Corel Draw Notes

Introduction to Corel Draw

Corel Draw is an important software for graphic design, through which you can create any design or photo. Similarly, Photoshop is also photo editing software through which photos are edited in Photoshop, editing in photos is done in Pixels, whose quality of the photo remains to a limited extent. If you zoom in and see the photo, its pixels start to fade and if you edit a photo through Corel Draw, then if you zoom in and see the photo, it looks absolutely clear.

Corel Draw is a designing and professional image making software used to design logos, cartoons, visiting cards, invitation cards, magazines, advertising designs, from small posters to large posters, web sites, etc. Corel Draw is a vector software, no matter how big the design you create in Corel Draw, its resolution and quality will not be affected. In this way Corel Draw becomes a smoother picture than a bitmap.

Other software works on the basis of bitmap image. Bitmap image is created with the help of pixels. Thousands of pixels together make an image, and the resolution of the image changes after zooming the image, thus changing the size of the bitmap image degrades the quality of the picture. There is no problem due to it being a Corel Draw vector wedge software, thus Corel Draw is the best software for graphics design.

Corel Draw  is the new version of Corel Draw. This version includes tools menu and commands for web, color management, printing table and designing. The files created in Corel draw are saved in .cdr format and in other software save files in many formats like .AI, .pdf, .wmf etc.

Features of CorelDraw

• The new version of Coral Draw x5 is available with more power and creativity as compared to the earlier version of Corel Draw x4.
• Compared to the older version, this version has more quality and the ability to manage color.
• This version of Corel Draw inherits vector illustration tools and web capabilities.
• With the new feature of Corel Draw, you can find photos, images and graphics fast from your own computer.
• In this version, learning tools like video tutorials are available for your convenience.
• In this version of Corel Draw, it supports more than 100 file formats so that we can save the graphic anywhere.

Tools used in Corel Draw

If we want to draw a drawing in Corel Draw, then we need tools. Next we will know about these tools.

here are 19 different types of tools available in the Corel Draw toolbar. Clicking on the tool you want to use in Corel Draw activates that tool. As soon as the tool bar is activated, according to it, its property also appears in the property bar and the information of that tool is also displayed in the status bar.

Each tool has different tools in the toolbar. All the tools that you want to open, a triangle is formed in the bottom corner of that toolbar. As soon as you click on it, its sub tools are opened and by pressing the mouse and dragging on all the tools, the tool you Clicking on the tool that you want to select, leaving it selects the sub tool.

Pick tool

In Corel Draw, the Pick tool bar is used to select any object or text to move and to change the size of the object or to rotate it.

Method

1. When you use this tool, first you have to click on the pick tool.
2. After selecting the tool, you have to click on the object that you want to select, as soon as you click on it, it will see small squares around it.
3. As soon as you move the pointer on this square, the pointer will change at that point. With the help of which you can change the size of the object or text.
4. When you have to select an object or text, you click on the pointer between the object or text and then it becomes an object or text. When you bring a pointer in the middle, it turns into a pointer. You can move that object using this pointer.
5. When you take more than one object in a page and you have to select all the objects at once, you can select the object together by pressing the shift key. Or by dragging the mouse pointer over any area in which the object is, the blue color line is squared. All objects in that area will be selected simultaneously.
6. If you want to deselect an object that you do not need, then selecting that object with ctrl will be displayed.
7. When you want to rotate or skew an object, you get an IX type mark in the middle of the object. When you click on this mark, the square marks around it change. When you move the pointer over that mark, the mouse pointer changes and then you can rotate the object.

              You can skew the object appearing on the object as you drag it.

Shape edit fly out tool

Four tools are available in this layout in Corel Draw.

Shape tool

When you want to shape an object in Corel Draw, you can use this tool.

Method

1. First select the object you want to edit using the pick tool. Then as soon as you click on the shape tool, your mouse pointer changes.
   If you want to convert that shape to another shape - as you have taken a square shape  and you want to convert it into rounds, then you have to come to the corner of the object to give a round shape from any corner of the object. Clicking and dragging the square changes the size of the object.
2. To convert an object into square form, the first thing to do is to convert the object to curve. Selecting the object and pressing Ctrl + Q will convert the object to curve.

