Corel Corel Draw Graphics Suite - X5 User Guide
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CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 Guidebook
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Contents
Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Installation and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 3: What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Part Two: Getting Started
Chapter 4: CorelDRAW Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 5: Corel PHOTO-PAINT Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Part Three: Working with Color
Chapter 6: Color Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 7: Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Part Four: Tips and Techniques
Chapter 8: Sign Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Chapter 9: Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 10: Page Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Part Five: Insights from the Experts
Chapter 11: Jewelry Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 12: Book Cover Illustration and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 13: Concept Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 14: Logo Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter 15: It’s a Wrap! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 16: Color Management Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Chapter 17: Design of an Inflatable Tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
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Part Six: Guide to Digital Content
Chapter 18: Finding and Managing Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Chapter 19: Content Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chapter 20: Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Part Seven: Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
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Part One
Introduction
Image created by Pedro Júnior
Chapter 1: Welcome
What’s included in
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 4
About this guidebook 4
Guidebook conventions 5
Other learning resources 6
Chapter 1: Welcome | 3
Chapter 1: Welcome
Welcome to CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5, a
comprehensive software solution for graphic
design, page layout, and photo editing.
What’s included in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 includes the
following applications:
•CorelDRAW®
•Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™
•Corel CAPTURE
• Corel CONNECT
• Bitstream® Font Navigator®
CorelDRAW
CorelDRAW is an intuitive and versatile
graphics application for creating high-quality
vector illustrations, logo designs, and page
layouts.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Corel PHOTO-PAINT is a complete imageediting application that lets you retouch and
enhance photos as well as create original
bitmap illustrations and paintings. You can
easily correct red-eye or exposure problems,
retouch RAW camera files, and prepare images
for the Web.
Corel CAPTURE
Corel CAPTURE is an easy-to-use application
for capturing images from your computer
screen.
Corel CONNECT
Corel CONNECT is an application that provides
easy access to clipart and photos that are
stored on your computer or are available on
the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 DVD.
Bitstream Font Navigator
Bitstream Font Navigator is an application for
browsing, organizing, and managing fonts.
About this guidebook
This guidebook is designed to enrich your
experience of working with CorelDRAW and
Corel PHOTO-PAINT and to inspire you to do
more than you ever thought possible.
Individual chapters introduce you to the
workspace of each application and provide tips
and techniques that can help you, regardless of
your skill level.
This guidebook is divided into seven parts.
Part One: Introduction
Chapters 1 through 3 describe the new
features of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 as
well as the learning resources that are available
online and within each application.
Part Two: Getting Started
Chapters 4 and 5 present basic information
about CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT,
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including workspace tours that describe the
main tools in each application.
To access this guidebook in PDF format,
click Help ` Guidebook.
Part Three: Working with Color
Chapters 6 and 7 provide a review of
fundamental color concepts and outline the
color-management capabilities of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5.
Part Four: Tips and Techniques
Chapters 8 through 10 give you useful tips
about the specific workflows for sign making,
illustration, and page layout.
Part Five: Insights from the Experts
Chapters 11 through 17 present tutorials by
graphic design professionals from diverse
industries who use CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
in their everyday work. In these chapters, they
share how the software helps them express
their creativity and artistic freedom as they
create jewelry design, concept painting, book
illustration, car wrap, and more.
To access the tutorials as individual PDFs,
click Help ` Insights from the experts.
Part Six: Guide to Digital Content
Chapters 18 through 20 provide information
about working with Corel CONNECT and
introduce the content that is available online
and on the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite DVD.
Part Seven: Galler y
A stunning collection of artwork, created in
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite by professional
designers and illustrators, is included in this
last part of the guidebook.
Guidebook conventions
The following conventions make it easy to
locate information in the guidebook.
References to the application interface
References to elements of the application
interface, such as menu commands, are
indicated by bold formatting. For example,
“Click File ` Open” refers to clicking File on
the menu bar and then clicking the Open
command.
Tips
The guidebook contains brief tips, which may
highlight portions of your workflow, offer
creative ideas that you can try out, or provide
information about performing a task. These
tips are indented and marked by a special icon
for easy reference.
Color-coded pages
Each part of the guidebook is coded for easy
reference with a distinctive band of color in the
upper-left or upper-right area of the page.
