Corel Draw 3D LOGO design Tutorials

1. As always open Corel Draw you have and create a new document

2. now activate the Ellipse Tool and create a circle with 3 pieces of different
sizes,
Tips: to make the circle round that actually you can add CTRL to make a circle.

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3. arrange the lingakaran we've created be mutually aligned and piled up like
the picture below. Then all circle selection and click Trim to cut circle large.

the result is as follows. waste circles that are not in use with press Delete on
the keyboard

4. by using the Ellipse Tool again create a small circle in it. then press CTRL +
Down to make Pag the stabilizing is under field we have created earlier.

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5. Enter the stage of coloring.
First we warnai small lingaran in light blue color by using the Interaktive Fill
(G). setting and part of the menu bar. Activate some option that I red arrow.

the following color settings

6. now we will dye the part such as the letter "S". still using the same Tool that
is Interaktive Fill (G). do like step 5 colour Options and settings such as the
following

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Once we connect is going to be like this

the result is still too plain. then we add some more freelance sportswriter in
order to form a side-side 3d dark light that determines the field.

7. As it appears below, I create a field by using the Pen Tool and the result is
like an arrow no. 2. for coloring his same with step 5 we already discussed
above.

8. Copy and Paste, the result of which we have created. then press Ctrl + G to
merge b. then give the effect of Mirror to the top of the bottom side.

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The results are as follows.

9. to make the Background I used a Ractangle Tool (F6)

10. Still using tool Interaktive Fill (G). I set the color becomes as follows

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11. the end result of our 3D Logo tutorial this time

If you manage to make it like the tutorial you could tell me how the results

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20 Minute How to Make 3D TEXT EFFECTS in CorelDRAW

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

Examples of 3D effects like picture above. That image was created using
coreldraw applications. For a way of making you can follow the step by step
tutorial below. Make sure you don't miss a step so that the result is not too
much later.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

1. make an object box using the Rectangle tool in the Toolbox and give color
to light blue.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

2. Please select your Menu Bar > > Convert To Bitmap bitmap. Please
adjust to as below.

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 How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

3. Then select the Noise and you click Add Noise. Please adjust the
parameters as in the image below.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

4. After that you type the text of the "Biology" as shown below with the me
Using Text tool. The font name of the text under
the Biome Wide Semibold itself is that you can find on the internet. But this
font looks like.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

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5. Select the text and press Ctrl + Q on the keyboard. After that set up his
position as the image below using Envelope tool on the Toolbox.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

6. Please replace the text color mode RGB with color code #db3450.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

7. Please select the Extrude tool on the Toolbox and then you point at text
Biology and press while the drag to the side. On the property bar please select
the type that has been circled in red.

corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

8. Still on the property Bar, please select Extrussion color to make dark
colors from the color of the object itself.

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 corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

9. Please set also on Extrussion lighting like the picture below.

corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

10. And then you click the text to the original and duplicate, to copy you can
use the Copy and Paste and then give the white color on the other object and
slide it to the side a little.

corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

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11. Duplicate more of the original object to be used as a cutter. To cut you can
use the Trim command on the Property Bar.

corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

12. After the text is white already in pieces, and then you convert it to a
Bitmap form such as step number 2. Once it's on your Menu
Bar click Bitmaps > > Blur Gaussian Blur and please adjust the parameters
to create an effect blur like the picture below.

corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

13. Then the result will be as shown below. There is a bright side and a bit dark
on text.

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 corel draw 3d text effects tutorials

14. Next, to make the dark side or shadow of the text you can use a Drop
Shadow. To make dark or bright light background you can use the commands
on the Menu Bar > Effects > > Adjust Gamma.
Then the result will be as shown below.

How to draw 3D text Effect with CorelDRAW

Quite long indeed step by step because we know coreldraw is indeed not a 3D
application. If the 3D applications Yes pretty easily just stay create objects and
then give a little glass of cool effects result. But although coreldraw
applications 2D is still able to create 3D effects depending on what kind of
person is how to make it.

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Create 3D Text in CorelDRAW Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn how to create 3D text effect using CorelDRAW
software.

First of all create a file.

Type some text using text tool. Choose a bold text something like “Arial Black”.

Choose “Extrude” from effect menu.

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Press “Edit” and give following values to it’s controls.

Then press “Apply”

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Now you have something similar to below image.

Select it and Press “Ctrl + Q” to convert it to curve.

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To break Extrude group to apart press “Ctrl + K”

Select the back part of the text and fill it with fountain fill dialog box similar to
below image.

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Then select text part and fill it with following colors.

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Double click on “Rectangle” tool. Now you have perfect rectangle which is
exact size as you paper.

Fill it with following colors.

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Make a shape similar to this using “Bezier Tool”.

Shape it using shape tool as below. (Right click on line and select convert to
curve. Now you can shape the line using arrow heads which are appear on the
both side of the line.)

Fill it with some color.

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Give it a linear transparency using interactive transparency tool. Make some
copy of this shape and change the size of it and palace them as below.

Group them and place inside container using power clip option on the effect
menu. Select all text and Press “Ctrl + Home” to bring them to front of the all
other elements. Here is the final result.

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Corel Draw 3D Text Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to create 3D text with Corel Draw using
Interactive Extrude Tool. I’m using coreldraw X3 in this tutorial. But you can
use most of newer or older versions of Corel Draw without any problem.
First of all type any text in Corel Draw using Artistic Mode. Bolder font is better.
Here what I type.

If you type more than one letter like me. Select the text and Press Ctrl+K to
Break Artistic Text. If you just type one letter skip this step.

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Select “3” using pick tool and choose Interactive Extrude Tool from the tool
box.

Give 3D effect to the letter using Interactive Extrude Tool like bellow.

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To give same effect to other letters follow the steps below.
1. Pick the Interactive Extrude tool.
2. Select the letter you want to give 3D effect.
3. Press “Copy Extrude Properties” button.
4. Click on the Extrude Property of the letter “3”. (Not on the surface of letter
“3”)

If you do it right. you will get exactly same extrude property as previous.

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Now choose pick tool and select the Extrude area of the letter. If you select if
right Break Extrude Group Apart option at Arrange menu will active. If it not
active mean you didn’t select Extrude area correctly.
Press Ctrl + K to Break Extrude Group Apart.

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To view Extrude area easily give it a different color.

Select the extrude portion and press Ungroup All button at tool bar.

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Now select letter “3”. Fill it with following gradient using Fountain Fill Dialog
box.

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While select the “3” you can see a sample of gradient you just fill. Drag and
drop the sample the every extrude area like below image.

If you do it right. You will get something like this.

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Do the same for other letters.

Make a copy letter “3”. (Press + sign of Num pad to make a copy)
While selected the copy of letter 3 choose Interactive Drop Shadow tool.
Choose Small Glow from presets. Set transparency to 22 and father to 14.

