Fade behind a image

[tintgirl2000]

I love Corel and have used it with my plotter for years. I now have a printer so I am making the jump from always thinking in vector fromat to bitmap images. I have a vector image that I am placing on a bitmap image and want a soft fade around the vector so it will stand off the bitmap. I don't know how to do this...Can anyone make it simple enough for even me to catch on?

 

[Shovelhead]

Vectors and rasters look horrible when placed together.
You're better off working completely in raster.

 

[tintgirl2000]

image

Here is the image. I exported whole thing as jpeg for attachment. I want a fade behind the policeman ( he is a vector )

 

[JR's]

no image

 

[WhiskeyDreamer]

without seeing the image, i'd open up in photopaint, bring in the vector policeman, create a glow around the policeman, save, and reopen in draw...put your vector on top....granted, at this point putting the vector on top doesn't do much, and i would agree with shovel that the two can look bad together if not done correctly...

 

[bob]

I love Corel and have used it with my plotter for years. I now have a printer so I am making the jump from always thinking in vector fromat to bitmap images. I have a vector image that I am placing on a bitmap image and want a soft fade around the vector so it will stand off the bitmap. I don't know how to do this...Can anyone make it simple enough for even me to catch on?

You can use the drop shadow tool in Corel Draw. This will look nice on your monitor but may not reproduce well. Corel Draw has some real problems with this. Most likely you will end up with a slightly discolored rectangle that bounds the drop shadow. Even if you separate the drop shadow. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't.

The fool proof method is to duplicate the object you want to drop shadow, convert the duplicate to a bitmap, edit the bitmap in PhotoPaint where you add a drop shadow then separate that drop shadow from the object, delete the original object, and save the result back to Draw. Then position the drop shadow under the object.

And there you are...

 

[tintgirl2000]

sorry

here's the image

 

[Kentucky Wraps]

Just do a drop shadow behind the vector...but do it OFF the bitmap. Then place it over the bitmap. If you do a face over it..sometimes it gets boxed lines. If I didn't understand what you wanted...sorry.

 

[Shovelhead]

Just me....but I would add a Photoshop filter (watercolor) to the raster
to stylize it add to the cartoon feel.

 

[tintgirl2000]

thank you

thanks I will try that. Good advice

 

[Service Sign Co]

Do you mean an outer glow?

 

[Shovelhead]

I see no reason for a glow.
Why?

 

[Service Sign Co]

Did you read the original post?

and want a soft fade around the vector so it will stand off the bitmap.

 

[Shovelhead]

Did you read the original post?

and want a soft fade around the vector so it will stand off the bitmap.

That's what I'm questioning.
A glowing trooper looks ridiculous to me.

 

[Jim Doggett]

I tend to prefer a subtle change to the background to increase contrast ... a glow or stroke around the foreground element looks a bit contrived and pasted-on, IMHO. Also, will a text or some other element be added to balance it and communicate a message of some kind? Such as ...

 

[Shovelhead]

I tend to prefer a subtle change to the background to increase contrast ... a glow or stroke around the foreground element looks a bit contrived and pasted-on, IMHO. Also, will a text or other alement be added to balance it and communicate a message of some kind? Such as ...

....and there you have it.

 

[Service Sign Co]

Then you want to use the transparency tool

 

[WhiskeyDreamer]

i think the drop shadow would be sufficient....if any type of glow, i'd add a black glow so he doesn't looked radioactive...

EDIT: changed my mind....i like jim's much better!!

 

[luggnut]

I don't like the combo of photo and cartoon much either... maybe a background like wyle e coyotes?

 

[tintgirl2000]

I do like Jim's best. That is what I am trying to get...I do like Day's shadow on the road as well.
Thanks guys