set the grid to frequency 2 per millimetre ... select the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle 120 x 120mm and give it a red outline ... use the freehand tool to put in the diagonals ... give the diagonals a red outline ... group the square and the diagonals ...

select the graph paper tool and set the columns and rows to 4 ... draw a graph paper grid 40 x 40mm and centre it to the top line of the red square ... select the grid and select ungroup ... fill alternate square white and black starting with white in the top left corner ...

 



group the black and white squares and copy to the bottom line of the red square ... copy the black and white squares to the left side of the red square and select a second time to access the rotation handles ... rotate through 90 ° holding down the ctrl key to reverse the colour order ... copy the reversed colour squares to the right side of the red square ...



select the pick tool and deselect any objects ... click on the snap to objects tool in the property bar ... select the bottom grid and select effects / add perspective ...

the grid now has nodes at each corner ... drag the bottom left node to the bottom left corner of the red square ... it will snap to it ... and drag the bottom right node to the bottom right corner of the red square ...

select the left grid and set the perspective to the top left corner and the bottom left corner ...
select the top grid and set the perspective ...




select the right grid and set the perspective ... select the red square group and delete it ... marquee select the perspective grids and group ... and right click on the no-fill in the colour palette to remove the outlines ...

 


select the import tool in the standard toolbar ... import the photo corel8.cpt ... resize the photo using the corner handles to fit in the centre white space on the perspective group ... select the perspective group and select to front from the property bar ...


 


 

updated 10.01.2005
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