Now you can add or remove nodes of any corner of the object. Using this command, the node can also bend. If you want the text can also use this tool to set the paragraph of that text.

3. Selecting and dragging the paragraphs of text with the Shape tool can reduce or reduce the difference between two lines or between two words.

Smudge Brush 

You can expand or destroy any object or text using this tool. Using this tool, you can expand the shape towards the outside or you can also reduce its volume inward.

Method

1. First draw the shape or you type the text.
   
   Note: This tool can be used on vector shape, so the text has to be converted to vector shape by first Ctrl + Q.
2. When you draw the shape, after that you have to select the Smudge Brush tool. Note: As soon as you select this tool, its property is executed in the property bar, from there you can set the shape, brush size, rotation, dryout effect, etc. of this tool according to need.
3. Now to expand or destroy the shape, click on the shape and drag it in any direction which will increase or decrease with the outline of the selected shape.
   
   Note: By dragging the mouse pointer towards the inside of the shape, the shape is cut and as the mouse pointer is dragged outward, the shape increases.

Ruffle brush tool  

This tool is used to ruff or destroy the outline of the vector shape or text or its outside side. Apart from this, you can also give zigzag-like effect.

Method

1. First draw the vector shape or convert the text to vector shape by giving Ctrl + Q.
2. After selecting the ruffle brush tool, the property of this tool will be implemented in its property bar.
3. The first time you select a shape or tool with this tool, a message will be displayed to convert that shape or text into a vector shape. In it, the shape or text will be automatically converted into a vector by clicking on the ok button.
4. This tool can be set correctly from the property bar itself. You can change the brush size, drag out of the effect, its direction etc. and the following effect will be seen as soon as you drag with this tool on the shape.

Note: Three options are given for three brushes in the property.

• According to the direction of the brush shape in the auto, you can decide its effect.
• In the fix direction, the brush can be effected on the shape according to the angle set from the property bar.
• In style settings, the brush works only perpendicularly and gives a parallel effect like a straight line.

Free transform tool

Using this tool, you can rotate the selected object in different directions. You can also copy this object.

Method

1. First of all, you have to select the free transform tool.
2. When you select that tool, the mouse pointer appears in this symbol.

     Note: Selecting this tool will not see its property in the property bar, but the default property of Karel Draw will be implemented.

3. Now you want to rotate the object with the mouse pointer in which direction you can rotate.

4. You can also copy objects with rotation of the object. For that, rotating the object in the same way, without leaving the left click while rotating, press the right click of the mouse immediately, then the mouse pointer will change. |

Note: When you select the object with the pick tool, you can immediately rotate the object by selecting the free transform tool.

Crop Tool Fly out: 

Four tools are also available in this fly out.

Crop Tool: 

This tool is used to remove an extra part of an object or to cut a certain amount of an object when there is more than one object.

Methodology:

1. First select the crop tool from the toolbox.
2. When you select the crop tool, the property of that tool will be displayed in the property bar. From the property bar, you can set crop tool size, place rotation etc.
3. Select as many parts of the object as you want to have with the crop tool.
4. After selecting the area, the part for the crop will appear in white color and gray color will be seen in the surrounding area. After that double clicking on the white area will get that part cropped. The part of the object covered in gray color gets deleted.
   
   
5. After selecting the crop area, you can cancel the crop area through Esc or the option Clear Crop  in the property bar to cancel it.

Knife Tool: 

You can use this tool when you want to cut an object.

Methodology:

1. First select Knife Tool from the toolbox.
2. The tool converts to a mouse pointer as soon as it is selected and its property is executed in the property bar.
3. By selecting the object, you can cut that portion of the object by clicking on the edge and dragging it to the point where you want to cut.
   Note: You can cut objects into sub paths using the One Object option of the property bar. But that truncated object appears like a single object. Using the auto-close on cut of the property bar, you can cut any object and make it a separate object.

Eraser Tool: 

1. When you want to erase an object, you can erase the object with the help of this tool.
   First select the eraser tool from the toolbox.
2. When you select this toolbar, its property starts executing in the property bar.
3. After that, clicking and dragging the selected object with a mouse pointer will erase the selected object.
   

