Table Of ContentAbout 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.
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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?
