
the Julia Set
Explorer:
From the menu choose Effects >
Fancy > Julia Set Explorer.
The Julia Set Explorer dialogue
appears.
Click and hold on the small black
triangle in the preset types list near the
bottom middle of the dialogue. While
continuously pressing on your mouse
button, roll over the Corel Presets type
so the complete list of Corel Presets
appears. Choose 60's Wallpaper (at
the top of the list) then release the
mouse button. The preview and
settings in the dialogue change.
Press the OK button. Your image
should now look like this:
Adjust the merge mode and opacity of the upper object.
With the upper object still selected, change its merge mode to Soft Light and the opacity
to about 40-50%.
That's it!
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Using different Julia sets:
Stella Spiral, merge mode = Overlay @ 50% opacity Sunny Meltdown, Soft Light, @ 60% opacity
Using Layers.
Rather than use the image background as the working layer as described here you CAN
use separate layers above the background layer as your working area but with a critical
difference. There seems to be a flaw in the Difference merge mode procedure when
using objects layers (unless this is just how PP uses it?) - There must be a white filled
layer directly beneath the objects you are working on and it must be included when the
objects are combined (as in step 11 of the above procedures when the object is
combined with the background). If you just try to combine two object layers without a
completely full white layer below them, the difference merge mode will be lost.
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Start with a black circle with outline of 24 pixels and no fill then treated as above. The
chromed circle was duplicated, perspective transformation applied to both, then a clip
mask used to 'hide the small part behind the front piece. The final step used KPT 6 to
create two highlights (lens flares).
A creation from one of Shane Hunt's Corel Draw WOW books, converted into a bitmap
and then treated as above.
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