Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 manual

Reviewer’s Guide[...]

Contents 1 | Introducing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 ............................................. 2 2 | Customer profiles .................................................................................... 6 3 | What’s included? ..................................................................................... 8 4 | T op new and enhanced fea[...]

1 Artwork by LINEKING Russia[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 2 ] Introducing CorelDRAW ® Graphics Suite X7 CorelDRAW ® Graphics Suite X7 is an intuitive graphics solution that empowers you to make a major impact with your artwork. Whether you’re cre ating graphics and layouts, editing photos, or designing web sites, this complete suite helps you get started quickly and stay on track[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 3 ] Guidelines docker in both applications makes it easier to add and arrange guidelines. We’ve also made several enhancements to the Color Styles docker that make it easier to view , arrange, and edit color styles. And with new harmony rul es, you can instantly find complementary color schemes, which is especially useful for[...]

2 Artwork by Piti Pintor Spain[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 6 ] Customer profiles Graphics and creative professionals Graphics and creative professionals in advertising and printing industries spend much of their time creating and editing graphics, working with text, and retouching photos. Other customers in this category focus primarily on sign making, screen printing, engraving, and [...]

3 Artwork by Stephan Swanepoel South Africa[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 8 ] What’s included? Applications • CorelDRAW ® X7: This intuitive vector -illustration and page-layout application meets the demands of today’s busy graphics professionals and graph ics non-professio nals. • Corel ® PHOTO-P AINT ™ X7: This professional image-editing application lets you quickly and easily retouch [...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 9 ] • 75 interactive text frames • 75 interactive P owerClip frames • more than 100 image lists • more than 400 Artistic Media • 75 content-ready photo frames • more than 1,000 fonts • more than 400 pattern fills Documentation • Quick Start Guide • Quick-reference card • Help files T raining • New! More th[...]