Cross-references
If you want to learn more about a specific
subject, you can use the cross-references. Two
types of cross-references are used in this
guidebook:
• cross-references to the Help in an
application
• cross-references to a specific page in the
Guidebook
If a cross-reference points to the Help, you can
access the information by starting the specific
Chapter 1: Welcome | 5
application, clicking Help ` Help topics, and
then browsing or searching for the relevant
topic.
Other learning resources
In addition to this guidebook, various other
learning resources can help you get started
with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5. For
example, you can use the Help to learn about
basic tools and techniques, visit the
CorelDRAW.com community to ask questions
and receive help and suggestions from other
users, or watch video tutorials to see graphic
design in action.
Help
The Help is accessible from within the
application and provides comprehensive
information about product features. You can
browse through a list of topics, look up tools
and topics in the index, or search for a specific
word or phrase.
Hints
Hints provide instant information about tools
in the toolbox. When you click a tool, a hint
appears, telling you how to use the tool. Hints
are displayed by default in the Hints docker on
the right side of the application window, but
you can hide them when you no longer need
them.
To display or hide Hints, click Help ` Hints.
To find additional information about a
tool, you can access a relevant Help topic
by clicking the Help button in the
upper-right corner of the Hints docker.
To access the Help, click Help ` Help
topics.
Tooltips
Redesigned tooltips provide helpful
information about application controls when
you position the pointer over icons, buttons,
and other interface elements.
Example of a tooltip
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Hints docker in CorelDRAW
Welcome screen
The Welcome screen gives you easy access to
resources in the applications and lets you
quickly complete common tasks, such as
opening files and starting files from templates.
You can also find out about the new features
in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 and get
inspired by graphic designs that are featured
on the Gallery pages. In addition, you can find
tutorials and tips and get the latest product
updates.
You can access the Welcome screen by
clicking Help ` Welcome screen.
Video tutorials
A series of video segments introduce you to the
working environment of CorelDRAW and
Corel PHOTO-PAINT and guide you through
specific tasks and techniques.
To access the video tutorials, click Help `
Video tutorials.
Welcome screen in CorelDRAW
Video browser
Chapter 1: Welcome | 7
Web-based resources
The following resources are available on the
Corel Web site (www.corel.com) to help you
get the most out of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
X5:
• Corel Knowledge Base — The articles in
this searchable database were written by
members of the Corel Technical Support
team in response to questions by users of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.
• CorelDRAW.com community — In this
online environment, you can share your
experience with the product, ask
questions, and receive help and
suggestions from other users.
• Tips and tricks — This valuable
information is provided by the Corel
Documentation team to help you take full
advantage of product features.
• Tutor ials — In-depth tutorials let you
share the knowledge and techniques of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite experts.
• Third-party resources — For additional
information about the tools in the suite,
you can access third-party print and online
resources that cover various areas of
graphic design.
Macro programming guide
The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Macro
Programming Guide provides a streamlined
instructional approach to programming
macros for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5. By
creating macros with CorelDRAW and
Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can automate tasks
and provide customized solutions. You can use
either Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
(VBA) or Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for
Applications (VSTA) to create macros.
If your installation of CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite X5 includes VBA or VSTA, you can
access the macro programming guide by
clicking Start ` All programs `
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 `
Documentation.
Network deployment guide
The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Deployment
Guide is a step-by-step resource for deploying
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 to a network.
This guide is provided to customers who
purchase a volume ("multi-seat") license of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 for their
organizations.
To purch a se a volume license of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 and obtain
the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
Deployment Guide, contact Corel Support
Services (www.corel.com/support).
Customized training and integration
resources
Corel Corporation has training partnerships
with other firms and provides resources for
developers and consultants.
Corel customized training
Corel Training Specialists can provide you with
customized training, tailored to your work
environment, to help you get the most out of
the Corel software that you have installed.
These experts can help you develop a
curriculum that is practical and relevant to the
needs of your organization. For more
information, visit www.corel.com/
customizedtraining.
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Corel Training Partners
A Corel Training Partner (CTP) is an
independent, officially accredited local
organization that provides training and
training resources for Corel products. CTPs are
located worldwide for your convenience. To
find a partner near you, visit www.corel.com.
