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Starting a New Document
From the "File"menus choose the "New" command.
WordPerfect presents you with a blank document. Use the "Page Layout"
option to set the page margins where you want them. Use the "Font
Properties" on the toolbar to set the font type, size and color, then
begin working on your document. Add page numbers to your document by going to
the "Format" menu and choosing "Insert" and "Page
Numbers." Before you go too far, you want to save your document in case of
a crash. You can do this from the "Save" command on the toolbar or by
going to the "File" menu and choosing "Save."
Working with a Template
WordPerfect comes with an array of templates that let you create
everything from greeting cards and flyers to calenders and newsletters. Go to
the "File" menu and select the "New" command, then
selecting from the available templates. You can modify and save the template to
suit your needs by deleting template text and graphics and replacing them with
your own. You can also create your own template from scratch and save it for
later, saving you time when you will be doing several documents with the same
layout.
Inserting Graphics
You can add clipart and photographs to WordPerfect by going to the toolbar
and choosing "Insert" and the "Graphics" command. Browse to
the folder on your computer where the image is you want to use and click on it.
The image will appear in your document. If you select "Draw Picture"
a drawing box will open and you can draw your own image for your document. You can
also use the text formatting option to determine how text will flow around your
images, which is ideal for designing a newsletter or any other document that
will have several pictures in it.
Saving a Document
WordPerfect allows you to save any document as HTML, PDF (portable
document file), which means you can use it as a web editor or to create
e-books. You can open Microsoft Word documents with newer versions of
WordPerfect and save your documents in that format as well, making WordPerfect
a viable, versatile word processing program.
Proofing in WordPerfect
WordPerfect includes a spellcheck, thesaurus, grammar check and a
QuickCorrect option to help you review your documents for errors before you
print. The QuickCorrect option actually checks for errors as you go and
corrects them for you. You can find these options on the toolbar or the
"Tools" menu.
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Corel Painter is a digital painting program that allows users to create
paintings using their computers. In a few simple steps, users can create a
variety of clouds to enhance landscapes, portraits and still life paintings.
The clouds can range from realistic to cartoon-like.
Create the Sky
Create a new document in Corel Painter. Click "Insert" and
choose "New Layer." Name this layer "Sky." Click the Fill
Bucket in the Tools Palette and choose a medium to dark blue from the color
menu. This will be your sky color, so choose a shade of blue that will reflect
how you want the sky in your picture to look. Click on the canvas to fill it
with it with blue.
Create the Basic Cloud Form
Click "Insert" and choose "New Layer." Name this layer
"Cloud." Click "Brush Category" on the main menu bar and
choose "Blenders." Click "Brush Variant" and choose a
"Just Add Water" brush. Set the brush size to "72.1" and
the opacity to "50%." Select a shade of white with some blue mixed in
by clicking on the "Color Wheel." Create the basic cloud shape by
dabbing the brush in the middle of the canvas.
Add Depth to the Cloud
Click "Insert" and choose "New Layer." Name this layer
"Cloud Shading." Set the brush size to "21.5" and the
opacity to "67%." Set restat to "65%" and jitter to
"0.78." Choose a shade of light to medium gray on the "Color
Wheel." Create shadows in the cloud with the brush. Put darker shadows near
the bottom of the cloud and lighter shadows as you go up. Follow the contours
of the cloud as you paint. Keep the shadows to a minimum so the cloud doesn't
become too dark, unless you are creating a rain cloud.
Add Highlights
Click "Insert" and choose "New Layer." Name this layer
"Cloud Highlights." Click on this layer in the Layers Palette and
drag it so it is located between the Cloud layer and the Cloud Shading layer.
This will place your highlights on top of the shadows to create a three
dimensional image. Raise the brush size to "70" and lower the opacity
to "20%." Select a bright shade of white from the "Color
Wheel." Paint around the cloud edges to create a billowing effect.
Gradually lower the brush size as you work your way into the cloud to create
brighter highlights. Continue until your cloud is complete.
