AJ
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Blending a bitmap.
1. Import bitmap
2. Enable Snap to Objects
3. Stretch a rectangle top left to bottom right of the bitmap
4. delete the bitmap
5. Select the interative fill tool
6. Select pattern fill
7. Select bitmap from roll down menu on toolbar.
7. Edit the fill, load up the bitmap
Note: getting the bitmap to 100% scale fill seems a bit problematic in Draw V9, it seems to default to tile, if however you select texture fill from the roll down list prior to selecting pattern fill, the scale is 100% and the bitmap fill can be applied.
The filled rectangle can be blended as normal.
If you use a 62 step blended white inside to black outside shape, with a black rectangular border as a source vector file, you can apply it as a full colour pattern transparency to the bitmap in similar fasion.
Here is another trick, feathered editable objects in Draw with a little help from Photo-Paint
1. Create some text
2. Convert to 1 bit 600 dpi bitmap (feed in the value manually)
3. Right click on the bitmap and edit in photo-paint
4. Mask Magic wand a white area.
5. Menu Mask/Shape/Similar
6. Invert mask
7. Feather mask Inside/Rounded edges to desired amount
8. Save mask as bitmap file
9. Cancel editing and return to Draw
10. Undo, to convert bitmap text back to text
11. Apply bitmap transaprency with source bitmap as recently created mask.
HTH
Peter
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