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Make copy from each of letter and copy the same drop shadow property to
them.
1. Pick the Interactive Drop Shadow tool.
2. Select the letter you want to give drop shadow.
3. Press “Copy Drop Shadow Properties” button.
4. Click on the Drop Shadow of the letter “3”. (Not on the surface of letter “3”)

Now click on all the letter we give drop shadow. (Click on letters while pressing
Shift button)
Send it to back of the all layers. (Press Ctrl + End)

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Make a copy of each extrude area. (Press + sign of num pad)
Fill it with black color.

Now choose Interactive Transparency tool and give a linear transparency to it

like bellow image.

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Do the same for copy of each and every extrude area.

You can copy the previous transparency to other extrude area.

1. Pick the Interactive Transparency tool.
2. Select the extrude area you want to give transparency
3. Press “Copy Transparency Properties” button.
4. Click on the extrude area of previous transparency given.

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Here is the final result.

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Draw a beautiful heart using corel draw

This is a beginner tutorial about corel draw. In this tutorial you will don’t need
any previous knowledge about corel draw software. Here we start.
Draw a circle using ellipse tool on corel draw tool bar. Remember to press and
hold “Alt” key while you drawing it. Otherwise you circle will not be perfect.

Next thing you want to do is, make a copy of this circle and drag it little bit
right side like bellow image.
Tip : To get a copy, you can press “+” sign of numeric key pad.

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Choose polygon tool to draw a triangle. Set 3 to number of points or side.

Mirror the triangle you just draw.

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Now select two circles without triangle. Weld it using weld tool. Fill the welded
circle with red color. I fill the triangle with black color for better viewing.

Select the everything and weld it using weld tool. Use shape tool to convert this
object outlines to curve and select the points below. After selecting those two
points you can press delete key to delete those points.

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Now you have beautiful and perfect heart shape.

Select the heart shape. Now open the fountain fill dialog box. set type to
Radial. Color blend mode to custom. Choose dark red and light red colors for
gradient. Set center offset to values shown in the picture below.

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Now you Heart should look something like this.

Now draw a another circle.

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Using shape tool convert that circle to a curve.

Choose “Cusp” from the menu, when you right click on the above edge of the
circle. Now you can freely set its arrow heads. try to make it look like above
image.

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Now fill it with white color. I’m going to give it a little linear transparent effect
using transparent tool.

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To give little bit shine to this heart, I’m going to add a shining star. To make a
star use the star tool. Set number of points to 5 and increase the sharpness to
about 95.

Use the transparent tool I mention above to give a radial transparent effect to
edge of this star.

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Now draw a circle little bit smaller than the star and give it same transparent
effect as bellow to make it shine more. Make another copy of the star and
rotate it little bit. Now your shining star look like this. We a almost finish now.

Final result look like this.

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I hope you learn a something in this tutorial. thanks for reading.
Download final result of this tutorial. Click here

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3D Box Design Tutorial using CorelDRAW

In this tutorial you are going to learn how to create beautiful 3d box design
using corelDRAW. This tutorial will not be hard, If you followed my previous
tutorials. All main steps need to complete this tutorial are stated below. Lets
get start.

First of all open corelDraw program. I’m using corelDRAW X3 in here. Create a
new sheet as shown below image.

Set paper size to A4 and orientation to

landscape.

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Draw a square using rectangle tool in the tool box.

Press and hold Ctrl key while drawing the rectangle to make it square.

Select Add Perspective from the effect menu.

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Click and drag from the corners of the square to form following shape.

After that select Interactive Extrude Tool from the tool box which is at the left
side. Drag the box to the left upper side to crate the following extrusion effect.

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Now select whole object and select Break Extrude Group Apart from the
Arrange menu or just press Ctrl + K

Now you can select each side of the box separately. Fill front, left and upper
side of the box using fountain fill tool box as below.

Front Side

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Left Side

Upper side

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After that remove outlines of the box. (Right click on the Cross mark on the
color palate)

Now we are going to do small drawing using Bezier tool.

If we choose simple wire frame form the view menu, it will be easy to draw.

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Draw outlines of the box as below and after that we can change back it to
regular view.

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Now fill the outlines of the box with white color. Group all the objects.

Make a small version of our 3D box and place it like below image.

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Make a another copy of box and place it as below. It may need to adjust the
perspective from the effect menu.

Now we have total of three 3D boxes.

Ungroup all boxes and change the colors of it. I’m giving blue color to one and
green to other. You can choose your own color combinations. Always use
fountain fill dialog box.

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You can use same values as shown in images.

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Now all boxes are filled. Now we are going to give shiny transparent effect to
our 3D box. Create a custom shape like this using “Bezier Tool”.

Using shape tool change the shape of it as below. We need to convert to curve
before change the shape.

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This is the shape that we have to make.

Fill the shape using white color.

Give leaner transparency using “Interactive Transparency” tool at the left side.

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Follow the above procedure and give above effect to other boxes too.

We are going to make few sparkles an pace it on appropriate place to get more
shiny looking boxes. Create a circle using “Ellipse Tool”.

Fill it with white color. Give radial transparency to make it’s outlines disappear.

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This is what you have to do.

Now create a star shape using “Bezier Tool” as below. Place it middle of the
circle and and fill it using white. After drawing basic shape we can shape it as
we want using “Shape Tool”

Fill the star shape with white color.

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Select circle and star shape. Group it and get few copies of it.

Now we are going to make bunch of rectangles to fill background.

Create square and round the corner as below.

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Get a copy of this square and reduce its size by little bit. Place it inside.

Fill the large one using “Fountain Fill” tool as below.

Here is how i am did it.

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Fill the middle square as below.

Draw shape like below using “Bezier Tool”. Fill it with white color. Give a
transparency to it using “Interactive transparency tool”

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Make a few copy of it and change the color by little bit.

As you can see I change my mind during this and change the color of large one
to something like below.

Make few copies of them and change the size and rotate it little bit. Now place
it randomly

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To make suitable background create a rectangle and fill it using dark and light
blue color. Draw a circle using “Ellipse Tool”. Fill it with dark and light blue
colors as below.

Now we are going to change the shape of it using “Interactive Distortion Tool”
as shown in below image.

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Using this tool hold and drag from the circle. Make some thing like this.

Now click on the new distortion button as shown using arrow in the above
image. After that give another little bit of distortion.

Make another one and place all the content inside the rectangle using power
clip option at the effect menu.

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Design a Vector Ribbon in CorelDraw Tutorial

First step is open CorelDraw and create a new document.

Select Bezier Tool

Draw a shape like this

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Select Shape tool and select the shape using it.

Without deselecting the shape press convert line to curve button.

Again without deselecting the shape press Make Node Symmetrical button.

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Now your shape should be look like this.

Change the shape of our curve line using curve tool.

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Now select the Interactive Extrude tool. Give a 3D effect to the curve line.

You should get something like this.

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Now select the shape using pick tool. Press Break Extrude Group Apart at the
Arrange menu.

