- INTRODUCTION TO
COREL DRAW
BY: IMPRAIM - SWANZY-ENOCK
Graphic Design Tutor @ Ahantaman Girls’ Senior High Sch.
Email: eimpraimswanzy@yahoo.com
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OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson, student will be
able to:
Define Corel Draw
Explain a software
Differentiate between a vectorimage
& a bitmap image
Define resolution
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MEANING OF COREL
DRAW
Corel Draw is a vector-based drawing
program(software) that makes it
easy to create professional artwork
fromsimple logos to intricate
technical illustrations.
It provides tools and effects that
make it possible to workefficiently
to produce high-quality graphics.
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Drawings in Corel Draw are vector
based because objects drawn are
defined mathematically as a series of
points(dots) joined by lines. Graphical
elements in a vectorfile called
objects. Each object is a self
contained entity, with properties such
as colour, shape, outline, size and
position on the screen included in its
definition.
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Because each object is a self-contained
entity, it is also possible to move and
change its properties freely while
maintaining its original clarity and
crispness without affecting otherobjects
in the drawing.
These characteristics make vector-based
applications ideal forillustrations and
they are resolution independent. As a
result, the image quality of a drawing is
a high quality resolution
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RESOLUTION
The degree of sharpness of a computer
generated image as measured by the
numberof dots perlinearinch in a
hard copy printout orthe numberof
pixels across and down on a display
screen.
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BITMAP IMAGE
In computergraphics, a bitmap or
pixmap is a file format used to store
digital images. The termbitmap
comes fromthe computer
programming terminology, meaning
just a map of bits, a spatially mapped
array of bits(pixels)
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PIXELS
In digital imaging, a pixel orpel is the
smallest addressable element in a
display device(screen)
LCDpixels are manufactured in a two
dimensional grid and are often
represented using dots orsquares
A megapixel = o ne m illio n pixe ls
A camera with 2.0 megapixels = two
million pixels
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An example showing an image with a
portion greatly enlarged, in which the
individual pixels are rendered as little
squares and can easily be seen
Fig: 1
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COREL DRAW
APPLICATION WINDOW
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Fig:3
- MENU
Menus contains pull-down options
STANDARD TOOLBAR
Contains shortcut to menus and other
commands.
PROPERTY BAR
A context sensitive toolbar that shows
commands relating the active tool or object.
TOOLBOX
Contains tools for creating, filling and
modifying objects in a drawing
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DRAWING PAGE
The printable area of the workspace
DOCUMENT NAVIGATOR
Contains controls for moving between and
adding pages.
RULERS
Horizontal and vertical borders that are used
to determine the size and position of objects
in a drawing.
DRAWING WINDOW
The area outside the drawing window bordered
by the scroll bar.
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NAVIGATOR BUTTON
Open a smaller display to help pan around a
drawing page
STATUS BAR
Contains information about object properties
such as type, size, colour, fill and resolution.
It also shows the current mouse position.
COLOUR PALETTE
Contains colour swatches.
DOCKER
Contains available commands and settings
relating to a specific tool, effect or task.
