To manipulate a curve objects segments
1 Open the Shape edit flyout, and click the Shape tool ,t 3 Drag a segment until it's the shape you want. Click a curve segment, and click the Convert curve to line button on the property bar. Click a straight segment, and click the Click a segment, and click the Reverse curve direction button on the property bar.
Adding sound to rollovers
When you add sound to a rollover, you associate a sound file with a rollover state that is activated by pointing or clicking. When that state becomes inactive, the sound stops. For example, pointing to a rollover may start a melody that stops when you click the rollover or point elsewhere. When you add sound to a rollover, you are adding a sound behavior. For more information about behaviors, see Using behaviors on page 421. 1 In the Timeline Docker window palette, click a rollover. 2 On the...
To spray a line
1 Open the Curve flyout, and click the Artistic media tool. 2 Click the Sprayer button on the property bar. 3 Choose a spraylist from the Spraylist file -f - list box on the property bar. If the spraylist you want is not listed, click the Browse button on the property bar to select the folder in which the file is located. 4 Drag to draw the line. You can also Adjust the number of objects sprayed at Type a number in the top box of the each spacing point Dabs spacing of objects to be sprayed...
Working with curve objects
CorelDRAW lets you shape objects by manipulating their nodes and segments. An object's nodes are the tiny squares that display along the object's outline. The line between two nodes is called a segment. Moving an object's segments lets you make coarse adjustments to the object's shape, while changing the position of its nodes lets you fine tune the shape of the object. Most objects that are added to a drawing are not curve objects, with the exception of spirals and freehand and Bezier lines....
Loading and unloading movies
You can use the Load movie behavior in a movie to load and play another movie that has been saved to the Macromedia Flash file format SWF . For the Load movie behavioor to function properly, the Macromedia Flash file must be in the same location as the main movie file. You can apply a Load movie behavior to a frame or rollover state. If the behavior is applied to a frame, the movie is loaded when the playhead reaches the specified frame. If the behavior is applied to a rollover state, the user...
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Zooming and panning 1
You can zoom in to get a closer look at objects on the stage, or you can zoom out to see more of the stage. You can experiment with a variety of zoom options to determine the amount of detail you want. Another way in which you can view objects in a movie is by panning. When you work at high magnification levels, you may not be able to see the whole stage. Panning lets you view areas that aren't displayed by moving the stage around in the drawing window. While you are panning, you can zoom in...
Comparing tools
The following table lists Adobe Illustrator tools and the corresponding CorelDRAW tools. Many of the tools create the same result but operate slightly differently. Adobe Illustrator tool CorelDRAW tool Shape tool it , see To add or remove a Text tool f , see To add paragraph text Interactive blend tool J' , see To blend Shape tool it , see To make a curve cusp, smooth, or symmetrical on page 97 Shape tool it , see To add or remove a Shape tool lt L , see To select a node on Interactive drop...
To snap objects
1 Click View Snap to objects setup. 2 Enable the Snap to objects check box. 3 Enable one of the following check boxes in the Object s being moved area Use cursor position snaps to the spot where you clicked the selected object Use object nodes snaps at any of the selected object's nodes 4 Enable one of the following check boxes in Object s in drawing window Snap to nodes snaps to any of the target object's nodes Snap between nodes snaps to any point between two nodes on a path You can also...
Corel RAVE terminology and concepts
Before you get started with Corel R.A.VE., you should be familiar with the following terms. An element in a drawing such as an image, shape, line, curve, symbol, text, or layer. An animation project you create in Corel R.A.V.E. A movie consists of a succession of One image in a series of images that make up a movie. A movie frame can contain one The area in which you add objects to a movie, compose the contents of individual A window containing available commands and settings relevant to a...
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A simple rollover in its normal, over, and down states. An animated rollover. The text fades in and out and changes size in the over state, and the house rotates in the down state. 1 In the Timeline Docker window palette, select an object or group of objects. 2 Click Effects Rollover Create rollover. 3 Click Effects Rollover Edit rollover. The Internet toolbar displays. 4 On the Internet toolbar, choose a rollover state from the Active rollover state list box. 5 Edit the rollover state by...
Repeating animated objects
Animated objects exist in a succession of frames in a movie. You can repeat an animated object or a group of animated objects by looping it. When you loop an animated object, its timeline is repeated for the duration of the movie. Repeating timelines are grayed and cannot be edited however, they reflect all changes made to the object's original timeline. Looping a group of objects lets you repeat the group as a whole. You can also repeat an individual animated object within a group, if its life...
