IT Training Center - Blumango Institute of Technology

Corel Draw X4Curriculum

(40 hours)

Course Description:

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 lets you tackle creative graphics and design projects with confidence. Precision tools, market-leading file compatibility and high-quality content help you turn your creative ideas into professional results: from distinctive logos and signs and to striking marketing materials.

General Objectives:

The main objective of the training is to give publishers, project, managers, designers, architects, a systematic understanding and practical experience of the CorelDraw drawing tools and applications, drafting and powerful drawing environment, design professional quality pages, artwork and create text effects, flyers, menus, letters and others.

Course Outline:

                Objective: Inside Corel

a. Installing and opening.

b.  Parts of CorelDraw window

c. Title Bar

d.   The Menu Bar

e.   Property Bar

f.   Status Bar

g.    Drawing window

h.   Standard Toolbar

i.    The different types of Flyout

j.   Page Tab

k.  Preset Guidelines

l.  Ruler guides

                Objective: Working with Text

a.    Artistic Text

b.   Paragraph Text

c.    Selecting Text

d.    Changing Text color

e.    Break apart Text

f.    Kerning Text

g. Leading text

h.    Artistic text Effects

i. Add bullets and Paragraphs

                Objective: Working with Colors

a.     Choosing colors using the color Palette

b.    Choose color by custom palette

c.   Choosing color using color blends

d.   Applying uniform fill

e.    Applying Fountain fill

f.  Applying preset Fountain fill applying Mesh tool

                Objective: Drawing Objects

a.       Drawing straight line using the free hand tool

b.       To add Line segment to an Existing Line

c.        To change the Line orientation

d.       Drawing a Curve line using the Freehand Tool

e.        Drawing a Bezier Line

f.        Drawing Lines With the Artistic Media Tool

g.        Rounded corners of a rectangle

h.       To Draw a symmetrical star

                Objective: Working with Objects

a.       Selecting text of Objects

b.       Selecting multiple objects

c.        Duplicating an object

d.       Nudging Objects

e.        Setting the nudge distance

f.        Aligning Objects

g.       Changing the order of the an object

h.       To break Apart a Combined Object

i.         Shaping the Object

j.         Fit Blend to a path

k.       Adding Effect Tools