Corel Draw 8

"CorelDRAW 7: The Official Guide" sold over 40,000 copies in its first four months. This updated coverage for version 8 is the only officially endorsed guide to Corel Corporation's premiere vector graphics illustration application, CorelDRAW 8, for both PC and Macintosh.

This complete guide to the world's most popular Windows-based drawing and illustration tool provides comprehensive coverage of the latest new-and-improved features of CorelDRAW, including the flat interface, enhanced drawing tools, digger functionality, advanced locking, smart duplications, and batch import features. The CD-ROM contains tutorials, projects, and a gallery of ready-to-use art.

The Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW®—Updated for CorelDRAW X8 This thoroughly revised guide offers complete coverage of CorelDraw X8, including the revamped interface and brand-new features. CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide shows anyone—from a beginner to an experienced illustrator—how to create top-drawer commercial graphics and exquisite artwork. You will learn to draw photorealistic illustrations, use shortcuts to create complex art, lay out text like a pro, add special effects, and transform 2D objects into 3D graphics. The book features tips for printing high-quality work that matches what you’ve designed on your monitor. • Work in the customizable interface redesigned to reflect Windows® Metro style • Explore and understand the software’s menus, palettes, and dockers • Lay out brochures, flyers, and other multi-page documents • Add paragraph, artistic, and custom-shaped text to your designs • Search the Content Exchange for fonts, vector patterns, background designs, and the Get More docker • Use the Perspective, Extrude, Smear, Twirl, Attract, Repel, and Distortion tools • Incorporate lens effects, transparency, shadows, glows, and bevels • Put all the elements together in a professional, visually compelling way with layout and design tips from the author

To fully understand a sophisticated graphics program like CorelDRAW 8, it's important to read the documentation. However, many tips, tricks, and insider secrets just aren't covered in the user's manual. You could probably find some of this information by scouring the Internet or talking with fellow CorelDRAW users, but now there's an easier way to get the full scoop on CorelDRAW -- and it comes complete with tutorials and samples. CorelDRAW™ 8 Secrets helps you take advantage of the program's exciting new capabilities and undocumented features. The book reveals the techniques for harnessing CorelDRAW's hidden power and unlocking your creative talents. Learn how to customize your workspace, discover new tools, create distortion effects, build custom palettes, design Web projects, and much more. The CD-ROM features a 30-day trial version of Corel WebMaster Suite, along with sample images, tutorials, and plug-in demos from MetaCreations -- including Kai's Power Tools.

For anyone who needs to learn to use CorelDRAW quickly and efficiently, this book is for beginning graphic and Web page designers, home users, and small business operations needing additional desktop publishing graphics or Web pages. Twenty-four, one-hour lessons guide the user through real-world tasks.

The Only Authorized Reference on CorelDRAW 12 Create compelling graphics and vector animations for print and the Web using CorelDRAW 12. Inside this Corel-approved guide, expert author Steve Bain teaches you how to take full advantage of all the unique features this powerful application has to offer. You'll learn to draw shapes, work with text, add color and effects, create animations, and much more. Featuring hundreds of tips, techniques, and shortcuts, plus a full-color section showcasing the extraordinary results of various effects, this is a must-have resource for anyone wanting to create stunning artwork with CorelDRAW 12. Learn to use "all" the new and re-engineered features in CorelDRAW 12 Master the latest drawing tools like the Smart Drawing Tool and the Virtual Segment Delete Tool Use object tools to create shapes, draw lines and paths, and arrange objects Take advantage of the new Dynamic Guides and Object Snap Modes Produce dazzling vector effects--distortions, contours, blends, transparency, drop shadows, and more Create 3D effects by adding perspective and extruding vector objects Discover all the bitmap filter commands and master print engine functions Create flawless Web and print graphics, HTML pages, rollovers, and Corel R.A.V.E. animations Boost your efficiency with styles, workspace customization, and VBA scripting Learn "all" the program shortcuts using an 8-page special guide Includes 8-page color insert and tutorial images online Steve Bain is an award-winning illustrator and well-known author and teacher. He has produced hundreds of expert design and illustration workshops, is a regular contributor to educational publications and Web sites, and has evaluated application features for Corel. Nick Wilkinson is an award-winning technical illustrator and is well known for the many powerful scripts that he has contributed to the CorelDRAW community.

The only official guide to CorelDRAW—fully updated throughout to cover all the new features of the latest release CorelDRAW X The Official Guide is the one-stop tutorial/reference for learning how to create gorgeous graphics for a variety of print and web uses. Veteran graphic designer and author Gary Bouton shows you how to use the new product features, and shows off beautiful graphics and techniques in this Corel-authorized guide. Packed with examples and techniques, this book delivers details no CorelDRAW user can afford to be without! Ideal for beginners through experts getting started on the new release, the book explains how to install the software, use the illustration and drawing tools, work with text, apply colors, fills, and outlines, apply special effects, and work in 3D. CorelDRAW X The Official Guide Offers hundreds of tips, tricks, and shortcuts that show how to get the most out of product features, not just what the features do Includes online access to 30+ video tutorials of hands-on instruction from the author, plus CorelDRAW native files, stock images for tutorials in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, custom typefaces designed by the author, and other useful starter pieces for learning CorelDRAW Includes a full-color insert demonstrating results of various filters and effects Provides a comprehensive CorelDRAW X reference as well as drawing tips and illustration techniques Discusses print and web use and potential issues Explains how to use PHOTO-PAINT, Corel’s image-editing tool