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Now you can separate the curve line and shape we just made.

Delete the line, since we don’t want it anymore.

Select the shape we have.
Press Ungroup button at the menu bar.

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Select an any shape. Click on the Fountain Fill Dialog Button.

Select a one of the Preset called Cylinder Grey – 01 form the Fountain Fill
Dialog Box.

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Make the other settings like this.

Now you can fill the other shapes using the same preset we made above. Just
drag and drop the Fountain color sample from the bottom of coreldraw to each
of shape like this.

Now we have a shape closer to a ribbon. Still we have few steps to go.
Select the curve tool and add a new node the end of ribbon.

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Drag the node to little bit right side like bellow.

Press Make Node A Cusp by clicking the that button. Now you can change the
shape to something like this. (Use arrow heads)

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Now we finished a one side of the ribbon.

To make other half, make a duplicate of the ribbon by clicking + sing of the
num pad. (Make sure num lock is enable)
Drag it to right side.

Use mirror tool to flip it.

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Drag it to little more further right side.

Draw a rectangle connecting to shape. Fill it using same color pattern.

Select the 3 shape shown bellow and Weld it using Weld Button.

Select the shape tool and delete unwanted nodes. Shape it further more.

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Fill the middle of the ribbon like this.

Remove the out line by Right Clicking on the “X” mark on the color palate.

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Now you should have some thing like this.

Add suitable background color.

Ribbon is finish.
We can change the curve of the ribbon by just changing the order of the
shapes. Like bellow.

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We can use any color gradient using fountain fill dialog box.

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CorelDraw Logo Design Tutorial (Pure Water)

In this tutorial I’m only going to use font styles and basic water drop shapes.
Basic knowledge about coreldraw is enough to follow this tutorial.
Step 1:
Open CrelDraw and click on the new Document button to open a new
document.

Select Type Tool. Click on somewhere on your canvas. Here I type "Pure" and
choose 'Cooper Std Black' as font. Change font color to deep blue color.

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Step 2: Making Water Drops
Choose Pen Tool form tool box. Draw a rectangle on top of letter "P" as bellow.

Now choose Shape Tool from the tool box. Right click on the rectangle and
choose "To Cure" from the menu.

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Now click on one of node. Two handles will be appear on that node. Using those
handles we can make water drop shape from our rectangle.

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This is our water drop.

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Fill it with light blue color.

Remove out line by Right Clicking on "X" mark on the color palette.

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Select water drop using the Pick Tool. Then press "+" key sign at NUM Pad
section on the key board. This will make duplicate of water drop. Change it's
color to white.
Resize it to small size.
Long double click on it to appear rotation handles. (Short double click will
change pick tool to Shape Tool) Rotate as follows to make it look like
reflection.

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Change shape it accordingly using Shape Tool. Use Mirror Horizontally button
to mirror it.

Choose Transparency Tool and give Linear transparency to reflection shape.

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Use same technique to add water drops to every other letters.
This is after adding water drops to every other letters.

Step 3:
Now I'm going to add few more water drops to outside the word ‘pure’.
Technique is same. (Use Pen Tool to draw rectangle. Shape it using Shape
tool.)

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Finally I add Radial Gradient to water drop using Fountain Fill Dialog Box.

I add reflection to the logo. To do that group the logo. Convert it to bitmap
using Bitmaps menu. Mirror it using mirror button at toolbar. Then use
Interactive Transparency Tool to add Linear transparent effect.

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Here is the final result.

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Logo Design Tutorial Using CorelDraw
This is the logo I’m going to teach you. This tutorial is done in CorelDraw X4
version. But I’m sure this can be done using most of previous and newer
CorelDraw versions like CorelDraw 12, CorelDraw X3, CorelDraw X5, CorelDraw
X6 and CorelDraw X7 etc…
This is not very hard tutorial. Little knowledge about CorelDraw will be enough
to complete this.

Draw a circle using Ellipse Tool. Fill it any color.

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Remove outline by right clicking on X sign at color palate.

Get a duplicate copy of the circle by pressing + sign of NUM pad.

Reduce the size of the created circle holding shift key. Fill it with different
color.
While pick tool is selected press and hold shift key and click on each circle to
select both circle.
Now press Back Minus Front from the tool bar.

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Draw rectangle using Rectangle Tool.
Select both shapes using pick Tool. Press c and press e while both
shapes are selected. (to align centers vertically and horizontally.)
Open Rotate tool as follows.

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Select Rectangle and set angle to 30 Degrees. Press apply to duplicate 6
times.

Now you have something like this.

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Select all rectangles by selecting pick tool and click on each
rectangle while holding shift key. Now press Weld button at tool bar to all
reactangle weld into one shape.

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Now select both shapes. Press Back Minus Front button. You have something
like this.

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Now press Break Apart button.

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Select all parts except single like below. Combine all other shapes except that
single part.

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Select bigger part and fill it using fountain fill dialog box.
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Select the bigger part and choose Extrude Tool. Make something like this by
adjusting Extrude handle. Set depth to 3.

Now select blue color shape. Use Interactive Fill Tool to give it a gradient like
this.

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Now Select the Interactive Extrude Tool. Click on the Blue shape.
Click on Copy Extrude Properties button. Now carefully click on Extruded area
on the other shape.

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Now I'm going to add little bit of drop shadow.
Draw a ellipse under the logo using Ellipse Tool. Fill it with black.

Press convert to bitmap at the Bitmaps menu. Press OK for the dialog box.

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Add Gaussian blur effect for the ellipse.

Radius set to 54 and press OK.

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Give about 80 of uniform transparency.

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Select the complete orbit and Group it. Choose Add Perspective from the
Arrange menu.

Give a perspective like this.

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Here is the final Orbit Logo.

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Corel Draw Sticky Notes Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to design a sticky note in CorelDraw. I’m using
CorelDraw X7 version throughout this tutorial.

First create a new document.

Then draw a rectangle using Rectangle tool.

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Choose Shape tool.

Right click on the rectangle and select Convert to Curve from the menu.

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Now select all nodes of rectangle and press Convert to Curve button at the tool
bar.

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Now click out side the rectangle to deselect.

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Then select a node. Now you can see two arrow heads appears on the node.
Use those arrow heads to make sticky note shape.

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After that choose Interactive Fill tool.

Drag and drop across the rectangle like this.

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Fill small square at the both side of gradient with yellow color.

Double click on the gradient line to create another two fill squares.

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Mix little bit of white to lower square. To do that select the square, hold down
Ctrl button and click on white color at the color palette. One click will not be
enough. Eight clicks did the job for me.

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To remove outline select the sticky shape using pick tool and right click on the
X mark at the color palette.

Then I’m going to add a drop shadow effect to sticky node shape. To do that
select it using pick tool. Press “+” sign key at the num pad. This will make a
duplicate copy on top of yellow shape. Fill with it black. Press and hold Ctrl
button and press END button to send it back of yellow shape. Move it little bit
right and down sides.

