CorelDraw
is
computer software which is used in graphic design. CorelDraw have a lot of
advantages and is good for beginners who are interested in learning of graphic
design.
COMPONENTS
OF CorelDraw:
1. Tool
box
2. Document
bar
3. Title
bar
4. Menu
bar
5. Tool
bar
6. Drawing
window
7. Property
bar
8. Docker
9. Rulers
10. Document palette
11. Document navigator
12. Drawing page
13. Navigator
14. Color palette
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| Component of Coreldraw |
Tool Box
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| Tool box |
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Ø Shape
Tool is used in reshaping and cutting of pictures and shapes
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Under net freehand some other drawing tools
can be found
These tools include:
®2-Point
Line/Bezier/Polyline- are used in drawing of lines
and shapes
®B-Spline
/ 3-Point Curve- is used in drawing curves
®Pen
is used to draw line, curve and cut pictures
Ø Artistic
media tool- is used in creating of effect by the use of freehand strokes
Ø Basic
shape
Underneath basic shape we have;
1. Rectangle/3-point
rectangle- it is used in drawing of rectangle
2. Ellipse/
3-point ellipse- it is used in drawing circle
3. Polygon-
is used in drawing a polygon
Underneath polygon which include;
a. Star/
complex star- is used in drawing of stars
b. Graph
paper- is used to create table
c. Spiral-
is used in drawing spring lines
d. Basic
shapes- it consists of the following shape triangle, parallelogram, cross, heart,
cylinder, water drop, smiling face, thunder e.t.c.
Ø Text
tool- is used in writing
Ø Parallel
dimension tool- is used in drawing dimensional lines
Ø Straight
line connector tool- is used in drawing straight line in order to connect two
objects
Ø Drop
shadow tool- is used in applying shadow behind an object
Ø Transparency
tool- is used to make image, object or shapes transparent
Ø Colour
eye dropper tool- is used to pick colour from a picture and take to another
picture in other to apply the colour there
Ø Interactive
fill tool- is used in applying current fill/colours in the drawing window
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| Tool Box |
COMPONENT OF MENU
File
– this consist of
1. New/new
from template – is used to create
a new template/ document+
2. Open/
open recent- is used to open files
which
you are working on or still working on
3. Close
is used to close a single template
4. Close
all is used to close all the template/document
you
are working on
5. Save/
Save as is used to save document/ template
6. Revert
is used to revert document to it last version
Or its formal form.
7. Import
is used to import images into the drawing
environment
8. Export
is used to convert your work to P.D.F, J.P.E.G,
T.I.F.F, A.I, P.N.G, G.I.F, E.C.T.
9. Send
to is used in sending of template or document
10. Publish
to PDF is used to convert document to PDF
11. Print
is used in printing
12. Printing
merge is used to combine multiple pieces of
text with graphic.
13.
14. Exit
is used to close CorelDraw
Edit – this consist of
¯ Undo delete
– is used to undo previous work
(Ctrl+z)
¯ Redo –
is used to redo previous work ( Ctrl+ shift + z )
¯ Repeat
– is used to repeat sketch
¯ Cut
– to cut part of your work which you want to
make use of
¯ Copy-
is used to copy your work
¯ Paste
– is used to place copied or cut work on the
drawing window
¯ Paste
special
¯ Delete
– to erase unwanted work on the drawing
window
¯ Duplicate
– is used to create more of your work. It is easier to use than that of copy
before pasting
¯ Clone –it does the same work as of that of
duplicate the only difference is that the duplicate of your work in clone cannot
be used to create another duplicate after it has been used to create one
duplicate.
¯ Copy
properties - is used to copy properties such as outline color, fill color and
outline pen from on work to another on the same drawing window
¯ Step
and repeat – just as clone and duplicate the only difference is that you are
meant to input how many duplicate you want before it can duplicate your work.
¯ Select all – is used to select all your work
for easy movement on the drawing window
¯ Find
and Replace
These are some
of the common options you'll find in the "View" menu in CorelDraw.
They're designed to give you control over how your view and helps you interact
with your designs within the software.
