Bouton G.D. CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide

12th edition — McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. — 648 p. — ISBN: 978-1259860201.The Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW — Updated for CorelDRAW X8.
This thoroughly revised guide offers complete coverage of CorelDRAW X8, including the revamped interface and brand-new features. CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide shows anyone — from a beginner to an experienced illustrator — how to create top-drawer commercial graphics and exquisite artwork. You will learn to draw photorealistic illustrations, use shortcuts to create complex art, lay out text like a pro, add special effects, and transform 2D objects into 3D graphics. The book features tips for printing high-quality work that matches what you’ve designed on your monitor.
Work in the customizable interface redesigned to reflect Windows Metro style.Explore and understand the software’s menus, palettes, and dockers
Lay out brochures, flyers, and other multi-page documents
Add paragraph, artistic, and custom-shaped text to your designs
Search the Content Exchange for fonts, vector patterns, background designs, and the Get More docker
Use the Perspective, Extrude, Smear, Twirl, Attract, Repel, and Distortion tools
Incorporate lens effects, transparency, shadows, glows, and bevels
Put all the elements together in a professional, visually compelling way with layout and design tips from the authorContents at a GlancePART I Student Orientation Weekend
CHAPTER 1 Welcome! What’s New (and Also Exciting) in CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite X8!
If You’re New to Vector Drawing Programs
What Vector Drawing Is and Isn’t
Your One-Stop Shop for Extra Content: CorelCONNECT
Get Started from the Get-Go
The CorelDRAW Application Window
CONNECTing to Your Workspace
Using Your Universal Connection
From Corel Content to Your Content, “Add to Page” Style
From Corel’s Content Server to CorelDRAW’s Tray
So What Else Is New?
The Elliptical Fountain Fill
An Improved Knife Tool
Copying Paths
Making Use of the New Copy Segment Feature
CHAPTER 2 The Roadmap to Features and Productivity in DRAW
The CorelDRAW Workspace
The Page Shadow: It’s a Command Control
Defining and Saving a Custom Page Size
Page Options on the Property Bar
Can You Give Me a Hint?
CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT Are Your Friends
Choosing Tones from the Color Wells
Surprises When You Right-click and Use the Wheel
Tapping into the Power of the Right-click Menu
Dropping a Copy of a Selected Object
Page Navigation: Panning and Zooming the Smart Way
Not to be Overlooked on the Standard Bar…
Shortcut Keys You’ll Want to Memorize
Global versus Local
A Brief Anatomy Lesson on Dockers
Opening, Moving, and Closing Dockers
Nested (Grouped) Dockers
CHAPTER 3 Diving In to DRAW!
Working with the Star Tool to Build a Pattern
Making the Background: Putting the Star Tool to Work
Tweaking the Star Object
Reshaping a Star: Technique 1
Reshaping a Star: Technique 2
Making a Pattern of Stars
Creating More Stars Than a Hollywood Agent
Rotating and Scaling to Populate the Pattern Area
Shaping Operations and Combining Objects
Trimming the Stars to the Background and Beyond
An Introduction to Enveloping Objects
Enveloping and Trimming the Welded Stars
Adding Shading to Your Composition
Adding Lighting to the Beach Ball
Adding Highlights and a Shadow
Blending Yourself a Cast Shadow
Making a Cast Shadow with Blends
Adding a Background and a Floor in Perspective
A Starry Ball Sitting on a Floral Rug
Completing the Composition with Embellishments
Framing Your Composition
PART II Getting Started with CorelDRAW X8
CHAPTER 4 Working with Single- and Multipage Documents
Setting Up Your Document Page
Controlling Page Size and Orientation
Paper Type/Size
Page Viewing Options
Controlling Page Background Color
Changing a Background Bitmap
Using Layouts and Labels
Naming Pages
Using the Rename Page Command
Saving Details with Your File
Navigating a Multipage Document
Using the Object Manager
Page Commands
Inserting Pages and Setting Options
Deleting Pages
Moving and Duplicating Pages
Using the Page Sorter
Working with Guidelines and Guide Layers
Using Guidelines
Working with the Guides Layer
Making an Object a Guideline
The New Alignment and Dynamic Guides Docker