Note: To erase a parallel line in the object, by clicking once on the object, leaving one circle will remain where it is clicked, and moving the other circle to the point where it is erased and clicking it a second time will remove that part in the parallel line.

Virtual segment delete:

When you want to separate any part of the object, you can use this tool, you can remove the part which is not necessary for you.

Methodology:

1. First select the virtual segment delete tool.
2. Clicking on the part of the object that you want to delete with the virtual segment tool, deletes that part.
   
3. If you want the entire object to be deleted, you can click on any corner of the object and drag the mouse pointer to delete the entire object

How to manage objects in Corel Draw

Object management 

Managing Objects 

You can transform an object created or imported into Corel Draw as follows. That is, you can set the position, rotate, scale, size, skew, etc. of the object.
Method: When you click on any sub command of the transformation command, then the following palette opens in front of you.

• Position: The first option in this palette is position. You can set which corner you want to move the object using relative position. Then as soon as you click on the ok button, the object moves to the set position.
• Rotate: This command is used to rotate your object. From here, from which place in the page, from the corner of the object, how many angles can rotate the object.
• Scale: Using this command, you can set the scale of the object. Using this command, you can give horizontal or vertical mirror effects to objects.
• Size: By using this command, you can change the horizontal or vertical size of the object.
• Skew: Using this command, you can set the horizontal or vertical portion of the object to be drawn.

Note: By clicking on all the sub menu commands of the transformation command, different dialog boxes are opened in the sub menu. In this, after applying the application or applying to duplicate, the setting is applied as well as the second copy of the selected object.

• Clear Transformation: By using this command, this option is used to remove the effect on which you have effected the transformation and you are back to the original object.

Setting the Alignment or Distribute of Objects 

10 sub commands are available under the Align and Distribute command of the Arrange menu.

1. Align Left: Using this command, you can place the object in the long axis to the left of the object.
2. Align right: Using this command, you can place the object in the long axis to the right of the object.
3. Align Top: Using this command, you can place the object upwards on the parallel axis.
4. Align Bottom: Using this command, you can place the object on the parallel axis downwards.
5. Align Center Horizontally: Using this command, the object is placed in the center of the object in parallel axis.
6. Align Center Vertically: Using this command, the object is placed in the center of the object in the long axis.
7. Center to page: Using this command, the object can be placed in the center of the page in parallel and long axis.
8. Center to page horizontal: Using this command, the object is placed in the center of the parallel page.
9. Center to page vertically: Using this command, the object is placed in the center of the long page.
10. Align and Distribute: On clicking this command, a dialog box opens.

You can align the object from different options, according to the active object, add of page, center of page. Apart from this, you can distribute the object according to the left, center, right, spacing, bottom, etc. in the Distribution tab.

Note: When you have to select more than one object, you can select the object together by pressing the shift key and moving the mouse pointer over the object one after the other.

Ordering objects 

Use the order command of the Arrange menu to store the objects in order. There are 9 sub commands available in this command.

1. Two Front of Page: Using this command, you can bring any object to the top of the page.
2. To Back Off Page: Using this command, you can bring any object to the bottom of the page.
3. Two Front of Layer: The object selected using this command comes on top of all the objects available on the page.
4. Two Back of Layer: The objects selected using this command go behind all the objects available on the page.
5. Forward One: Using this command, the selected object can be placed one by one on top of the available object on the page.
6. Back One: Using this command, you can place selected objects one by one behind the available objects on the page.
7. In Front of: Using this command, the selected object can be moved over a certain object.
8. Behind: Using this command, the selected object can be moved behind a certain object.
9. Reverse Order : By using this command, when more than one order has been placed, then selecting all the objects together, giving this command can reverse the order given.

Collecting and separating objects 

If you want to collect many objects, then you have to group those objects. For this, the group command of the Arrange menu has to be used.

Methodology:

1. When you have to group several objects, you have to press shift on those objects and click on all the objects one after the other.
2. After that you click on the Arrange menu.
3. Now as soon as you click on the group command, all the selected objects are collected.

Now, if it wants to separate the collected objects, the ungroup command of the Arrays menu is used.