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Now using Shape tool push top right hand side corner to the inside of yellow
shape. Do the same for the bottom left corner.

While black shape is selected choose Convert to bitmap form the Bitmap menu.
Press OK.

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Select Gaussian blur from the Bitmap effect.

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Select radius to 10px and press ok.

Now select Interactive Transparency tool from the tool box. Choose Uniform
transparency from the transparency tool menu. Set transparency to 20%.

Now draw little rectangle shape on top of sticky note.

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Fill it with 20% of black. Remove outline.

Select Interactive Transparency tool. Set transparency to Uniform, Blending

mode to Multiply and transparency to 38 at the menu bar.

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Type some text using hand written fronts. This is the final result.

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How to create simple 3D text in coreldraw

Penulis Graphic RP Diterbitkan 1:44:00 AM

TAGS
CORELDRAW
TEXT EFFECT
In this tutorial we will learn how to create simple 3D text in coreldraw.
Create 3D txt in corel draw is easy and simple.
The image below is the final result we will get.

create 3D text in CorelDraw

Application: CorelDraw X6
Time : 15 Minutes

The following steps are to be followed:

Step 1
Open Coreldraw in your Computer.
Create new document.
Activate the Text tool (F8).
Select Franklin Gothic Heavy font with grey fill colour and Black line colour.

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Step 2
Select Extrude tool.
Drag from the top to bottom of text.
Look at this image below.

Choose extrusion type, and we will get this result like this image below.

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Step 3
Right click on Extrude and select Break Extrude Group Apart or press Ctrl+K on
your keyborad.

Read also : How to Create Triangulation art in CorelDraw

Step 4
For Text Graphic, we use Fountain fill with yellow and green Colours.
Set fountain fill box with these settings

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For while we will get result like this image below.

For extrusion object fill with orange Colour

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Step 5
Go to Ellipse tool (F7), Draw Circle on Graphic text

Select Circle and Graphic text and then use Intersect Fungtion to both

For Result of intersect. Fill with white colour and use Transparency tool with
uniform type, normal transparency operation and set opacty 85%.

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Final.
Thisi is final result for this tutorial.

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how to create triangulation art in coreldraw

Penulis Graphic RP Diterbitkan 8:33:00 PM

TAGS
CORELDRAW
VECTOR
In this tutorial we will learn how to create triangulation art in coreldraw.
Triangulation or low poly is a technique of drawing an object of triangles. In this
triangulation art tutorial, we will use an apple as object.
The image below is the final result we will get.

Application: CorelDraw X6
Time: 20 minutes

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We need this image for tutorial.

The steps are to be followed:

Step 1
Open the image an apple to CorelDraw.
Activate the Pen Tool.

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As already explained above that triangulation or low poly is formed of many
triangular. Then the object in the form that we will make into a vector
triangulation, there should not be a square.
Make triangles follow the shape of the apple, we will start from the leaves.

Create triangles with sides touching another triangle. In forming this object
should not be any curve.

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Like this the result of the formation of a triangle that has me form the shape of
a leaf.

Step 2
In this step we will give color to triangles earlier.

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we will be using is the original color of the objects.
Enable Color Eyedroper tool, Take a sample object and then fill in the color
triangle.

The picture below is the result of colouration for the leaves.

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After that, remove the line color triangle by right click on the color X.

Step 3
Do the same as above in the apple stalk.

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And also with the fruit of his apple.

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And this is the result we get.

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Remove all the lines and Create the background with red color.
Here's the final result of our triangulation art of apple

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Creating a Valentine's Day card with CorelDRAW® X6

by Ariel Garaza Diaz

Let's create a Valentine's Day card. And, of course, in the spirit of the
celebration, our design will have hearts — a lot of hearts.

Drawing a heart with CorelDRAW® is very easy. Simply click the Basic
Shapes tool, and on the property bar, choose the heart shape from
the Perfect shapes picker.

You can hold down Ctrl when you drag to create a proportional heart, or hold
down Shift to create a centered heart. Naturally, you could create your own
heart by using two circles and one triangle, and then welding the three shapes,
but, why do all that work when using a perfect shape is so quick and easy?

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Now, we have our basic heart shape. There are many ways you can modify it;
for example, you can add perspective by clicking Effects > Add
Perspective and adjusting the perspective grid. You could also use
the Envelope tool to create similar effects. Most importantly, use your
imagination. There are infinite ways to create a unique and original design with
CorelDRAW.

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Want to add more diverse heart shapes? Select one of the perfect shape hearts
and then press Ctrl+Q on your keyboard to convert it to curves. Then
click Window > Dockers > Fillet/Scallop/Chamfer, and apply a fillet with an
appropriate radius value. For this example, I've applied 5 mm and 7 mm fillets.

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Now, let's use the Artistic Media brushes to add a custom outline. You can
adjust brush settings from the property bar, but I like to use the Artistic Media
docker (Windows > Dockers > Artistic Media) because I can drag a brush
shape from the docker to the drawing window.

Remember to experiment with different brushes and settings. For example, you
can change the width of the brush by specifying a value in the Stroke
width box on the property bar.

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You can use the same shape and create different effects just by changing the
brush.

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Now, it's time to add some color to our hearts. You can add colors just as you
would with any object; click any color swatch to fill an object, right-click any
color swatch to apply an outline color. However, if you want to add a gradient,
or other type of fill, you must first select the perfect shape and
click Arrange > Break Apart (Ctrl+K). You will now have two objects, the
outline of the original shape and the group of Artistic Media objects. You can
delete the outline and work with the Artistic Media objects.

Let's say you want a different direction for the Artistic Media brush strokes.
Here's a little trick you can use. First, select the perfect shape, convert to
curves (Ctrl+Q), and then use the Shape tool (F10) to select a new point that
you want to be the 'start' and 'end' of the brush. For example, try the bottom
node of the heart. Then on the property bar, click Break apart. You can also
add a node at any point on the object, then break nodes and apply an Artistic
Media brush. By choosing different 'start' points, the Artistic Media brushes will
produce different effects.

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Now, spread your hearts out over the drawing page to look something like the
image below.

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At this point, we can start adding some brightness to the hearts. The Mesh
Fill tool is a personal favorite and very useful for this purpose. When you start
using the Mesh Fill tool, it can seem daunting, so it's best to start with simple
objects (a rectangle, for example).

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As for this heart, we really just need to add a node and then adjust colors.
Remember, you can add color by selecting the nodes you want, and then
choosing color swatches from the default Color palette. If you want the darkest
shade of a particular color, click and hold on that swatch for several seconds,
and then a new secondary palette will appear. You can choose a different
shade from that secondary palette.

After you've added some brightness and color to a couple of hearts, add them
to the Valentine's Day card drawing page.

