CorelDRAW 9 Tutorials

Corel has been producing graphics applications for many years and has a particularly strong following on the PC, especially in print shops. CorelDRAW! 9 is somewhat of a cross between Illustrator and Photoshop and is available on both PC and Macintosh, although it is primarily used on PCs.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite delivers powerful software for graphic design, page layout, photo editing and vector animation. Learn more about this program with our CorelDraw Tutorials

This training course is designed for fast learning and covers all the fundamental points of the application, all cds work on a mac or pc and no application is needed.

The links below are free CorelDraw tutorials. The entire contents may be purchased either on CD or watched via the Online University

Intro to CorelDRAW 9
 Intro To CorelDraw
 Launching CorelDraw
 The CorelDraw Window
 Toolbars
 Customizing Toolbars I
 Customizing Toolbars II
 Property Bar I
 Property Bar II
 The Toolbox
 Color Palettes
 Customizing Pallets
 Dockers
 Status Bar
 Customizing The Workspace
 Vector vs Bitmap

Page Setup
 Opening A New And Existing Documents
 Document Set-up I
 Document Set-up II
 Rulers
 Grids
 Guidelines I
 Guidelines II
 Adding And Deleting Pages
 Saving Files
 Using Templates
 Missing Fonts

Viewing
 Viewing Modes I
 Viewing Modes II
 Zoom Tool I
 Zoom Tool II
 Marquee Zoom
 Panning
 Customizing The Zoom
 Previewing Documents
 Viewing Multiple Windows
 View Manager

Selecting And Moving
Selecting
Multiple Selecting
Deselection Within Multiple Objects
Selecting Filled & Not Filled objects
Toggling Between Selections
Selecting Hidden Objects
Selecting Within A Group
Moving Objects
Constraining Movement
Customizing The Constraint Key
Nudging
Moving With The Property Bar
Moving With The Transformation Docker I
Moving With The Transformation Docker II
Transformation Docker In Action
Undo And Revert

Transforming Objects
Sizing Objects
Using Ctrl & Shift When Sizing
Sizing Using The Property Bar
Sizing Using The Transformation Docker
Rotating & Skewing
Constraining Rotation
Rotating With The Property Bar
Rotating & Skewing Using The Transformation Docker
Free Transform Tool
Putting It Together

Drawing Tools
Intro To Drawing Tools
Ovals And Rectangles
Circles & Squares
Shaping Ovals And Rectangles
Drawing & Editing Polygons
Drawing Spirals
Graphpaper Tool
Drawing - Freeform
Drawing Lines and Polygons
Drawing Straight Lines
Drawing ñ Bezier
Artistic Media Tool - Presets
Artistic Media Tool ñ Brush
Artistic Media Tool ñ Sprayer I
Artistic Media Tool ñ Sprayer II
Artistic Media Tool ñ Sprayer III
Artistic Media Tool ñ Calagraphic Pen
Artistic Media Tool ñ Pressure Pen
Connector Tool
Intreactive Connector Tool
Switching Between Tools

Copying and Deleting
Cut, Copy And Paste
Duplicate
Duplicating With The Plus key
Move, Duplicate & Repeat
Mirror
Clone
Copying Properties
Delete

Editing Tools
Intro To The Shape Tool
Shape Tool Curves I
Shape Tool Case Study I
Shape Tool Case Study II
Knife Tool
Eraser Tool
Auto Trace

Arranging Objects
Aligning Objects I
Aligning Objects II
Distributing Objects
Combine
Break Apart
Weld
Trim
Intersect
Order of objects I
Order of objects II
Grouping I
Grouping II
Locking objects
Intro to Layers
Creating Layers
Organizing layers
Editing across Layers
Master Layers
Special Layers
Renaming & Deleting Layers
Object Manager I
Object Manager II

Text
Artistic vs. Paragraph Text
Creating Text
Converting Text
Editing And ImportingText
Changing Font
Type Alignment
Resizing, Fitting, And Linking
Applying Fills & Outlines
Letter & Line spacing ñ Interactive
Letter & Line spacing ñ By The Numbers/Kerning
Text Columns
Adding Bullets
Setting Tabs & Indents
Copying Text Properties
Paragraph Styles
Spell Check
Type Assist
Changing Case And
Fitting Text To A Path I
Fitting Text To A Path II
Fitting Text To A Path III
Fitting Text In An Object
Text Wrap

Fills
Choosing A Pallet
Using The color Pallet
Setting The Default Color
Interactive Fill Tool
Types Of Fills
Fountain Fills I
Fountain Fills II
Fountain Fills III
Custom Fountain Fills I
Custom Fountain Fills II
Patterned Fills I
Patterned Fills II
Creating Patterns Fills
Textured (Fractal) Fills
Customizing Textured Fills
Postscript Fills
Mesh Tool
Eydropper & Paintbucket Tools

Outlines
Applying Outlines To Objects
Aplying Outlines To Curves
Scale Outline With Image

Corners & End Caps
End Styles
Behind Fill

Interactive Tools
Transparency
Transparency - Fill options
Blend
Blending Similar Shapes
Countor Tool I
Countor Tool II
Distortion ñ Push Pull
Distortion ñ Zipper
Distortion ñ Twister
Envelope I
Envelope II
Extrude
Extrude Draping Fills
Extrude Color
Extrudes Vanishing Point
Extrudes Rotating
Extrudes Bevel
Extruded Lighting
Etruded Bitmaps
Drop Shadow I
Drop Shadow II
Copying & Deleting Effects

Special Effects
Lens
Lens II
Perspective
Powerclips
Powerclips - Editing

Working With Bitmaps

Converting To Bitmap
Editing Bitmaps
Bitmap Color Mask
Croping and Resampling Bitmaps
Creating Masks
Color Adjustment ñ Brightness Contrast
Color Adjustment ñ Curves
Special Effects
Special Effects ñ Page Curl
Special Effects ñ Artistic Efects
Special Effects ñ Unsharp Mask

Importing and Exporting
Importing Clip Art
Importing Photos
Linking Photos
Exporting To A Word Processor
Exporting To A file
Exporting To EPS

Printing
Simple Printing
Printing & Object
Print orientation
Pre-Flighting Documents
Printing Separations
Printing Impositions

Bits and Pieces
Symbols
Creating labels
Using Scripts & Presets
Creating Scripts
Font Manager
Scrapbook