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Graphic Tools

Notes artistic media strokes can be changed at any time, which changes the corresponding look
of the media—and you can see the dynamic changes for accurate visual feedback as you
work. You can draw while an artistic media effect is enabled, and you can also apply these
painterly strokes to existing lines. The Artistic media tool is located in the toolbox with
other line-drawing tools.
With the Artistic media tool selected, the property bar offers five different line-drawing
modes to choose from each of which has its own options.

Notes You have additional options on the property bar, directly to the right of your choice
of artistic media, and the options change, depending on the media type you choose.

Figure 8.1: Artistic Media Tool

Source: http://kreasilugie.blogspot.in/2012/05/tutorial-coreldraw-x6-how-to-create.html
z Live Smoothing: The Tools Property Bar has a slider to allow users to determine the
smoothness that can be applied with lines drawn with the freehand and artistic media
tools. The next line drawn will be smoothed according to the last setting.
z Mesh Fills: The Mesh Fill Tool allows users to add color to a certain section of an image or
photograph by using a grid-like pattern. It offers you the power to solve many types of
realistic illustrative challenges with a minimum of objects.

Figure 8.2: Mesh Fill Tool

Source: http://clubweb.interbaun.com/~mward/a_plus/mesh_fills.pdf
z Eyedropper: Eyedropper Tool is the tool with which you can easily do a variety of things:
from simply copying solid colours to copying gradients, shapes and other properties
from one object into another one.

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