To edit an envelopes nodes and segments
1 Open the Interactive tools fly out, and click the Interactive envelope tool c- 2 Select an object with an envelope. 3 Double-click the envelope to add a node or double-click a node to delete it. Move several envelope nodes at once Click the Envelope unconstrained mode button on the property bar, marquee select the nodes you want to move, and drag any node to a new position. Move opposing nodes an equal distance in Press Shift, select two opposing nodes, and the same direction drag them to a...
To change the order of an object
2 Click Arrange Order, and click one of the following To front moves the selected object to the front of all other objects To back moves the selected object behind all other objects Forward one moves the selected object forward one position Back one moves the selected object behind one position In front of moves the selected object in front of a specific object Behind moves the selected object behind a specific object
To create a layer
Click Tools Object manager. Click the Click Tools Object manager. Click the flyout button, and click New master layer. To use a layer in the drawing, you must first make the layer active. In the Object manager Docker window palette, the active layer is highlighted in red. When you start a drawing, the default layer Layer 1 is the active layer. When you create a master layer, it moves to the Master Page. J s You can also add a layer by clicking the New layer button amp in the Object manager...
Creating layers
All CorelDRAW drawings consist of stacked objects. The vertical order of these objects the stacking order contributes to the appearance of the drawing. You can organize these objects using invisible planes called layers. Layering gives you added flexibility when organizing and editing the objects in complex drawings. You can divide a drawing into multiple layers, each containing a portion of the drawing's contents. For example, using layers can help you organize an architectural plan for a...
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Setting the drawing scale
You can choose a preset or custom drawing scale to relate distances in a drawing to real-world distances. For example, you can specify that one inch in the drawing corresponds to one meter in reality. A preset drawing scale lets you set a typical scale, such as 1 2 or 1 10, while a custom drawing scale lets you set any distance on the page equal to a real-world distance. For example, you can set a more accurate, precise scale that includes decimal numbers, such as 4.5 to 10.6. Drawing scales...
To add a horizontal or vertical guideline
1 Click View Guidelines setup. 2 In the list of categories, click one of the following 3 Specify the guideline settings you want. i s You can also add a guideline by dragging from the horizontal or vertical ruler in the drawing window. Click the guideline using the Pick tool. Click Edit Select all Guidelines. Drag a guideline to a new position in the drawing window. Click a guideline twice using the Pick tool, and rotate it when skewing handles display. Click a guideline using the Pick tool,...
Setting up guidelines
Guidelines are lines that can be placed anywhere in the drawing window to aid in object placement. There are three types of guidelines horizontal, vertical, and slanted. By default, CorelDRAW displays guidelines you add to the drawing window, but you can hide them at any time. You can add a guideline wherever you need one however, you can also choose to add preset guidelines. There are two types of preset guidelines Corel presets and user defined presets. Examples of Corel presets include...
Setting up the grid
The grid is a series of intersecting dashed lines or dots that you can use to precisely align and position objects in the drawing window. You can set the distance between the grid lines or dots by specifying the frequency or spacing. Frequency refers to the number of lines or dots that display between each horizontal and vertical unit. Spacing refers to the exact distance between each line or dot. High frequency values or low spacing values can help you align and position objects more...
Calibrating the rulers
You can have one inch on your screen equal one inch of real distance. This lets you work using real-world distances as opposed to relative distances that depend on screen resolution. This tool is particularly useful when working with signs, or when drawing in 1 1 zoom mode. Before you can perform this procedure, you must have a clear plastic ruler for comparing real-world and on-screen distances. This ruler should use the same unit of measurement you set for the CorelDRAW rulers. For...
Using the rulers
You can display rulers in the drawing window to help you draw, size, and align objects precisely. You can hide the rulers or move them to another position in the drawing window. You can also customize the ruler settings to suit your needs. For example, you can set the ruler origin, choose a unit of measure, and specify how many marks or ticks display between each full unit mark. By default, CorelDRAW applies the same units used for the rulers to the duplicate and nudge distances. You can change...
To roughen an object
1 Select an object using the Pick tool - . 2 Open the Shape edit flyout, and click the Roughen brush tool . 3 Point to the area on the outline you want to roughen, and drag the outline to distort it. Specify the size of the roughening spikes Type a value from .01 to 2 in the Size of Change the number of spikes in a Type a value between 1 and 10 in the Enter roughened area a value for frequency of spikes box on Change the number of spikes in a roughened area when using a graphics stylus Specify...
