Product Description

Including a 16 page full color insert, this helpful guide contains not only technical information on using the software, but also instruction and learning techniques not found in other books.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #829688 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 878 pages

From Amazon.co.uk
CorelDraw has never been a simple graphics application and while updates of the program have introduced productivity and interface enhancements, 10 years of successive new features and functions have created an application that takes some getting to know.

If CorelDraw 10 The Official Guide has one overwhelming advantage over other Draw publications it is thoroughness. Nearly 900 pages cover just about every aspect of using CorelDraw 10, from installation to VB scripting.

The book is aimed at intermediate to advanced users, which you can take to mean anyone who's read the manual and used Draw on a casual basis to produce vector illustrations. It uses non-technical everyday language and focuses on realistic use of program features. As such it makes an excellent reference as well as a collection of tutorials on advanced techniques and features.

The book is organised into seven sections including Getting Started, Object Tools, Organising Objects and Applying Effects, Working in 3D, Working with Digital Images and Beyond the Basics.

Topics are dealt with in such depth that you often come away having gained answers to questions you hadn't even thought of asking. Applying Lens and Transparency Effects, for example, devotes 30 pages to every aspect of lenses including the 11 different lens types and their options. Each one is illustrated with examples that relate to the real world and there's a 16-page colour section (regrettably the only one in the book) with further examples and explanation.

If you only have one CorelDraw book on your shelves this should be it. --Ken McMahon

Book Info
(Osborne) An expert guide for illustrators, engineers, architects, and other professionals, to using CorelDRAW 10. A complete reference offering information on all of the new tools and graphics facets of this program. The CD-ROM contains 6 special edition chapters, tutorial files, trial software, and clip art, scripts, and more. Softcover.

From the Back Cover

The ONLY Authorized Reference on CorelDRAW 10

Whether you're an illustrator, designer, or an engineering or architectural professional, this resource delivers expert guidance for mastering a variety of illustration techniques-plus all the support information you'll need to confidently operate every facet of this powerful illustration program. Produce beautiful graphic images that can be used in print and on the Web. Discover new and refined tools to produce awesome artwork more quickly than ever. Learn from an award-winning artist through tutorials, and master universal graphics and illustration techniques that will be useful for years to come.

Inside, learn to use and master the features and tools of CorelDRAW!

• Execute hundreds of professional user tips, workarounds, and drawing techniques from a CorelDRAW master
• Harness the drawing power of dynamic effects like blends, drop shadows, transparencies, contours, distortions, envelopes, and effect presets
• Link text to paths and objects, use conglomerated writing tools, and support text in multiple languages
• Personalize user interface settings for greater access to your most-used tools and features
• Improve your online or print designs using professional techniques
• Apply and integrate multiple effects including bitmap filters, vector drawing, 3D effects, color resources, and more
• Expand your online creativity by incorporating Corel R.A.V.E. for Web animation

BONUS! CD features 6 special-edition PDF chapters, tutorial files and trial software - plus scripts, templates, clip art, brushes and spray lists, bitmap frames, and animated GIFs you can use in the book's examples.