The Corel company has launched the Photo Paint version on the market to offer all photographers and publishers the possibility of expand their tools , including creating text from scratch by placing a crease or fold effect in the center.
This is a very useful method if you want to give the textual content of an image a different perception or break with the typical routine.
Another of its advantages is that this program from the Corel company offers the possibility of improve the quality of editing by these contents.
So that, even creating your text transformation from scratch, you can apply a number of professional effects that will demonstrate the quality of your work. Some of these effects can be text with 3d effect or wet paint effect.
Learn how to create the effect of bending or folding in the middle of your texts from scratch!
Unlike other effect styles applied within this program. Creating this drawing on text it really requires the use of different tools .
However, this sequence is quite simple and requires only a few steps. What actually takes more time is to create the crease effect within the text itself.
For that, you'll need a background (preferably only, because if you don't want it, it doesn't need you to), the text that will have the effect, and a shadow line.
Creating a background design within Corel Photo Paint
You will start with a new project within the program and go to the menu " Object manager ". Click on the " Add New Object" button " at the bottom to create two empty layers.
By selecting the second level, you will press the icon " Interactive fill tool " located in the left menu.
Here you will have several options to choose the types of backgrounds to create. For example, the “ Bitmap pattern fill ” to insert a texture, which can be changed to “ Change fill ” according to the wishes of the user.
By selecting the first level, however, you will also access the " Interactive Fill Tool ” but this time with the “ Uniform Fill ".
After setting the color of the second level, you just have to go back to the object menu to merge them both via the menu bar by choosing " Multiply ".
Methods for applying the effect using the text tools
To create the effect of bending or folding in the middle of a text, you will only have to use the tool offered by Corel Photo Paint.
You just start by creating an object layer with the content you want to apply the effect to. Once created, you need to duplicate it via the shortcut " Ctrl + D ".
Mainly you have to differentiate each text. It is recommended that the top layer keep a dark color, while the bottom layer a lighter color or vice versa, according to taste.
Once done. Take care to align both texts across the tab" Align and distribute " and select the second text layer to apply the shadow.
Enter the option " Shadow tool " which is on the left side. Apply a flat shadow from the center of the text down with an angle of 270º and change the values of the shadow in the bar.
To achieve the effect, place one text on top of another and on the first layer you will apply a " Object transparency " which you can find in the " Shadow tool ".
Once the editing cursor appears, you just have to position yourself in the center of the text and drag it down again by pressing the " Control " to create the effect.
It should be noted that you need to make sure that the midpoint is bent at the beginning of the transparency to create the effect of folding or folding in the middle.
Finally, just click on " Edit Transparency ” to change the transition and color scheme to appreciate the result of your edition.
Corel Photo Paint gives designers more options for text work so they can create original work. Sometimes just using the right tools you can create an illusion without using a predefined effect.
If you want to try something more innovative and risky, dare to create your own GIF texts with glitter movement.