Alignment Properties on the Docker
Adding Margins to the Mix
Dynamic Guides
CHAPTER 5 Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations
Using the Rectangle Tool and Property Bar
Drawing a Rectangle
Setting Rectangle Corner Properties
Creating 3-Point Rectangles
Using the Ellipse Tool and Property Bar
Drawing an Ellipse
Round 1 with the Ellipse Tool
Controlling Ellipse States
Creating 3-Point Ellipses
Using Polygons and the Property Bar
Drawing and Editing Polygons
Reshaping a Polygon
Stars and Complex Stars
Using the Spiral Tool
Using the Graph Paper Tool
Power-Drawing a Grid with Graph Paper
Using the Convert Outline to Object Command
CHAPTER 6 Arranging and Organizing Objects
Basic Object Selection
Pick Tool Selections
Picking and Freehand Picking
Selection Techniques
Selecting Objects by Type
Moving Objects
Using the Pick Tool
Using Nudge Keys
Transforming Objects
Transforming Objects Using the Cursor
Off-center Object Rotation to Create a Design
Using the Free Transform Tool
Straightening Objects via Attributes
Applying Precise Transformations
Positioning (Moving) Objects
Rotating Objects
Scale and Mirror Objects
Sizing Objects
Precision Skewing
Controlling the Order of Things
Working with Views of a Document’s Depth: Layers
Exploring the Object Manager
Navigating Pages, Objects, and Layers
Navigating and Mastering Layers
Using Object Manager Editing and View States
Controlling Layer Properties
Working with Master Page Layers
Working with Master Page Items
PART III Working with DRAWing Tools
CHAPTER 7 Choosing (and Understanding) the Right Path Tools
Sidling Up to CorelDRAW’s Curve Tools
How to Draw in CorelDRAW
Drawing with Freehand and Polyline Tools
Drawing Arcs with the 3-Point Curve Tool
3-Point Curves and Closed Objects
The 2-Point Line Tool
Using the Bézier and Pen Tools
Getting a Handle on Béziers
Drawing Curves and Straight Line Segments
Editing Bézier Paths
Editing Paths with the Shape Tool
Copying and Pasting Subpaths
Increasing the Number of Holes in Swiss Cheese
Controlling Freehand and Bézier Tool Behavior
Working with Compound Paths
Combining Objects
Breaking Paths Apart
Converting Objects to Curves
CHAPTER 8 Exploring Special Shapes, Connectors, and Other Office
Automation Helpers
CorelDRAW’s Smart Drawing Tool
CAD: CorelDRAW-Assisted Drawing
Reshaping a Perfect Shape
Using Perfect Shape Tools
Creating Perfect Objects
Editing Glyph Nodes
Working with the Dimension Tools
Using Dimension Tools
Checking Out Dimension Lines
Using Dimension Lines
Segment Dimensions
An Exercise in Dimensioning to Scale
Drawing Scale, Windows Calculator, and Dimension Lines
Working with Callouts
The Connector Tools
Tables
Creating a Table
Using the Proper Tool for the Job
Table Options When the Pick Tool Is Active
Table Options When the Shape Tool Is Active
Editing a Table When the Table Tool Is Active
Working with Text and Graphics in a Table
Converting a Table to Text
Converting an Existing Text to a Table
CHAPTER 9 Editing Objects, Rearranging Paths, and Using Boolean Ops
Shaping and Reshaping Object Shapes
Shaping Commands and the Property Bar
Working Examples of Object Shaping
Getting Nutty With the Trim Operation
Fillet/Scallop/Chamfer
Down and Dirty and the Shape Tool
Reshaping Objects With the Shape Tool
Editing Shapes via Their Nodes and Control Points
PowerClips
PowerClipping a Design Onto an Object
The Knife Tool
Types of Cuts With the Knife Tool
Setting Knife Tool Behavior
Using the Eraser Tool
Working With Eraser Operations
Power Erasing
Setting Eraser Tool Properties
The Reduce Nodes Option
Using the Virtual Segment Delete Tool
Cropping an Illustration
PART IV Working with Text in Composition
CHAPTER 10 Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and When (and How) to Use Them
CorelDRAW’s Text Tool
Entering and Editing Artistic Text
Options for Formatting Characters
Use the Property Bar to Change Characters
Using Object Styles with Paragraph Text
Combining and Breaking Apart Artistic Text
Converting Artistic Text to Curves
Entering and Editing Paragraph Text
Creating Linked Paragraph Text Frames
Wrapping Text Around Other Shapes
Fitting Text to Curve
Text Along a Curve
Embedding Objects into Text
Using the Insert Character Docker
Using the Symbol Manager
Creating, Saving, and Using Symbols
CorelDRAW’s Font Playground: Take a Ride!
