About this item
The Only Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW X7 CorelDRAW X7: The Official Guide shows you how to create photorealistic illustrations, lay out text and graphics, import and edit photos, add special effects to vector art and photos, and transform 2D objects into 3D artwork. You'll also get expert tips for printing work that matches what you've designed on your monitor. Step-by-step tutorials based on downloadable sample files let you learn by doing. Explore and master CorelDRAW's menus, palettes, and dockers Add Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and custom-shaped text to your designs Explore the new Content Exchange for access to new, exciting patterns and other fills Create the illusion of 3D objects with the Perspective and Extrude tools Dramatically edit objects with the Smear, Twirl, Attract, Repel, and Distortion tools Add elements of photorealism to your drawings with lens effects, transparency, shadows, glows, and bevels Combine photos with vector graphics in CorelDRAW, and perform advanced editing in PHOTO-PAINT.
About the Author
Since 1991, Gary David Bouton has authored 30 books covering different topics, but they all revolve around a central theme: how does today's individual express themselves artistically? The author has been illustrating professionally for over 40 years, and Mr. Bouton makes a point to share with readers what a graphics application's tools do, but more importantly how they can be used to produce whatever is on the reader's mind.Gary has written the Inside Adobe Photoshop series, several CorelDraw manuals including The Official Guide since 2008, books on video editing, 3D modeling, and creating Web content. Most recently, Gary has added video tutorials to his delivery system of art education; his work can be seen on YouTube under the XaraXone playlist. In the spare time he doesn't have, Gary enjoys composing music and is an active practitioner of what he teaches through his books. Currently, the author works with video producers creating CGI and other post effects for music videos. The author fell in love with animation in the late 1990s and the fascination has stuck. His animations are featured on YouTube.The author and his wife Barbara work on website design and development, and are active Moderators and Administrators on graphics forums, including TalkGraphics.com.
