Expert: Ran - 2/16/2010

Question
Sir,

I would like to ask you about wrapping text with JPEG file, i saw one video on Youtube it contains one image of Honda car (JPEG File) is imported and then goes for text option write HONDA then using some option (drag it container i am not sure about that)then JPEG file converts its shape into text format i.e HONDA TEXT WRITTEN it  then it looks like picture JPEG FILE HONDA PICTURE. How it possible tell me how to do that

Answer
Hi Suresh

Some of the CorelDraw YouTube videos are much speeded up and it is impossible to see exactly how it is done.

The way to shape your text is to place it into an Envelope (Effects/Envelope) then play around with the controls in the Docker window to create the shape you want and click Apply.

Then you can move the nodes of the envelope to follow whatever shape underneath that you wish, e.g. your car.

You cannot "automatically" follow the shape of something in a .jpg image underneath, it must be done manually. However you can create a trace of the .jpg and then create a car-shaped envelope from that as follows:
• Select your car picture then click Bitmaps/Quick Trace
(This will create a complex set of objects, so move it away from the .jpg image to another part of the page)
• Click Arrange/Ungroup All.
• Now delete as many of the objects as you can without losing the car shape - delete the background and perhaps the shadows underneath, so that all you are left with is a car shape.
• Now select all the objects in that car shape and combine them into one with Ctrl+L or Arrange/Combine.
• Type your text somewhere "HONDA" and make it approximately the same size. Now, with the text selected, click the eyedropper button on the Envelope docker, then click your car shape, then click Apply on the docker.
• If you see a message saying the object is invalid, select the car again and weld it together into one piece with Arrange/Shaping/Weld. Then try the eyedropper stage again.

I hope this helps you.