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Now, let's use the Mesh Fill tool again to create a background for the card.
We'll use similar shades of colors, but that's not a rule. You can use whichever
colors you prefer, but keep in mind that you want colors that complement the
main drawing. If the background is too dark or uses too many colors, then the
text or imagery might be less visible. For this example, I've created a rectangle
approximately 106 mm wide X 144 mm high, added a simple mesh fill by
pressing the M key and then moving the center node.

Next, I adjusted the handles of the nodes to create a smooth shade of colors.

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Then I added more nodes by double-clicking with the Mesh Fill tool at any
point to create additional custom columns and rows for the mesh fill.

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With all those adjustments made to the mesh fill grid, it's now ready for some
color. To add color, use the Shape tool (F10) to select some nodes. I
concentrated first on the perimeter of the mesh fill grid, and worked inward. To
produce a smooth color shade, Ctrl+click on the red swatch in the default
Color palette (or whichever color you've chosen). This method will add 10% of
the selected color tone each time you Ctrl+click. Eventually, I added a touch of
yellow to the center-most column.

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At this point, let's add the previously created hearts to the background. It's a
good idea to use layers here, which will make it easier to go back and modify
the background if necessary. I've put the mesh-filled hearts on one layer, the
Artistic Media hearts on another layer, and the background on a third layer. Of
course, you may choose to organize your job however you prefer.

We still need a few more hearts for the background. Instead of simply
duplicating several hearts, we can use a little trick to copy only the shadows of
some hearts. How? It's easy. First, add a Drop Shadow to the initial perfect
shape heart and change its color to red. Then, on the property bar, move
the Drop shadow opacity slider to 100, and choose Outside from the
Feathering direction picker.

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Now, let's break apart the drop shadow (Ctrl+K), so you can delete the original
shape. We will use only the drop shadow, now it's a new shape
with Transparency in mode Multiply. You can choose a mode from
the Transparency operation list box on the property bar.

The next step is to use the Transparency tool to make a translucent heart
within a yellow rectangle. On the property bar, adjust the Transparency
midpoint slider to approximately 50%. Duplicate the heart several times,
changing object order and rotation. You can use your creativity here to produce
new options and effects. Try selecting one of the translucent hearts with
the Transparency tool, and then on the property bar, choose Divide from
the Transparency operation list box.

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Before finalizing the card, let's add some text and make some more
modifications of the shapes and color. Your options are virtually limitless, so
you can easily create unique effects. This tutorial is not meant to be repeated
step-by-step, but to serve as a starting point and guide. Use your imagination
to give the card your own personal style.

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 Creating patterns in CorelDRAW®

By Pratik Shah

The following tools and controls are used in this

tutorial: Freehand tool, Shape tool, Join Nodes, Convert to Curves, Mirror
and Duplicate, Rotate and Repeat, Angle of Rotation.

1. Start CorelDRAW, and click New blank document on the Welcome

screen. Set up the document as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

2. Select the Freehand tool (F5). Draw a straight vertical line by

holding down Ctrl, clicking in the drawing window to start the line, and then
clicking to end it. Do not drag to draw the line.
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3. Select the Shape tool (F10). Click anywhere on the line, and click
the Convert to curves button on the property bar (Figure 2).

Figure 2

4. Click the third handle from top to bottom, and drag it to the left and
slightly downwards. You'll get a shape similar to the one shown in Figure 3.
5. Select the object by using the Pick tool , and drag the middle left
handle to the right while holding down Ctrl to create a perfectly mirrored object. Before
releasing the left mouse button, right-click once to create a mirror duplicate (Figure 4).

Figure 3 Figure 4

6. Select both objects, and click Arrange > Combine (or press Ctrl+L).
With the combined object still selected, click the Shape tool (F10). Marquee
select the two top nodes, and click the Join two nodes button on the property
bar (the highlighted button in Figure 5). Next, marquee select and join the
bottom nodes of the object.

Figure 5

7. Now, we have a single closed object. Fill this object with any color from
the color palette. The final object must look like the object in Figure 6. If the

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joining the nodes or combining the objects. You may need to revisit Step 6.
8. With the object still selected, click it to change the size handles to
rotation handles. Hold down Ctrl, and drag the object centre, which is also the center of
rotation, to the bottom of the object as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 6 Figure 7

9. Holding down Ctrl to constrain the angle of rotation, start to rotate the
object by any degree divisible by 5 as shown in Figure 8. Before releasing the
left mouse button, right-click once to create a duplicate.
Press Ctrl+R repeatedly to create rotated duplicates until the circle is
complete (Figure 9).

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 Figure 8

10. Using the Pick tool, marquee select all objects, and press Ctrl+L to
combine them (Figure 10). Different patterns can be created by altering the curve of the shape in
Step 4 and by using different angles of rotation. In this example, the objects have been rotated by
30°.

Figure 9 Figure 10

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Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15

Various patterns can be created by using different curve shapes and angles of
rotation.

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 Playing with Blends

By Ariel Garaza Diaz

The Blend tool is one of the oldest and most useful features of CorelDRAW.
Blending objects means transforming one object into another, following a
progression of shapes and colors. But the results are very interesting.

1. Draw a straight line with the 2-point Line tool, and

choose “Hairline” (on the Property Bar or press F12 for outline propierties).

2. Draw a second line. You can duplicate the previous with the left mouse
button while moving, or by pressing the + key on the numeric keypad and
moving the line, or by using Copy/paste (Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V),
or Duplicate (Ctrl+D). Then, set width to “2 points” (on the Property Bar or
press F12 for outline propierties). Increase the width of the second line.

3. Take the Interactive Blend Tool, on the Effects tools flyout. Then,
drag the tool from one line to the other (the order is not relevant at this point).
The result should be a gradient of lines.

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4. Change the color of each line by selecting the first line with the Pick
tool and right-clicking on the Color Palette). Repeat with the last line. Now
we have a gradient of colors and width.

5. On the Property Bar change the number of the steps in the blend by
adjusting the value in the Blend Objects box. The more steps, the more one
object will melt in to the other.

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6. You can also blend a lot of vector shapes, including text, to create
attractive transitions. For example, draw an Star and a Polygon and fill with
different colors.

7. Then, drag with the Blend tool from one object to another. Choose less
steps (according the objects size) to see how the blend works.

8. Blend also allows for the easy simulation of 3D effects. For example,
blend a thin line with a thick line... or just two rectangles with rounded corners.

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9. If you use two shapes, such as a thin and a thick circle, you can create
amazing results too.

10. The blend is really made by morphing from one node to another. If the
blend doesn’t follow the direction you want, you can choose the nodes that you
wish to have relationship, and on the Property bar, select “Map Nodes”.
Then select the two nodes (one on each shape) with the black arrow.

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11. “Map Nodes” results in very smooth, more perfect Blends, since you have
more control of the results.

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12. Let’s have some fun with blends. Draw a square (hold Ctrl while dragging
with the Rectangle tool), then change outline color (i.e. Blue). Make a
duplicate (by clicking on the + key of the Numeric Keypad or copy/paste), then
change the color of the new square (i.e. to Cyan).

