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CorelDRAW Essential Training

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn the essential tools and techniques to create expressive art and designs with CorelDRAW, the powerful graphics application.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Become proficient in CorelDRAW
1. The Welcome Screen
  • Getting started
  • Using one of the workspaces
  • The Store tab
2. The Interface
  • Exploring the drop-down menus
  • Examining the toolbars
  • Discovering the toolbox
  • Understanding dockers
  • The Mac interface
3. Getting Started
  • Setting up the page
  • Starting with a template
  • Grids, rulers, and guides
  • Calibrating the screen
  • Managing multi-page documents
  • Master pages and page numbering
  • Understanding file formats
  • The export docker
4. The Toolbox
  • Using the Pick tool
  • Exploring the Shape edit flyout
  • Exploring the Crop tool flyout
  • Using the Zoom & Pan tools
  • Exploring the curve flyout
  • Drawing tools
  • Creating basic shapes
  • Dealing with dimension lines
  • Outlines and corner control
  • Looking at the interactive tool flyout
  • Other interactive tools
5. Working with Fonts
  • Understanding fonts
  • Installing fonts
  • Corel Font Manager
  • Types of text
  • Working with Variable fonts
  • Homework: Create three collections with at least ten fonts in each and export them
6. Working with Objects
  • Shaping commands
  • Grouping and ungrouping
  • Various alignment commands
  • Copying vs. duplicate and Paste Special
  • Challenge: Creating a logo
  • Solution: Creating a logo
7. Working with Bitmaps
  • Importing bitmaps
  • Cropping, resizing, and rotating bitmaps
  • Reshaping bitmaps
  • PowerTRACE
  • Resampling bitmap images
  • Exporting web graphics
  • Bitmap effects
8. Useful Tools
  • Working with PowerClips
  • Using Find & Replace
  • Exploring Corel CONNECT
  • Drawing in perspective
  • Examining scripts and macros
  • Publishing to PDF
  • Learning all about object styles
9. Understanding Color
  • Color theory
  • Color palettes
  • Creating a new color palette
  • Getting started with color management in CorelDRAW
  • Challenge: Creating a business card
  • Solution: Creating a business card
10. Printing
  • Discovering the print dialogs tabs
  • Working with Print Merge on the PC
  • Print Merge on the Mac
  • Challenge: Print Merge
  • Solution: Print Merge
11. Workspace Customization
  • Creating keyboard shortcuts on the PC
  • Keyboard shortcuts on the Mac
  • Workspace customization on the Mac
  • Creating a custom toolbar
  • Changing the appearance
  • Changing the default properties
  • Exporting and sharing workspaces
  • Resetting all defaults
  • Workspace homework assignment
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Roger Wambolt

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