Tham khảo tài liệu 'hướng dẫn sử dụng coreldraw x5 - part 50', công nghệ thông tin, đồ họa - thiết kế - flash phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 474 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Chapter 15 covers only half the story about how you can flesh out a visual idea by using CorelDRAW. Although an object can usually live its life just fine without an outline the attributes you can apply to a path can add a touch of refinement to an illustration. The right outline color can help visually separate different objects. Additionally you can simulate calligraphic strokes without using artistic media when you know how to work with the Outline Pen dialog you can even make a path a dashed line complete with arrowheads for fancy presentations and elegant maps. In fact an outline especially an open outline can live its life in your work just fine without defining a filled object You don t have to draw the line at fills and effects in your CorelDRAW artwork. This chapter shows you the ins and outs of properties you apply to your paths from beginning to end. MOTE I Download and extract all the files from the archive to follow the tutorials in this chapter. Applying Outline Pen Properties By default when you create an open or closed path it s given a -point-wide outline in black with no fancy extras. Part of the rationale for this default is that vector paths can t really be seen without some sort of width. In contrast bitmap artwork by definition is made up of pixels written to screen and written to file so when a user draws an outline it always has a width it s always visible . Happily vector drawing programs can display a wide range of path properties and unlike with bitmap outlines you can change your mind at any time and easily alter the property of an outline. In a number of areas in CorelDRAW you can apply a property such as color stroke width and other fun stuff to an open or closed path and even to open paths that don t touch each other but that have been unified using the Arrange Combine command . The following sections explore your options and point out the smartest and most convenient way to travel in