Now, select both squares and go to Effects > Blend, that will open the Blend
Docker. Click on the Apply button without changing any of the default values.
You won’t notice any change at this point. This is correct, since both objects
had the same size and are aligned. But now, select only one of the squares and
rotate it 180º (on the Property bar). Although you would think that rotating a
square by 180º shouldn’t change it, it will change the direction of the blend
since it changes the position of the nodes).

13. Select the same square again and choose “Mirror Horizontally” on
the Property bar.

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Now, always selecting the same square, change the rotation to 270°.

And, still selecting the same square, choose “Mirror Horizontally” again.

Now, select the Blend group. On the Blend docker, change the “Blend
direction” to 180° and activate “Loop”, then ckick on the “Apply” button

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 Select the same square again and change rotation to 180º. And, now we have a
circle!

14. Select the Blend group again, and go to the Blend docker.
Change “Blend objects” to 100 steps (the default is 20) and “Blend
direction” to 360, then press “Apply”.

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Different values will create different results. And we are still only using the
original two squares.

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15. Until now, we have been using both squares at the same size, but what
happens if the size is not the same? Change the Blend objects value to 50
steps and the Blend direction to 360º with a Loop, then Apply. Now, select
one of the squares and enlarge or reduce the size.

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16. Do you want to see an example using another shape?, OK, let’s create an
Ellipse (F7), and use the Shape tool (F10) to create an arc (click on the Arc
icon on the Property bar). Once again, let’s duplicate (using the + key of
numeric keypad or copy/paste), then change colors to better identify each
object.

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Choosing 150 steps and 360º with Loop, we will have... a donut!

Changing the Blend direction to 180º the result is very different

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effects

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 Creating a Seasonal Greetings Card with Corel® CONNECT™ and CorelDRAW®

X7

By Suzanne Smith

In this tutorial I would like to show you how to use the wealth of content
included in the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 to quickly create a personal
Seasons Greetings card.

Step 1. Collecting your assets in Corel CONNECT

We are going to start by gathering images and graphics that might work for our
card by using keywords in Corel CONNECT to search for content.

1. Launch Corel CONNECT, either as a standalone application, or by opening

the Connect and Tray dockers in CorelDRAW X7
(Window > Dockers > Connect and Tray dockers). With all filters enabled
(Folders, Vectors, Bitmaps and Fonts), in address field at the top of the
window type in the first search word 'snow'. Hit Enter.

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2. Depending on which search locations are activated in
the Libraries and Favorites panels on the left, CONNECT will now present you
with a selection of snow-themed images and vector graphics. Also, if you
perhaps have a photo of your own snowy garden that you want to use, this can
be dragged from outside of Corel CONNECT to the Tray too!

3. Drag any elements that you might like to use to the collection tray at
the bottom of the screen. (Note: Images and Cliparts carrying an S-icon are
included in the Standard CorelDRAW Membership, those with a P-icon are
available only to customers with a Premium Membership).
4. Let's do another search by replacing the search word 'snow', this time
with 'Santa'. Drag any suitable cliparts to the Tray.
5. I grabbed elements from other Clipart folders, dragged them to
the Tray and ended up with a collection of graphics and images ̶ mostly from
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite's Extra Content but also a stock photo ̶ to
experiment with.

Step 2. Creating the card design in CorelDRAW X7

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 Now that we have all our creative assets, it's time to get started on the card
design itself.

1. Open a new CorelDRAW file: File > New… (Ctrl+N).

2. In this case I have chosen a photo card page size in Landscape format,
but you can of course, choose the paper size best suited to your purpose.

3. In CorelDRAW, I now click on the Quick Customize icon to open up

the Dockers selection, and set a check next to the Tray docker to open it.

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4. I first imported a background image by dragging the image from
the Tray to the document.
5. The image is much larger than my card and needs to be resampled. To
do this I click on Bitmaps > Resample.
6. In the Resample dialog box, I leave the resolution at 300 dpi if I want
to have my card professionally printed. But if I'm printing the cards myself at
home, then a resolution of 150 dpi would probably suffice.

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7. I now change the image dimensions (width and height), to roughly
match my card size. I don't uncheck the box for maintaining the aspect ratio,
as this could result in the image becoming distorted. I would rather leave it a
little bit larger with the correct aspect ratio and just crop off the excess
afterwards. For this reason I'll be setting the width to about 7”.

8. Click OK then press 'P' on the keyboard to center the resampled image
on the page.
9. Now go into Wireframe view (View > Wireframe), and using the Crop
tool (Toolbox > Crop tool), and crop the image to the size of the page (In
the Standard toolbar at the top of the screen below the Menu bar, turn
off Snap To > Objectsfor this, and check snap to Page. This will make
cropping to page size easier). After cropping, disable snap to Page and re-
check snap to Objects.
10. I now want to create a dark border around my image which will serve as
a background for the decorative frame that I am going to include. Double-click
on the Rectangle tool (Toolbox > Rectangle tool), to create a page frame.
11. In the Object Manager docker you can see that the frame is sitting
below the bitmap. Drag it above the bitmap.
12. Using the Color Eyedropper tool in the Toolbox, I sample one of the
darker greys in the background image then click inside the frame to fill it with
color.

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13. Press the '+' key on the numerical keypad (or use Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V to
copy and paste the rectangle back in). Fill the second rectangle with white and
holding down the Shift+key, resize inwards to create a grey border.
14. Select both rectangles and click on the Simplify command from
the Property bar.

After simplifying, remove the white rectangle and you should be left with this
grey frame.

15. I now want to add a festive frame to my design, so I drag the vector
frame that I found in Corel CONNECT to the page.
16. This frame is of course too large and in portrait format, but being vector,
I can simply add a 90° rotation in the Property bar > press 'P' to center the
frame on the page > then holding down the Shift-key, I can re-size the frame
inwards without any loss of quality.

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 Dragging the decorative frame to the document.

Frame after rotating 90° and resizing.

17. I am going to replace the color of the leaves in the border, which don't
really match the tone of the background, with another, more suitable color by

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 using the Find and Replace command (Edit > Find and Replace > Find
Objects…).

18. In the Find and Replace dialog box, select Begin a New
Search > Next.
19. Click on the Fills tab and choose Uniform Color.
20. On the next page click on Specific Uniform Color Fill and use
the Eyedropper tool to pick up the green of the leaves in the frame (this is
the color that will be replaced).

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21. Click on Next > Finish > Find All > say Yes when asked if the objects
can be ungrouped.
22. With all green leaf objects now selected, choose a darker, more fitting
green from the Color Palette.

23. Don't forget to save your document now and again (Ctrl+S), especially
when working on a longer project.
24. Because all the elements of my design are looking rather 'flat' and I
would like to add a bit more depth to it, I am going to select the grey border

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 and choosing the Drop Shadow tool from the Toolbox, I am going to apply a
shadow to it (Flat Bottom Right).

