CorelDraw is an advanced computer graphic editing software that includes various types of alteration

and transformation of images and pages capabilities. It allows the graphics designer to produce, edit,
and transform images to digital level, generate images and graphics from scratch, and edit photographs
and drawings.
This 3-day offers a wide range of CorelDraw’s features and tools that can help student to work with
different design approaches. After completing this course, student will be able to

to correct imperfections or defects or even to provide different effects of chroma, brightness,

contrast, tonal curve, special effects, transparency, blends and fades and others.
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CorelDraw (styled CorelDRAW) is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel
Corporation. It is also the name of the Corel graphics suite, which includes the bitmap-image
editor Corel Photo-Paint as well as other graphics-related programs (see below). The latest version
is marketed as CorelDraw Graphics Suite 2019 (equivalent to version 21), and was released in 12
March, 2019. CorelDraw is designed to edit two-dimensional images such as logos and posters.

CorelDRAW is an advanced computer graphic editing software that includes various types of alteration
and transformation of images and pages capabilities. The CorelDRAW program is part of the package of
Corel Graphics Suite designed by Corel Corporation, which has several versions from the most basic to
the most advanced and latest.
This software is used in fields of graphic arts and communication in order to produce, edit, and
transform images to digital level. It is a vector drawing application, layout tools, effects and functions
about images and pages and retouching and editing multiple alternatives.
It is often used to generate images and graphics from scratch, but also allows you to edit photographs,
drawings and other graphics to correct imperfections or defects or even to provide different effects of
chroma, brightness, contrast, tonal curve, special effects, transparency, blends and fades and others.

Support for Windows 10 and the 4K format displays, easy font management, new editing tools –
the latest release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 can be found as well as many other
interesting things. For more information about this release, read the surprises in our article.

Those who are engaged in the design at a professional level, are well aware that only a few
large graphics packages really worthy of attention. And list them, be sure to mention
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. His paradigm can be described in three words: security,
convenience, versatility. The composition of the popular CorelDRAW package includes all the
necessary tools for the design – from photo editing to prepare vector layouts and print them.
The package passed the test of time, becoming a powerful tool for creative professions.
However, the evolution of Corel products continues.
 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite developers are constantly looking for ways to improve the algorithm
of the application, try to come up with something new. So what they decided to make its users
this time? Consider the most interesting innovations CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8.

 Students should have CorelDRAW 2018 installed on their computers to follow along.
There are A LOT OF PRACTICE EXERCISES throughout this course with downloadable
vector files. I want you to follow along.
 I teach this course using CorelDRAW 2018, so it would be best if you're using this version.
But you can still learn even if using X7, X6, X5, X4 or X3

This course offers a wide range of features and tools that can help you to work with different design
approaches. The CorelDraw software is designed for graphic designers, fashion designers, textiles
designers, print professionals, packaging firms, and aspiring designers. At GDI, we offer a full-
fledged and best training in CorelDraw by the best professionals of industry.

 Person having creativity skills with good designing sense will be good
 Any designer or a person who want to boost their software knowledge in Corel
WELCOME! WHAT’S NEW (AND ALSO EXCITING) IN CORELDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE X8!