1.
will appear when printed on different
devices or using
different color profiles.
2.
Full
screen preview – is used to preview your work fully
3.
Preview
selected view – is used to preview selected
place. Page sorter view – is used provides a
thumbnail
overview of all pages in your document. It's
helpful for
navigating
between pages and rearranging their order.
4.
View
manager – it contains options to zoom in, zoom
out, and fit the
entire document to the screen.
It allows you to
adjust the magnification level for better
viewing of your design.
5.
Grid
– it lets you toggle the visibility of the grid on and
off. You can also customize grid settings such
as grid
spacing and
color.
6.
Ruler
– it helps you accurately position and measure
objects within your document.
7.
Guidelines
– it is a non-printable lines that you can place
on your document
in order to assist you with alignment
and layout. It
provides options for showing or hiding
guidelines and
helps it manage its appearance.
8.
Dynamic
guides- are a temporary alignment guides that appear as you move objects around
the document. The "Dynamic Guides" lets you toggle this feature on or
off.
9.
Snap
To – it helps offer snapping features to help you align objects precisely.
"Snap To" allows you to enable or disable snapping to various
elements such as grid, guidelines, objects, and more.
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| View |
Layout it consist of
1. Insert
page - is used to add page or to create a new page
2. Duplicate
page – is used to duplicate one page into two
or more pages
3. Rename
page – is used to rename or name the page you
are working on
4. Delete
page – is used to delete unwanted pages / page
5. Go
to page – in order for you to be able to make use of the
Go To
Page you need to input the page you want to open
will working and it helps you get there with
easy.
6. Insert
page number – is used to number your work.
7. Page
number setting – is used to set page numbering
8.
Object – this consist of
1. Insert Barcode /Insert QR code – is used to
2. Validate Barcode – is used for the validation of Barcode
3. Insert New Object- is used in inserting other software to your work for example you can use insert new object to insert Microsoft word, Microsoft excel, Microsoft power point to you work.
4. Power
clip – is used in clipping your work inside a shape
5. Transformation-
is used in duplicating work into a more creative and artistic way
6. Align
and Distribute – is used to align your work to the left, right, top, bottom,
horizontally and vertically.
7. Order
– is used to move your backward / forward example “ To Front Of Layer” helps
you bring what you are working on that it behind to the front and “Back One “
is used to send work which is in front
behind
8. Combine
is used to combine more than one shape to become one, when this is done it
forms a new shape
9. Break
apart – is used to break v. apart works which have been combine back to it
normal form.
10. Group
11. Hide
12.
Shaping – this is the use of one or more
shapes to create a new shape
13.
Convert to Curve – it aid in
transforming your work to curve
14. Object Properties – is used to get information about the object when working
Above are some of the common options you'll find in the in object.
Effect - is
used to edit pictures. It consists of the following;
1. Adjust
– is consists of;
§ Contrast
Enhancement
§ Local
Equalization
§ Sample
/Target Balance
§ Tone
Curve
§ Brightness/
Contrast/ Intensity
§ Color
Balance
§ Gamma
§ Hue
/ Saturation /Lightness
§
§ Replace
Color
§ Desaturate
§ Channel
Mixer
2. Transform
–it consists of;
·
Delinterlace
·
Invert color
·
posterize
3. Correction–it
consists of;
ü Dust
and Scratch
4. Aristic
media
5. Blend
– it used to covert two or more shapes into more
to 3-D by creating the shapes multiple times.
6. Contour
– is used to make shade and edges of a shape in
a more attractive way.
7. Envelope
– is used in replace of “covert to curve”.
It aid in making curving of your work.
8. extrude
– is used to convert 2 dimensional shapes to 3 dimensional shape
9. Bevel
– is used to edit the 3 dimensional shapes that have been created by “extrude”.
10. Lens
11.
Add Perspective
12.
Clear Effect
13.
Copy Effect – it is used to copy effect
14.
Clone Effect
15.
Roll Over
1. Convert
to Bitmaps – is used to convert or change your work to an image
2. Auto
Adjust
3. Image
Adjustment
4. Straighten
image
5. Edit
bitmaps
6. Crop
bitmaps
7. Resample
8. Mode
– this is used while converting your work to determine the form which you want
for the image.
