Coreldraw X5 - The Official Guide

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The Only Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW X5 Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn! step by step! how to create the illustrations you've imagined! quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs! import and edit photos! master the art of typography and the science of color theory! make 3D scenes from 2D objects! and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art! this is your one-stop CorelDRAW X5 reference and hands-on guide.Create drawings that look like paintings using the Artistic media and Free Transform tools! Mesh Fill! and the Smudge and Roughen brushesMaster the Curves tools! including the new B-Spline toolDesign logos! brochures! and other business items in a flash with the layers and page options featuresUse CorelDRAW as a desktop publishing programCreate 3D objects with the Extrude toolMake your drawings look photorealistic with transparency! shadows! glows! and lens effectsImport! edit! and retouch photos! including camera RAW filesGo from novice to retouching pro with PHOTO-PAINT--the Suite's advanced image-editing applicationMaster more than the tools--learn how to create impressive artwork with the guidance of an expert Gary David Bouton has used CorelDRAW professionally for more than 15 years and is the author of six books covering previous versions. He was a 1992 finalist in the CorelDRAW World Design Contest. A former advertising art director! Gary has received four international awards in design and desktop publishing and has written several other guides on digital graphics! including Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide . Zusammenfassung The only official guide to CorelDRAW is fully updated throughout to cover all the new features of the latest release. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: CorelDRAW X5 Essentials ; Chapter 1. What's New in CorelDRAW X5; Chapter 2. Exploring Your Workspace; Chapter 3. CorelDRAW's Ins and Outs: Importing! Exporting! and Saving Design Work; Chapter 4. Navigation and Page Setup; Chapter 5. The X5 Test Drive PART II: Getting Started with CorelDRAW X5 ; Chapter 6. Working with Single- and Multi-Page Documents; Chapter 7. Measuring and Drawing Helpers; Chapter 8. Creating Basic Shapes! Applying Transformations; Chapter 9. Moving! Scaling! Rotating: Basic Transformations; PART III: Working with Object Tools ; Chapter 10. Drawing and Editing Objects; Chapter 11. Editing Objects; Part IV: Working with Text ; Chapter 12. Getting Artistic with Text; Chapter 13. Typography Rules and Conventions; Chapter 14. Getting Your Words Perfect; Part V: Attributes for Objects and Lines ; Chapter 15. Filling Objects; Chapter 16. Outline Attributes; Chapter 17. Digital Color Theory Put to Practice; Part VI: Creating the Illusion of 3D Objects ; Chapter 18. Working with Perspective; Chapter 19. Extruding Objects; Part VII: Creating...

Product details

• Authors: Gary D. Bouton, Gary David Bouton
• Publisher: Osborne mcgraw-hill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.2010
• EAN: 9780071745178
• ISBN: 978-0-07-174517-8
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 233 mm x 50 mm
• Series: The Official Guide
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing