coreldrawX7_qucik_guide the most commonly used tools in the software for graphic design

1. CorelDraw X7
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2. • Trim and Weld Objects
• Trace bitmaps
• Text manipulations
• 3D Effect

3. Trim and Weld Objects

4. Trim and Weld Objects
When you look at shape that you want to draw, try to imagine them as they
where the result of intersections and sum of other objects:
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Intersect Trim Weld

5. Trim and Weld Objects
When Drawing shapes of objects in CorelDraw, you will need this opting a lot, and
it will be very useful for you, read the steps slowly:
A- for trimming:
1- select the trimmer object
2- Press Shift key and while pressing it, select the object to be trimmed.
3- Click on the Trim option in the program interface
4- Remember that the order of selecting objects will decide the result, select the
trimming object first.
B- welding and intersection:
The order is not important in both, In weld option, the result is an abject that
combines the two object, in Intersection, the result is an object representing the
intersection of the objects

6. Another way of looking to things

7. Another way of looking to things

8. Another way of looking to things

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11. Trace Bitmaps

12. Trace Bitmaps
Bitmap is another name for image files, with CorelDraw, you
get to redraw almost every image “ convert it images to
vectors” you want with two options:
1- automatically: by selecting the image and go to menu:
Bitmaps>>Outline Trace>>Detaild logo “ for example”.
See next slide for more illustration.
2 –Manually: by choosing the Bezier tool from the Tool box
and simply redraw the image click by click. Also you could
use the trim and weld functions for combining redrawn
smaller elements of the Bitmap.
The first method is faster and is a powerful one, but you
sometimes need to Trace specific objects manually for more
accuracy.

13. Trace Bitmaps “ Automatically”
When using the Power Trace Tool in CorelDraw, You will be able to control the
details, the smoothing of the resulting vector object, click OK to get the vector
object as a collection of grouped elements. “ this Also works with colored
images”

14. Trace Bitmaps “ Automatically”
the background of this logo is white, PowerTRACE automatically detects and
eliminates the surrounding background color. To remove the white area in the
interior of the bitmap, enable the Remove color from entire image check box.
Notice that the Trace result details area now indicates the number of detected
curves.

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16. Text Manipulation

17. Text Manipulation
- Working with text in CorelDraw means
you first have know how to insert a text
into your working area, this is done using
The Text Tool.
- You can simply choose the Text Tool, then
click on the working area then type what
you want, or drag the mouse while
clicking to type the text in a paragraph.
Text Tool

18. What can you do with Text?
- If you select the text object then press Ctrl + q, this will convert the
text into curves “welded object”, it will not have the text
characteristics anymore so you can not simply modify the text, you
can use this trick when you finish your work and you don’t want the
fonts to change when you are going to print them.

19. What can you do with Text?
- You can fit the text into a path by:
1- write the text.
2- draw the path “ e.g. a circle by using
Ellipse Too
3- right-click the text and while clicking,
move the mouse pointer to the edge of
the circle, then select : fit text to path.

20. What can you do with Text?
5- you can control the text
settings on the circle using
the options in the property
bar “ mirror text – distance
from path – etc….”
6- press ctrl+k to separate
the text from the path
without reversing the path
effects that you just
accomplished.
Ctrl+k 

22. What can you do with Text?
- You can Envelope a text
to take a certain shape:
1- select the text
2- from the menu “
effects” choose “
Envelope”
3- in the right side of your
screen a slide window will
show up, click on “ add
New”
4- manipulate that shape
that you want the text to
take.

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24. 3d Effect on objects

25. 3d Effect on objects
- 3d effect in CorelDraw is just about manipulating colors and
color gradients of the shapes you draw.

26. 3d Effect on objects
- For a 3d ball, simply draw a circle, select the ellipse tool
and draw a circle while pressing Ctrl key on the keyboard,
this will give you a perfect circle.
- Give your new circle a color.
- Draw a small oval shape, fit it on the lower half of the big
circle, and give it a different color.
- Select the blend tool, and draw a line connecting the
center of the oval shape and the circle, in the direction of
the arrow 
- In the properties bar, you can manipulate the gradient by
simply changing the number of steps to your liking “
usually 20 is good”.
- Draw a bigger oval shape, and place it on the upper side
of the circle, make it white.
- Convert the white oval to curves and change its shape
with shape tool.
- draw

27. 3d Effect on objects
- Select the Transparency Tool, and Draw a line up to down,
you can control the transparency level “ look at the pic”

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