®
® Grayscale
(8- bit)
® Duotone
(8- bit)
® Paletted
(8- bit)
® RGB
color (24- bit)
® Lab
color (24- bit)
® CMYK
color (32- bit)
9. Inflate
Bitmaps
® Auto
inflate bitmaps
® Manually
inflate bitmaps
10.
Bitmaps color mask
11.
Break link
12.
Update from link
13.
Quick trace
14.
Centerline trace
15.
Outline trace
16.
3D-Effect
® 3D
Rotate
® Cylinder
® Emboss
® Page
curl
® Perspective
® Pinch/
punch
® sphere
17.
Art strokes
Ø Charcoal
Ø Conte
crayon
Ø Crayon
Ø Cubist
Ø Impressionist
Ø Palette
knife
Ø Pastels
Ø Pen
& ink
Ø Scraperboard
Ø Sketch
pad
Ø Watercolor
Ø Water
marker
Ø Wave
paper
18.
Blur- it consists of;
¯ Directional
smooth
¯ Gaussian
blur
¯ Jaggy
despeckle
¯ Low
pass
¯ Motion
blur
¯ Radial
blur
¯ Smooth
¯ Soften
¯ Zoom
¯ Smart
blur
19.
Camera
§ Colorize
§ Diffuse
§ Photo
filter
§ Sepia
toning
§ Time
machine
20.
Color
transform
·
Bit planes
·
Halftone
·
Psychedelic
·
Solarize
21.
Contour
Ø Edge
detect
Ø Find
edges
Ø Trace
contour
22.
Creative
§ Crafts
§ Crystalize
§ Fabric
§ Frame
§ Glass
block
§ Kid’s
play
§ Mosaic
§ Particles
§ Scatter
§ Smoked
glass
§ Stained
glass
§ Vignette
§ Vortex
§ weather
23.
Custom
¯ Alchemy
¯ Bump
- map
24.
Distort
¯ Blocks
¯ Displace
¯ Mesh
wrap
¯ Offset
¯ Pixelate
¯ Ripple
¯ Swirl
¯ Tile
¯ Wet
paint
¯ Whirl
pool
¯ Wind
25.
Noise
¯ Add
noise
¯ Maximum
¯ Median
¯ Minimum
¯ Remove
Moiré
¯ Remove
noise
26.
Sharpen
Ø Adaptive
unsharp
Ø Directional
sharpen
Ø High
pass
Ø Sharpen
Ø Unsharp
mask
27.
·
Cobblestone
·
Elephant skin
·
Etching
·
Plastic
·
Relief sculpture
·
stone
28.
Plug – Ins
TEXT-
it consists of;
1. Text
properties
2. Tabs
3. Columns
4. Bullets
5. Drop
cap
6. Font
playground
7. Edit
text: is used in editing of text
8. Insert
character – is used to insert different type
of
sign/ sounds e.g. N, <,>, ʃ,ʧ,ʤ,ɧ,ǣ,
E.T.C
9. Covert
10.
Show Non- Printing Characters
11.
12.
Fit text to path- is used to fit text
into shapes
13.
Straighten text
14.
Align to baseline grid- it enables your
text be on a straight line
15.
Use hyphenation
16.
Hyphenation settings
17.
Writing tools
·
Spell check- is used in checking of
correct spelling
·
Grammatik
·
Thesaurus
·
Quick correct
18.
Change case- is used in change text from
capital letters to small letters and verse vase.
19.
Table
1. Create
new table- is used in formation of table
2. Convert
text to table- is used to change text box to
table
3. Convert
table to text- is used to convert table to
text box
4. Insert-
is used in inserting row and columns
5. Select-
is used in the selection of cells
6. Delete-
is used to delete cell/ cells
7. Distribute-
is used in distributing row and column evenly
8. Merge
cell- is used to combine two or more
cells into a cell
9. Split
into rows- is used to divide rows
10. Split into columns – is used to divide
column
11. Unmerge cells – is used to unmerge
combined cells