Optimizing bitmaps for the World Wide Web
You can save objects and optimize them for the World Wide Web. When you optimize an image for the Web, you can export to a GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG 8-bit, and PNG 24-bit file type, choose a Web preset, and compare the previewed results. The Web presets are optimized for color, dithering, compression, and smoothing, depending on the file type you choose. You can compare up to four file types by viewing their download speed, image quality, file size, color range, and compression size as well as...
Using preset Internet objects
CorelDRAW provides you with a set of Internet objects, such as options, Java applets, text edit boxes, and check boxes to use when designing an HTML page. You can customize Internet objects by adjusting their parameters. If a document contains form-related Internet objects such as check boxes, you need a CGI script address to enable these Internet objects to work once the document is published to the World Wide Web as an HTML file. After you create a preset Internet object, you can save it as...
Creating Webenabled objects
CorelDRAW lets you create Web-enabled objects for optimum viewing in browsers. You can convert text to a Web-compatible format so that it can be edited in a browser, add Web form objects such as options and check boxes, and create interactive rollovers from CorelDRAW objects. using preset Internet objects optimizing bitmaps for the World Wide Web creating Web-compatible text working with bookmarks and hyperlinks
Changing bitmaps to a blackandwhite image
You can change any image to a black-and-white image. In addition to conversion settings such as threshold, screen type, and intensity, there are seven conversion options that affect how the converted images will look. Line art Produces a high-contrast, black-and-white image. Colors with a grayscale value lower than the threshold value that you set change to black, while colors with a grayscale value higher than the threshold value change to white. Organizes the gray levels into repeating...
Adding bitmaps
You can import a bitmap into a drawing either directly or by linking it to an external file. When you link to an external file, edits to the original file are automatically updated in the imported file. 2 Choose the folder where the bitmap is stored. If you want to link the image to the drawing, enable the Link bitmap externally check box. 5 Click where you want to place the bitmap. If you want to center the image on the drawing page, press Enter. Ensure that All file formats is chosen from the...
Converting vector graphics to bitmaps
When you convert a vector graphic to a bitmap, you can apply special effects in the CorelDRAW application that are unavailable to vector graphic or objects. As you convert the vector, you can select the color mode of the bitmap. A color mode determines the number and kind of colors that make up the bitmap, so that file size is also affected. You can also determine settings such as the aliasing, background transparency, and color profile of the image as you convert it from a vector graphic. For...
Working with bitmaps
You can convert a vector graphic to a bitmap. Also, you can import and crop bitmaps in the CorelDRAW application. You can also add color masks, watermarks, special effects, and change the color and tone of the images. converting vector graphics to bitmaps cropping and editing bitmaps applying special effects to bitmaps applying color and tone effects
Specifying the page layout
You can begin working on a drawing by specifying settings for the size, orientation, and layout style of the page. There are two options for specifying a page size choosing a preset page size or creating your own. You can choose from many preset page sizes ranging from legal paper and envelopes to posters and Web pages. If a preset page size does not meet your needs, you can create a custom page size by specifying a drawing's dimensions. The orientation of the page can be landscape or portrait....
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Fitting text to a path
You can add artistic text along the path of an open object for example, a line or a closed object for example, a square . You can also fit existing text to a path. Artistic text can be fitted to an open or closed path. Paragraph text can be fitted to open paths only. After you fit text to a path, you can adjust the text's position relative to that path. For example, you can place the text on the opposite side of the path, or you can adjust the distance between the text and the path. CorelDRAW...
Moving text
CorelDRAW lets you move paragraph text between frames, and artistic text between artistic text objects. You can also move paragraph text to an artistic text object, and artistic text to a paragraph text frame. 1 Select the text using the Text tool . 2 Drag the text to another paragraph text frame or artistic text object. You can also Move text within the same frame or object Move or copy selected text to a new text object Mac OS Move a copy of selected text Select the text, and drag it to a new...
Printing layers
Enabling the print setting of a layer lets you print the layer and its contents. If you disable a layer's print setting, the layer and its contents won't appear when you print the drawing. To enable or disable printing for a specific layer 1 Click Tools Object manager. 2 Click the Printer icon beside the layer name. C Disabling the printing of a layer prevents its contents from displaying in full-screen previews. For information about full-screen previews, see Previewing a drawing on page 37....
Changing the color mode of bitmaps
The colors of the images that you work with in CorelDRAW are based on color modes. Color modes define the color characteristics of images and are described by their component colors. The CMYK color mode is composed of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black values and the RGB color mode is composed of red, green, and blue values. Although you may not be able to see the difference between an image in the CMYK color mode and an image in the RGB color mode on screen, the images are quite different. For...
