Applying perspective

Adding perspective to objects creates the illusion of distance and depth. You can create a perspective effect by shortening one or two sides of an object. This effect gives an object the appearance of receding in one or two directions, thereby creating a one-point perspective or a two-point perspective.

The original graphic (left) with one-point (middle) and two-point (right) perspective applied to it.

CorelDRAW lets you use perspective with both vector and bitmap objects. You add perspective to a bitmap interactively in the drawing window.

Two-point perspective (bottom left) is applied to a bitmap (top left).

The perspective effect is applied nondestructively, so you can edit it or remove it and revert to the original image at any point. After you add perspective to bitmaps, you can transform and manipulate them as you would any other vector objects. For information about transforming objects, see ‘Working with objects.

Perspective effects can be added to objects or grouped objects.

Perspective is applied to a group of vector and bitmap objects

You can also add a perspective effect to linked groups, such as contours, blends, and extrusions. You can’t add perspective effects to paragraph text or symbols.

You can adjust perspective by moving the nodes on the perspective grid or the vanishing points. Moving a node lets you edit a two-point perspective; moving a vanishing point lets you edit a one-point perspective.

After you apply a perspective effect, you can copy it to other objects in a drawing, adjust it, or remove it from the object.

To apply a perspective

To	Do the following
Apply a one-point perspective	Click Effects Add perspective. Press Ctrl, and drag a node.
Apply a two-point perspective	Click Effects Add perspective. Drag the nodes on the outside of the grid to apply the effect you want.

Pressing Ctrl constrains the node’s movement to the horizontal or vertical axis to create a one-point perspective effect.

Press Ctrl + Shift as you drag to move two adjacent nodes symmetrically towards or away from a central point. This is useful when you want to distort an image symmetrically.

To copy an object’s perspective effect

2 .	Click Effects Copy effect Perspective from.

You can also use the Attributes eyedropper tool to copy a perspective effect. For more information, see To copy effects from one object to another.

To adjust the perspective

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Shape tool

Pressing Ctrl constrains a node’s movement to the horizontal or vertical axis to create a one-point perspective effect.

Splitting, cropping, or erasing portions of an object with perspective flattens the perspective effect, so you can no longer edit it.

You can also adjust one-point perspective by dragging a vanishing point.

Press Ctrl + Shift as you drag to move adjacent nodes closer together or further apart along a horizontal or vertical axis. This is useful when you want to achieve a symmetrical perspective effect.

To remove a perspective effect from an object

2 .	Click Effects Clear perspective.

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