Corel Technology Partners
Corel Technology Partners are businesses that
embed Corel technology within their products,
develop plug-in applications for Corel
software, or integrate standalone applications
into Corel technology solutions. This
comprehensive program is designed especially
for developers and consultants, and it includes
the necessary components for designing,
developing, testing, and marketing custom
solutions that are related to Corel products.
For more information about Corel Technology
Partners, please e-mail Corel Corporation at
techpartner@corel.com.
Chapter 1: Welcome | 9
Chapter 2: Installation and Support
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
applications 12
Changing languages 12
Updating Corel products 12
Corel Support Services 13
Registering Corel products 13
About Corel Corporation 13
Chapter 2: Installation and Support | 11
Chapter 2: Installation and Support
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 is easy to
install, register, and customize.
Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications
The installation wizard makes it easy to install
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications and
components. You can install the applications
with the default settings, or you can customize
the installation by choosing different options.
When you insert the installation disc in the
DVD drive, the installation wizard starts
automatically. Follow the instructions on the
screen to complete the installation.
(Windows® 7 and Windows Vista) If the
installation wizard does not start
automatically, click Start on the Windows
taskbar, and type X:\autorun.exe in the
search box, where X is the letter that
corresponds to the DVD drive.
(Windows XP) If the installation wizard
does not start automatically, click Start on
the Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type
X:\autorun.exe, where X is the letter that
corresponds to the DVD drive.
After you install the applications, you can also
use the installation wizard to do the following:
• add and delete components in the current
installation
• repair the current installation by
reinstalling all application features
• uninstall CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
Before repairing an installation, try
resetting the current workspace to the
default settings by holding down F8 while
starting the application.
For more information, see “Installing
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications” in the
Help.
Changing languages
If an application has been installed in more
than one language, you can change the
language of the user interface and Help at any
time.
To change the language of the application,
click To ol s ` Options. In the list of
categories, click Global, and choose a
language from the Select the language
for the user interface list box. Restart the
application to apply the new language
settings.
If you did not install a specific language when
you first installed the product, you can do so
later. For more information, see “Changing
languages” in the Help.
Updating Corel products
During product installation, you can choose
the option to download product updates.
To check for product updates at any time,
click Help ` Updates.
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Corel Support Services
Corel Support Services can provide you with
prompt and accurate information about
product features, specifications, pricing,
availability, services, and technical support.
For the most current information on support
services available for your Corel product, visit
www.corel.com/support.
Registering Corel products
Registration provides you with timely access to
the latest product updates, information about
product releases, and access to free
downloads, articles, tips and tricks, and special
offers.
You can register in one of the following ways:
• online — If you are connected to the
Internet, you can start online registration
by clicking Help ` Registration at any
time.
• by phone — You can call the Corel
Customer Service Center nearest you.
and popular software brands, including
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™,
Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint
Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® VideoStudio®,
Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect®
Office, WinZip®, and the recently released
Corel® Digital Studio™ 2010. With global
headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, we have
major offices in the United States, United
Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan.
About Corel Corporation
Corel is one of the world’s top software
companies, with more than 100 million active
users in over 75 countries. We develop
software that helps people express their ideas
and share their stories in more exciting,
creative, and persuasive ways. Through the
years, we’ve built a reputation for delivering
innovative, trusted products that are easy to
learn and use, helping people achieve new
levels of productivity. The industry has
responded with hundreds of awards for
software innovation, design, and value.
Our award-winning product portfolio includes
some of the world’s most widely recognized
Chapter 2: Installation and Support | 13
Chapter 3: What’s New
Connect to your content 16
Get going quickly 18
Create with confidence 19
Use color with certainty 22
Output with ease 24
Chapter 3: What’s New | 15
Chapter 3: What’s New
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite is trusted
illustration and design software. Its intuitive
and content-rich environment fits seamlessly
into your workflow to help you express your
creative ideas compellingly. You can get started
immediately, learn as you go, and design with
confidence for any medium.
To access the list of new features from the
application, click Help ` What’s new.
Connect to your content
Content is central to any project. Whether it’s
the perfect font, clipart, photo, a previous
project, or a client’s mockup, CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite X5 helps you quickly access
content so that you can focus on your design.