CHAPTER 11 Intermediate Desktop Publishing and Proofing Tools
A Few Paragraphs Covering Advanced Paragraph Features
Working With Columns
Column Settings
Moving Text Within a Paragraph
Converting Between Artistic Text and Paragraph Text
The Text Bar and Special Paragraph Formatting
Formatting Bulleted Lists
Creating a Bullet Motif
Changing Text Case
Formatting Paragraph Text
Paragraph Alignment
Spacing
Paragraph and Line Spacing
Language, Character, and Word Spacing
Indentation and Margins of Paragraph Text
Formatting Tabs
Adding, Moving, and Deleting Tabs from the Dialog
Formatting Tab Leaders from the Dialog
Using the Ruler to Set Tabs
Take Me to Your Leader
Spelling and Grammar
Using CorelDRAW’s Writing Tools
Assigning Language Codes
Using the Proofing Tools
Common Buttons
Setting Spell Checker Options
Using Word Lists
Using Main Word Lists
Other Spell-Checking Options
Main Spell-Checking Options
Using Grammatik
Checking and Correcting Grammar
Turning Grammatik’s Rules On and Off
Using the Thesaurus
Setting Thesaurus Options
Finding and Replacing Text and Special Characters
Finding Text
Replacing Text
PART V Attributes for Objects and Lines
CHAPTER 12 Options for Filling Objects
Examining the Fill Types
Using the Color Palette
From Uniform to Non-Uniform Object Filling
Customizing Your Fountain Fills
Editing a Fountain Fill In-Place
Uniform Color Fill Options on the Property Bar
Swatches and Preset CMYK “Color Chips”
Applying Pattern Fills
Two-Color Pattern Fills
Vector Pattern Fills
Bitmap Pattern Fills
Controlling Pattern Fills Interactively
Customizing a Pattern Fill
Create Your Own Two-Color and Full-Color Patterns
Applying Texture Fills
Applying PostScript Fills
Working with Mesh Fills
Mesh Fill Options
Sampling Fills
Applying the Color Eyedropper
Using the Attributes Eyedropper Tool
Dropping a Property
CHAPTER 13 Applying Strokes to Paths
Applying Outline Pen Properties
Outline Pen Options and the Property Bar
Going Long and Wide
Outline Tool Features on the Object Properties Docker
Exploring the Outline Pen Features
Setting Outline Color
Choosing Outline Styles
Creating and Editing Outline Styles
Setting Outline Arrowheads
Drawing, Saving, and Editing an Arrowhead Style
Setting Corner Shape
Setting Line Cap Shape
Outline Pen Calligraphic Effects
Scaling and Behind Fill Options
Turning an Outline into an Object
Using the Artistic Media Tool
Applying Presets to Lines
Painting with a Drawing Program
Drawing with Brushes
Applying the Sprayer
Calligraphy Pens and Applying Media
Defining and Applying Calligraphic Brushstrokes
Pressure Mode
CHAPTER 14 Using Blends and Contours
Blend and Contour Effects: Similarities with Distinctions
Blending as Illustration Shading
The Interactive Blend Tool and Property Bar
Creating a Simple Blend Effect
A Basic Blend Between Very Different Shapes
Looking at the Components of a Blend
Editing Blend Effects
Setting Blend Options
Creating Extraordinary, Complex Blend Effects
Assigning a Blend Path
Blending Objects Along a Path
Working with Multi-object Blends
Tapping into Contour Effects
Exploring CorelDRAW’s Contour Effects
Creating Expensive Stationery
Using the Contour Tool and Property Bar
Applying a Contour Effect
Editing Contours Interactively
Choosing Contour Direction
Setting Contour Colors
Creating Special Effects With Contours
Controlling Contour Acceleration
Using the Contour Docker
CHAPTER 15 Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models
Digital Color Terms and Definitions
Subtractive and Additive Color Models
LAB Color
YIQ
Grayscale
Registration
Using Color-Related Dockers
Using the Color Docker
Finding and Applying Fixed Colors (and Tints)
Dyeing a Pair of Shoes
Using the Color Palette Manager Docker
Using Fixed and Custom Palettes
Using the Color Styles Docker
Making a Color Style and Changing It
Introducing the New Color Harmony
Color Harmonies for Fashion Design
Changing the Color Harmonies of a Monochrome Drawing
Changing Groups of Dissimilar Colors
Recoloring a Logo with Color Styles
Adjusting and Transforming Color
PART VI Creating the Illusion of 3D Composition
CHAPTER 16 The Perspective and Extrude Effects
The Perspective Effect: What Perspective Does to an Object
Getting a Perspective on Perspective
Experiments in Perspective
Creating Two-Point Perspective
Working with Three-Point Perspective
Creating a 3D Ground Plane
Copying Perspective and Creating a 3D Scene
Perspective Scenes via Copying
Pre-visualizing Designs in Perspective
Pre-visualizing a Design on a Product
Extruding Objects: How Extrude Works
Choosing and Applying an Extrude Effect
Navigating the Interactive Markers
Going Deep with the Extrude Tool
Using the Extrude Tool and Property Bar
Setting Extrude Depth
Setting Vanishing Point Properties
Setting 3D Rotation
Using the Rotation Tools
Adding Lights
Working with Extrude Light Options
Setting the Extrude Color
Using the Extrude Docker
Assembly Instructions for a Kid’s Toy
Tinkering Around.cdr and a Beginning Point
Concluding Touches to the Construction
Cleaning Up After Assembling an Extrude Composition
CHAPTER 17 Using the Envelope Tool, Lens Effects, and Bevels
What Does an Envelope Do?