25. I am not going to reposition the shadow, instead, using the

command CTRL+K, I am going to break the shadow and the border apart.
This will then allow me to resize and reposition the shadow, so that it appears
only on the inside of the border and not around the outside only. After breaking
the shadow apart and resizing and centering it I now have a shadow along the
inside edge of my border.

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26. The next step is to grab another of my cliparts from the Tray docker –
Santa!
27. I go back to the Drop Shadow tool, and with Santa resized and
selected, I select the Perspective Bottom Right shadow from the drop-down
list on the Property bar, adjusting the interactive handle until the shadow is in
the right position.

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28. It's now time to add some text to my design. To find the best font for the
job, I am going to open the new, Font Playground docker by clicking on
either: Text > Font Playground, or just opening up the docker directly using
the Quick Customize button on the dockers panel.
29. Once open, I replace the default text in Font Playground with my own:
“Seasons Greetings!”

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30. I can now select each font panel in turn and choose an alternative font
from the Font List.
31. Once I have a few suitable candidates, I just need to drag these to my
card to see which one works best.

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32. I notice that two of the fonts that I selected ̶ Alize and Gabriola ̶ offer me
quite a few alternative stylistic sets (the alternative stylistic sets available
within an OpenType font, depend on what the font manufacturer has built into
that particular font).
33. To see which styles are available, I simply select the text and click on the
black arrow that appears below it, whenever alternative styles are available.
(Note! You can only select one line of text at a time when applying alternative
stylistic sets).

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34. I think I'm going to go with Gabriola > Stylistic Set 7 and remove the
other text samples.

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35. Finally, to make the text pop out a little more, I go back to my Drop
Shadow tool, and choose a Small Glow from the Presets in the Property
Bar.
36. I leave the Drop Shadow Opacity at 100%, but lower the Shadow
feathering to 8, and change the glow color to white, to get a more defined
shadow.

37. You can of course add as much text as you like to your card to
personalise it even further. Other than that, our card is finished!

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CORELDRAW TUTORIAL : LOGO OF ADIDAS
BY SAMEENA RAFIQ / IN CORELDRAW X6, LOGOS / WITH NO
COMMENTS /
This is my fifth post about logo designing and in this post I have decided to
explain the drawing method of the the logo of a very well-known and well-
reputed organization named Adidas in CorelDraw X6 . Adidas is a German
multinational company that designs and manufactures sport goods e.g. sport
shoes, clothing and other accessories. Though the logo of Adidas is a beautiful
one, but at the same time, it is very simple and easy to draw.

Logo of Adidas
You can see the logo of Adidas in the above image made within two minutes
by the use some very important CorelDraw tools including Ellipse
Tool, Rectangle Tool, Text Tool and a very important shaping option
named Intersect.

HOW TO DRAW LOGO OF ADIDAS USING CORELDRAW X6?

In order to draw logo of Adidas, first of all create a new document by following
the method I have explained in my post named CorelDraw Tutorial: Logo of
Douglas County Bank. Having created a new document, first of all select
the Ellipse Tool by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F7 on the keyboard.

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 Ellipse Tool in the menu
As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the
shape of a plus ( + ) sign with a tiny shape of an ellipse at the bottom-right of
it. Then put that plus sign shaped pointer of your mouse anywhere on the
document and draw an ellipse by dragging your mouse in any direction while
keeping it’s left button pressed.
Then, in order to transform that newly drawn ellipse into a perfect circle, set
it’s width and height equal to each other. For that purpose select that ellipse
with the help of Pick Tool to have it’s properties including it’s width and
height in the Property Bar. Then set the width and height of the selected
shape equals to 6.0 by typing the values in the relevant boxes and hitting
the Enter Key on the keyboard. As soon as your will hit the Enter Key, the
selected shape will assume the same width and height and will be transformed into a perfect circle.

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 Perfect circle on the document
After that, select that circle with the help of Pick Tool and make a duplicate of
it either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option
named Duplicate given in the menu or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard.
As soon as you will select the option Duplicate or hit CTRL +D, a duplicate circle
will be appeared on the document.

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 Recently appeared duplicate circle along with the first shape
Then, with the help of Pick Tool put the duplicate shape on the first shape in a way that it’s
left part could overlap the right part of the first shape according to the picture below.

Right place for two circles

After that select both the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A on the
keyboard. As soon as you will hit CTRL + A both the shapes will be selected
and the shaping options including Weld, Trim, Intersect, Simplify, Front

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minus back, Back minus front and Create boundary will be appeared on
the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options , the option which is supposed
to selected here is none other than Intersect.

Intersection of two shapes

As soon as you will select that option, a leaf shaped object will be created from
the area where two circles overlap each other. Then select both the circles
one by one and delete them either by getting inside the Edit Menu and
selecting the option named Delete or by hitting Delete Key on the keyboard.
After that, select that leaf shaped object with the help of Pick Tool and fill green
color inside it by selecting the thumbnail representing green color in the Color Palette with left
mouse click. Then, in order to fill the same green shade in the selected shape’s outline, select the
same thumbnail by hitting the right button of your mouse.

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 Leaf shaped object with green color filled inside
After that, make a duplicate of that leaf shaped green object either by getting
inside the Edit Menuand selecting the option Duplicate or by hitting CTRL +
D on the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, a duplicate leaf shaped object
will be appeared on the document. Then select that duplicate with the help
of Pick Tool by clicking on it. As soon as you will select that object, it’s
properties will be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those properties, the
property that is supposed to be altered here is it’s Angle of rotation. So set
the Angle of rotation for the duplicate leaf shaped object equal to 320o by
typing the value in the relevant box and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as you
will hit the Enter Key, the selected duplicate shape will assume the same angle.

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 Duplicate shape with 320 degree angle
After that, with the help of Pick Tool put that rotated duplicate shape beside the first
shape according to the picture below.

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 Two leaf shaped object placed together on the document
After that, select the first shape again with the help of Pick Tool and make
another duplicate of it either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting
the option Duplicate or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard. As soon as you
will do so, another duplicate of that green leaf shaped object will be appeared
on the document. Then select that new made duplicate with the help of Pick
Tool to have it’s properties on the Property Bar. Then set the Angle of
rotation for the selected shape equal to 40o by typing the value in the
relevant box given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as
you will hit the Enter Key, the selected object will be rotated on the same angle.

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 Second duplicate shape with 40 degree angle
After that , with the help of Pick Tool put that shape at the left side of the first shape
according to the picture below.

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 Second duplicate shape placed at the left of the first shape
Then select all the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A and group
them together either by hitting CTRL + G on the keyboard or by getting inside
the Arrange Menu and selecting the option named Group. After that select
that group with the help of Pick Tool and set it ‘s width and height equals
to 6.5 and 4.5 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes and
hitting the Enter Keyon the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, the selected group will
assume the same width and height.

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 Width and height for the selected group
Then, select the Rectangle Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by
hitting F6 on the keyboard.

