To create a duplicate object by flipping it, use this this nifty tip. It requires you go to Tools > Customization and under Customization in the Options panel, choose Commands. Click on the Search icon and search for Flip, and Horizontally, then Vertically. Add those two icons to your Property bar or Toolbar. Or, you can go via the Menu: Image > Flip or Menu: Object > Flip.
Tip provided by Stefan…
With the recently released Update 4, technical illustrators will benefit from improved file format support, especially with CGM export and import functionality in Corel DESIGNER X7 being enhanced for ActiveCGM, ATA GREXCHANGE, WebCGM and S1000D compliance...
The Pan Tool (H), allows you to drag your view of the document in any direction at the current zoom level. The hot key for the Pan Tool is (H), but you can also access the Pan Tool by pressing the mouse wheel. Tip provided by Richard Reilly, Graphic Designer and CorelDRAW Master
Knowing the text statistics (number of words, paragraphs and characters, for example), is very useful when preparing books, newspapers, brochures, etc., where text always occupies the same space. Select the text (Artistic or Paragraph modes), and go to: File > Document Properties. A pop-up window opens showing the text statistics.
Tip provided by Silvio Gomes, CorelDRAW Master, Artist and Graphic Designer.
CorelDRAW presents a very useful and handy feature when you need to convert several files to a specific format with few clicks.
Step 1 Go to: Tools > Macro > Run Macro…
Step 2 In the field Macro in select File Convert and click on Run.
Step 3 a. In the field Source browse to the folder where the file/s are located. b. In the field File Type make your choice. c. Select the file/s from list and click on…
CorelDRAW is the most popular vector design software in the professional computer-aided fashion design industry, with many fashion designers using it to draw their mannequins and produce their designs. In this tutorial, multidisciplinary designer walks us through the creation of a geometric jointed mannequin using the CorelDRAW basic shape drawing tools.
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Note: this tutorial is available in 2 languages (English…
In this tutorial, Graphic Designer and CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz introduces us to the power and versatility of the PowerClip feature in CorelDRAW. CorelDRAW lets you place vector objects and bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects, or frames. Learn how to use any vector object, or artistic text, as a container for image or vector content.
Note: this tutorial is available in 8 languages (English…
Adding a Sepia effect could not be easier. Simply open the photo, and go to Menu > Effects > Camera > Sepia Toning. Make the adjustments you are after in the Sepia Toning Dialog. But I would always recommend first creating a duplicate object of your photo in the Object Manager Docker. Select the duplicate, and repeat the steps. This way, the Sepia Toning will only be applied to the duplicate photo object.
Renaming objects for easier navigation is extremely simple and can help navigate designs with many objects, groups and layers.
In the Object Manager we are presented with a list of pages, layers, guides and all the objects within the document. A simple right-click on any item will bring up the context menu. Select Rename and rename the object for easier identification. In this example, here I renamed a group of objects…
In this webinar, CorelDRAW Master, illustrator, graphic designer and artist, Stefan Lindblad shows you how to create a Coloring Book for Adults. Learn how to: - Use final print document settings in planning your illustrations, from start to finish, - Choose the inking style brushes to use in Corel Photo-Paint and Corel Painter, - Ink your drawings digitally, - Set up both the book cover file and interior file as print…
CorelDRAW presents a very useful and handy feature when you send files in PDF format and you want the addressed person to access a particular website.
1. Select the text or object of your file; or the whole file, and go to:
Window > Dockers > Internet
2. Under ‘Behaviour’ select ‘Link’. 3. Type the hyperlink in to the “URL” field.
A grid with red hatching will be created…
The CorelDRAW team prioritizes user feedback, as a vital part of its ongoing development and improvement of the graphics suite product. Update 1 primarily focuses on user-driven performance and stability enhancements to the product in areas such as Font list box, dark or black theme customization, mesh fill colors, CorelDRAW file performance on double clicks, Corel Capture and gradient midpoint settings in PDF files.…
Among all the great art movements that characterized the seventies, Psychedelia had a huge influence on design and graphic art. In this tutorial, multidisciplinary designer Anna Maria López López shows us how to create a psychedelic-style background using mainly the Graph Paper and the Artistic Media tools to create a "rainbow" brush stroke.
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Zazo is a Brazilian artist who began his career as an illustrator in advertising. He created cartoon illustrations for ‘Monica’s Gang in an Adventure in Time’, a very popular animation film of Buena Vista in Brazil. He has completed projects for Coca-Cola, Warner Bros., Globo Filmes, and Disney Junior Brazil. In 2007, the cartoonist Mauricio de Sousa invited Zazo to join the team responsible for launching the biggest…
It would not surprise me if many users are missing out on this very nifty feature. In the Nib preview window (the round window in the Brush Settings Docker or Ctrl + F8), under Nib Properties you can drag the Transparency slider to the left and right, adding transparency to a brush stroke. (It has basically the same effect as when you hold down the Alt-key while using the Paint tool (P), and dragging the on-screen slider…