CorelDRAW 8 Secrets® [Paperback]

William Harrel (Author), Winston Steward (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764531824 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531828 | Publication Date: April 2, 1998

To fully understand a sophisticated graphics program like CorelDRAW 8, it's important to read the documentation. However, many tips, tricks, and insider secrets just aren't covered in the user's manual. You could probably find some of this information by scouring the Internet or talking with fellow CorelDRAW users, but now there's an easier way to get the full scoop on CorelDRAW -- and it comes complete with tutorials and samples.

CorelDRAW™ 8 Secrets helps you take advantage of the program's exciting new capabilities and undocumented features. The book reveals the techniques for harnessing CorelDRAW's hidden power and unlocking your creative talents. Learn how to customize your workspace, discover new tools, create distortion effects, build custom palettes, design Web projects, and much more.

The CD-ROM features a 30-day trial version of Corel WebMaster Suite, along with sample images, tutorials, and plug-in demos from MetaCreations -- including Kai's Power Tools.

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From the Back Cover

CorelDRAW^™ 8 secrets^® Explore the Latest in Design Technology! Let CorelDRAW 8 Secrets show you how to bring innovative ideas to life. This updated reference offers hundreds of undocumented tricks of the trade and insider expertise on CorelDRAW 8's new and improved capabilities — from its enhanced bitmap, 3D, drop shadow, and distortion effects to advanced techniques for Web publishing and more! CD-ROM Inside! Mega Selection of CorelDRAW Artwork and Utilities on CD!

• Try out Corel WebMaster Suite (30-day trial version)
• Learn how the pros created the artwork in Both color inserts
• Check out sample images from Image Club
• Enhance the power of CorelDRAW and Corel Photo-Paint with a plug-in demo collection from MetaCreations, including the popular Kai's Power Tools

Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like — free — but they have no technical support. Find Out How to Use CorelDRAW 8's Hot New Web Publishing Features!

• Take advantage of increased speed and power with MMX technology
• Customize your workspace to suit your work habits
• Find new tools in the flyout menu for distortion effects
• Use the ultra-convenient drop shadow tool
• Create and manage custom palettes with the Palette Editor
• Get the most out of the interactive special effects tools
• Produce Web-ready projects easily using WYSIWYG HTML export

About the Author

About the Authors William Harrel is a freelance writer and graphics designer based in Southern California. He has written 17 books on computer graphics-related topics, including IDG Books Worldwide's Macworld^® PageMaker^® 6.5 Bible, Freelance Graphics^® 96 for Windows^® 95 For Dummies^®, and Acrobat^® 3.0 For Dummies^®. Winston Steward is the author and coauthor of several computer books on such subjects as computers for the family, WordPerfect Suite 7, Macromedia Backstage Designer, and Word for Windows 97.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (April 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531824
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531828
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,742 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference for beginners or intermediate users, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 Secrets® (Paperback)

This is a well laid out reference and tutorial manual with easy to understand and find information. Unlike many of the other books on CorelDraw, this one covers ALL the applications in the suite, in good to excellent depth. The artwork examples presented may be mediocre, but they are only used for clear understanding of the methods; this is an instruction manual, not a special effects how to manual like some of the other books available. I totaly disagree with the other two reviews. This book is well laid out, has excellent instructions and clear examples. Organizing things by the applications in the suite, and covering all the applications, makes it easy to find information when needed. An additional book containing excellent artwork, that demonstrates how those effects were achieved is a good reference to have, but is NOT what this book was meant to do, so that is a poor complaint from the other reviewer as well. If you have the original manuals, you might just opt for only an effects example book like that, but for an excellent aftermarket manual, this covers CorelDraw in excellent fashion.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THE WORST BOOK I'VE PICKED UP!!!, April 11, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 Secrets® (Paperback)

This book goes on and on about how the author has witten books about coreldraw since version 1.0. It's hard to believe someone with such knowledge of coreldraw could write such a spread out book. The manual is better then this book. You can't get much worse than that.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Another book ..., August 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 8 Secrets® (Paperback)

So many books about DRAW with authors unable to show the magic in their personal work. How can I possible believe that the guy has something to teach me??? I rather go for DRAW's help index to get the facts. I understand the point of earning money by selling the book (who doesn't?), just don't understand why would you want to present yourself as such a limited illustrator?