CorelDRAW Help | Edit lenses

Edit lenses

You can edit a lens to change how it affects the area beneath it. For example, you can change the viewpoint of a lens, indicated by an X in the drawing window, to display any part of a drawing. The viewpoint represents the center point of what is being viewed through the lens. You can position the lens anywhere in the drawing window, but it always shows the area around its viewpoint marker. For example, you can use the viewpoint marker on the Magnify lens to enlarge part of a map.

You can also display a lens only where it overlaps other objects or the background. As a result, the lens effect is not seen where the lens covers blank space (white space) in the drawing window.

Freezing the current view of a lens lets you move the lens without changing what’s displayed through it. In addition, changes you make to the areas beneath the lens have no effect on the view.

To edit a lens

1 .

Select an object.

2 .

Click Effects

Lens.

3 .

Enable the Viewpoint check box in the Lens docker.

If you want to display a lens only where it covers other objects, enable the Remove face check box.

4 .

Drag the viewpoint marker in the drawing window to a new location.

5 .

Click End.

If you want to freeze the current view of a lens, enable the Frozen check box.

The Remove face check box is not available for the Fish Eye and Magnify lenses.

The features documented in the Help are available in the full version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019. Some features may not be available in this version of the product.

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