Corel Draw Introduction
- 1. COREL DRAW INTRODUCTION Prepared by R. Gomathijayam Asst. Prof. of CA Bon Secours College for Women Thanjavur
- 2. Getting Started with CorelDraw Opening CorelDraw • Switch on the computer and take the following steps: • Go to Start and select Programs from the list. (The welcome screen at start-up is shown in the next figure). • 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. • ‘What's New?’ shows improvements over the earlier Version. Designer.com connects you to a web site where you can find many helpful areas.
- 3. 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
- 4. Tools Overview The Toolbox is located in the left portion of the window and contains all the drawing and editing tools necessary to create objects for an illustration. Tools containing a small triangle in the corner produce a Flyout. These are described as: • Pick Tool Selects objects. Once selected, you can use the Pick Tool for move, stretch, scale, rotate, and skew objects. • Shape Tool Reshapes objects by moving nodes, lines, and control points. • Zoom Tool changes the current view of the drawing. • Freehand Tool draws lines and curves. You can also use this tool to trace bitmaps
- 5. Tools Overview • Smart Drawing Tool converts the freehand strokes you draw to basic shapes and smoothed curves. • Rectangle Tool draws rectangles and squares. Squares are created by using the Control key while drawing. • Ellipse Tool draws ellipses and circles. Circles are created by holding down the Control key as you draw. • Graph Paper Tool draws a collection of boxes that simulate a sheet of graph paper. • Perfect Shapes Tool - A collection of objects, which you can add to your drawing.
- 6. Tools Overview • Text Tool - Adds either Artistic or Paragraph text to your drawing. • Interactive Blend Tool - Allows you to merge objects. • Eyedropper Tool - Allows you to select a color within an object, especially a bitmap, and allows you to apply that color to another object. • Outlines Tool - Sets the outline style of an object or a line. This includes the line type, ends, color, and weight
- 7. Activity 1: • 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.
- 8. Activity 2 Make a floral pattern for table cloth by using the following tools: 1. Freehand tool 2. Shape Tool 3. Outline Tool 4. Transparency Tool 5. Fountain Fill Dialog Box 6. Interactive Mesh Fill Too
- 9. Self-check Questions 1. What are various menu bars in CorelDraw? 2. What are different tools in CorelDraw 3. What are fill tools? 4. Write the name of various fill tools.
- 10. Assignments Class assignments i) Create a design using free hand tool and its flyouts. ii) ii) Apply some effects to the design created, using interactive blend tool. Home assignment i) Create a pattern design using duplicating technique and aplly some effects using artistic media tool.