If a man group of more than one group is made, then all the groups are separated by giving ungroup command. Whereas, by giving ungroup all command, all the objects available inside it are separated along with the subgroup.

Object locking 

Using this command, you can make the selected object public. If you make the object public then you cannot change the size, color, transform, any kind of the object. Links cannot lock objects such as blood, contours, etc.

Note: If you want to blacken the object, you can lock the object by right-clicking on the object and selecting Locked Object from the open menu.

The object which you have locked now and you want to unlock it back, you have to use the unlock command of the Arrange menu which unlocks the selected object.

Transform object into shape 

You can convert objects into different shapes using the ordering command of the Arrange menu. In this command, you get to see 8 sub commands. All these commands are used to create a new shape by collecting more than one object.

• Weld: This command is used to select two objects and convert them into one object.
• Trim: This command is used to remove the part that overlaps when two objects overlap with each other. Out of this, two of the objects selected at the second number are trim
• Intersect: By using this command, when two objects overlap, then each part of the two objects overlaps as much as the other copy. There is no change in the original object.
• Simplify : This command is also similar to the trim command, when the two objects overlap, this command is used to cut the part that overlaps.
• Front minus bank: This command is used to cut the object that is behind two objects when the two objects overlap.
• Bake minus Bake: This command is used to cut the object behind the part on which the object overlaps when two objects overlap.
• Boundary: Using this command, the selected object is automatically drawn. This command is used to cut the line.
• Shaping: Clicking on this command opens the dialog box for shaping. From which you can apply the commands like trim, weld, intersect, simplify etc.

Page control in Corel Draw

In this post we will learn how to control pages in Corel Draw.

Change page layout 

Insert new page

To insert a new page in Corel Draw, we will use the Insert Page command of the Layout menu.

• When you click on this command, then the dialog box of the Insert page opens in front of you.
• In this dialog box, you can insert as many pages as you want in the number of pages. If you have to insert a page in front or behind a selected page, then you can select before or after.
• When you have done all these settings, then you have to click on the ok button, then the page is inserted.

Duplicate page

Using this command in Corel Draw, you can make a duplicate copy of any page, if you want, you can also make a duplicate copy of the current page.

Rename page

You can give another name to the page using this command of the layout menu.

• First of all, you have to change the name of the page by going to that page and clicking on the rename page command will open a dialog box.
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• In this dialog box, the name of the page is to be typed in the page name option. After that, clicking on the ok button, the page appears renamed.

 Delete page 

You can delete the number of pages to be deleted using the delete page command of the layout menu.

Page setup

You can set the page size, width, height, page resolution, page orientation etc. using the page setup command of the layout menu.

When you click on the Page Setup command, a dialog box opens in front of you.

• You can set the size of the paper from the Size option, and furthermore if you tick the show page border to see the border in your page, then the border will appear in your page.
• You can set the page to landscape or portrait.
• You can set the resolution of the object from the rendering resolution.
• You can see the bleed in the page by ticking the show bleed area.

How to work with objects in Corel Draw

Copy and paste objects

If we use an object in Corel Draw and have to use that object somewhere else, then you copy that object. To copy the object, use the copy command of the Edit menu. When you copy the object, it gets stored in the clipboard. The paste command is used to see this copied object. You can paste the copied text in a special way using the paste special command, paste the object or mater available in the clipboard into the Corel draw file using the paste special command. When you click on this command, the dialog box of Paste Special will open. Clicking on the option of Paste Link in this dialog box keeps linking between other objects. By which you can make any type of changes in the original object. When you make changes, then those changes are applied automatically. A list of the copied objects appears in the clip, from which you select an object and click on OK, then that object gets pasted in the Corel draw file.

Duplicate object

You can duplicate any object in Corel Draw. Follow the steps below to create a duplicate object.

1. First of all, you have to select the object.
2. Now you have to click on Edit menu.
3. By clicking on the duplicate command in it, you can duplicate the selected object.

Note: If you want to duplicate the object, press Ctrl + D key.

Object cloning

In Corel draw you can create a new object by copying the original object with its properties from the clone command of the Edit menu. Follow the following steps to clone the object.

