Corel draw tools

Introduction to CorelDraw, Definition, Main CorelDraw Screen, CorelDraw tools, Pick tool, Shape tool, Crop tool, Zoom tool, Freehand tool, Smart Drawing tool, Smart fill tool, Rectangle tool, Polygon tool, Basic Shapes tool, Text tool, Blend tool, Color eye dropper tool, Outline tool, Fill tool, Interactive fill tool

1. Prepared By : Ms.M.Jancypriya , Assistant Professor, Department of BCA, Bon Secours College for Women, Thanjavur. COREL DRAW

2. CORELDRAW CorelDraw  is a software program for editing vector graphics. Vector graphics are created in graphics packages and consist of objects. Each object can be edited separately,  meaning  that the shape, colour, size and position can be changed.

3. CORELDRAW SCREEN

4. COREL DRAW TOOLS

5. Pick tool This tool has an icon like the mouse cursor on the default settings. Serves to select or choose the object.

6. SHAPE TOOL use to edit the line shape function tool or object to the manipulation of the point. Has the keyboard shortcut F10. Shape tool itself is again divided into 3 types namely: Smudge Brush : To change the object image with attractive margins. Roughen Brush : To distort the image object with attractive margins. Free Transform : To change the free such as: using the rotation, change size, angle the object, etc..

7. CROP TOOL used to remove unwanted parts of the object. Crop tool also has 3 types again: Knife : to cut the object into two separate parts. Eraser : to remove unwanted areas in objects. Virtual Segment Delete : to remove a section object that is in the intersection

8. Zoom tool working to change the level of magnification window corel document which we are open. This is very useful to edit the objects that are too small or too large objects, so that the view object in accordance with our eyes. There is another type of zoom tools, namely the Pan Tool. Pan tool serves to shift the display area / object without changing the level of zoom level.

9. Freehand tool coreldraw tool that serves to draw a curve (curved line) and the straight line in the segment. Has a shortcut key F5 on your keyboard. Freehand tool is divided into 7 types again that is: 2-point line tool : to draw a straight line from one point (starting point) to one other point (end point). Bezier tool : draw a curved line in a segment at a time. Artistic media tool : add effects brush, spray and pen calligraphy by using the cursor freely. Many effects that may interest you in this one tool. Pen tool : draw a curved line in the segment and view / review of each segment you have created. B-spline tool : draw a curved line to control the setting point (point) without damaging the segment. Polyline tool : draw a straight line connection or a continue curve (continuous) in a single action. 3-point curves tool : draw a curve by dragging from the start point, end point and positioned at the midpoint.

10. Smart fill tool working to create an object from overlapping areas of anaesthetized fill with color or texture. This tool has one more type of smart drawing tool. Smart Drawing tool: to change / convert your pointers graffiti pictures into shape shape object (basic shapes) or a smooth curve line.

11. Rectangle tool to draw a rectangular shape or a box with just drag and click your mouse. Having one type again that is a 3- point rectangle tool. 3-Point Rectangle tool: working to form a square and a box to arrange them per point.

12. Ellipse tool function to draw ellipses and circles just by drag and click your mouse. It also has one more type of 3-point ellipse tool. 3-Point Ellipse tool : to draw an ellipse and a circle with a dot arrangehis .

13. Polygon tool function to draw a square shape a lot, just by drag and click mouse. Having derivatives 4 kinds of tools, namely: Star tool : to draw a variety of star shapes Complex Star tool: to draw a star shape with a lot of side pieces. Graph Paper tool: to draw a grid / layout boxes such as nets. Spiral tool: to draw a circle in a symmetrical or logarithmic spiral.

14. Basic Shapes tool working to simplify / speed up the process of drawing a triangle, circle, cylinder, love / heart, and many other forms. Having derivatives 4 kinds of tools, namely: Arrow shapes tool: to draw the shape of the arrow in different variations Flowchart shapes tool: to facilitate drawing a chart (chart) Banner shapes tool : to draw a ribbon shape or form explosive Callout shapes tool : to draw a balloon talk (illustrated talk), and labels.

15. Text tool to make the writing on the image area serves as both artistic and written descriptions.

16. BLEND TOOL Blend tool : a picture in coreldraw equipment that serves to unify the object by creating a lot of objects and colors are located in the middle. Contour tool : working to assemble a number of objects with concentric spread into or out of an object. Distort tool : working to change the object by pushing or pulling to form a zipper or twister effect. Drop shadow tool : to create a shadow behind or beside the object. Envelope tool : working to change the form of an object into an envelope with drag specific points. Extrude tool : to create the illusion of an object into a deep 3D effect. Transparency tool : to create a transparent effect that is only partially visible objects

17. Color eye dropper tool Color functioning eye dropper tool to sample the object and apply a color or color copying in other objects (similar to copy and paste)

18. Outline tool Outline the pen tool serves to provide the outline of an object. In this tool we can also set the type, large and color of the border.

19. Fill tool Fill tool serves to provide some form of object color. There are 5 types of fill that we can use are: Uniform fill: providing solid colors on an object Fountain fills: give color with gradients (mixed colors) on an object Pattern fill : fill objects by color or patterns with colors of a picture that you have. Texture fill: fill objects by color texture was already available. PostScript fill: fill object with colors that complicated or what we call PostScript.

20. The Interactive fill tool lets you apply fountain (gradient), texture, and pattern fills to objects in a drawing. You can edit the fill you've applied interactively and view the result of your edits as you apply them.