We all know the usefulness of a card: invitation to parties or any special celebration, promote our company or business, send it to our friends or as a thank you, among others. For this and much more, we will teach you how to create the image of a card by adding text and shapes with Corel Photo Paint.
Steps to create a card image by adding text and shapes with Corel Photo Paint
Creating a card is not a task to be taken lightly, nor is it a mechanical process. It is important to design it, think about its design and that it is consistent with its purpose. Next we will show you the steps to create the image of a ticket adding text and shapes with Corel Photo Paint.
First create a new image
- Click open a new document. A dialog box will open there write a name, which will be the name of your card. Specify the unit of measurement with width and height desired, resolution and color mode, click OK when finished.
- Go to the file, click import and select the image . Enter it in the document and click accept. Now click on the tab Align and distribute, found in the object manager. There you define the location. Place the image in a specific area of the document. Finally click on apply.
Add texts
- Create a new layer by clicking on the new object.
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- Select it text tool. Choose the font and its size. Position yourself where you want to add the text by clicking; proceeds to drafting of the text. Here you can change the color (if you use very specific color tones, you can create a custom color palette in Photo Paint) and its position: align and distribute or adjust line spacing.
- You can make other changes such as adding a skin. You do this by clicking on mask from object, go to the next layer and click on invert, then click cut by mask, click remove mask. You can also adjust the transparency, opacity or blend mode.
- If you prefer, you can also give the text a different look by inserting custom effects on the text with Corel Photo Paint.
Add shapes
Frame
We recommend adding the text at the end of the frame creation:
- If you want to add a frame to your card, click the rectangle tool on the property bar. Configure: color, fill or not, outline, radius, function and if you want there to be transparency or not.
- Create a new level. Now proceed to draw the frame in the document.
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- To add a decoration by adding another frame, click again rectangle tool. Make any necessary adjustments or settings. Click the selection tool to select the created objects. Then click a new item to create another layer. Now click on the brush tool.
- Choose the shape, size and color of the brush. If you want to add another decoration, you have two alternatives: copy and paste the decoration of the current layer and rotate it with the selection tool. Or you can go to the floating window of settings of brush, rotate 180 ° in the nib properties, locate the area where you will place it in the document and draw it. In both cases it is necessary to create a level.
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- Import other images you want to add to the document. Create a new level for any logo, gift, icon or other image.
Save the document
- Click on file. Therefore Save with name. Or in Export if your intention is to save it as a PNG or JPG image.
- Now choose whether to save all layers as background layers, then click accept. Finally, you can adjust the quality, the subformat, the color mode And that's it.
Thanks to this post on how to create the image of a ticket adding text and shapes with Corel Photo Paint. With what you already know now, you have the basis for doing other things; how to create Christmas cards with Photo Paint or even create a poster image by adding text and shapes using Photo Paint. If you liked this post, don't forget to share it with your friends and leave us your comments.
