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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. 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  

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?

About the Author :
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.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781259860201
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
  • Publisher Imprint: Mcgraw-Hill Education
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 648
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Width: 188 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1259860205
  • Publisher Date: 16 Feb 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1101 gr


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