CorelDRAW Help | Bitmap effects

Bitmap effects

Bitmap effects are pixel-based. You can apply bitmap effects both to vector and bitmap objects. In the application user interface (UI), bitmap effects are listed in the top part of the Effects menu.

Examples of bitmap effects applied to a bitmap object. Top (left to right) Original image, Emboss effect, Cubist artistic effect, Mosaic creative effect, Distort pixelate effect; bottom (left to right) Add noise effect, Zoom blur effect, Solarize color transform effect, Edge detect contour effect, Sharpen effect

Examples of bitmap effects applied to a vector object

Bitmap effects are organized into the following categories.

Category	Apply to	Description
3D Effects	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you create the illusion of depth. Effects include 3-D rotate, Bevel effect (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Cylinder, Emboss, Glass (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Page curl, Pinch/punch, Sphere, The Boss (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), and Zig zag (Corel PHOTO-PAINT).
Adjust	Bitmap objects	Lets you adjust the color and tone of bitmaps. For more information about the effects in this category, see Adjust color and tone, Tone Curve filter, and Transform color and tone.
Art Strokes	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you apply hand-painted techniques. Effects include Charcoal, Conte crayon, Crayon, Cubist, Dabble (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Impressionist, Palette knife, Pastels, Pen and ink, Pointillist, Scraperboard, Sketch pad, Watercolor, Water marker, and Wave paper.
Blur	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you blur an image to simulate movement, speckling, or gradual change. Effects include Tune blur (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Directional smooth, Feather, Gaussian blur, Jaggy despeckle, Low pass, Motion blur, Radial blur, Bokeh blur (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Smart blur, Smooth, Soften, and Zoom.
Camera	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you simulate effects produced by various camera lenses. Effects include Colorize, Diffuse, Lens flare (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Lighting effects (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Photo filter, Sepia toning, Spot filter (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), and Time machine, which lets you walk your image back through history to recreate some popular photographic styles from the past.
Color Transform	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you create photographic illusions by using color reduction and replacements. Effects include Bit planes, Halftone, Psychedelic, and Solarize.
Contour	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you highlight and enhance the edges of an image. Effects include Edge detect, Find edges, and Trace contour.
Correction	Bitmap objects	See Remove dust and scratch marks from bitmaps.
Creative	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you apply various textures and shapes to an image. Effects include Art Style, Crystalize, Fabric, Frame, Glass block, Mosaic, Scatter, Smoked glass, Stained glass, Vignette, and Vortex.
Custom	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you apply a wide range of effects to your image. For example, you can add texture and patterns to an image (Bump-map effect). Effects include Band pass (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Bump map, and User defined (Corel PHOTO-PAINT).
Distort	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you distort image surfaces. Effects include Blocks, Displace,Mesh warp Offset, Pixelate, Ripple, Shear (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Swirl, Tile, Wet paint, Whirlpool, and Wind.
Noise	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you modify the graininess of an image. Effects include Tune noise (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Add noise, 3-D stereo noise (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Maximum, Median, Minimum, Remove Moire, and Remove Noise.
Sharpen	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you add a sharpening effect to focus on and enhance edges. Effects include Adaptive unsharp, Directional sharpen, High pass, Sharpen, and Unsharp mask.
Texture	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you add texture to an image by simulating a variety of surfaces, such as cobblestone, elephant skin, plastic, and relief sculpture. Effects include Brick wall (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Bubbles (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Canvas (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Cobblestone, Elephant skin, Etching, Plastic, Plaster wall (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Relief sculpture, Screen door (Corel PHOTO-PAINT), Stone, and Underpainting (Corel PHOTO-PAINT).
Transform	Bitmap objects	Lets you transform the color and tone of an image. Effects include Deinterlace, Invert colors, and Posterize. For more information, see Transform color and tone.
Plug-ins	Vector and bitmap objects	Lets you use a third-party filter to apply effects to bitmaps in CorelDRAW. An installed plug-in appears at the bottom of the Bitmaps menu.

To browse the bitmap effects that are available in the application, see Special effects categories.

For more information on working with bitmap effects, see Apply bitmap effects.