Gary David Bouton

CorelDRAW X8: The Official Guide

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW®-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® 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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 12th edition
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 187mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 982g
• ISBN-13: 9781259860201
• ISBN-10: 1259860205
• Artikelnr.: 45161901

Autorenporträt

Gary David Bouton is the author of over 20 books on computer graphics and video, included five on CorelDRAW. A native of Central New York, Mr. Bouton has won numerous international awards from Corel Corp., IBM, and other software companies for his illustration and desktop publishing designs. A regular contributor to design.com (a bald-faced lie) and other forums, Gary is also a regular communist with Studio Monthly and somehow finds the time to post tips and tutorials on major sites and TheBoutons.com, a terrific resource for anyone who has the need to express themselves using a visual medium.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Student Orientation Weekend Chapter 1: Welcome! What's New (and
also Exciting) in CorelDraw Graphics Suite x8 Chapter 2: The Roadmap to
Features and Productivity in DRAW Chapter 3: Diving into DRAW!
Part 2: Getting Started CorelDRAW X8 Chapter 4: Working with Single- and
Multi-page Documents Chapter 5: Creating Basic Shapes, Applying
Transformations Chapter 6: Arranging and Organizing Objects
Part 3: Working with Object Tools for Art and Business Chapter 7: Choosing
(And Understanding) the Right Path Tools Chapter 8: Exploring Special
Shapes, Connectors, and Other Office Automation Helpers Chapter 9: Editing
Objects, Rearranging Paths, and Using Boolean Ops
Part 4: Working with Text in Composition Chapter 10: Paragraph Text,
Artistic Text, and When (and How) to Use them Chapter 11: Intermediate
Desktop Publishing and Proofing Tools
Part 5: Attributes for Objects and Lines Chapter 12: Options for Filling
Objects Chapter 13: Applying Strokes to Paths Chapter 14: Using Blends and
Contours Chapter 15: Mixing and Matching with Digital Color Models
Part 6: Creating the Illusion of 3D Composition Chapter 16: The Perspective
and Extrude Effects Chapter 17: Using the Envelope Tool, Lens Effects, and
Bevels
Part 7: Special Effects in CorelDRAW Chapter 18: The Shape Editing Tools
and Distortions Chapter 19: Transparencies and Shadows
Part 8: Bitmaps and Photos Chapter 20: Understanding and Working with
Pixel-Based Images in CorelDRAW Chapter 21: Common Image-Editing Techniques
using PHOTO-PAINT
Part 9: The Wind-Up and the Pitch: Animations and Self-Advertising Chapter
22: Creating Animations in PHOTO-PAINT Chapter 23: Final Thoughts: Where Do
We Go From here?