CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide PDF
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About the Author Gary Bouton (Central New York) is an award-winning CorelDRAW illustrator and author of hundreds of expert design and drawing tutorials. Out of the 30 books he has written in his career, almost a third of them have been on CorelDRAW. His other works include coverage of Photoshop, vector illustration packages, the creation of 3D models, and the production of Hollywood-style special effects. For McGraw-Hill, Gary has written Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide and co-authored Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps. He is a former Madison Avenue art director and has been a professional illustrator for 40 years. He currently runs a full-service design graphics firm specializing in video training. Gary has also served on Corel’s CorelDRAW feature review board and was a finalist in the Corel World Design contest. About the Technical Editor William Schneider (Athens, Ohio) currently teaches computer graphics and digital photography in the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. He has been a finalist in the annual Corel World Design contest on two occasions and has written numerous magazine articles about photography and computer artwork. William’s photographs and graphical designs have been published in a number of venues, including Italian Renaissance Art: A Source Book, for which he created hundreds of illustrations and photographs. When not working at the computer or printing in the darkroom, William likes woodworking and ice skating. Copyright © 2017 by McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher, with the exception that the program listings may be entered, stored, and executed in a computer system, but they may not be reproduced for publication. ISBN: 978-1-25-986021-8 MHID: 1-25-986021-3. 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McGraw-Hill Education has no responsibility for the content of any information accessed through the work. Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill Education and/or its licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages that result from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise. This is for Wilma Elkins Mancuso, my spouse Barbara’s mother, who passed away last year, all too early. Wilma refused to be negative. She was the most outgoing soul I’ve ever had the privilege of knowing and saw that everywhere she looked the world was never boring. Your family misses you a lot, Wilma. Contents at a Glance PART I Student Orientation Weekend 1 Welcome! What’s New (and Also Exciting) in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8! 2 The Roadmap to Features and Productivity in DRAW 3 Diving In to DRAW! PART II Getting Started with CorelDRAW X8 4 Working with Single- and Multipage Documents 5 Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations 6 Arranging and Organizing Objects PART III Working with DRAWing Tools 7 Choosing (and Understanding) the Right Path Tools 8 Exploring Special Shapes, Connectors, and Other Office Automation Helpers 9 Editing Objects, Rearranging Paths, and Using Boolean Ops PART IV Working with Text in Composition 10 Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and When (and How) to Use Them 11 Intermediate Desktop Publishing and Proofing Tools PART V Attributes for Objects and Lines 12 Options for Filling Objects 13 Applying Strokes to Paths 14 Using Blends and Contours 15 Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models PART VI Creating the Illusion of 3D Composition 16 The Perspective and Extrude Effects 17 Using the Envelope Tool, Lens Effects, and Bevels PART VII Special Effects in CorelDRAW 18 The Shape Editing Tools and Distortions 19 Transparencies and Shadows PART VIII Bitmaps and Photos 20 Understanding and Working with Pixel-Based Images 21 Common Image-Editing Techniques Using PHOTO-PAINT PART IX Motion Graphics and Halting Thoughts 22 Creating Animations in PHOTO-PAINT 23 Final Thoughts: Where Do We Go from Here? Index Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction PART I Student Orientation Weekend CHAPTER 1 Welcome! What’s New (and Also Exciting) in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8! If You’re New to Vector Drawing Programs What Vector Drawing Is and Isn’t Your One-Stop Shop for Extra Content: CorelCONNECT Get Started from the Get-Go The CorelDRAW Application Window CONNECTing to Your Workspace Using Your Universal Connection From Corel Content to Your Content, “Add to Page” Style From Corel’s Content Server to CorelDRAW’s Tray So What Else Is New? The Elliptical Fountain Fill An Improved Knife Tool Copying Paths Making Use of the New Copy Segment Feature CHAPTER 2 The Roadmap to Features and Productivity in DRAW The CorelDRAW Workspace The Page Shadow: It’s a Command Control Defining and Saving a Custom Page Size Page Options on the Property Bar Can You Give Me a Hint?
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