Purpose of the course– acquiring skills in working with the CorelDraw vector graphics system, becoming familiar with the basic methods of using this software product in industrial design, in developing advertising products, in designing presentations, in preparing images for web pages.
At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Create a layout for postcards, packaging, labels, book covers, CDs, etc.
• Develop a corporate identity, logo, business card and calendar layouts.
• Create advertising blocks for souvenirs and industrial products.
• Prepare a multi-page layout.
• Create graphic elements for Web pages.
• Prepare drawings, diagrams and background templates for presentations.
• Create texture maps for 3D objects.
• Draw diagrams and drawings.
• Prepare layout of printed documentation.
• Import and edit a raster image.
• Trace a bitmap.
• Export a graphic image to other graphic editors.
• Prepare the layout for printing.

Course program

Basic concepts and components of digital imaging
The concept of vector and raster graphics. Graphic image formats. Review of modern software for performing artistic graphic work. Purpose and scope of professional application of the Corel Draw package. Composition and capabilities of the package. User interface of the program.

Basic techniques for working with primitive objects in CorelDraw
Graphic primitives: rectangle, ellipse, polygon, spiral, table. Changing the attributes of graphic primitives.

Commands for manipulating (selecting and transforming) objects in CorelDraw
Selecting objects and groups of objects. Scaling, rotation and transformation markers.

Creating and editing paths in Corel Draw
Freehand drawing and Bezier curves. Creation of arbitrary handicap objects. Skills in working with contours: nodes and segments.

Basic techniques for working with text in Corel Draw
Types of text: simple and curly text. Simple text. Creation, editing, formatting, purpose. Figured text. Creation, editing, formatting, purpose. Place text along a curve.

Working with color in CorelDraw
Methods of filling closed objects: uniform, gradient, pattern, texture. Setting fill parameters.

Converting objects in CorelDraw
Department of objects. Logical operations: union, exclusion and intersection of objects.

Tools for increasing the accuracy of constructing objects in CorelDraw
Rulers, grids, guides. Exact object transformations. Alignment and distribution of objects.

Using interactive vector effects in Corel Draw
Interactive effects: envelope, shadow, extrusion, transition, transparency, distortion, lens, outline. Setting parameters.

Basic techniques for working with raster images in CorelDraw
2D and 3D transformations. Artistic effects, color transformations, bitmap image retouching.

Special effects for bitmaps in CorelDraw
Importing raster images. Editing raster images. Curly trimming. Vector and raster image formats.

Export a document to standard graphic formats. Printing a document
Exporting a layout to standard graphic formats for use in a layout program or WEB document Preparing a layout for printing Setting up printing parameters

Creation of design projects