CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 5. 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. | 4 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide The dozens of enhancements and improvements to CorelDRAW in version X5 aren t as obvious on paper as you ll experience everything from significantly more precise drawing tools to a comprehensive color management system helps get what you envision down on the printable page. This version boasts something new and welcome to users at all skill levels and professions both professional graphics designers and entrepreneurs with little artistic experience will be drawn to CorelDRAW. Whether you re new to CorelDRAW or an old hand you should take a few moments and review the new features covered in this chapter. Although features are categorized everyone will find something to like in the sections to follow. You ll discover that working smart can also be a lot of fun. MOTE I Download and extract all the files from the Chapter archive to follow the tutorials in this chapter. Features for the Graphics Designer CorelDRAW X5 starts you off right with new drawings with the New Document dialog box. From there you ll notice several enhancements to DRAW s familiar design tools including new ones. Here s an overview of what s in store in this new version and covered in The Official Guide. The Create a New Document Dialog Box Unless you choose to override this feature every time you choose File New or click the New button on the standard toolbar the Create a New Document dialog box appears as shown next. In the Create a New Document dialog you can choose color mode and color profile options which alone are lifesavers when you have for example a dozen bitmap images to import and you need color consistency between what you draw the color mode of the bitmaps and the color profile of your intended output. Whether it s to the screen as a web page or to a commercial printer color reproduction and color accuracy are at the heart of every document you begin. Chapters 27 and 28 are your guides to personal and professional printing. Additionally .