The best way to learn how to use an image-editing software application
like Corel Photo Paint is to follow step-by-step instructions to complete a
task. Tutorials that lead you through specific exercises can help you become
familiar with the tools in the software and can show you the best way to get
things done.
Basic Tutorials
Learn to use the tools and effects in Corel Photo Paint by following
simple tutorials. Create cutouts, remove red eye from photos, give objects shadows,
and put borders and frames around photos. Learn how to resize and rotate
photos. Find tutorials that teach you the basics of Corel Photo Paint at
Visionary Voyager Corporation (vissionary-voyager.com) and Graphics Unleashed
(unleash.com).
Selection and Mask Functions
Selection and mask functions let you isolate a specific part of your photo
or image and perform various tasks just on that part, separately from the rest
of the image. Cut out the background from a photo, or place a person in an
entirely different location than where they were originally photographed. The
Designer Today contains several tutorials on selection and mask functions
(designertoday.com).
Editing Photos
Make a colored photo look black and white, or like an old-fashioned photo.
Alter it further to make it look like a painting or a pencil sketch. Adjust the
colors, or colorize an image to introduce a color that wasn't there when you
took the photo. Blend a photo into a background, or add items on top of it like
stickers. Find a list of photo editing tutorials at Pixel 2 Life in Resources.
Text Effects
Corel Photo Paint can help you create text with all sorts of special
effects. Make text that looks like it's made of plastic, glass or even flames.
Give it a shadow, a texture or a three-dimensional effect. Color each letter a
different color or fill it with a gradient to look like a rainbow. Check out a
number of text effect tutorials at the Visionary Voyager Corporation website
(pixel2life.com).
Drawing and Artistic Effects
Give items an embossed or brushed steel look. Draw an avatar or manga
character from scratch, or copy one and alter it by changing its color or
blending two images together to make one. Make a cartoon character look like
it's moving by applying an action blur effect. Learn how to do these effects
and more by checking out the HuntFor.com and OberonPlace websites.
Corel WordPerfect is a popular word processing program that has the
enthusiastic support of thousands of users. Computer users who want to create
and publish business documents of all types can easily become adept at using
WordPerfect to complete their tasks. This powerful, feature-rich software
package is easy to learn.
Startup
When you open WordPerfect, you will have an empty workspace that has four
elements. The "Title Bar" at the top of the screen displays the name
of your active document. The "Menu Bar," below it, contains all the
commands that you can use to create and manage your documents. The
"Toolbar" is a row of pictures (icons) that represent frequently
needed functions. You can select them by clicking on their icons with your
mouse. Your "Document Window" is the blank part of the WordPerfect
screen. A blinking cursor lets you know where the text you type will appear on
your page.
Key Functions
The "File" menu at the far left corner is one of the most
important and most frequently used menus. It contains the "Print,"
"Save," "Open," "Close" and "Exit"
commands. The Page Setup and Margin commands are also in the File menu. The
"Help" menu is at the far right of the "Menu Bar." It
contains an indexed user manual. You can also type keywords into a search box
to get quick answers.
To create a document, start typing at the cursor position. Do not press
the "ENTER" key when you reach the end of a line. WordPerfect
automatically moves the cursor to the next line. You will need to press the
"ENTER" key to insert an empty line. Use the "TAB" key to
indent the beginning of a paragraph.
It is important to save your work as you type. Open the "File"
menu, by clicking on it with the mouse. Select "Save." The first time
you save a new file, WordPerfect will display a dialog box so that you can give
your document a name. Once you have finished saving your document, continue
typing. Remember to save frequently as you go along.
Editing Documents
You may often need to rearrange typed text. Select the "Copy" or
"Cut" commands under the "Edit" menu, after you highlight
some text. To place it in a different place in your document, move your cursor
to the desired location. Open the "Edit" menu, then select
"Paste." Use "Find" in the "Edit" menu to locate specific
text in your document. The "Replace" command lets you manually or
automatically change each instance that matched your search.
You will find WordPerfect's spellchecker in the "Tools" menu.