4 Artwork by Jos é Tzontlimatzi López USA[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 12 ] T op new and enhanced features CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 is an intuit ive and complete graphics solution that empowers you to make a major impact with your artwork. Get up and running easily With a redesigned Welcome Screen, variety of alternate workspaces, total customization options, and wealth of project-ready conten[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 13 ] designed to make each application’s most commonly used tools more readily accessible and easier to find. New! Default and Classic workspaces: The new default workspaces for CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO -P AINT X7 hav e been refashioned to offer a more intuitive and efficient configuration of tools, menus, status bar , pr[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 14 ] New! Overflow buttons: Fo r tablet and mobile device use rs , or people using W indows with me dium or large fonts, new ov erflow buttons have been added to the toolbox, property bar , dockers, and color palettes to indicate the presence of additional controls that do not fit within the workspace. Y ou simply click an ove[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 15 ] W ork faster and more efficiently With advanced fil l and transp arency opti ons, a new dock er for trying out fonts, and many workspace imp rovements, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 offers new ways to help you work fast and efficiently — from conc ept to production. New! Founta in fills: Y ou can now create elliptical and [...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 16 ] Y ou can now save and share personally created or modified vector pattern and bitmap pattern f ills. New! Edit Fill dialog box: In both CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO -P AINT X7, the new Edit Fill dialo g box gives you more efficient access t o all available controls for Uniform, Fountain, V ecto r pattern, Bitmap pattern, [...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 17 ] New! Font Playground: In both CorelDRAW X7 and Corel PHOTO-P AINT X7, the new Font Playgroun d docker introduces an easier way to browse, experi ment with, and choose the perfect font. Y ou can easily add sample text to view its appearance in different fonts, and a handy Zoom slider lets you quickly adjust the size of samp[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 18 ] New! Brush selector: With Corel PHOTO-P AINT X7, the new Brush Selector helps you find the brush you’re seeking quicker by combining all brush c a tegories and brush types in one location. It also stores the settings for the last five brushes you’ve used. The new Brush selector in Corel PHOTO -P AINT X7 provides a pre[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 19 ] equal combin ation of both . By posit ioning an ou tline inside an object, you can more easily create layouts with specific sizes because the out line will be rendered within the object’s o riginal dimen sions. Y ou can now specify an outline’s position so that it appears outside (left), inside (right), or centered (mi[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 20 ] New! Multiple document interface: Y ou can now work with multiple documents in a tabbed vi ew , which helps you stay organized and quickly switch between several active document s. New tabbed interfaces in CorelDRA W and Corel PHOTO -P AINT let you quickly switch between multiple documents. New! Undocking documents: When [...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 21 ] Design with creativity and confidence CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 continues to refine the user experience, providing you with new alignment tools and color controls, and new creative options that help you design with creativity and confidence. New! Align and Distribute docker: The new Align and Distribute docker provides q[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 22 ] Enhanced! Color Styles docker: The enhanced Color Styles docker makes it easier to view , arrange, and edit color styles and color harmonies. Y ou can now specify the brightness value for a color , and constrain the Harmony Editor’s selector ring, which preserves saturation and hue while you adjust the color . The Color[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 23 ] Harmony rules help you to quickly find complementary colors that are based on a color ha rmony . New! Smoothing objects: CorelDRAW X7 provides a new Smooth tool that you can use to remove jagged edges and reduce nodes in curve objects. Y ou can control the smoothing effect by varying the size of the brush nib, the speed at[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 24 ] The new alignment guides in Corel PHOTO-P AINT X7 make it faster and easier to precisely position objects. New! Alignment and Dynamic Guides docker: Y ou can use the new Alignment and Dynamic Guides docker to access and modify the configuration of these guides more quickly . With alignment guides, the new Intelligent Spac[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 25 ] New! Liquid tools: In Corel PHOTO-P AINT X7, four new , pressure-sensitive Liquid tools — Smear , Attract, Repel, and T wirl — offer fresh creative options for retouching photos. Y ou can use these tools to r eshape specific image areas to produce unique artistic effe cts. Each tool responds to the pressure of your dig[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 26 ] editable area along parallel lines. When combined with a blur effect, you can simulate d epth of field, giving focus to a particular object while blurring areas ou tside the planar mask. Y ou can modify the effect of the planar mask b y moving or rotating the lines, and you can also use mask modes with the Planar Mask too[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 27 ] Corel PHOTO-P AINT X7 provides new camera effects to help you create images with unique visual appearances. Share and expand your experience With a new Content Exchange, fill sharing options, and supportive mobile apps, you’ll discover new ideas and keep your artwork fresh with access to community - generated and premium[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 28 ] New! Content Exchange - V ote up and V ote down: A pop-up appears when you click an asset in the Content Exchange, which gives you the opportunity to Up V ote or Down V ote the asset. Y ou can also sort Content Exchange assets based on user vo ting. Y ou can vote for your preferred assets in the Content Exchange. New! Con[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 29 ] New! Patterns: W ith this free new mobile iOS7 app, you can create seamless bitmap pa tterns from digital photos. Available from the Apple Store for both iPhone and iPod touch, P atterns offers intuitiv e controls for fine-tuning the brightness, color , and luminance of your new patterns. The default P atterns file format [...]

5 Artwork by Ophand Albana Indonesia[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 32 ] CorelDRAW ® Graphics Suite user favorites CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users continue to enjoy many of the following features that have been corners tones of the suite for years. Interactive frames: Y ou can efficiently generate mock- ups and preview layouts by using interactive placehol der frames. Y ou can drag content ove[...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 33 ] Smart Carver ™ : In Corel PHOTO-P AINT , you can use the Smart Carver to easily remove unwanted areas from a photo and simultaneously adjust the photo’s aspect ratio. The versatile Object Removal brush lets you choose to paint either the area of the photo you want to preserve or the area that you want to remove. When a[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 34 ] Cutout Lab: This intuitive utility simplifies the process of accurately cutting out specific areas of an image. For example, you might want to extract a specific part of a photo into its own object. Image Adjustment Lab: This time-saver makes it easy to correct common color balan ce and tone problems from a single dialog [...]

Reviewer’s Guide [ 35 ] Mesh Fill tool: Y ou can create unique effects by filling an object with a mesh fill. F or example, you can create smooth color transitions in any direction without having to create blends or contours. The Mesh Fill tool lets y ou specify the grid’s intersecting points as well as the number of columns and rows in the gri[...]

Reviewer’s Gui de [ 36 ] Drop Shadow tool: Y ou can create drop shadows that simulate light falling on an object from either a flat, right, left, bottom, or top perspective. Y ou can also easily adjust attributes of the drop shadow , such as color , opacity , fade level, angle, and feathering. Color Proof Settings docker: This docker helps you ef[...]

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