CORELDRAW

PAPER CODE - CEMS SEC 402 SEC

SEMESTER IV (2020)

By: Ms. Amrita Prakash

Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
E-mail: [email protected]
DEFINITION
 Corel Corporation developed and released a
software program called CorelDRAW,
a vector graphics editor.
 The software is a robust graphics suite, providing
many features for users to edit graphics.
 These features include contrast adjustment, color
balancing, adding special effects like borders to
images, and it is capable of working with
multiple layers and multiple pages.
CorelDRAW is a powerful graphic design tool that can be
used for a wide range of creative projects. Whether you
are a professional designer or a hobbyist looking to
explore your creative side, this course will lay the
foundations you need to get the most out of CorelDRAW.

Ideally suited to new owners of the software, these videos

cover topics like setting up your workspace and getting
familiar with some of the basic tools that you will use in
every project.

Designing with computers is called computer aided

designing (CAD) and textile designing with computers
is called computer aided textile designing (CATD).
Advantages of Using Corel Draw
Levitating towards the cyber world is the in-thing now and Corel Draw is one such
move. The canvas, paper, ink and pencil function of media are now replaced by Corel
Draw, a computer program for people to express their ideas in pictorial/ graphically.

Several advantages can be had where one uses Corel Draw, such as:

• Corel Draw occupy uses very limited capacity of any machine ie., a computer’s
memory. This means the machine works to its full capacity, required very less down-
time and the performance never is an issue. Also, it is very easy to install on most
machines and is OS independent. You could be using aWindows OS or Linux or any
otherbut your still gets done with equal speed and dexterity.

• For a humongous program of its size and capabilities, Corel Draw is rather easy
to learn. It is partly due to the way it is structured and in equal measure due to its
extremely good tutorial and help guides. Also, being a widely-used software, the
number of publications catering to this software is huge. One can have any number
of books on the subject and that too written very well according to one’s needs and
understanding capabilities.

• The creators of this excellent program have seen to it that future versions are
support work done in older versions and have made the whole processing and
saving a delight.
SOME OF THE IMPORTANT GRAPHICS
PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE USED BY
DESIGNERS, ARE GIVEN BELOW:

 CorelDraw
 Corel Photo-paint

 Adobe Photoshop

 Adobe Illustrator

 Macromedia Freehand

 Macromedia Fireworks

 L-View

 U-Lead
GETTING STARTED WITH CORELDRAW
CorelDraw is one of the most popular and powerful
graphics programs and gives designers a most
rewarding and enjoyable work experience.
It is built and designed to meet the day-to-day demands
of working designers.
CorelDraw software is available in the market and once
loaded onto the computer, you can get started with
your designing work.
OPENING CORELDRAW
Steps:
• Go to Start and select Programs from the list.
• Find the Corel section and select CorelDraw.
• Choose Open Graphic for old design. New Graphic
creates a new, one page document. Template allows
access to professionally created templates from the
library. Corel Tutor gives a brief overview of how to
use the program.
CorelDraw application window The CorelDraw application
window looks like the one illustrated here
WINDOW COMPONENTS THE VARIOUS
WINDOW COMPONENTS IN CORELDRAW ARE

 Title bar
 Menu bar
 Property bar
 Tool bar (Standard)
 Tool box
 Rulers
 Drawing page
 Drawing window
 Colour palette
 Docker
 Status bar
 Document navigator
 Navigator
 TOOLS of CorelDraw

1. Pick Tool = To select, resize, and rotate toward the image object.

2. Shape Edit
•Shape : Editing an image object shape.
•Smudge Brush : Alter / distort the overall picture with attractive
shorelines.
•Roughen Brush : Alter / distort the overall outline shape drawing by
attractive shorelines.
•Free Transform Tools : Transform image objects using rotation
(rotation)free, rotation angle, and resize, and also tilt the image
shape.
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3. Crop Tool
•Crop : Eliminate the unwanted parts in the object.
•Knife : Alter / distort the overall picture with attractive shorelines.
•Erase : Remove the area in the picture.
•Virtual Segment Delete : Delete an object that is part of the
intersection (the intersection).

4. Zoom
Zoom : Change the magnification of the image in the image window
Hand : Adjusts the images that appear in the image wind
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5. Curve
•Freehand : Draw segments or curves in the form of a single line
•Bezier : Drawing curves in the form of a single line per point (node)
•Artistic Media Tool : Bring up the generator function form (pen), such
as brush (brush effect with a particular pattern of outward appearance),
sprayer (spray paint effects), calligraphic (calligraphy pen effects), and
Pressure (pen effects techniques that will form the curved edge without
lines).
•Pen : Drawing curves in a segment point to point (node).
•Polyline : Drawing lines and curves in preview mode.
•3 Point Curve : Draw a curve by specifying the start and end point, then
the center of the curve.
•Interactive Connector : Combining the two objects with a line.
•Dimension : Draw a vertical line, horizontal, angular, and oblique.
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6. Smart Tools
•Smart Fill : To create objects of an area then fill with color or
texture.
•Smart Drawing : To change your pointer graffiti images to form the
basis of its form or shape that is more subtle.

7. Rectangle
•Rectangle : To establish terms and boxes.
•3 Point Rectangle : To establish terms and arrange boxes with point
to point.

