CorelDraw
LECTURE
Corel Draw
Menu bar
Toolbar
Option bar
Working area (canvas)
workspace
Pick tool
Pick tool
Select objects/items
Move objects/items
adjust objects/items
rotate objects/items
Size of object (increase/ Decrease) (alt key)
Group and ungroup multiple objects
Shape tool
Used to create vector shapes and paths.
Adjust shape with single or multiple point/node.
Shape tool
Convert shape to curve (CTRL + Q)
Add or delete node
Join two nodes
Break curve
Convert curve to line
Convert line to curve
Make node a cusp : single handle movement
Make node smooth
Make node symmetrical
Shape tool
Reverse curve direction
Extend curve to close
Extract Sub-path
Auto close curve
Stretch and scale nodes
Rotate and skew nodes
Align nodes
Elastic mode
Knife tool and Eraser tool
Knife tool : use to cut object/item.
Eraser tool : use to erase object/item.
Circle eraser
Square eraser
Free transform tool
Used to transform object by place.
Free rotation tool
Free angle reflection tool
Free scale tool
Free skew tool
Zoom tool and hand tool
Zoom tool : used to zoom-in or zoom-out item or page.
Zoom in/zoom out work Area
Zoom in/zoom out selected item
Zoom in/zoom out all items
Zoom to page
Zoom to page height/width
Hand tool : used to move the working area.
Freehand tool
Use to create a single line.
Free line : hold left button
Free one way line : click one time left button and then move.
Free straight line : click left button and hold CTRL key.
Bezier tool and artistic media tool
Bezier Tool : used to draw designs.
Artistic media tool : used to adding artistic effects to design.
Preset
Brush
Spray
Calligraphic
pressure
Dimension tool, connector line tool,
interactive connector line tool
Dimension tool : used for distance between two points or size of
object.
Auto, Vertical, Horizontal, Slanted, Callout, Angular.
Connect line tool : connect two points or objects by single straight
line.
Interactive connector line tool : connect points or objects by
multiple lines.
Shapes
Rectangle tool :
Ellipse tool :
Polygon tool :
Spiral tool :
Graph paper tool (table) :
Select multiple shapes then it can get options such like that
Weld, Trim, Intersect
Text tool
Used to write/type text
Style list
Font list
Text size
Bold, italic, underline.
Alignment
Increase/decrease indent (in paragraph
text)
Bullets
Drop cap
Format text
Edit text
Fill color tool
Interactive fill tool : used to fill gradient color in an item.
Linear , radial , conical, square
Interactive Mesh fill tool : used to fill different colors by
points/nodes.
Interactive Transparency tool
Used to make color transparent
Edit transparency :
Transparency types : uniform, fountain, pattern, texture.
Transparency midpoint :
Transparency angle :
Transparency option :
Blend tool and contour tool
Blend tool : use to transition from one object to another (blending
outline).
Contour tool : used to copy of the shape inside/outside in a 3D
format.
center, inside, outside
Contour steps and offset.
Colors.
Distortion tool
Distortion tool : manipulate and alter the default shape.
Types
Push and pull :
Zipper : amplitude & frequency
random, smooth, local
Twister : rotation based
Envelope tool
Envelope tool : used to manipulate objects and texts.
MODES
Straight line
Single arc
Double arc
Unconstrained
Add preset
Auto manipulate existing shape
Extrude tool
Make object appear 3D with an open ends.
Drag it in every external side.
Extrusion type
Extrusion depth
Shadow tool
Used to drop shadow on shape or text.
Shadow opacity
Shadow feathering direction
Shadow feathering edges
Shadow perspective type
Shadow angle
Shadow fade
Shadow color
Eye dropper and paint bucket tool
Eye dropper tool : used to take color from some area.
Paint bucket tool : use to put the selected color on the area or
background.
Outline tool
Outline Pen
Used to manipulate shape outlines
Outline color outline width outline
style
Nib shape arrows line caps
