CorelDRAW 2021 Essential Training
4h 52mBeginner2021-06-10
Authors
Roger Wambolt
Working in graphic design and education for 23+ years
Course details
Learn the essential tools and techniques to create expressive art and designs with CorelDRAW, the powerful graphics application. Roger Wambolt, senior product trainer at Corel, eases in with an exploration of the interface and touches on the major players in the toolbox: the Pick, Shape, Crop, Curve, and Interactive tools, as well as the intelligent drawing tools. Then, once you know how to draw simple lines and shapes, he shows how to work with text and the extensive collection of fonts in CorelDRAW, as well as group, copy, and adjust objects on your document page. Plus, learn about importing and adjusting bitmap images, using time-saving tools such as scripting and object styles, creating color palettes, and preparing your CorelDRAW projects for print. Roger closes with some tips on customizing the CorelDRAW interface to be more productive and create your designs in fewer steps.
Skills covered
CorelDRAWCorelDrawingGraphic DesignEssential TrainingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Become proficient in CorelDRAW
The Welcome Screen
- Getting started
- Using one of the workspaces
- The Store tab
The Interface
- Exploring the drop-down menus
- Examining the toolbars
- Discovering the toolbox
- Understanding dockers
- The Mac interface
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
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
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
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
Working with Bitmaps
- Importing bitmaps
- Cropping resizing and rotating bitmaps
- Reshaping bitmaps
- PowerTRACE
- Resampling bitmap images
- Exporting web graphics
- Bitmap effects
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
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
Printing
- Discovering the print dialogs tabs
- Working with Print Merge on the PC
- Print Merge on the Mac
- Challenge Print Merge
- Solution Print Merge
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