Corel CONNECT
(New and enhanced)
This full-screen browser lets you peruse the
suite’s digital content and search your
computer or local network to quickly find the
perfect complement for a design. You can
browse content by category or search for
content by using a keyword. This handy utility
is also available as a docker within both
CorelDRAW and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT™.
What’s more, you can keep a collection of
content in the tray, which is synchronized
between the browser and the dockers to
provide quick access to project content.
Corel CONNECT is available as a docker in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, as well as a separate application.
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A wealth of outstanding new content is included with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5.
Content
(New)
A wealth of content is included to inspire you
and provide a springboard for your own
designs. With an array of clipart images,
photos, bitmap and full-color vector fills,
customizable templates, and fonts, you have
boundless creative options. New artistic media
presets and nibs are included with CorelDRAW,
and new brushes and nibs are included with
Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
Adobe product support
(Enhanced)
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides
enhanced support for the latest Adobe®
Illustrator®, Adobe® Photoshop®, and
Adobe® Acrobat® products. You can import
and export PSD files using the Adobe
Photoshop CS 4 file format, and CorelDRAW
X5 preserves the appearance of adjustment
layers and Masks palette effects.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 preserves editable
vibrance, grayscale, and camera filter lenses of
imported and exported PSD files.
With support for multiple artboards,
preservation of gradient transparency, blob
brush strokes, and a new Preflight section, you
can also import and export files using the
Adobe Illustrator CS 4 file format. In addition,
you can import and export Adobe® Portable
Document Format (PDF) files, with support for
Acrobat 9 and heightened security encryption.
When importing PDF files, the suite also
supports Bates numbering, including headers
and footers. During PDF export, you can define
page size by object.
EPS level 3 support
(Enhanced)
The encapsulated PostScript® (EPS) filter has
been enhanced to support files created with
Adobe PostScript® 3 and to preserve the color
integrity of objects that use the RGB color
Chapter 3: What’s New | 17
space. You’ll now find that EPS files export and
print with brighter and more vivid colors.
File format compatibility
(Enhanced)
With support for more than 60 file formats,
including CGM, AutoCAD DXF™, Autodesk®
PLT, Microsoft Visio® Filter, DOC, DOCX, RTF,
and more, you can confidently exchange files
with customers and colleagues. In CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite X5, the TIFF filter provides
greater compatibility with a variety of standard
file compression methods and multipage files.
In addition, imported Corel® Painter™ (RIF)
files now retain embedded color profiles.
Get going quickly
Whether you’re a new or current user,
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes it easy to
get started. The suite provides many learning
aids, including creative video tutorials that will
propel you on your way to creating stunning
designs.
Video tutorials
(New and enhanced)
Create a New Document/Image dialog
boxes
(New and enhanced)
CorelDRAW X5 introduces a Create a new
document dialog box, which offers a
selection of presets for page size, document
resolution, preview mode, color mode, and
color profile. For new users, the Description
area clarifies the available controls and
settings.
In Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, the Create a new
image dialog box has been updated to match
its CorelDRAW counterpart. It now provides
color information, such as color mode and
color profile.
Corel PowerTRACE X5
(Enhanced)
You can convert bitmaps into editable vector
graphics and achieve smoother curves and
more accurate results. This version of
Corel® PowerTRACE
results yet.
™ produces the best
Video tutorials provide a fast and fun way to
learn how to get the most out of the suite.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides a new
utility that makes it easy to watch the tutorials
without having to search for them.
Tooltips
(Enhanced)
The formatting and content of tooltips have
been enhanced to improve readability and
provide more information. When you position
the pointer over an icon or a button, a tooltip
appears describing the tool and its purpose.
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Corel PowerTRACE X5 provides greatly improved trace
results.
VSTA integration
(New)
For more automation flexibility, you can now
use Microsoft Visual Studio® Tools for
Applications to create dynamic add-ins.
Macro Manager docker
(New)
Available from both CorelDRAW X5 and
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, this new docker makes
it easier than ever to record, organize, view,
and play macros.
Create with confidence
With a legacy in design innovation,
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 has long been
trusted by professional and aspiring designers.
The suite provides significant new and
enhanced features to help you create with
confidence.
