1. Introduction to
Corel Draw
Ms. T. K. Anusuya
Assistant Professor/ Department of CS
Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur
2. Corel Draw
Objectives
Understand various Graphics Software
Use various Graphics tools of Corel Draw
Use various text tools and docker tools
3. Introduction
CorelDraw is a very powerful professional vector graphics package that makes it
easy to create professional artwork from simple logos to intricate technical
illustrations
It provides tools and effects that make it possible to work effectively to produce
high-quality graphics. Corel Draw supports windows shortcuts
The image quality of a drawing is a high quality resolution
Bitmap
Pixels
5. Getting Started with CorelDraw
CorelDraw is one of the most popular and powerful graphics programs and
produce designs . Designing is the day-to-day demands of working designers.
Map Design
Rough Drawing
Flyer Design
Certificate Design
Invitation / Brochure Design
ID Card
6. How to Start and open a Corel Draw
To Start and select coreldraw
A new window open
The available templates included the following categories
Page (Working Area)
Label
Booklet
Side Fold
Web Browse
8. Menu Bar – Menu Contains pull down options
Standard Toolbar-It contains shortcut to menus and other commands
Property Bar –It is context sensitive toolbar that shows commands relating the active tool or object
Tool Box- - tools for Creating, filling and modifying objects in a drawing
Drawing Page –Workspace/ Work-area
Document Navigator – controls for moving between and adding pages.
The Window Screen Layout
9. Rulers : Horizontal and vertical borders that are used to determine the size and
position of objects in a drawing.
Drawing Window – Outside of the drawing window
Navigator Button – Open a smaller display to help pan around a drawing page
Status Bar – information about object properties such as type, size, color, fill and
resolution,. It also shows the current mouse position.
Color Palette-Color swatches
Docker – available commands and settings relating toa specific tools, effect or task
The Windows Screen Layout
11. Drawing Basics
There are 4 basic tools used to create shapes
Freehand Tool
Rectangle Tool
Ellipse Tool
Polygon Tool
12. Coloring Objects
Fill and Outlines Tools
Color Palatte / Picker Window
Filling with Gradients
Pattern Fill
Texture Fill
Postscript Fill
13. Dockers
Docker is a type of dialogue box that can reside on the screen to all you quick
access to commands, provide information about your work , modify your work and
control your drawing in many ways.
14. Working with Text
Creating Artistic and Paragraph Text
Editing the font
Assigning font, style and size
Coloring Text
Editing shapes and letters
Line Spacing
Paragraph Text Options
Spell check and Grammar
15. Working with Graphics
Importing images
Tracing with the Drawing Tools
Blend tool
Envelope tool
Drop Shadow Tool
Transparency Tool
Mesh Fill / Interactive Fill Tool