Creating Envelope Effects
Using the Envelope Tool and Property Bar
The Envelope, Please
Using the Envelope Docker
Choosing an Envelope Mode
Choosing Envelope Mapping Options
Creating a Text Envelope
What’s Behind a Lens Effect
Using the Lens Docker
Working with a Lens Effect
Exploring the Lens Effects
Changing Object Size with the Fish Eye Lens
Using Lens Options
Using the Bevel Effect
Creating Soft-Edge Bevel Effects
Determining Altitude
PART VII Special Effects in CorelDRAW
CHAPTER 18 The Shape Editing Tools and Distortions
The Shape Edit Tool Group
Using the Smooth Tool
The Smear Tool
Adding the Smear to Your Artistic Career
The Twirl Tool
Creating a Stylized Sun
The Attract and Repel Tools
Repelling a Polygon Object
Using the Smudge Brush
The Roughen Brush
Roughing Out a Pumpkin’s Smilie
Mastering Distortion Effects
Using the Distort Tool and the Property Bar
Choosing Distortion Modes
Push and Pull Distortion
Zipper Distortion
Twister Distortion
Getting Hands On with the Distortion Tool Markers
Using Distortion Presets
Exploring Distortion Presets
CHAPTER 19 Transparencies and Shadows
The Importance of Objects Interacting with the Scene
Clearing Things Up with the Transparency Tool
Using the Transparency Tool and Property Bar
Creating a Dimensional Drawing Through Transparency
Setting Transparency Properties
New Controls and Locations for Transparency Options
Creating a Reflection on a Shiny Surface
Creating a Better Reflection Using a Bitmap
Filtering a Bitmap Copy
Additional Fountain Transparency Types
Using Transparency Operations (Merge Modes)
Creating Multistage Transparencies
Pattern Transparencies
Using Transparency Freeze
Using the Drop Shadow Effect
Using the Drop Shadow Tool and Property Bar
Working the Property Bar and Shadow-Making Markers
Manually Adjusting a Drop Shadow Effect
Shadows as Glow Effects
PART VIII Bitmaps and Photos
CHAPTER 20 Understanding and Working with Pixel-Based Images
Cropping a Placed Photograph
Nondestructive Cropping
Using the Shape Tool to Crop
Masking Through Nondestructive Cropping
Trimming Away Unwanted Image Areas
Background Removal, Technique 1
Background Removal, Technique 2
Background Removal, Last Technique!
Compositions with Mixed Media
Composing a Design Using Vector and Image Shapes
The Easy Soft-Edge Shading Technique
Working with Alpha Channels and Image Transparency
Working with Partial Transparency
Creating a Photorealistic Glass Effect
Blending Photos with Transparency
Creating a Transition Between Two Images
Bitmaps to Vector Art: Using PowerTRACE
Bitmap Conversions for Logo Alterations
PowerTRACE Options
The Color Tab in PowerTRACE
Lines, Curves, and Excess Nodes
The Solution to Messed-Up Text
Making New Text Along a Curve
PowerTRACE for Traditional Artists
Digi-tooning
CHAPTER 21 Common Image-Editing Techniques Using PHOTO-PAINT
The Building Block of Digital Photos: The Pixel
Pixels and Resolution
Image Resolution
Resolution, Pixel Count, and Printing
Resizing a Photograph
Resampling and Resizing Photos
Making a Thumbnail Image Suitable for Printing
Automation: Recording Your Cropping and Resampling
Evaluating a Crop Area for a Collection of Photos
Recording Your Edits
Fun and Fantastic Image-Retouching
Ridding a Photo of the Red-Eye Effect
Bye-bye, Red Eye
Face Replacement and Editing
Selecting a Face
Getting A Head with PHOTO-PAINT
Erasing and Liquefying the Subject
Flipping Images, with a Twist
PART IX Motion Graphics and Halting Thoughts
CHAPTER 22 Creating Animations in PHOTO-PAINT
Creating an Animated GIF
Playing with a Paper Airplane
Adding Text and Exporting a CorelDRAW Drawing
Animation: Defining Frames and Basic Setup
Building a GIF Animation: Part 1
Building a GIF Animation: Part 2
Finishing the Animation
Exporting an Animation
Movie Animations
Limitations and Workarounds for GIF Movies
Capturing and Saving Video Frames
An Anticlimax with Fantastic Results
Creating the Video Animation Sequence
Timing Is Everything
Hold On to That Cat!
CHAPTER 23 Final Thoughts: Where Do We Go from Here?
No Skipping: You’ll Lose Points!
Closing Thoughts
Guiding Yourself After All Is Written and Read
Learning from Life
Learning How to Learn
Indexing a Nugget of Wisdom in a Book
Okay, Gary. Why’d You Write This Book?