1.  When you copy an object, the original or master object is called a clone.
2. Selecting the master object and giving the clone command creates another copy just like that. OA When we make a change in the original object, the cloned object also changes. But if someone changes a copied object, there is no change in its master page.
3. The difference between a clone and a duplicate is that the clone object changes when a change is made to the original object. But the duplicate object does not change when the original object changes.

Selecting Object

When creating different complex objects in Corel Draw, then its selection also becomes complex. To solve this problem, use the Select All command in the Edit menu. On clicking the Select All command, different options will appear in it.

Select All: Using this command, you can select the entire content or text. Four sub commands are available in it.

1. Object: Using this command, you can select all the available content on the page.
2. Text: Using this command, you can select all the text available on the page.
3. Guidelines: Using this command, you can select all the guidelines available on the page.
4. Nodes: Using this command, you can select the nodes of all the converted objects available on the page.

Use Copy Property Form

In Corel Draw, you can copy all the properties of one object to another object.

1. You have to first select the object to which you want to apply the property of the other object.
2. Then copy the properties from the edit menu. So a dialog box will open in front of you.
3. Now you have to select its property in the dialog box that you want to copy, after selecting it, clicking on the OK button changes it into a pointer.

After that, on clicking on the object whose property is to be copied, its pointer is applied to the selected object.

Symbol the object

The Symbol command of the Edit menu is used to store any vector shape created in Corel as a symbol. Due to which, the frequently used shapes can be easily used in the same way and can save time.
This command appears along with its 8 sub commands.

1. New Symbol: With this option you can create a new symbol.
2. Edit Symbol: Using this option, the stored symbol can be edited.
3. Finish Editing Symbol: Using this option, you can store the symbol by saving the editing done in Symbol.
4. Revert to Object: Using this command, you can convert a file once saved as a symbol into an object again.
5. Break link: When multiple symbols of the same type are used, it is used to separate a single symbol from their link and this option is used to separate the link from the library.
6. Update form link: This option is used to update and link back a broken symbol.
7. Export Library: Using this option, you can import the entire library to use the saved symbol in another file.
8. Symbol Manager: With this option, you can see the list of all the Symbols available in the library.

Use of overprint in object 

Overprint outline

Using this command of edit menu, the object's outline can be printed over with the underlining color (the color available under the object). After applying the overprint option, click on the simulate overprint command in the View menu to see the result of overprint. | After outlining the overprint, you can see the overprint indication symbol of the outline on the status bar.

Overprint fill

Using this command, you can overprint the color filled in the object with underlining colors.
After applying the overprint option, click the simulate overprint command in the View menu to see the result of the overprint. After filling the overprint, you can see the indexation symbol of fill overprint on the status bar.

Overprint bitmap

Using this command, you can overprint the area covered by the bitmap shape with the underlining color.

Object outline

This command is new in Corel Draw. Gray outline with black outline also appears in some place in the outline of the drawn drawing. Meaning that the object's element is not set correctly with the pixel grid. Therefore, this command is used to arrange the object's element by removing the gray color from it.

Insert object

You can insert the object of any window web application in Corel Draw using the Insert New Object command of the Edit menu.

• On clicking this command, the dialog box of Insert New Object will open in front of you. With this command, Photoshop, bitmap, flash, media clip etc. can be inserted.

File Management in Corel Draw

Create a new file in Corel Draw

In Corel Draw, if you want to create a new drawing, then the option of the new blank document on the Welcome screen is used. If you want, you can also create a new file from the New command in the File menu and in Ctrl + N can also create a new file with the shortcut key Ctrl + N.

New Frame Template 

You can create any drawing based on the template using the New Frame Template option present in the File menu. As soon as you click on this option, the dialog box of New Frame Template opens in front of you.

here are different types of templates in it. As soon as you select any layout of this template and click on the OK button, a new file is created in front of you. Here the pre-designed and layouts are given. You can use this template to create any design. From here you can also open the second file already present in the computer, for this you have to click on the browse button and you also have to provide its path.

Note: The extension of the opened file from this template is .cdr.

As soon as you click on it, you can write a new next place. Similarly, you can also change the color and bitmap if you want.

