You can also

Change the path of a selected freehand blend Click the blend path with the Shape tool , and drag a path’s node.

To select the blend path, click the Path properties button and click Show path.

To split a blend

1Select a blend.

2Click the Miscellaneous options button on the property bar.

3Click the Split button .

4Click the intermediate object at the point at where you want to split the blend.

You can’t split a blend at the intermediate object that is immediately adjacent to the start or end object.

To remove a blend

1Select a blend.

2Click Effects ` Clear blend.

You can also remove a selected blend by clicking the Clear blend button on the property bar.

Creating PowerClip objects

CorelDRAW lets you place vector objects and bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects, or containers. A container can be any object, for example artistic text or a rectangle. When you place an object into a container that is larger than the container, the object, called the content, is cropped to fit the form of the container. This creates a PowerClip object.

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Objects before becoming a PowerClip object: artistic text and a bitmap

You can create more complex PowerClip objects by placing one PowerClip object inside another PowerClip object to produce a nested PowerClip object. You can also copy the contents of one PowerClip object to another PowerClip object.

In the PowerClip object, the artistic text is the container, and the bitmap forms the contents. The bitmap is shaped to the letters of the artistic text.

After you create a PowerClip object you can modify the content and the container. For example, you can lock the content, so that when you move the container, the content moves with it. CorelDRAW also lets you extract the content from a PowerClip object, so that you can delete the content or modify it without affecting the container.

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To create a PowerClip object

1Select an object.

2Click Effects ` PowerClip ` Place inside container.

3Click the object you want to use as the container.

If you want to create a nested PowerClip object, hold down the right mouse button, drag the PowerClip object inside a container, and click PowerClip inside.

To copy the content of a PowerClip object

1Select an object.

2Click Effects ` Copy effect ` PowerClip from.

3Click a PowerClip object.

To edit the content of a PowerClip object

1Select a PowerClip object.

2Click Effects ` PowerClip ` Edit contents.

3Edit the contents of the PowerClip object.

4Click Effects ` PowerClip ` Finish editing this level.

While you edit, the container displays in Wireframe mode and cannot be selected.

To lock or unlock the content of a PowerClip object

• Right-click a PowerClip object, and click Lock contents to PowerClip.

From here

For more information about	In the Help index, see
Changing the mapping mode of an envelope	envelopes, changing mapping modes
Extracting the content of a PowerClip object	PowerClip objects, extracting contents

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