I made a feathered vector mask that I think will be useful. The frame is not included in the download, nor is the picture. I saved it in Version 9.0 format so it should be available for most every CorelDRAW user, in 9.0 you can't save presets. You may wish to clip the mask inside a power clip if you want smooth exterior edges.
But if you want to make your own, for your photo, create an elipse or shape you wish the vignette to follow and the approximate outside (this should be oversized if you wish to power clip later). Combine these two shapes to leave a hole in the middle, you may either fill with white or other color, works best if the body of the mask matches the next step or it also works if the whole shape is transparent. If you are unfamiliar with using 100% transparent objects, then by all means, use white. Then depending upon your version of DRAW you can save the properities as a drop shadow preset from the download file of the drop shadow with the eyedropper tool, or use the following settings:
Shadow Properties:
Transparency: 100%
Feather: 13
Shadow Mode: Outside
Feather Properties: Squared
Blend Mode: Normal (X3 only)
X: 0.0
Y: 0.0
Perspective Type: Flat (9.0 only)
Inpiration from Sark who posted a macro called Gaussian Blur. Or you can use this macro and make your shadow white with Normal blend mode.
This has been tested in X3, 12.0 and 9.0 (In 12.0 and X3 you can save your presets, perhaps for 10.0 and 11.0 but I don't have those versions of DRAW).
The frame was made from a 50% gray 24 pt line, changed to an RGB Bitmap at 300 dpi, expand canvas both in the x and y by an inch. Create mask from object, use The Boss, followed by Plastic, then apply curves (make a big "M" usually), then either color with Tone Hue or with the new adjustment controls in X3. The inner matte is just a black line set fairly wide.
Once you figure out the preset, making gold in PhotoPaint is easy.
Enjoy.
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