Roughening objects

The roughening effect lets you apply a jagged or spiked edge to objects, including lines, curves, and text. You can control the size, angle, direction, and number of the indentations whether you activate the graphics tablet stylus or apply settings to a mouse.

The roughening effect is determined either by movements of a graphics tablet stylus, by fixed settings, or by automatically applying perpendicular spikes to the line. Tilting the stylus toward and away from the tablet’s surface increases and decreases the size of the spikes. If you are using a mouse, you can specify the tilt angle from 0 – 90°. You can determine the direction of the spikes by changing the angle of rotation (or bearing) of the stylus as you apply the roughening effect to an object. When you are using a mouse, you can set the bearing angle from 0 – 359°. You can also increase or decrease the number of spikes that are applied as you drag.

The roughening effect also responds to the pressure of the stylus on the tablet. The more pressure you apply, the more spikes are created in the roughened area. If you are using a mouse, you can specify values to simulate the stylus pressure.

You can also change the brush nib size.

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Roughening allows you to apply jags or spikes to part of an outline or path.


To roughen an object

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Select an object using the Pick tool CorelDRAW pgx pick tool Roughening objects.
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In the toolbox, click the Roughen brush tool CorelDRAW pgx roughen brush Roughening objects .
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Point to the area on the outline you want to roughen, and drag the outline to distort it.

You can also
Specify the size of the roughening spikes
Type a value from 0.01 to 2.0 in the Nib size box CorelDRAW loc pgx smudge tip box Roughening objects on the property bar.
Change the number of spikes in a roughened area
Type a value between 1 and 10 in the Enter a value for frequency of spikes box CorelDRAW pgx rough stypress box Roughening objects on the property bar.
Change the number of spikes in a roughened area when using a graphics stylus
Click the Use stylus pressure button CorelDRAW pgx smudge stypress but Roughening objects on the property bar.
Specify the height of the roughening spikes
Type a value between 0 and 90 in the Enter a fixed value for tilt setting box CorelDRAW pgx smudge tilt box Roughening objects on the property bar.
Increase the number of roughening spikes as you drag
Type a value between -10 and 10 in the Add dryout to the effect box CorelDRAW pgx smudge dry box Roughening objects on the property bar.
Change the height of the roughening spikes when using a graphics stylus
Click the Use stylus tilt button CorelDRAW pgx smudge stytilt but Roughening objects on the property bar.
Specify the direction of the roughening spikes
Choose Fixed direction from the Spike direction list box. Type a value between 0 and 359 in the Enter a fixed value for bearing box CorelDRAW pgx roughen bear box Roughening objects on the property bar.
Change the direction of the roughening spikes when using a graphics stylus
Choose Stylus setting from the Spike direction list box on the property bar.
Create roughening spikes perpendicular to the path or outline
Choose Auto from the Spike direction list box on the property bar.

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Objects with distortions, envelopes, and perspective applied to them are converted to curve objects before the roughening effect is applied.

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To make the tilt angle and bearing angle responsive to the graphics tablet stylus, right-click the roughened object, and select a command from the submenu.
 
To get the minimum and maximum values for the roughening controls, right-click the control on the property bar, and click Settings.

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