Software Used: CorelDRAW 9.
This tutorial is divided into six parts covering four techniques for creating 3D Hearts in CorelDraw. It starts with the basic heart shape, and also covers creating custom object spraylists for the artistic media tool. If you came to this page from a search, you'll want to start from part one, the basic shape.
Part 6: 3D Heart with Extrusion
This method is what I used to create the conversation heart object sprays that I made available for download a couple of weeks ago.
 1.)
Select your basic heart shape from part
one. Fill it with a solid color and no outline. I node edited my basic
shape so it didn't have such an emphasized point at the bottom. Refer to
part one for how to do this. |
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You may need to move the vanishing point in your drawing to adjust for the
change. |
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Add a bevel by clicking the bevel 
button on the property bar. I used a depth of .03" and an angle of
15 degrees. |
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That's the basic 3d heart. You can duplicate it and change the color by selecting it and clicking a different color in the color palette. |
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7.) Create artistic text in a bold font, all caps, and duplicate it twice. |
 8.) Make the top layer the same color as the heart. Position one copy of the text up and to the left and color it a darker shade (almost black). Position the other copy down and to the right and color it lighter (almost white). |
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If you want to use the conversation heart to make
an object spraylist, there are some steps you need to take first:
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2.)
Select the interactive extrusion 
tool, then click and drag on the heart in the direction you want the depth
to go.
3.)
In the property bar, change the extrusion type to the middle button on
the bottom row. 
4.)
Now lets adjust the lighting so we can see the dimension. Click the lighting
button on the property bar. I used two lights. Light 1 is in the top left
front at an intensity of 100. Light 2 is the bottom right back with an
intensity of 65.
6.)
You may need to adjust the vanishing point again after adding the lighting
and bevel.
To
make the conversation hearts, I added text the same way I did in the 
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