Software Used: CorelDRAW 9.
This tutorial is divided into six parts covering four techniques for creating 3D Hearts in CorelDraw, starting with the basic heart shape. This part covers creating custom object spraylists for the artistic media tool. If you came to this page from a search, it's a good idea to start from part one, the basic shape.
Part 3: Creating Object Sprays
1.)
Start with your basic 3D heart from the last
part and create several duplicates.
2.) Edit the colors of the fills of each heart to create several variations. Refer to part two for instructions.
You may need to use the Object Manager docker to select the control curves for editing. If you accidentally click the blend group and change the fill, the heart will turn solid. Just click undo and try again.
3.) When you have a set of colored hearts you're happy with, drag a marquee around each one, right click and choose separate, then right click again and choose group. The blend group must be separated before you can add the object to a spraylist, and grouping will make it easier to select each heart when we create the object spray.
4.) Select the artistic media 
tool, and then the sprayer 
from the property bar. From the drop-down list, select New Spraylist. Click
on the first heart, then click the add to spraylist button on the property bar.
Select the second heart, click add to spraylist, and continue until you have added all six hearts. You will see the drop-down list on the property bar update each time you add another object. When you've added all six hearts, click the save button next to the drop down list. Give your file a name, but don't change the folder location from the default. Now drag a line across your page and watch if fill up with hearts! You can adjust the size and spacing of the objects via the property bar.
Click the image to download this and other free
spraylists.
That was fun, but we still have two more variations of the 3D hearts to work through, so let's continue...
PART FOUR: Using Transparency >>
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