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CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide Gary David Bouton

CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide By Gary David Bouton

CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide by Gary David Bouton

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The official guide to CorelDRAW-fully updated to cover every tool in the latest release

CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide Summary

CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide by Gary David Bouton

The Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW (R)-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 (R) 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

About Gary David Bouton

Gary David Bouton is the author of over 20 books on computer graphics and video, included five on CorelDRAW. A native of Central New York, Mr. Bouton has won numerous international awards from Corel Corp., IBM, and other software companies for his illustration and desktop publishing designs. A regular contributor to design.com (a bald-faced lie) and other forums, Gary is also a regular communist with Studio Monthly and somehow finds the time to post tips and tutorials on major sites and TheBoutons.com, a terrific resource for anyone who has the need to express themselves using a visual medium.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Student Orientation Weekend
Chapter 1: Welcome! What's New (and also Exciting) in CorelDraw Graphics Suite x8
Chapter 2: The Roadmap to Features and Productivity in DRAW
Chapter 3: Diving into DRAW!

Part 2: Getting Started CorelDRAW X8
Chapter 4: Working with Single- and Multi-page Documents
Chapter 5: Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations
Chapter 6: Arranging and Organizing Objects

Part 3: Working with Object Tools for Art and Business
Chapter 7: Choosing (And Understanding) the Right Path Tools
Chapter 8: Exploring Special Shapes, Connectors, and Other Office Automation Helpers
Chapter 9: Editing Objects, Rearranging Paths, and Using Boolean Ops

Part 4: Working with Text in Composition
Chapter 10: Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and When (and How) to Use them
Chapter 11: Intermediate Desktop Publishing and Proofing Tools

Part 5: Attributes for Objects and Lines
Chapter 12: Options for Filling Objects
Chapter 13: Applying Strokes to Paths
Chapter 14: Using Blends and Contours
Chapter 15: Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models

Part 6: Creating the Illusion of 3D Composition
Chapter 16: The Perspective and Extrude Effects
Chapter 17: Using the Envelope Tool, Lens Effects, and Bevels

Part 7: Special Effects in CorelDRAW
Chapter 18: The Shape Editing Tools and Distortions
Chapter 19: Transparencies and Shadows

Part 8: Bitmaps and Photos
Chapter 20: Understanding and Working with Pixel-Based Images in CorelDRAW
Chapter 21: Common Image-Editing Techniques using PHOTO-PAINT

Part 9: The Wind-Up and the Pitch: Animations and Self-Advertising
Chapter 22: Creating Animations in PHOTO-PAINT
Chapter 23: Final Thoughts: Where Do We Go From here?

Additional information

GOR012568656
9781259860201
1259860205
CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide by Gary David Bouton
Gary David Bouton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
McGraw-Hill Education
20170216
648
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