Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 EN CDGSX7IEDB User Manual

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Work faster and more efficiently

With advanced fill and transparency options, a new docker 
for trying out fonts, and many workspace improvements, 
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 offers new ways to help you 
work fast and efficiently — from concept to production.

Fountain fills: You can now create elliptical and 

rectangular fountain fills, apply transparency to 
individual color nodes within a fountain fill, repeat a fill 
within a filled object, adjust a fill’s angle of rotation, and 
smooth the blend transition of a fountain fill.

With CorelDRAW X7, you can apply and adjust fountain 
fills more quickly, accurately, and creatively by using the 
new interactive controls in the Object Properties docker 
or the new Edit Fill dialog box. In Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7, 
the enhanced Edit Fill dialog box provides quick access to 
all available controls for adjusting fountain fills.

With CorelDRAW X7, you can efficiently search for, 
preview, apply, and interactively transform both vector 
pattern and bitmap pattern fills by using the enhanced 
controls in the Object Properties docker. You can also 
save personally created or modified fills to the new FILL 
format, which is supported by Patterns, a new iOS app 
that makes it easy to create seamless bitmap patterns 
from photos. What’s more, patterns saved to the FILL 
format are easily shared with other CorelDRAW Graphics 
Suite users. 

Give it a try

1

In CorelDRAW X7, create an object, such as a square or 
circle, and then click 

 

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2

In the 

 docker, click the 

 

 

tab.

3

In the 

 area, click the 

 

 button, and 

then click the 

 

 

button.

4

Click the 

   above the color band, open the 

 picker, and choose a color.

To adjust transparency, click and drag the 

 

 

slider.

5

Click the 

   above the color band, open the 

 picker, and choose a color.

6

Move the midpoint slider below the color band to set 
the midpoint between the two colors.