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Coreldraw Course Introduction

This document provides an outline for a CorelDraw crash course covering topics such as digital imaging basics, vector vs bitmap images, RGB and CMYK color modes, and the tools and functions available in CorelDraw. It discusses how to use CorelDraw to create illustrations and other graphics, mix text, vectors and bitmaps, and apply effects. The document also covers publishing graphics by printing, exporting to office applications, and preparing images for the internet.

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Coreldraw Course Introduction

This document provides an outline for a CorelDraw crash course covering topics such as digital imaging basics, vector vs bitmap images, RGB and CMYK color modes, and the tools and functions available in CorelDraw. It discusses how to use CorelDraw to create illustrations and other graphics, mix text, vectors and bitmaps, and apply effects. The document also covers publishing graphics by printing, exporting to office applications, and preparing images for the internet.

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Coreldraw Crash Course

Yannick Kremer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, February 27, 2007

Outline
- Introduction to the basics of digital imaging
- Bitmaps - Vectors - Colour: RGB vs CMYK

- What can you do with Coreldraw - Using Coreldraw effectively


- Tools - Workflow

- Tips, Tricks and special effects

Two options

Bitmaps or Vectors

Building blocks: Pixel


Picture Element (Scanners, cameras, Monitors, printers)
6x6 pixels

250 x 250 pixels

Image made with pixels: Bitmap

Resolution
Bitmap images become ugly when enlarged too much

Resolution is the number of pixels covering a surface. Example: 300 pixels per inch ppi / dpi Screen: 80 ppi, Perfect print: 300 ppi, OK print: 200 ppi

Resolution and size

Image size A4 200 ppi A4 300 ppi A3 200 ppi A3 300 ppi

Megapixels 3,9 8,7 7,7 17,4

File size (Mb) 12 26 23 52

Compression
Reduces an images file size Lossless Lossy

No loss in quality Slight reduction file size PNG, Tiff,

Loss in quality Strong reduction file size JPEG

Vector based images


Images are not formed by pixels, but by mathematical descriptions of lines => Line drawings, technical illustrations, but also southpark
2 x2 + y

x2 + y2

x2 + y2
x2 + y
2

x2 + y2
x2 + y2
2 x2 + y

x + y2
2

Vectors and bitmaps


Vectors can be enlarged without loss of quality

enlarged vector

enlarged bitmap

It is easy to convert vectors to bitmaps The inverse is a lot harder (Tracing)

Digital Colour
RGB Red Green Blue CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK

Mixing light: Additive Mixing ink: Subtractive Monitors, cameras, scanners, internet Printing Colour correction

Additive colour mixing RGB

Subtractive colour mixing CMY

Digital Colour
RGB Red Green Blue CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow blacK

Mixing light: Additive Mixing ink: Subtractive Monitors, cameras, scanners, internet Online photo printers (Hema) Printing Colour management

Examples of RGB
R 255 G 0 B0

R 255 G 255 B 0 R 255 G 150 B 0 R 150 G 150 B150

What can you do with Coreldraw


Draw! Mix vectors and bitmaps Make artistic & technical illustrations Any size you want. Use your illustrations in print, office, internet, etc.

Examples

1. Introduction to digital imaging 2. Simple drawing a. Freehand tool b. The Pick tool: Selecting, Moving, Resizing and Rotating c. Lines and fills 3. Drawing by Building a. Rectangles b. Circles c. Shaping d. Grouping e. Working precise 4. Advanced drawing a. Bezier curves b. The Node Edit tool 5. Working with Text a. Artistic text b. Paragraph text 6. Adding Pictures a. Importing bitmaps b. Simple editing of bitmaps c. ( Further possibilities of bitmaps in CorelDRAW ) 7. Combining elements a. Mixing Text, Vectors and Bitmaps b. Aligning elements c. Keeping text Readable 8. Special Effects a. Gradients b. Transparency 9. Publishing your work a. Printing b. Office (Word, Powerpoint) c. Internet 10. Questions

Publishing: Printing
Print Print > Layout > Print tiled pages (Tegelpaginas afdrukken) Publish to PDF, a PDF is always the same If all else fails -> export to a bitmap file and print the bitmap file, with Corel Photopaint or irfanview

To Office
Copy -> paste special, windows metafile Export -> Windows metafile (WMF), of Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Use WMF for simple drawings, Otherwise use PNG For png, use a resolution of 300 ppi for print, less for presentations. Use anti aliasing (NL: ongekarteld)

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Internet
Export to
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Joint Picture Expert Group (JPEG) Use a smaller size; +- 100 ppi

Learn more
http://student.vu.nl/y.kremer

advanced effects: http://www.unleash.com/tomknight/ www.computerarts.co.uk http://www.urbancowboy.net/

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