Text enhancement options, like "Bold" and "Bullets" are
under the "Format" menu, along with the "Page Number"
command. You can use the "View" menu to display additional toolbars
with commands that you need frequently for drawing, tables or columns. Click on
any menu to see the commands that it contains or use the "Help" menu
to get more information on editing and formatting your documents.
Graphic and web designers often use glass effects to give buttons a
sophisticated look. This glassy design has become synonymous with second
generation Web applications, known as Web 2.0, so much so that designers often
refer to "Web 2.0" as a graphic style. The secret behind the glassy
effect is to manipulate lighting direction, reflection, light intensity, focus
and color to create the illusion of a smooth surface. In several Corel
applications, you can apply this effect using the software's fill and transparency
tools.
Official CorelDRAW Tutorial
Corel's official website features a tutorial by Steve Bain on how to
create glassy buttons. Steve Bain is an award-winning illustrator and designer,
and also the author of CorelDRAW's official guide. His tutorial describes step
by step how to create a glass effect in a round button, as well as a rounded
rectangle button. Bain also explains the difference in shading between round
and rectangular buttons and how to use radial and linear fills. He concludes the
tutorial with instructions on how to create button rollover states to use on
interactive buttons, and how to preview the rollover effect.
Designer Today's Corel Paint Tutorial
Some people prefer to create buttons in bitmap editing programs such as Photosop,
Gimp or Corel Paint instead of vector programs such as Illustrator, Corel Draw
and Inkscape. The website Designer Today published a tutorial by Vicky Olds on
how to create a round, depressed orb-like glassy button. In her tutorial, she
doesn't only manipulate lighting and shading, but also blends real photos with
the button to create a realistic reflection. Her tutorial includes tips on
using masks, gaussian blur and brushes to create the glossy effect.
Calamus Design's Corel Draw Tutorial
The Calamus Design website features a tutorial on how to create glass
buttons in Corel Draw, while creating your own shapes for the reflection. The
tutorial instructs you on how to use several blending effects and transparency
settings. It also gives visual instructions on how to draw custom shapes for
the reflection. One of the buttons in this tutorial has a "cross"
reflection, which could work well for exit or cancel buttons. You should be
able to work through the whole tutorial in 15 to 20 minutes.
Pixel2Life's Brushed Steel Interface with Glass button in
Corel Paint
Pixel2Life published a tutorial on how to create a brushed-steel interface
with a glass button in Corel Paint V12. You can, however also follow this
tutorial in later versions of Corel Paint. The creator of the tutorial likes to
translate effects created in Photoshop to Corel Paint tutorials. The end result
of the tutorial is a smooth glassy button, lodged in a brushed steel
background. The tutorial will give you a good idea on how to create both the
brushed steel texture, and a smooth glass surface using, blur, shading and
other Corel Paint tools.
Learning to use the "Eraser" tool of Corel Painter lets you
remove unwanted imagery from your photos and artwork. For example, use the tool
to remove distracting background elements from a picture, such as telephone
wires cutting across an otherwise picturesque vista of a sky at dawn or sunset.
After running the "Eraser" tool, you can use Painter's
"Paintbrush" tool to add new pigment to an image.
Load an Image
To use Painter's "Eraser" tool, first load an image you want to
erase. Click the "File" menu's "Open" command, then
navigate to and double click a picture to load it into Painter. Painter will
load the image on a virtual transparency called a "layer." For your
erasures to work, you must apply "Eraser" to the layer you want to
erase. Erasing on a layer above your image will have no effect.
Click the Eraser Icon
After loading an image to erase, run the "Eraser" tool by
clicking its icon on the tool palette. Painter will assign default values for
the brush's size, shape and behavior. You can adjust these and other parameters
to make your erasure marks fits the regions you're erasing.
Size the Eraser
After running the "Eraser" tool, size the eraser so your
erasures don't take up too much or too little space on the canvas. Press the
"]" key to increase eraser diameter. Press "[" to reduce
the diameter. Painter indicates the eraser's size with an outline attached to
your mouse cursor. If you want to know exactly how many pixels your eraser's
diameter occupies, read the "Size" text box, which is located above
the canvas. You can use this text box to specify a diameter also.
Click the Layer for Erasing
To choose the layer on which you want to erase, click an item on the
"Layers" palette. If you don't see this palette, display it by
clicking the "Windows" menu's "Layers" item. Note that if
you erase on the "Canvas" layer, your erasures will appear white. If
you instead erase on a non-canvas layer, your erasures will expose imagery from
underlying layers. To simplify your erasing work so that no imagery appears
when you apply the eraser, merge all layers into one by clicking the
"Layer" menu's "Drop all" command.
Drag to Erase
Perform the erasing after selecting the "Eraser" tool by
clicking on the image region you want to erase, then dragging the mouse repeatedly
over the region. If you erase a portion you didn't intend to erase, press
"Control" and "Z" simultaneously to run the
"Undo" command. When you're done erasing, release the left mouse
button. Save your edited image by clicking the "File" menu's "Save"
command.
CorelDraw releases a new version of its software every few years. The most recent version, as of January 2010, is the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. New features include a more intuitive interface; a tool that allows you to mirror text horizontally, vertically or both; a straighten image tool; and built-in RAW camera support that allows you to import files directly from your digital camera, among others. The suite comes with an array of support products as well.
Books and DVDs
The "CorelDRAW X4 Unleashed--Premium Bonus Content Edition" DVD package comes with a 932-page eBook and a DVD containing 11 hours of multimedia tutorials. The eBook is in PDF format, allowing you to link to Web pages and work with sample files whilst reading.
"CorelDRAW X4--The Official Guide Book" is an 892-page book that explains how to create graphics and vector animations for print and Web. It includes tips and techniques that teach you how to take advantage of CorelDraw's features. It also has an eight-page shortcut guide.
In case you lose the manuals that came with the box version of "CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4," you can purchase the "CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Manuals Pack." It contains the three manuals that come with the CorelDRAW box version: the "User Guide," the "Digital Content Manual" and the "Insights from the Experts Handbook."
The "Color Management in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite" eBook is a guide for how to manage color in CorelDRAW. It gives an overview of color management and tips on how to use color in CorelDRAW more effectively. It covers the use of CorelDraw with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems.
Color Management Products
"ColorMunki Design" is a spectophotometer that lets you calibrate your monitor, printer and projector so that the colors you see in your designs made in CorelDRAW are the colors you get when printed. This accessory is ideal for agencies and professional designers.
Tablets
The "Wacom Cintiq Tablets" allows you to use the Cintiq pen for CorelDRAW directly on the screen. According to Corel, "you're able to capture every nuance of your hand's motion to create amazing detail." You can choose between the large-format Cintiq 21UX LCD monitor or the smaller Cintiq 12WX LCD monitor.
The "Wacom Intuos4 Pen Tablet" allows you to load CorelDRAW in the Wacom tablet and sketch with its corresponding cordless pen directly on the screen. It also comes with various pen nibs that simulate working with a variety of traditional art and design tools. The tablets come in three sizes.
Templates and Production-Ready Art
"Digital Art Solutions" includes a collection of fonts, vector clipart and formatted templates that are production-ready for use with CorelDRAW. The templates and other digital artwork in this software can be used for screen printing, embroidery, direct-to-garment printing, sign making, large-format digital printing and promotional products.
CorelDraw is a graphic design software package available for the PC. CorelDraw enables users to create professional illustrations for newsletters, brochures, logos and web graphics. This software also includes photo editing tools.
Minimum System Requirements
CorelDraw requires the following minimum system requirements:
Windows XP, Vista or 7
Processor: Pentium III, AMD Athlon XP or other 800MHz processor
512 MB of RAM
430 MB available hard disk space
1024 x 768 monitor resolution
DVD drive
Features
CorelDraw includes the following features:
Vector-based illustration
Compatible with over 100 image file formats, including Adobe Illustrator (AI files).
Photo editing
Editable image and page layers
Live text formatting
Bitmap-to-vector file conversion
Image trace
Training videos
Font identification
Over 10,000 clip art files
1,000 royalty-free stock photos
1,000 fonts
80 templates
Availability
Download CorelDraw on Corel's website (see Resources for link). A fully functional free trial is available for download and is good for 30 days after installation. Many brick-and-mortar electronics stores also sell CorelDraw.
