CorelDraw is developed by COREL Corporation and this software helps to design and change vector graphics. That means you can create anything you like, such as logo, business card, t-shirt design etc. This software is very user-friendly and easy to use. You can learn all these tools & projects in this tutorial1. IntroductionIntroduction to CorelDRAW & graphic designCorelDRAW workspace tourInterface CorelDRAW CorelDRAW options Handling windows Handling Toolbars & dockers Standard toolbar Property bar Dockers Status bar Choosing a workspace 2. Document handling (CorelDRAW basics)New document, New from templateOpen document, open recent documents, close documentSave & save as templateImporting, exporting & printing3. Important menu commandsEdit Menu Commands: Undo, redo, cut, copy, paste Delete, duplicate, clone, select all, find and replaceObject Menu Commands: Align and distribute Changing order of object (to front of page, to back of page, to front of layer, to back of layer, forward once, back one) Group, ungroup and ungroup all Hide, show and show all Lock object, unlock object, unlock all objects Combined command Shaping methods (weld, trim, intersect, simplify, front minus back, back minus front)View menu commands: View modes (wireframe, normal, enhanced, pixel) Ruler, guidelines, gridlines, dynamic guidelines Snap to object, snap to guideline, snap to gridline4. How to use toolbox & property bar commandsWorking with pick tools flyout Pick tool (select, resize, stretch, skew, rotate, mirror and etc.) Freehand pick tool Free transform toolZoom tool & pan tool (zoom in, zoom out, fit to page/ to page width/ to page height/ to contents/ to selection)Fill tools & filling methods (properties) Interactive fill tools Smart fill tools Mesh fill tools Color eyedropper tools Attribute eyedropper toolsCurve tools: Freehand tool, 2- point line tool, Bezier tool, pen tool, B-spline tool, Polyline tool, 3- point curve toolDrawing tools & properties Artistic media tool Live sketch tool Smart drawing toolRectangle tools (rectangle, 3- point rectangle)Ellipse tools (ellipse, 3- point ellipse) honestShapes tools ( polygon, star, spiral, common shapes, impact tool, graph paper)How to use tools in edit shape flyout Shape tool (corner style, convert to curves, nodes and curve styles) Smooth Tool Smear tool Twirl tool Attract and repel tool Smudge tool Roughen toolHow to use crop tools and erase Crop tool Knife tool Virtual segments delete tool Eraser toolWorking with text tool & Table Artistic text Paragraph text Path text Table textDimension tools (parallel, horizontal or vertical, angular, segment, 2-leg callout)Connector tools ( connector, anchor editing)How to use effects tools Shadow Contour Blend Distort Envelope Extrude Block shadowTransparency tool & properties5. How to Use Effects and Bitmaps CommandsEffects menu commandsEdit & trace bitmap images6. Practical ProjectsProject 01: Lets’s Illustrate a Simple LogoProject 02: Let’s Illustrate CorelDRAW LogoProject 03: Lets’s Illustrate LG LogoProject 04: Let’s Illustrate an Avocado FruitProject 05: Let’s Create a Business Card DesignProject 06: Let’s Create a Bookmark DesignProject 07: Let’s Create a Book Cover DesignProject 08: Let’s Create a T-shirt DesignExtra Bookmark Project: Let’s Create a Bookmark Design (II)
