Introduction

CorelDraw (styled CorelDRAW) is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa, Canada. It is also the name of Corel’s Graphics Suite, which bundles CorelDraw with a bitmap image editor, Corel Photo-Paint, and other graphics-related programs (see below). Several innovations to vector-based illustration originated with CorelDraw: a node-edit tool that operates differently on different objects, fit text-to-path, stroke-before-fill, quick fill/stroke color selection palettes, perspective projections, mesh fills and
complex gradient fills. CorelDraw’s competitors include Adobe Illustrator and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer. Although all of these are vector-based illustration programs, the user experience differs greatly between them.

Prerequisites

• Basic PC skills such as basic understanding of the computer’s operating system, launching applications, creating, editing, and saving files, copying files from CDs and other media.

Course Content

1. Introduction

• Welcome to CorelDRAW
• What’s new in CorelDRAW

2. Jumping Right Into CorelDRAW X7

• Welcome to the Welcome Screen
• Touring the user interface
• Creating drawings
• Saving your masterpieces

3. Working with Pages and Layout

• Working with multiple pages
• Customizing the page layout
• Working with Guidelines and the Snap To options

4. Creating Objects

• Drawing shapes
• Polygons
• stars
• graph paper
• The Perfect Shapes Collection
• Lines and curves
• Node editing using the Shape Tool

5. Transforming Objects

• Selecting/deleting objects
• Modifying objects
• Arranging objects
• Working with multiple objects
• Converting objects
• Locking objects

6. Design Time Savers

• Cut, copy and paste
• Duplicating and cloning objects
• Using the Step and Repeat docker
• Undo/redo/repeat
• Working with symbols

7. Working with Artistic Text

• Working with the Text Tool to create Artistic Text
• Fitting text to a path
• The character formatting docker
• Spelling and Quickcorrect

8. Working with Paragraph Text

• Working with the Text Tool to create Paragraph Text
• The paragraph formatting docker
• Linking paragraph text frames
• Working with columns
• Additional paragraph features

9. Color Outlines and Fills

• Introducing color palettes
• Color filling options
• Color outline objects
• Using the Eyedropper and Paintbucket Tools
• Using the Smartfill Tools

10. Layers and the Object Manager

• Working with layers
• Layer properties
• Using the master layer

11. Viewing Your Work

• View modes
• Preview modes
• Using the View Manager
• Using the Zoom Tool

12. Find and Replace

• Find and replace objects
• Find and replace text

13. Bitmaps

• Applying effects to a bitmap
• Using the Image Adjustment Lab
• Cropping bitmaps
• Converting vector objects to bitmaps

14. Shaping Objects

• Shaping objects
• PowerClipping objects
• Adding envelopes
• Working the corners

15. The Interactive Tools Flyout

• Interactive Blend Tool
• Interactive Contour Tool
• Interactive Distortion Tool
• Interactive Drop Shadow Tool
• Interactive Extrude Tool
• Interactive Transparency Tool
• Interactive Fill Tool

16. More Special Effects

• Adding perspective
• Using the lens effect
• Adding bevels

17. Importing, Publishing, Exporting

• Importing and exporting Files
• Publish to PDF
• Export for Office

18. Customizations

• Customizing your toolbars and menus
• Customizing your color palettes
• Printing
• Printing basics explained
• Print preview basics

19. The Rest of the Suite

• Using Corel Capture
• Tracing bitmaps using PowerTrace
• CorelPHOTO PAINT: Cutout Lab
• CorelPHOTO PAINT: Effects
• Working with the Corel Design Collection