Handwriting
This web-to-print technique takes dynamic imaging to a next level. Learn how to create a design of a person holding a pen, writing on some surface and have the pen positioned according to the length of the text.
Before you start

- Add a page frame (Layout/Page Setup/Add Page Frame). This will create a rectangular shape with the exact same size as the page size of your template and place it as a bottom layer.
- Input the dummy text and turn it into variable web-to-print field.
In a nutshell, we’re going to take a transparent picture of a hand holding a pen and place it inside a variable web-to-print text field. Then we will PowerClip them inside a transparent container to ensure the hand gets cropped according to the text length and place it on top of a background blank paper image.
Fonts

Note. Check out our font resources for more free fonts for your web to print designs.
Inside Photoshop
Let’s start by cutting out the background of the image with the hand.



Use the layer Blending Options (Right click on the layer / Blending options) to drop a shadow from the hand.

Save the image in a format that retains its transparency (ex. .PNG, .TIFF).
Inside CorelDRAW

Import the transparent hand image you made in Photoshop and press Ctrl+X to copy it to the clipboard.




If a user inputs a longer text, the hand will go over the page size. To make sure the hand is cropped to the page size every time, we’ll place it in a container of the same size as the page.


All done!
Our web-to-print software can handle this effect easily! Upload the template into your catalog and test it. This is a dynamic imaging template but the technique can be applied to web-to-print templates as well.
Download the FREE CorelDRAW template file.
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