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Applying special effects in bitmaps

You can apply a wide range of special effects to bitmaps, such as three-dimensional (3D) and artistic effects.

Left to right: Add noise effect, Zoom blur effect, Solarize color transform effect, Edge detect contour effect, Sharpen effect

Left to right: Original image, Emboss effect, Cubist artistic effect, Mosaic creative effect, Distort pixelate effect

The special effects are organized into the following categories.

 

Lets you simulate effects produced by various camera lenses. Effects include Colorize, Diffuse, Lens flare, Lighting effects, Photo filter, Sepia toning, Spot filter, and Time machine, which lets you walk your image back through history to recreate some popular photographic styles from the past.
Lets you apply effects from a third-party filter to bitmaps in Corel DESIGNER. An installed plug-in appears at the bottom of the Bitmaps menu.

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

When you apply an effect to a bitmap, Corel DESIGNER automatically adds a border around the bitmap so that the effect covers the entire image. Disabling the automatic inflate option cuts off the effect at the edges of the image. For example, if you apply the Gaussian Blur effect to a rectangle, the corners are cut off.

Gaussian Blur with Auto Inflate (left); Gaussian Blur without Auto Inflate (right)

If you want to use a custom border size, disable automatic inflation, and manually specify the dimensions of the inflated bitmap.

Adding plug-in filters to Corel DESIGNER provides additional features and effects that you can use to edit images. You can add plug-in filters, and you can remove them when you no longer need them.

To apply a special effect Back to Top

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

To inflate a bitmap manually Back to Top

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To automatically inflate the bitmap to cover the entire image, click Bitmaps Inflate bitmap Auto inflate bitmap.

To add a plug-in filter Back to Top

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To remove a plug-in filter, click a plug-in folder from the Plug-in folders list, and click Remove.

 


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