Creating Glass Buttons with Refraction in CorelDRAW

© 2002 by Jeff Harrison.

Today we’ll have a look at the Fish Eye Lens in CorelDRAW. It’s more than a novelty! Many folks go through the suite, marvelling at the wide variety of features. When they come across the Fish Eye Lens, they scratch their heads, wondering: “OK... cool... but how can I actually use this for something?”

To demonstrate, we’ll use it as part of a glass “pill” button, which could be used for a Web site button.

Let’s make a glass pill button first, and then we’ll bring the Fish Eye Lens in when required.

Included with this tutorial is an archive of all buttons used in the tutorial that can be modified in CorelDRAW to your heart's content.


Get this entire tutorial in a printable PDF file along with copies of all buttons in CorelDRAW format for only $5! Just click the button at right to get your copy today! It includes detailed information on how to create buttons like those shown below in CorelDRAW 9-X4 using features such as:

Fish Eye Lens · Blending · Convert to Bitmap · Perspective Effect · Transparency · Merge Modes · Contour Tool · Powerclip · Drop Shadows

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