CorelDRAW

Smudging objects

Smudging lets you distort an object by dragging its outline. When applying smudging to an object, you can control the extent and shape of the distortion whether you activate the controls for the graphics tablet stylus or use the settings that apply to a mouse.

The smudging effect responds to both the angle of rotation — or bearing — and the tilt angle of a graphics tablet stylus. Rotating the stylus changes the angle of the smudging effect and tilting the stylus flattens the brush tip and changes the shape of the smudging. If you are using a mouse, you can simulate the bearing and tilt of the stylus by specifying values. Increasing the bearing angle from 0 – 359° changes the angle of the brushstroke. As you decrease the tilt angle from 90° – 15°, you change the smudging shape by flattening the brush tip.

Smudging can respond to the pressure of a stylus on a tablet where the smudging widens with more pressure and narrows with less. If you are using a mouse or want to override stylus pressure, you can enter real values to simulate the pressure of a stylus on a graphics tablet. Negative values to -10 create a narrowing distortion, 0 maintains an even stroke width, and positive values to 10 create an expanding distortion.

Objects placed in the foreground and background have been shaped by outside smudging (sun’s rays and blades of grass) and inside smudging (clouds).

Whether you are using a stylus or a mouse, you must specify the nib size. The nib size determines the width of the smudging applied to an object.

You can apply the smudging effect to the inside and outside of an object.

To smudge an object

1.

Select an object using the Pick tool .

2.

In the toolbox, click the Smudge brush tool .

You can also
Change the size of the brush nib	Type a value in the Nib size box on the property bar.
Change the size of the brush nib when using the graphics stylus	Click the Use stylus pressure setting button on the property bar and apply pressure to the stylus.
Widen or narrow the smudging	Type a value between -10 and 10 in the Add dryout to the effect box on the property bar.
Specify the shape of the smudging	Type a value between 15 and 90 in the Enter a fixed value for tilt setting box on the property bar.
Change the shape of the smudging when using the graphics stylus	Click the Use stylus tilt setting button on the property bar.
Specify the angle of the nib shape for smudging	Type a value between 0 and 359 in the Enter a fixed value for bearing setting box on the property bar.
Change the angle of the nib shape for smudging when using the graphics stylus	Click the Use stylus bearing setting button on the property bar.
Smudge the inside of an object	Click the outside of an object and drag inwards.
Smudge the outside of an object	Click the inside of an object an drag outwards.

Smudging objects