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CorelDRAW 10 Tutorial
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Selecting and Moving
Chapter Overview
Filled versus Hollow
Marquee Select & using the Alt
Multiple Selecting Explained
How to Deselect Multiple Objects
Toggling between Selections
Selecting Hidden Objects
Selecting within A Group
Move Objects
How to Constrain Movement
Customising the Constraint Key
Nudging
Moving with the Property Bar Transformation Docker: • Absolute Position • Relative Position • in Action
Undo & Redo
Undo Docker and Revert
Transforming Objects
Sizing Your Objects
Resizing from the Center - Using the Shift Key
Doubling the size - Using the Control Key
Sizing Using the Property Bar and the Transformation Docker
Rotating & Skewing Objects
Constraining Rotation & Skewing
Rotating using the Property Bar
Rotating & Skewing With the Transformation Docker
Mirroring Objects - Lesson 1
Mirroring Objects - Lesson 2
Free Transform Tool Explained
Drawing Tools
Chapter Overview
Ovals and Rectangles
Circles & Squares
Shaping Rectangles and Ovals
Drawing & Editing Polygons
How to Draw Spirals
The Graph Tool in CorelDraw 10
Perfect Shapes Drawing: • Freeform • Lines and Polygons • Straight Lines • Bezier Artistic Media Tool: • Presets • Brush
• Sprayer - Lesson 1
• Sprayer - Lesson 2
• Sprayer - Lesson 3
• Calligraphic Pen • Pressure Pen
The Connector Tool Described
Interactive Connector Tool
How to Switch Between Tools
Copying and Deleting
Cut / Copy / Paste
Duplication
Duplicating Using The Plus key
Move, Duplicate & Repeat
Cloning
How to Copy Properties
Deleting
Editing Tools
The Shape Tool - Overview
How to Add & Delete Nodes
The Direction of Nodes
How to Break & join Curves
How to Split the Curve
Straight Lines & Curves
Using Curves - Practical Example
Using Knife and Eraser Tool
Arranging Objects
Aligning Objects - Lesson 1
Aligning Objects - Lesson 2
Distributing Objects
Combine
How to Combine Knockouts
Break Apart
Weld, Trim & Intersect - Lesson 1
Weld, Trim & Intersect - Lesson 2
Weld, Trim & Intersect Dockers
Order of objects - Lesson 1
Order of objects - Lesson 2
Grouping & Ungrouping
Editing within Groups
Locking Your objects
Layers Overview
The Creation of Layers
Organising layers
Editing across Layers
Master & Special Layers
Object Manager
Text
Artistic versus Paragraph Text
How to Create Artistic Text
How to Create Paragraph Text
Converting Text
Removing Paragraph Text Frame
Pasting & Separating Text
Importing and Formatting Text
Adding a font - Font Navigator
Type Alignment
How to Resize Text
Fitting Text to a Frame
Linking Paragraph Text
Interactive Letter & Line spacing
Letter & Line Spacing by the Numbers
Kerning Overview
Columns
Add Bullets in CorelDRAW
DropPING Caps
How to Copy Text Properties
Paragraph Styles Explained
Using the Spell Check
Quick Correct
Changing Your Case
Converting Text to Curves
Fitting Text to a Path
Text to Path - using the property bar
Fitting Text to a Circle and in an Object
Text Wrap
Fills
Choosing a Pallet
Pallets - CMYK & RGB
Pantone Colours
Using the Colour Docker
Setting the Default Colour
How to Apply Fills
Types of Fills
Chapter Overview
Interactive Fill Tool
Uniform fills Fountain Fills: • Types of • Colouring & Fill Direction • Custom • Preset
Patterned Fills I
How to Transform Patterned fills
Mirrored Patterns Explained
Full Colour Patterns
Bitmap Patterns
Creating Fills
Textured (Fractal) Fills
customising Texture Fills
Postscript Fills
The Mesh Tool Described
Copying fills
Eyedropper & Paintbucket Tools
Outlines
How to Apply Outlines to Objects
Line Styles Overview
Scale Outline with Image
End Styles Explained
Corners & End Caps
Behind Fill
Interactive Tools
Chapter Overview Blending: • Overview • Along a Curve • Similar Shapes
Interactive Contour Distortion Tool: • Push Pull • Zipper • Twister
Envelop
Create Envelops from Shapes
Mapping the Envelop Modes Extrude: • Vanishing Point • Options • Colour • Rotating • Bevel
Extruded Lighting and Bitmaps
Transparency
Presets
Copy& Delete Effects
Effects
Chapter Overview
Lens Effect
How to Edit Lens Effect
Perspective
Powerclips
Editing Powerclips
Rollover
Working with Bitmaps
Chapter Overview
Converting to Bitmap Explained
How to Edit Bitmaps
Bitmap Colour Mask
Cropping and Resampling Bitmaps
Further Cropping
Masks
Colour Adjustment
Bitmap eraser
Special Effects in CorelDraw 10
Importing and Exporting
Import Clip Art
Scrapbook
Import Photos
Linking Photos
Exporting To A file and to EPS
Printing
Chapter Overview
Basic Printing
Printing an Object
Print Orientation & Errors
Printing Separations and Impositions
The Creation of a PDF file and CorelDRAW Tutorial End
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