Stereo Equalizer User Manual

Contour Filters
The Contour filters detect and accentuate the edges of objects, items, and selections in an image.
Find Edges: The Find Edges filter locates edges in an image and converts them to soft or solid lines. Soft lin es
create a smooth, blurred outline, while solid lines create a sharp, crisp outline. This filter is u seful for
high-contrast images, such as images that contain text.
Trace Contour: The Trace Contour filter traces image elements using a 16-color palette. Users can specify which
pixels are highlighted by setting a threshold level. They can also choose an edge type, Lower or Hi gher. The
Lower edge type highlights pixels with a brightness value below the user-defined threshold level. T he High
edge type highlights the pixels with a brightness value that is higher than the threshold level.
Creative Effects
The Creative effects in CorelDRAW 9 extend the creative range of visual effects.
Crafts: This effect reconstructs images by sampling main image colors and replacing them with puzzle piece s,
gears, marbles, candy, ceramic tiles, or poker chips.
Crystalize: The Crystalize effect transforms images into a menagerie of crystal formations, creating a geometr ic
pixelation of images in polygon forms.
Fabric: This effect reconstructs images by sampling main image colors and replacing them with needlepoint
stitches, quilt patches, rug hooking, strings, ribbons, or a tissue collage.
Frame: This effect applies irregular vignette borders to objects or images, resulting in a specified back ground
color or transparency. Users can choose from over 150 preset borders, eliminating the need for exte nsive
masking.
Kid’s Play: The Kid’s Play creative effect reconstructs images by sampling main color images and replacing
them with Lite Pegs, building blocks, finger paints, or paint by numbers.
Mosaic: This effect gives images the appearance of being created with mosaic tiles. Users can also choose to
have the tiles form a vignette pattern.
Particles: Stars or Bubbles are rendered across an image, resulting in the appearance of star fields, pixie d ust, or
carbonated soda.
Stained Glass: The Stained Glass effect transforms images into ornate stained glass creations. Users can
determine pane and solder size, and can simulate outdoor lighting through a luminosity setting. Als o, users
can determine the depth of the glass and solder through a 3D Lighting check box in the Stained Glas s dialog
box.
Weather: The Weather effects in CorelDRAW 9 add natural elements and atmosphere to images, ranging from
a snow flurry to a snowstorm, drizzling rain to a downpour, and misty fog to pea-soup fog.
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