Now the outline is pixel-perfect, this time aligned with grid center points, so that the outline will remain within its 3-pixel border.Īs you move or resize this rectangle, each corner always aligns to a grid center. You can align this rectangle to the pixel grid easily by right-clicking on the rectangle and choosing Align with Pixel Grid. If you change the outline width to an odd number like 3 pixels, the outline now has 2 correctly filled pixels and 2 partially filled pixels.
If you change the outline width to another even number like 4 pixels, the alignment will remain consistent with grid corners.
This applies to resizing as well – alignment is always relative to grid corners. Now if you zoom back in to see the pixel grid, you will see that the second rectangle has also snapped to the pixel grid.īecause these rectangle outlines have an even number of pixels, when you use the Pick tool to move a rectangle, the rectangle nodes will still align with grid corners, with these corners centered within the outline. Zoom out so that the pixel grid is no longer visible and create a second rectangle. Drag to create the rectangle, and its corners will snap to grid corners. Zoom in so that the pixel grid is visible. Note : When you set these object properties, you may see a popup asking you to confirm a change to the default properties – just click OK. Click a swatch in the Color palette to set a fill color, and right-click a swatch for the outline color. Align with Pixel GridĪs a basic example, activate the Rectangle tool ( F6), which is the tool you’d start with to create a button in a web banner. This is where you can adjust the grid opacity or change its color. The pixel grid appearance is set in the Layout > Document Options window, on the Grid tab. Note : In earlier versions of CorelDRAW, pixels were centered on the page, which sometimes resulted in partial pixels along all edges. Because this page size is set in complete pixels, each corner has one pixel grid square. One complete pixel aligns exactly with this corner. Zoom in on the lower left corner of the page and the pixel grid starts to appear.
Generally, when working with the pixel grid it’s best to keep only pixel snapping on and turn off all other snaps. In the Snap To dropdown list, make sure that Pixels is checked. There are also a number of Page size presets for the most common sizes of web graphics and banners. This will set your color mode, units of measure and resolution to the correct settings for web graphics. Go to File > New and select the Web preset. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the pixel-perfect workflow in CorelDRAW, and go over some of the new pixel tools and features introduced in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019.Ĭlick on any of the images below to view full-size. When creating digital output, such as web graphics or social media banners, we often work in pixels – the tiny squares that combine to form the overall image.
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