8. Ellipse
•Ellipse : To draw an ellipse to a circle.
•Hand : Adjusts the images that appear in the image window.
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9. Object
•Polygon : To form a polygon and star symmetrically.
•Star : To form stars.
•Complex Star : To form stars with more complex shapes with intersection
angles.
•Graph Paper : To establish a similar arrangement of tables or boxes such as
engineering drawings on paper.
•Spiral : To form a spiral (per) is symmetrical and logarithmic.
10. Perfect Shapes
•Basic Shapes : A variety of forms so as octagonal, smiley face, until the
triangle.
•Arrow Shapes : To facilitate drawing arrows with various forms of
variation form, direction, and number of arrowheads.
•Flowchart Shapes : To facilitate drawing flowchart shapes (chart).
•Banner Shapes : To make it easier to draw shapes and symbols tape
explosion.
•Callout : To make it easier to draw and label the speech bubble shape.
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11. Text Tool = To make the text directly in the drawing area that serves
as both an artistic and caption text.

12. Interactive Tools

•Interactive Blend : To establish terms and boxes
•Interactive Contour : To establish terms and arrange boxes with
point to point
•Interactive Distortion : To distort objects in push / pull, zipper, and
twister.
•Interactive Drop Shadow To insert an object into the shadow
•Interactive Envelope : To change the shape of the object by dragging
a point (node) on the outline
•Interactive Extrude : To form the illusion of depth on the object.
•Interactive Transparency : To insert a transparent effect on the
object.
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13. Eyedropper
•Eyedropper : To select and copy the relevant properties of an object, such
as color (fill in the object), lines, line thickness, size, and effects.
•Paintbucket : To implement the related property of an object, such as color
(fill in the object), lines, line thickness, size, and effects; taken by the
eyedropper tool, to other objects.
14. Outline
•Outline Pen Dialog : To access the outline pen dialog box
•Outline Color Dialog : To access the color settings dialog box outline
•No Outline : To eliminate the outline of an object.
•½ Point Outline : To establish the thickness of ½ point line
•1 Point Outline : To form a line thickness of 1 point
•2 Point Outline : To form the 2 point line thickness.
•8 Point Outline : To form the line thickness 8 points.
•16 Point Outline : To form the 16 point line thickness.
•24 Point Outline : To form a 24-point line thickness.
•Color Docker Window : To open the docker for setting color and object outline.
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15. Fill Tools
• Fill Color Dialog : To access the settings dialog box of paint (charger interior
of the object) of an object.
• Fountain Fill Dialog : To access the dialog box filler color and gradation to
the object.
• Pattern Fill Dialog : To access the dialog box filler patterns into objects.
• Texture Fill Dialog : To access the dialog box filler into the texture object.
• Post Script Fill Dialog : To access the dialog box filler image post-script to
the object.
• No Dialog : To eliminate the filler element of an object
• Color Docker Window : To open the docker for setting color and object
outline.
16. Interactive Fill
• Interactive Fill : To fill a variety of fill (filler objects) into an object.
• Interactive Mesh : To apply network lines on an object. may be useful
Draw a flower with eight petals by using free hand tool and
shape tool. Draw a square by using pen tool. Place this flower
inside the square with the help of pick tool. Now fill the colours
in flower and square.
Make two compositions by using the following shapes -
rectangle, circle, polygon, spiral, star, and triangle.
Make two or three different shapes or write some text and
try to use the following tools in that drawing.
 SAVING A FILE IN CORELDRAW
 By default, drawings are saved to the CorelDRAW file format (CDR) and are compatible with the
latest version of the application. You can also save a drawing that is compatible with an earlier
version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite and specify save options. Such options are useful when the
file contains new text, fill, outline, and transparency features that are not supported in earlier
versions.
 You can save a drawing to other vector file formats as well. If you want to use a drawing in another
application, you must save it to a file format that is supported by that application. For information
about saving files to other formats, see Exporting files.
 When saving a drawing, you can embed the used fonts to facilitate file sharing. By
default, CorelDRAW embeds all used fonts, with the exception of Asian fonts and fonts that do not
have embedding permissions. For more information, see Embedding fonts.
 When you save a drawing, CorelDRAW lets you add reference information so that you can easily
find and organize drawings later on. You can attach tags (also known as properties) such as title,
subject, and rating.
 You can also save selected objects in a drawing. For large drawings, saving only the selected objects
reduces the file size, which can decrease the time it takes to load the drawing.
 When saving a file, you can use advanced options to control how bitmaps, textures, and vector
effects, such as blends and extrusions, are saved with the drawing.
 You can also save a drawing as a template, which lets you create other drawings with the same
properties. For information about saving a drawing as a template, see Working with templates.
 To save a drawing1 .Click File Save as.2 .Type a filename in the File name box.3 .Locate the
folder where you want to save the file.If you want to save the drawing to a vector file format other
than CorelDRAW (CDR), choose a file format from the Save as type list box.
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Locate the folder where you want to save the file.If you want to save the
drawing to a vector file format other than CorelDRAW (CDR), choose a
file format from the Save as type list box.
You can also

 Save only selected objects Enable the Selected only check box.
 This option is available only if there are selected objects in the drawing.
 Embed fonts Enable the Embed fonts check box.
 This check box is unavailable when you save a drawing to an earlier
version of CorelDRAW.
 Add reference information Do any of the following:
 Type a title and subject in the corresponding box. Assign a rating to the
file.
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