CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide
- 10h 20m
- Gary David Bouton
- McGraw-Hill/Osborne
- 2017
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 author
About the Author
Gary David Bouton is an award-winning illustrator who has used CorelDRAW professionally for almost 25 years. He is the author or co-author of 30 books, including CorelDRAW: The Official Guide for versions X3 through X8, Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide, and Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps.
In this Book
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Welcome! What’s New (and Also Exciting) in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8!
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The Roadmap to Features and Productivity in DRAW
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Diving In to DRAW!
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Working with Single- and Multipage Documents
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Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations
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Arranging and Organizing Objects
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Choosing (and Understanding) the Right Path Tools
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Exploring Special Shapes, Connectors, and Other Office Automation Helpers
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Editing Objects, Rearranging Paths, and Using Boolean Ops
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Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and When (and How) to Use Them
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Intermediate Desktop Publishing and Proofing Tools
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Options for Filling Objects
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Applying Strokes to Paths
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Using Blends and Contours
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Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models
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The Perspective and Extrude Effects
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Using the Envelope Tool, Lens Effects, and Bevels
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The Shape Editing Tools and Distortions
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Transparencies and Shadows
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Understanding and Working with Pixel-Based Images
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Common Image-Editing Techniques Using PHOTO-PAINT
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Creating Animations in PHOTO-PAINT
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Final Thoughts: Where Do We Go from Here?