Drawing tools
(New)
option lets you reveal objects behind individual
nodes. With the new Smooth mesh color
option on the property bar, you can achieve
color transitions that retain color richness. Any
colors added to the mesh nodes now blend
seamlessly with the rest of the object. In
addition, the number of nodes per mesh has
been greatly reduced to make the objects
easier to manipulate.
Improved interpolation and new node transparency
extend the possibilities of the Mesh fill tool.
Curve tools
(New and enhanced)
A collection of new drawing tools includes a
B-Spline tool, an Object coordinates docker,
scalable arrowheads, and enhanced connector
and dimension tools with a new Segment
dimension tool. The B-Spline tool lets you
create smooth curves with fewer nodes than
curves drawn by using freehand paths. For
maximum precision, the Object coordinates
docker lets you specify both the size of a new
object and its location on the page.
Mesh Fill tool
(Enhanced)
The vastly improved Mesh fill tool lets you
design multi-colored filled objects with more
fluid color transitions. The new Transparency
When drawing with the curve tools, you can
show or hide the bounding box, which lets you
draw continuously without accidentally
selecting the bounding box. In addition, you
can specify the amount of space between
joined curves. You also have multiple options
for the type of join, including extending the
curves to an intersection point, defining a
radius to add between the segments, or
defining a chamfer to add between the
segments.
Color Palette Manager docker
(Enhanced)
The enhanced Color palette manager
docker, which includes new and more accurate
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PANTONE® palettes, makes it easier to create,
organize, and show or hide both default and
custom color palettes. You can create Webspecific RGB palettes or print-specific CMYK
palettes. For optimal color consistency, you can
also add third-party color palettes when
working with multiple applications.
The new Pixels view lets you create objects with
precision.
Round corners
(Enhanced)
Now you can create chamfered, scalloped, or
round corners from the Rectangle tool
property bar. When you stretch or scale a
rectangle, the rounded corners are preserved
without distortion, and you have the option of
maintaining the original corner radius. In
addition, corners are now expressed in units of
true radii, which makes them easier to work
with.
The enhanced Color palette manager docker lets you
create and organize custom palettes.
Pixel preview
(New)
The new Pixels view lets you create drawings
in actual pixels, providing an accurate
representation of how a design will appear on
the Web. Accessible from the View menu, the
Pixels mode helps you align objects more
accurately. In addition, CorelDRAW lets you
snap objects to pixels.
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You can stretch rectangles with scalloped, chamfered,
and round corners without distorting the corners.
Objects docker
(Enhanced)
Windows Touch support
(New)
In Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, the improved
Objects docker helps you achieve greater
workflow efficiency by enabling hierarchical
organization of design elements and by
making commonly used features more
accessible. You can now use nested grouping
when organizing a complex image, which
facilitates moving groups of objects between
multiple applications.
Thumbnails of objects and masks have been
improved and are easily adjusted at any time.
You can now lock objects, which prevents
them from being accidentally selected, edited,
or moved.
The suite looks right at home on Windows® 7
— you can navigate each application
workspace by using finger gestures. Support
for taskbar thumbnails lets you switch between
open documents quickly.
Photo effects
(New)
With Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, you can
experiment with exciting new photo effects for
modifying your photos. The Vibrance effect is
great for balancing color saturation. It adds
richness to colors with low saturation while
maintaining colors with high saturation. The
Grayscale effect is ideal for removing the
saturation from an object, layer, or region of a
photo. It also lets you choose the colors used in
the grayscale conversion. The Photo filter
effect lets you simulate the result of having a
camera lens installed when a picture was
taken.
The greatly improved Objects docker enables better
organization of design elements.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 includes exciting new photo
effects.
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Convert to Grayscale dialog box
(New)
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 provides greater
control when converting images to grayscale
by letting you choose the range of colors used
in the conversion. This eliminates results that
appear washed out because of predominant
blues or reds in the original photo. The new
dialog box provides a preview window, which
lets you adjust the colors to create a more
realistic conversion.
Lock Toolbars option
(New)
Toolbars can now be locked in position so that
you do not accidentally move them while
selecting a tool. If you prefer, you can still
choose to unlock them at any time and
reposition them on your screen.