If You’re New to Vector Drawing Programs • The CorelDRAW Application Window • CONNECTing to Your Workspace •
From Corel Content to Your Content, “Add to Page” Style • From Corel’s Content Server to CorelDRAW’s Tray • So What
Else Is New? • Making Use of the New Copy Segment Feature
THE ROADMAP TO FEATURES AND PRODUCTIVITY IN DRAW
The CorelDRAW Workspace • Defining and Saving a Custom Page Size • Can You Give Me a Hint? • Surprises When You
Right-click and Use the Wheel • Dropping a Copy of a Selected Object • Not to be Overlooked on the Standard Bar…Global
versus Local • A Brief Anatomy Lesson on Dockers
DIVING IN TO DRAW!
Working with the Star Tool to Build a Pattern • Making the Background: Putting the Star Tool to Work • Reshaping a Star:
Technique 1 • Reshaping a Star: Technique 2 • Creating More Stars Than a Hollywood Agent • Rotating and Scaling to
Populate the Pattern Area • Shaping Operations and Combining Objects • Trimming the Stars to the Background and Beyond •
An Introduction to Enveloping Objectsve • Enveloping and Trimming the Welded Stars • Adding Lighting to the Beach Ball •
Making a Cast Shadow with Blends • A Starry Ball Sitting on a Floral Rug • Completing the Composition with
Embellishments • Framing Your Composition
WORKING WITH SINGLE- AND MULTIPAGE DOCUMENTS
Setting Up Your Document Page • Changing a Background Bitmap • Naming Pages • Page Commands • • Working with
Guidelines and Guide Layers • The New Alignment and Dynamic Guides Docker
CREATING BASIC SHAPES, APPLYING TRANSFORMATIONS
Using the Rectangle Tool and Property Bar • Using the Ellipse Tool and Property Bar • Round 1 with the Ellipse Tool • Using
Polygons and the Property Bar • Reshaping a Polygon • Using the Spiral Tool • Using the Graph Paper Tool • Power-Drawing
a Grid with Graph Paper • Using the Convert Outline to Object Command
ARRANGING AND ORGANIZING OBJECTS
Basic Object Selection • Moving Objects • Transforming Objects • Off-center Object Rotation to Create a Design •
Straightening Objects via Attributes • Applying Precise Transformations • Controlling the Order of Things • Working with
Views of a Document’s Depth: Layers • Navigating and Mastering Layers • Working with Master Page Items
CHOOSING (AND UNDERSTANDING) THE RIGHT PATH TOOLS
Sidling Up to CorelDRAW’s Curve Tools • How to Draw in CorelDRAW • Drawing Arcs with the 3-Point Curve Tool • 3-
Point Curves and Closed Objects • Using the Bézier and Pen Tools • Drawing Curves and Straight Line Segments • Editing
Bézier Paths • Editing Paths with the Shape Tool • Copying and Pasting Subpaths • Increasing the Number of Holes in Swiss
Cheese • Controlling Freehand and Bézier Tool Behavior
EXPLORING SPECIAL SHAPES, CONNECTORS, AND OTHER OFFICE AUTOMATION HELPERS
CorelDRAW’s Smart Drawing Tool • CAD: CorelDRAW-Assisted Drawing • Reshaping a Perfect Shape • Using Perfect
Shape Tools • Creating Perfect Objects • Working with the Dimension Tools • Using Dimension Lines • Drawing Scale,
Windows Calculator, and Dimension Lines • The Connector Tools • Tables
EDITING OBJECTS, REARRANGING PATHS, AND USING BOOLEAN OPS
Shaping and Reshaping Object Shapes • Working Examples of Object Shaping • Reshaping Objects With the Shape Tool •
Editing Shapes via Their Nodes and Control Points • PowerClips • PowerClipping a Design Onto an Object • The Knife Tool
• Using the Eraser Tool • Power Erasing • Using the Virtual Segment Delete Tool • Cropping an Illustration
PARAGRAPH TEXT, ARTISTIC TEXT, AND WHEN (AND HOW) TO USE THEM
CorelDRAW’s Text Tool • Options for Formatting Characters • Using Object Styles with Paragraph Text • Creating Linked
Paragraph Text Frames • Wrapping Text Around Other Shapes • Text Along a Curve • Embedding Objects into Text •
Creating, Saving, and Using Symbols • CorelDRAW’s Font Playground: Take a Ride!
INTERMEDIATE DESKTOP PUBLISHING AND PROOFING TOOLS
A Few Paragraphs Covering Advanced Paragraph Features • The Text Bar and Special Paragraph Formatting • Creating a
Bullet Motif • Formatting Paragraph Text • Take Me to Your Leader
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
Using CorelDRAW’s Writing Tools • Using Word Lists • Using Grammatik • Using the Thesaurus • Finding and Replacing
Text and Special Characters
OPTIONS FOR FILLING OBJECTS
Examining the Fill Types • Using the Color Palette • From Uniform to Non-Uniform Object Filling • Editing a Fountain Fill
In-Place • Uniform Color Fill Options on the Property Bar • Applying Pattern Fills • Customizing a Pattern Fill • Applying
Texture Fills • Applying PostScript Fills • Working with Mesh Fills • Sampling Fills • Dropping a Property
APPLYING STROKES TO PATHS
Applying Outline Pen Properties • Going Long and Wide • Exploring the Outline Pen Features • Drawing, Saving, and Editing
an Arrowhead Style • Turning an Outline into an Object • Using the Artistic Media Tool • Painting with a Drawing Program •
Defining and Applying Calligraphic Brushstrokes
USING BLENDS AND CONTOURS
Blend and Contour Effects: Similarities with Distinctions • Blending as Illustration Shading • The Interactive Blend Tool and
Property Bar • Creating a Simple Blend Effect • A Basic Blend Between Very Different Shapes • Looking at the Components
of a Blend • Editing Blend Effects • Blending Objects Along a Path • Tapping into Contour Effects • Exploring CorelDRAW’s
Contour Effects • Creating Expensive Stationery • Using the Contour Tool and Property Bar • Applying a Contour Effect •
Controlling Contour Acceleration • Using the Contour Docker
MIXING AND MATCHING WITH DIGITAL COLOR MODELS
Digital Color Terms and Definitions • Using Color-Related Dockers • Dyeing a Pair of Shoes • Making a Color Style and
Changing It • Introducing the New Color Harmony • Changing the Color Harmonies of a Monochrome Drawing • Recoloring
a Logo with Color Styles • Adjusting and Transforming Color
THE PERSPECTIVE AND EXTRUDE EFFECTS
The Perspective Effect: What Perspective Does to an Object • Experiments in Perspective • Creating Two-Point Perspective •
Creating a 3D Ground Plane • Perspective Scenes via Copying • Pre-visualizing a Design on a Product • Extruding Objects:
How Extrude Works • Going Deep with the Extrude Tool • Using the Extrude Tool and Property Bar • Working with Extrude
Light Options • Using the Extrude Docker • Assembly Instructions for a Kid’s Toy
USING THE ENVELOPE TOOL, LENS EFFECTS, AND BEVELS
What Does an Envelope Do? • Creating Envelope Effects • The Envelope, Please • Creating a Text Envelope • What’s Behind
a Lens Effect • Using the Lens Docker • Working with a Lens Effect • Changing Object Size with the Fish Eye Lens • Using
the Bevel Effect
THE SHAPE EDITING TOOLS AND DISTORTIONS
The Shape Edit Tool Group • Adding the Smear to Your Artistic Career • Creating a Stylized Sun • Repelling a Polygon
Object • Roughing Out a Pumpkin’s Smile • Mastering Distortion Effects • Using the Distort Tool and the Property Bar •
Using Distortion Presets
TRANSPARENCIES AND SHADOWS
The Importance of Objects Interacting with the Scene • Clearing Things Up with the Transparency Tool • Using the
Transparency Tool and Property Bar • Creating a Dimensional Drawing Through Transparency • Creating a Reflection on a
Shiny Surface • Filtering a Bitmap Copy • Using the Drop Shadow Effect • Working the Property Bar and Shadow-Making
Markers
UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING WITH PIXEL-BASED IMAGES
Cropping a Placed Photograph • Nondestructive Cropping • Using the Shape Tool to Crop • Masking Through Nondestructive
Cropping • Background Removal, Technique 1 • Background Removal, Technique 2 • Composing a Design Using Vector and
Image Shapes • Working with Alpha Channels and Image Transparency • Creating a Photorealistic Glass Effect • Creating a
Transition Between Two Images • Bitmaps to Vector Art: Using PowerTRACE • PowerTRACE Options • Making New Text
Along a Curve • Digitooning
COMMON IMAGE-EDITING TECHNIQUES USING PHOTO-PAINT
The Building Block of Digital Photos: The Pixel • Resizing a Photograph • Resampling and Resizing Photos • Making a
Thumbnail Image Suitable for Printing • Automation: Recording Your Cropping and Resampling • Recording Your Edits •
Fun and Fantastic Image-Retouching • Bye-bye, Red Eye • Selecting a Face • Getting A Head with PHOTO-PAINT • Erasing
and Liquefying the Subject
CREATING ANIMATIONS IN PHOTO-PAINT
Creating an Animated GIF • Adding Text and Exporting a CorelDRAW Drawing • Building a GIF Animation: Part 1 •
Building a GIF Animation: Part 2 • Exporting an Animation • Movie Animations • Capturing and Saving Video Frames •
Hold On to That Cat!
FINAL THOUGHTS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
No Skipping: You’ll Lose Points! • Closing Thoughts • Indexing a Nugget of Wisdom in a Book • Okay, Gary. Why’d You
Write This Book?

