CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide

by Gary David Bouton

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The Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW (R)-Updated for CorelDRAW X8

This thoroughly revised guide offers complete coverage of CorelDraw X8, including the revamped interface and brand-new features. CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide shows anyone-from a beginner to an experienced illustrator-how to create top-drawer commercial graphics and exquisite artwork. You will learn to draw photorealistic illustrations, use shortcuts to create complex art, lay out text like a pro, add special effects, and transform 2D objects into 3D graphics. The book features tips for printing high-quality work that matches what you've designed on your monitor.

* Work in the customizable interface redesigned to reflect Windows (R) Metro style
* Explore and understand the software's menus, palettes, and dockers
* Lay out brochures, flyers, and other multi-page documents
* Add paragraph, artistic, and custom-shaped text to your designs
* Search the Content Exchange for fonts, vector patterns, background designs, and the Get More docker
* Use the Perspective, Extrude, Smear, Twirl, Attract, Repel, and Distortion tools
* Incorporate lens effects, transparency, shadows, glows, and bevels
* Put all the elements together in a professional, visually compelling way with layout and design tips from the author

  • ISBN10 1259860213
  • ISBN13 9781259860218
  • Publish Date 3 February 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint McGraw-Hill Education
  • Edition 12th ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 704
  • Language English