Use color with certainty
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes it easier
than ever to achieve accurate color
representation. Whether you’re importing a
client’s mockup, working with previous
designs, or sending a project to a print shop or
manufacturing facility, you can be certain that
your colors are true.
Document/Image palettes
(New)
With both CorelDRAW X5 and Corel PHOTOPAINT X5, a custom color palette is
automatically created on the fly for each
design project. The palette is saved with the
file, which gives you quick access to this
project’s colors in the future.
A custom color palette is created on the fly for each
design project.
Default Color Management Settings
dialog box
(New)
In CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, the color
management engine has been completely
redesigned. The new Default color
management settings dialog box lets you
set application color policies to help achieve
accurate color representation while providing
greater control for advanced users.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 features a completely
redesigned color management engine.
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Document Color Settings dialog box
(New)
Color sampling options
(New)
The Document color settings dialog box lets
you adjust color settings that apply only to the
current document.
Primary Color Mode setting
(New)
While continuing to support RGB, CMYK, and
grayscale objects within the same document,
CorelDRAW X5 provides a new Primary color
mode setting, which governs the default color
mode on export and the default palette colors
(RGB or CMYK).
Color Proof Settings docker
(New and enhanced)
All color proof settings are grouped within a
single docker, which lets you save presets and
prepare artwork for various output devices
more efficiently. The docker helps you save
time by providing a list of output devices that
you can choose from to preview the output.
When seeking approval from clients, you can
also easily export soft proofs and print hard
proofs from the docker.
The addition of the Eyedropper tool to
various color dialog boxes lets you conveniently
sample and match colors from a document
without closing the dialog box. The
Eyedropper tool is also available on color
palettes, as well as in color pickers on the
property bar.
You can quickly and easily sample colors from a
document.
Application of sampled color
(Enhanced)
When you sample color with the Eyedropper
tool in CorelDRAW, the Apply color mode is
automatically activated so that you can
immediately apply the sampled color to
another object. You can also drag a color
directly from one object to another.
With the Color proof settings docker, you can proof
your document as you go.
Hex color values
(Enhanced)
The suite now provides multiple options for
viewing hexadecimal (hex) color values and lets
you choose colors by using their hex value.
Web designers often specify colors in standard
hex format, which ensures consistent color
representation. With CorelDRAW X5, you can
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view hex values in the Uniform fill dialog box,
in the Eyedropper tooltip, in the Color
docker, and on the status bar. With
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5, hex values appear
in the Eyedropper tooltip, in the Info docker,
and on the status bar.
Output with ease
With its industry-leading file format
compatibility, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5
provides the flexibility that today’s designers
need for outputting their work. The same
design may be needed for Web banners,
printed ads, brochures, T-shirts, billboards, and
digital signs. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite gives
you an integrated solution for all types of
output.
Collect for Output option
(New)
The new Collect for output option helps you
gather fonts, color profiles, and other file
information, making it easier to share your
work with a print service provider.
Printer page size
(New)
You can go to print more quickly than ever with
CorelDRAW X5, which can be set to
automatically synchronize document
dimensions with your printer’s paper size (if
your printer supports this option).
Web graphics
(Enhanced)
The suite now provides optimization filters that
produce consistent, high-quality Web output.
In addition, more comprehensive transparency
controls let you easily manipulate transparency
on the fly.
Export for Web dialog box
(New)
The new Export for Web dialog box provides
a single access point for common export
controls, eliminating the need to open
additional dialog boxes when preparing a file
for export. It also lets you compare the results
of various filter settings before you commit to
an output format, making it easier to achieve
optimal results. In addition, you can specify
object transparencies and matting colors for
anti-aliased edges — all with real-time preview.
You can also select and edit color palettes for
indexed formats.
You can fine-tune your Web output while previewing
the changes in real time.
SWiSH miniMax 2
(New)
With SWiSH miniMax2, you can quickly and
easily create stunning interactive Adobe®
Flash® animations, banners, and more. SWiSH
miniMax2 includes hundreds of multimedia
effects that you can apply to text, images, or
sounds.
To learn what was new in previous versions
of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, click Help `
Highlight what’s new, and choose a
version. Menu commands and tools for
features introduced or improved in that
version are highlighted.
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Part Two
Getting Started
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