Adding renaming and deleting pages
CorelDRAW lets you add a page to a drawing, rename it anytime, and delete a single page or an entire range of pages. You can also change the order of pages after you have created a multi-page drawing. 1 Click Layout Insert page. 2 Type the number of pages you want to add in the Insert pages box. 3 Enable one of the following options If you want to insert before or after a page other than the current page, type the page number in the Page box. 1 Click Layout Rename page. 2 Type the name of the...
Importing files
Your application lets you import files created in other applications. For example, you can import a Portable Document Format PDF , JPEG, or Adobe Illustrator AI file. You can import a file and place it in the active application window as an object. The imported file becomes part of the active file. While importing a bitmap, you can resample it to reduce the file size or crop it to eliminate unused areas of the photo. You can also crop a bitmap to select only the exact area and size of the image...
Previewing print jobs
You can preview your work to show how the position and size of the print job will appear on paper. For a detailed view, you can zoom in on an area. You can view how the individual color separations will appear when printed. You can also increase the speed of a print preview by hiding the graphics. Before printing your work, you can view a summary of issues for a print job to find potential printing problems. For example, you can check the current print job for print errors, possible print...
Printing to a PostScript printer
PostScript is a page-description language that sends printing instructions to a PostScript device. All the elements in a print job for example, curves and text are represented by lines of PostScript code that the printing device uses to produce the document. For improved compatibility you can choose a device independent PostScript device. You can also select a PostScript Printer Description PPD file. A PostScript Printer Description file describes the capabilities and features of your...
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Commercial printing
With CorelDRAW, you can prepare a print job for commercial printing. preparing a print job for a service bureau working with imposition layouts specifying In-RIP trapping settings understanding commercial printing
Specifying InRIP trapping settings
In-RIP trapping allows you to specify advanced trapping settings. Before selecting In-RIP trapping, ensure that your PostScript 3 printer has In-RIP options. You can select a trap width the amount that one color spreads into another. You can also specify image trap placement, which determines where the trap occurs. You can, for example, specify whether the trap is a choke or a spread, depending upon the neutral densities of adjacent colors. Neutral density indicates the lightness or darkness of...
Controlling quality visibility and sound
You can toggle between high and low quality in the Flash player by using the Toggle high quality behavior. Turning off high quality turns off anti-aliasing, resulting in decreased image quality in a movie, but potentially speeding up the playback of movies containing complex images. Turning on high quality turns on anti-aliasing, which improves image quality but can slow down movies with complex images. You can hide or show a symbol or sprite with the Show hide behavior. When applied to a...
Viewing and editing behaviors
Once a behavior is applied, you can view or change its settings. For example, you can see which frame a Go to behavior will jump to, change the sound file for a Sound behavior, or change a Show hide behavior to show or hide a different symbol. To view or edit a behavior applied to a frame 1 In the Timeline Docker window palette, click a frame. 3 In the Behaviors dialog box, choose a behavior from the list on the right side. If you want to edit the behavior, change the settings you want, and...
Saving drawings
CorelDRAW lets you save a drawing as you work. CorelDRAW offers advanced options that let you assign notes, keywords, and thumbnails to drawings so that you can find them more easily. By default, drawings are saved to the CorelDRAW file format .cdr however, advanced save options let you choose other file formats as well. If you are saving a drawing to use in another application, you must save it to a file format that is supported by that application. You can also save a drawing to a previous...
To mirror an object
2 Click Window Dockers Palettes Transformations Scale. 3 In the Transformations Docker window palette, click one of the following Horizontal mirror _r lets you flip the object left to right Vertical mirror - lets you flip the object top to bottom If you want to flip the object on a specific anchor point, enable the check box that corresponds to the anchor point you want to set.
Finding editing and converting text
You can find text in a drawing and replace it automatically. You can edit text directly in the drawing window, or in a dialog box. CorelDRAW lets you convert artistic text to paragraph text if you require more formatting options, and paragraph text to artistic text if you'd like to apply special effects. You can also convert both paragraph and artistic text to curves. This transforms characters into single line and curve objects, letting you add, delete, or move the nodes of individual...
Optimizing PDF files
You can optimize PDF files for different versions of Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. You can select a compatibility depending upon what kind of viewer the recipients have. In CorelDRAW, you can select one of four compatibilities Acrobat 3.0, Acrobat 4.0, Acrobat 5.0, or PDF X-1. Different compatibilities have different options for example, the bleed option is only available for Acrobat 4.0, Acrobat 5.0, and To optimize viewing of a PDF document on the Web, you can linearize a PDF file....