

Enable the Blend along full path check box. If you want to obtain a more elaborate appearance, select the new blended group and click on the More blend options in the property bar. The cursor will change into a wavy black arrow.Ĭlick on the path that you had previously drawn and the blend will take on the shape of this path. Select the blended group and click on the New path icon in the Blend Tool property bar. Release the mouse button and the blend is practically done. Then, without releasing the mouse button drag the cursor and position it over the second circle. Once all the elements have been created, select the Blend Tool and left-click on the left circle. Then, using the Freehand Tool draw a path that will function as the blend trajectory. Using the Ellipse Tool draw two circles and apply a radial fountain fill to them.

To start, you must create all the elements that will be “blended”. To help you discover it, let’s create a simple 3D-effect using the Blend tool. The Blend tool is one of the most versatile tools in CorelDRAW, that’s why it’s very useful to understand its power. The shape, as well as the fill and outline of the objects, are progressively modified to take on the shape of the selected starting and ending objects. The blend is in fact a progression of overlapping objects along a path. One will be the starting point and the second will become the end point of the blend. You will need two objects in order to create a blend. The Blend tool is a long-known CorelDRAW tool but its functionality has been improved over the past few years, specifically in the more interactive way in which blends are applied to objects.Ī blend is like a metamorphosis or morphing between two objects.
