Edit lenses


After you create a lens, you can edit it. For example, you can add areas to it and remove areas from it. You can adjust the settings of the special effect applied to the lens or change the transparency of a lens to fine-tune the changes you want to apply to the image.

Lenses can be selected and transformed in the same way that you select and transform objects. For information about selecting and transforming objects, see Work with objects and Transform objects. You can also apply some destructive effects from the 3D and Distort categories to change the shape of lenses. For more information about destructive effects, see To apply an effect destructively.

To add an area to a lens

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1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select a lens.
3 Click one of the following:
Paint tool
Rectangle tool
Ellipse tool
Polygon tool
Line tool
4 On the property bar, specify the tool’s attributes.
Ensure the New object button on the property bar is disabled.
5 Drag across the areas that you want to add to the lens.

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When adding areas to a lens, the grayscale value of the foreground color or fill color affects the lens opacity. White adds areas to the lens, while black makes lens areas transparent. For more information, see Transparency.

The Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, and Line tool create new objects by default.

To remove an area from a lens

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1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select a lens.
3 Click the Eraser tool .
4 On the property bar, specify the Eraser tool’s attributes.
5 Drag across the areas that you want to remove from the lens.

To edit the settings of an effect applied to a lens

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1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select a lens.
3 Click Object Edit lens.
4 Adjust the settings of the special effect filter.

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You cannot change the properties of a Desaturate lens or an Invert lens.

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You can also edit the settings of an effect applied to a lens by clicking the lens icon beside the object’s name in the Objects docker, and adjusting the settings of the special effect filter.

To change the transparency of a lens

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1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select a lens.
3 In the Objects docker, type a value in the Opacity box.
If the Objects docker is not open, click Window Dockers Objects.

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The Opacity box is not available for 1-bit black-and-white images.

To change the shape of a lens by using a destructive effect

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1 Click the Pick tool .
2 Select a lens.
3 Click Effects, and click an effect from the 3D and Distort categories.
4 Specify the settings of the special effects filter.

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The features documented in the Help are available in the full version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2021. Some features may not be available in this version of the product.