Open file 

Just like you have created a file before and you have to open that file, you can open that file by clicking the Open option in the File menu.

• As soon as you click on this option, an open dialog box will appear in front of you.
• When you have clicked on it, you can see the preview of the file as soon as you click on the preview button in the second to see the preview of that file.
• After that, after selecting the file and clicking on the Open button, the preview of the file appears.

Changes in your file that you have opened, you save it again and then when you try to open that file, it asks you to revert that file and if you yes it, then save the changes of the file. After that the file will open and if you do no, then there will be no change, then the file will be saved in the old version.

With this option, apart from .cdr, you can open files like plotter file, WMF, DWG, DXF, PCT, CDT, PAT, PDF etc.

Save the file 

To save the file created in Corel Draw to the computer, you can use the save option on the File menu or you can use the Save S option.

• When you save any file in Corel Draw software for the first time, a dialog box will appear in front of you and ask the name of the file in that dialog box.
• Then when you enter the name of the file in this dialog box and then you click on the save button, your file will be saved in the computer.

Note: Apart from .cdr, you can save files here plotter file, WMF, DWG, DXF, PCT, CDT, PAT, PDF etc.

When you save the file, then at that time, if you want to reduce its version to 15.0, then you can add any small notes or key words to the file.

• After making changes to the file which is already saved in the computer, you can save it by another name.

Save as template 

When you want to save a file in Corel Draw template, you can use this option, the file you save will be saved in .CDT format.

1. When you click on this option, the Save dialog box opens in front of you.
2. Here, in the file name, set the file name and the Corel Draw Template in the Save S Type option.
3. While saving the file in the Save S template, it can be reduced to 15.0 instead.
4. When you have done all this, after that click on the save button, the file will be saved in .cdf format.

File scanning 

In Corel Draw  by scanning with a scanner attached to a computer, files can be accessed in Corel Draw. If you have to scan, you use the Aqua Image option in the File menu. This option consists of two sub-options.

Select source

This option is used to select the image from which resources you have to fetch from the hardware resource associated with the computer in select source.

• From this list, from which hardware resource you have to fetch the image, select it and click on the Select button.

Acquire 

When you select the image, this option is used to bring that image.

Note: The method of capturing images varies by device. Which includes scanners, digital cameras etc. By using this option, the software of that device opens.

Import file

If you have not created the file in Corel Draw and you want to bring that file in Corel Draw, then you can use the import option. Files can be imported from the Import option of the File menu. Similarly, if you want an import option button in the standard toolbar, then you can also use that button. Using this option, you can import files in the format of .pdf, .plt, .cdr etc.

• When you click on this option, a dialog box opens in front of you.

• If you want to see the file of a particular format in the window, then open the option named format in this box.
• Click on the file format you want to see in the window.
• When you import that file, the file is also cropped at that time and for this option you have to use the crop option in the Import dialog box. When you click on the option, you will see that image in that box.
• Set the appropriate option in it and clicking on the ok button will be visible in the image file of the crop.

Export file 

 The file or drawing that you have created in Corel Draw is exported using this option with the extension or by changing the extension, you get this option in the File menu.

1. When you click on the export option, the dialog box of export will open in front of you.
2. After that you have to take that file but where you have to give the path and give the file name and extension of the file in save type.
3. After filling all this, you click on the Export button, which opens another dialog box in front of you. In the dialog box that is opened in front of you, you can select the option according to your requirement. As soon as you click on the OK button, the path you have set will export the file there. If you want, you can export the file of other extensions also.

• Export for Office: If you want to use your file in Corel Draw. If you want to use it in Microsoft Office, then you can use this option in the File menu.
• Export for Web: This option has been introduced in Corel Draw. When you select this option, a dialog box opens, through that box you can access the export control. Through this option, you can send the artwork created in high quality with a small file size to the client via the Internet, such as sending the artwork by email.
• Export HTML: Using this option, the file is exported in HTML format so that the file can be viewed on the browser.

Send to

When you have to send a file to a certain place, you can go to the File menu and use the Send to option, using this option, send the file to Compress, Folder, Desktop Mail Recipient, My Documents if you If you want, you can also mail the file directly.