CorelDRAW Topics Covered |
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How to Start the CorelDRAW program ? |
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Introduction to the CorelDRAW program, Menu bar & Drawing Toolbox |
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Overview of Drawing tools |
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Freehand Tool |
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Rectangle Tool |
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Ellipse Tool |
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Polygon, Spiral & Graph Paper Tools Spiral- You can draw two types of spirals: symmetrical and logarithmic |
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Editing the object |
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Deleting, Moving, Scaling, Rotating & Skewing |
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Shape Tool
- Used to give shape(curve) to a line. |
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Knife Tool
- Used to cut an object from node to node |
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Erase Tool |
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Smudge Tool
- Smudging lets you distort an object by dragging the outline of an object or a group of objects |
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Roughen Tool
- The roughening effect lets you apply a jagged or spiked edge to objects (A generic term for any item you create or place in a drawing.Objects include line,shapes,graphic and text) , including lines, curves, and text |
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How to combine two lines |
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Learn to use Transformation (Mirror) of object and combine it -
Lets you rotate and create mirror images of objects.Mirroring an object flips it from left to right or top to bottom. |
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Learn to use Transformation (Rotation), to make a flower |
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Live Demos |
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Live Demo- How to make a Heart |
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Live Demo- How to make a Plane |
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Live Demo- How to make a Hand |
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Live Demo- How to make a Heartleaf |
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Differentiate Mode of Color |
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Color Fill Tool :- |
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Fill Color |
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Fountain Fill
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A fountain fill is a smooth progression of two or more colors that adds depth to an object(Gives shades of colors) |
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Pattern Fill
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You can fill objects with two-color, full-color, or bitmap pattern fills. |
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Texture Fill
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A texture fill is a randomly generated fill that you can use to give your objects a natural appearance. |
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PostScript Fill |
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No Fill |
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Color Docker Window |
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Outline Tool :- |
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Outline Pen |
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Outline Color |
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No Outline |
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Outline Thickness |
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Arrange Menu |
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Order
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You can change the stacking order of objects on a layer by sending objects to the front or back, or behind or in front of other objects. |
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Group -
When you group two or more objects, they are treated as a single unit. |
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Convert to curve
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Lets you shape objects by manipulating their nodes(The square point at each end of a line or curve segment) and segments(The line or curve between nodes in a curve objects) |
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Convert Outline to object |
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Edit Menu |
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Delete |
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Symbol |
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Duplicate
Duplicate an object |
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Clone |
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Copy Properties From |
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View Menu |
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Simple Wireframe -
Simple wireframe — displays an outline of the drawing by hiding fills, extrusions, contours, drop shadows, and intermediate blend shapes; also displays the bitmaps in monochrome. It lets you quickly preview basic elements in a drawing. |
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Wireframe
Wireframe — displays simple wireframe in addition to intermediate blend shapes. |
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Normal
Normal — displays a drawing without PostScript fills or high-resolution bitmaps. Refreshes and opens slightly faster than enhanced view. |
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Enhanced
Enhanced — displays a drawing with PostScript fills, high-resolution bitmaps, and anti-aliased vector graphics. |
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Interactive Tool :- |
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Interactive Blending Tool
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Lets you create blends, such as straight-line blends, blends along a path((The basic components from which objects are constructed) , and compound blends. |
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Interactive Contour Tool
- You can contour (An effect created by adding evenly spaced concentric shapes inside or outside the borders of an object) an object to create a series of concentric lines that progress to the inside or outside of the object. |
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Interactive Distortion Tool |
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Interactive Envelope Tool
- It gives curve effects |
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Interactive Extrude Tool
- It gives 3D effect. |
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Interactive Extrude Tool |
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Interactive Drop Shadow
- Drop shadows simulate light falling on an object from one of five particular perspectives: flat, right, left, bottom, and top. |
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Interactive Fill Tool |
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Interactive Mesh Fill
- A type of fill that lets you add patches of color to the inside of a selected object |
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Interactive Transperancy |
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Eyedropper Tool & Paintbucket Tool |
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Artistic Media Tool |
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View Menu |
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Designing an Advertisement layout. |
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Designing an Greeting Card with proper measurements & Color effects. |
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Layout Menu |
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Text Menu |
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Live demo : Advertisement Layout with proper measurements. |
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Arrange Menu |
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Shaping - Weld, Trim, Intersect,Simplify, Front Minus Back, Back Minus Front. |
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Close path |
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Convert outline to object |
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Effects Menu |
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Lens |
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Powerclip |
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Add Perspective |
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Rollover
- Rollovers are interactive objects that change in appearance when you click or point to them. You can create rollovers using objects. |
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Bitmap Menu |
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Live Demo : Packet / Box Designing |
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Designing a Visiting Card |
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Designing a Letterhead |
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Final Project |
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