CorelDRAW is a full-featured illustration package that offers a wide range of tools to build simple to complex illustrations and drawings, including working with text and graphics for print and online. Corel is updating CorelDRAW to version 10, this Official Guide has been updated to reflect the new software features and tools. This edition provides users with a comprehensive CorelDRAW 10 reference and fully reveals drawing tips and illustration techniques. By following the full-colour workshops, it serves as a practical guide and teacher. The CD-ROM includes tutorial images from the book, a trial version of CorelDRAW 10 and royalty-free images for experimentation. It also includes chapters on advanced CorelDRAW topics, including printing, using scripts and exploring VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).
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The ONLY Authorized Reference on CorelDRAW 10
Whether you're an illustrator, designer, or an engineering or architectural professional, this resource delivers expert guidance for mastering a variety of illustration techniques-plus all the support information you'll need to confidently operate every facet of this powerful illustration program. Produce beautiful graphic images that can be used in print and on the Web. Discover new and refined tools to produce awesome artwork more quickly than ever. Learn from an award-winning artist through tutorials, and master universal graphics and illustration techniques that will be useful for years to come.
Inside, learn to use and master the features and tools of CorelDRAW!
- Execute hundreds of professional user tips, workarounds, and drawing techniques from a CorelDRAW master
- Harness the drawing power of dynamic effects like blends, drop shadows, transparencies, contours, distortions, envelopes, and effect presets
- Link text to paths and objects, use conglomerated writing tools, and support text in multiple languages
- Personalize user interface settings for greater access to your most-used tools and features
- Improve your online or print designs using professional techniques
- Apply and integrate multiple effects including bitmap filters, vector drawing, 3D effects, color resources, and more
- Expand your online creativity by incorporating Corel R.A.V.E. for Web animation
BONUS! CD features 6 special-edition PDF chapters, tutorial files and trial software - plus scripts, templates, clip art, brushes and spray lists, bitmap frames, and animated GIFs you can use in the book's examples.
About the Author
Steve Bain (Vancouver, Canada) is an award-winning CorelDRAW illustrator and author of hundreds of expert design and drawing workshops. He's a regular contributor to design.com and has served on Corel's CorelDRAW feature review board and was a finalist in the Corel World Design contest.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book - one complaint,
By A Customer
This review is from: CorelDRAW(r) 10: The Official Guide (Paperback)
As a long time Coreldraw user, I found this to be one of the best Coredraw books that I have read (especially helpful since the Coreldraw 10 ships with such a flimsy manual that is pretty much useless). I found this book to be well written and extremely easy to follow. All the features of the program are covered in such great detail that I couldn't wait to try them out. My one BIG COMPLAINT - is that it took me a while to realize that "type" "fills" and "outlines" are not covered in the book, but instead included on the extra "bonus" CD PDF chapters. I think that these are such basic elements of Coreldraw that they should have been included in the book instead of on the "bonus" CD. To get this information you have to either view or print out the 200+ pages from the PDF files. I feel that these chapters should have been included in the book (perhaps putting the information on RAVE and Scripts, etc. on the CD instead) and that Osborne/Corel Press should clarify on the cover what the "bonus" CD includes and let the consumer decide if they feel like taking the time to finish printing out what should have been included in the book. Even with my one complaint, I do feel this is great reference book to help you learn or update your skills with Coreldraw.
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE CorelDRAW Bible !,
This review is from: CorelDRAW(r) 10: The Official Guide (Paperback)
This book has obviously been written by someone who has worked with this program for years. It's easy-to-follow, well organized, and explains all of CorelDRAW 10's sophisticated capabilities and technical workings using clear, concise, and well-illustrated terms. I've already found myself utilizing dozens of the of tips and tricks, of which there must be hundreds. After a few weeks of working through the chapters, I've yet to find a topic or effect not covered. A nice touch is the tear-out shortcuts guide for the keyboard and the CD containing hundreds of art, image, and effects files - plus a bonus of 6 additional chapters. There are also special sections on using Corel's new RAVE program, built-in web image utilities, the Tracing application, and entire chapters dedicated to customization and VBA program scripting. This book is a leap ahead of any previous editions of the CorelDRAW Official Guides and quite frankly is one of the best books I've read on any technical subject.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding, thorough, and invaluable,
By Anil Patade (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CorelDRAW(r) 10: The Official Guide (Paperback)
The information and excercises in this book are easy to understand and straightforward to follow. Often confusing design and illustration concepts are very well presented and illustrated. The level of detail is exceptional and the book's thoroughness is impressive. All of CorelDRAW 10's effects are covered with tips for web and print publishing. It includes chapters on Corel's new RAVE animation program, VBA, and Web graphics. It also comes with a convenient quick keys guide which detaches from the cover and the companion disc includes 200 additional pages of content in PDF form, tutorial files, CorelDRAW drawings, clip art, animated GIFs, digital photographs, and special effect files to use with the program. Hats off to the author and publisher. This is likely the best computer book I've seen yet.
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