THE ROADMAP TO FEATURES AND PRODUCTIVITY IN DRAW

The CorelDRAW Workspace • Defining and Saving a Custom Page Size • Dropping a Copy of a Selected Object
CREATING BASIC SHAPES, APPLYING TRANSFORMATIONS
 Using the Rectangle Tool and Property Bar • Using the Ellipse Tool and Property Bar • Using Polygons and the Property Bar •
Reshaping a Polygon • Using the Spiral Tool • Using the Graph Paper Tool
ARRANGING AND ORGANIZING OBJECTS
Basic Object Selection • Moving Objects • Transforming Objects • Applying Precise Transformations • Working with Master
Page Items
EDITING OBJECTS, REARRANGING PATHS, AND USING BOOLEAN OPS
Shaping and Reshaping Object Shapes • PowerClips • The Knife Tool • Power Erasing • Cropping an Illustration
PARAGRAPH TEXT, ARTISTIC TEXT, AND WHEN (AND HOW) TO USE THEM
CorelDRAW’s Text Tool • Wrapping Text Around Other Shapes • Embedding Objects into Text
OPTIONS FOR FILLING OBJECTS
Using the Color Palette • Applying Pattern Fills • Applying Texture Fills • Applying PostScript Fills
APPLYING STROKES TO PATHS
Applying Outline Pen Properties • Drawing, Saving, and Editing an Arrowhead Style • Using the Artistic Media Tool
USING BLENDS AND CONTOURS
Blend and Contour Effects: Similarities with Distinctions • Creating a Simple Blend Effect • A Basic Blend Between Very
Different Shapes • Exploring CorelDRAW’s Contour Effects • Applying a Contour Effect
THE PERSPECTIVE AND EXTRUDE EFFECTS
The Perspective Effect: What Perspective Does to an Object • Creating a 3D Ground Plane • Extruding Objects: How Extrude
Works
USING THE ENVELOPE TOOL, LENS EFFECTS, AND BEVELS
Creating Envelope Effects • What’s Behind a Lens Effect • Working with a Lens Effect • Using the Bevel Effect
TRANSPARENCIES AND SHADOWS
Using the Transparency Tool and Property Bar • Creating a Reflection on a Shiny Surface • Filtering a Bitmap Copy • Using
the Drop Shadow Effect • Working the Property Bar and Shadow-Making Markers