Price
As of February 2010, CorelDraw is $429.99 for the full version. Owners of previous CorelDraw versions may purchase an upgrade version for $199.99.
Fun Fact
All characters on the "South Park" TV show are originally created using CorelDraw and then exported to other graphics programs for animation.
CorelDRAW is a vector-based illustration program. CorelDRAW 6, which was released to the public in 1995, was the first version of the software designed for 32-bit Windows computers. New features included a customizable interface, spiral, knife and eraser tools. If you have an older computer and want to run CorelDRAW 6, your system will have to meet some minimum requirements. If your computer meets these requirements, then you'll be able to install CorelDRAW 6.
486 Processor
Your computer should have an 486 processor. There are two versions of the 486 processor: 486 SX the 486 DX.
8 MB of RAM
Your computer should have at least 8 MB of RAM. However, having more RAM will improve the speed and performance of CorelDRAW 6.
CD-ROM drive
You will need to have a working CD-ROM drive in order to install the software from the installation CD.
Mouse
You will need a computer mouse to navigate through the installation process.
VGA Display
A VGA display is required in order to view images at the appropriate resolution.
Windows 95
CorelDRAW 6 is designed to work with the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system.
The two-dimensional design application CorelDRAW has an abundant set of tools for creating rich documents that combine text and graphics. But sometimes users get stuck in a rut from working with Draw in a certain way, not realizing that there are time and work-saving approaches they could be using. There are certain tips that can help you learn some specific CorelDRAW features you may not have known about.
Use Shortcuts and Context Menus
Learn keyboard shortcuts to greatly speed up your work flow. Performing one key-press to replace a combination of three or four separate clicks and key-presses makes intuitive sense. One essential shortcut is to press "Space" to choose the "Pick" tool.
Right-click menus display commands relevant to the selected object and can help you work faster. For example, quickly convert a rectangle to a curve by right-clicking the rectangle and choosing "To Curve."
Customize Toolbars
You can set up the toolbar to your liking by adding and deleting buttons. For instance, if you don't need the main toolbar's Import button, press "Alt" while clicking and dragging that button until the mouse pointer displays an "X." Similarly, if you use the Zoom in and Zoom out buttons a lot, press "Alt" and click and drag those buttons from the Zoom toolbar onto the main menu bar, next to "Help."
Use templates. Starting a document from scratch can be daunting. Stand on the shoulders of the pro artists who've made their work freely available to you in the form of templates. CorelDRAW has templates for posters, brochures, newsletters, and other document types. If you don't see a template for the kind of document your project calls for, consider adapting an existing template. For example, make a web page from a newsletter template.
Use Macros
Use macros to record and play back the time-consuming, repetitive tasks that you do every day. Macros are scripts (small programs) you can record and later play back to automatically repeat mouse clicks and keyboard commands.
Macros have gotten a bad rap for being abused by malware writers, but you can leverage their power to speed up your work.
Try recording a simple macro. In a new CorelDRAW document, first expose the macro toolbar by right-clicking the main toolbar and checking the "Macros" item. Press the red "Record" button on the macro toolbar, then do any common task, such as selecting the "Text" tool and typing some text. Press the Macro toolbar's "Stop Recording" button, then replay the macro: Press the arrow-shaped "Play" button, navigate to your macro (stored in Global macros), and click "Run." The application will repeat the actions you used to record the macro.
Use Guidelines
Place and use "snap-to" guidelines. Placing text and graphics is much easier and faster when you don't have to guess or finesse the location of those elements. Drag the horizontal and vertical rulers onto your document, then turn on guideline snaps by selecting "View," then "Snap to Guidelines." Try drawing a rectangle, then selecting it and moving it toward a guideline. Draw will place it exactly on the guideline once you get close enough to it. You can snap to other document elements too, including other objects (e.g., curves, text, rectangles), and the usually hidden document grid. (Display the grid by selecting "View," followed by "Grid.")