Author: Scott Georgeson Level: Beginner | Duration: 5h 19m | Released date: Oct 02, 2012
Whether you’re an aspiring or experienced artist, this course provides detailed coverage of CorelDRAW, the flagship vector-based illustration and layout application. Author Scott Georgeson, the official creator of video training for CorelDRAW X4, X5, and X6, helps you get up to speed with the basics of vector drawing. Scott demonstrates how to use objects, layers, and pages to organize documents effectively and he discusses working with color, Artistic Text, drawing tools, and special effects. The course also covers how to align and group objects to lay them out more effectively and how to dictate the layering of objects with the Weld, Trim, and Intersect commands.
This course was created by Scott Georgeson. We’re honored to host his tutorials in the lynda.com library.
Topics include:
Understanding vector and bitmap images
Working with multipage projects
Using independent per-page layers and guides
Drawing and editing shapes, lines, curves, and tables
Creating and using symbols
Working with text
Designing a business card
Shaping, filling, blending, and extruding objects
Importing and exporting other file types
Customizing the workspace, menus, toolbars, and palettes
Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started
The CorelDRAW interface
Working with new documents
Exploring new document advanced options
2. Working with Pages and Dockers
Moving and adding pages
Understanding page setup
Arranging dockers
3. Importing and Exporting Files
Importing files
Using Corel CONNECT
Exporting files
4. Viewing Options
Working with zooming
Understanding page views
5. Working with Objects
Using the Pick tool
Selecting objects
Moving objects
Sizing objects
Mirroring objects
Rotating objects
Skewing objects
6. Undo, Redo, and Stacking Order
Working with Undo and Redo
Understanding the stacking order
7. Using the Drawing Tools in a Business Card Project
Understanding the drawing tools
Working with the Rectangle tool
Adding rectangles to a business card
Working with the Ellipse tool
Adding ellipses, pies, and arcs
Working with the Polygon tool
Adding a multipoint polygon
Working with the Spiral tool
Adding a shadowed spiral
Working with the Graph paper tool
Adding unique graph shapes
Working with Perfect Shapes
Adding a shadowed arrow shape
8. Working with Artistic Text
Understanding artistic text
Adding artistic text
9. How to Duplicate and Align Multiple Objects
Aligning objects
Understanding duplication
Working with distribution
Building an amplifier face
Aligning text and spacing objects
10. Should I Group or Combine Objects?
Understanding Group and Ungroup
Working with Combine and Break Apart
11. Working with Color
Coloring objects and using Uniform fill
Using the Fountain fill
Understanding the Color palette and the Document palette
Working with the Interactive fill tool
Using the eyedropper tools
12. Working with Outline Types and Color
Using Convert To Curves and Outline Properties
Understanding advanced Outline Properties
13. Welding, Trimming, and Intersecting Objects
Exploring methods of working with Weld, Trim, and Intersect
Exploring examples using Weld, Trim, and Intersect
