CorelDRAW Help | Crop bitmaps

Crop bitmaps

Cropping removes unwanted areas of a bitmap. To crop a bitmap into a rectangular shape, you can use the Crop tool. For more information, see To crop an object or imported photo. To crop a bitmap into an irregular shape, you can use the Shape tool and the Crop bitmap command.

To crop a bitmap

1 In the toolbox, click the Shape tool

2 Select a bitmap.

3 Drag the corner nodes to reshape the bitmap.

If you want to add a node, double-click the node boundary (dotted line) by using the Shape tool where you want the node to appear.

4 Click Bitmaps

Crop bitmap.

You cannot crop a bitmap comprised of more than one object.

You can also quickly crop a bitmap into a rectangular shape by using the Crop tool . For information about the Crop tool, see To crop an object or imported photo.

You can also crop a selected bitmap after you drag the corner nodes by clicking the Pick tool , then clicking the Crop bitmap button on the property bar.