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 Rectangle Tool in the Tool Box
As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the
shape of a plus ( + ) sign with a tiny rectangular shape at the bottom-right of it.
Then put that plus sign shaped pointer or your mouse anywhere on the
document and draw a rectangular shape there by dragging your mouse and
keeping it’s left button pressed. Then select that newly drawn rectangle and
set it’s width and height in the Property Bar equals
to 7.0 and 0.255 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes an
hitting the Enter Key. Then put that shape on the group of three green leaf shaped objects
according to the picture below.

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 Large thin rectangle placed on the group
Then, draw another rectangle by using Rectangle Tool and set it’s width and
height equals to 7.0 and 0.244 respectively by typing the values in the
relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key. Then with
the help of Pick Tool put that recently made rectangular shape on the previously made group
of three leaf shaped objects right beneath the first rectangular shape leaving a little distance
between the two shapes according to the picture below.

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 Second rectangular shape placed right beneath the first shape on the group
After that, draw the third rectangular shape using Rectangle Tool and set it’s
width and height equals to 7.0 and 0.233 respectively by typing the values in
the relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key on the
keyboard. Then, put that shape too on the group of three leaf shaped objects right beneath the
second rectangular shape leaving some distance between both the shapes according to the picture
below.

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 Three rectangles placed on the group
After that, select all the objects on the document including the group of three
leaf shaped objects and three remarkably thin rectangular shapes placed on
that group by hitting CTRL + A on the keyboard. As soon as you will hit CTRL
+ A, all the shapes on the document will get selected and the shaping options
will again be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options,
select Trim by clicking on it.

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 Trim and other shaping options in the Property Bar
As soon as you will select that option, the part of the group on which three
rectangular shapes are placed will be nicely trimmed off or deleted leaving
empty rectangular spaces behind. Having trimmed the part of the group, select
all the rectangular shapes one by one with the help of Pick Tool and delete
them either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option
named Delete or by hitting the Delete Key on the keyboard. After that select
the Text Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F8 on the
keyboard.

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 Text Tool in the Tool Box
As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the
shape of a plus sign with a prominent letter A at the bottom-right of it. Then
put the pointer of your mouse right beneath the almost finished logo and type
the word “adidas” there. Then select that recently typed word with the help
of Pick Tool to have it’s properties in the Property Bar. As soon as the word
will be selected, it’s properties including Typeface and Font Size etc. will be
appeared on the Property Bar. Select Century Gothic as typeface for the
selected text out of the different options given in the drop-down menu
named Font List and set the font size for the selected text equal to 120 pt by
typing the value in the relevant box and hitting the Enter
Key. Further, select Bold as attribute for the selected text by clicking on the box representing
that attribute in the Property Bar.

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 Properties of the selected text in the Property Bar
After that, select Rectangle Tool again either by clicking on it in the Tool Box
or by hitting F6 on the keyboard and draw a large rectangular or square shaped object on the
document covering the logo and the text thoroughly. Then fill black color inside the recently made
rectangular or square shaped object by selecting the thumbnail representing black color in the Color
palette with left mouse click. As soon as the color will be filled inside that shape, the logo and the
text will totally be hidden behind the shape according to the picture below.

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 Logo and the text both have been hidden behind the square
In order to send the selected rectangular shape behind the logo and the text,
hit Shift + pg dn on the keyboard or get inside the Arrange Menu and select
the option named Order given in that menu. As soon as you will select that
option , it's side menu will be appeared containing a few more options. Out of
those options, the option which is supposed to be selected here is called To
Back of Layer.

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 To Back of Layer in the side menu of Order
As soon as you will select the option named To Back of Layer or hit Shift +
pg dn , the black rectangular shape will be shifted behind the logo and the
text. At the same time, green colored logo will become clearly visible but the
black colored text will remain out of sight. In order to make the text visible,
select it first by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option
named Select All. As soon as you will select that option, it’s side menu will be
appeared containing some other options
including Objects, Text, Guidelines and Nodes. Out of those options,
select Text by clicking on it.

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Options referred as Objects, Text, Guidelines and Nodes in the menu of Select All
As soon as you will select the option named Text, the invisible text on the document
will be selected abruptly. Then fill white color in the selected text by selecting the thumbnail
representing white color in the Color Palette with left mouse click. As soon as you will select that
thumbnail by hitting the left button of your mouse, white color will be filled inside the selected text
and it will become prominently visible against the black background.

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 Clearly visible text against the background
Then the logo of Adidas will ready to be saved, so save it in CDR format by
getting inside the File Menu and selecting the option named Save given there
or by hitting CTRL + S on the keyboard. If you want to save the same logo in
any format other than CDR, then get inside the File Menu and select the
option named Export given in the menu or hit CTRL + E on the
keyboard.Having saved the logo you can use it anywhere you like with or with
alterations.
I hope you will find today’s post simple, easy and helpful, so have fun with it
by kindly don’t forget to subscribe your comment.

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 CorelDRAW Tutorial Carved Engraved Text Effect
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Effect » Tutorial » Typography » Vector » CorelDRAW Tutorial Carved Engraved
Text Effect
This tutorial is about hot to create "Engraved / Carved Text Effect Using Inner
Shadow on CorelDraw (on this tutorial is CorelDRAW X7). Perhaps there are
many ways to make this effect, but this time we will learn one of them.

Step 1
Prepare your background. For example, I use a free wood texture background
from Google.

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Step 2
Create your text with Text Tool (F8). With the text is selected, copy it with
shorcut Ctrl+C.

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Step3
Create a rectangle with Rectangle Tool (F6) to cover the text.

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Step 4
Select the text and the rectangle. Then click icon Front minus back (shaping
tool).

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Step 5
Coloring it to black for shadow color. This is base shadow object.

NB: Another way to make the shadow is with Drop Shadow tool.

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Step 6
With the object is selected, go to Bitmaps -> Convert to Bitmap.

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Step 7
Convert To Bitmap windows will appear. Let the default option. Make sure
the Transparent background option is checked, then click OK.

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Step 8
With the object selected, go to Bitmaps -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.

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Step 9
Gaussian Blur windows will appear. Change the Radius value to taste. On
this tutorial, with the size of the text here, I use Radius = 6.0 Pixels. Then
click OK.

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Result for base shadow object.

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Step 10
Paste the copied text on Step 2 with Ctrl+V. I change the color of text to Grey
for clear look.

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Step 11
Move the text object for few pixel. For example I move the text object 3
pixels to right and 3 pixels up (for light shadows from right-top side).

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Step 12
Select text object first, then shadow object. Click the Intersect icon. Now have
the inner shadow object in back of the grey text object.

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Delete the base shadow object.

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Step 14
Change the grey text object color to taste. I change it to black. This is inner
base object.

NB: Use dark color for the inner carved. The result with another color in
bottom.

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Step 15
Use Transparency Tool. Click the Uniform Transparency mode. Then change the
transparency value to taste. For example, Transparency value = 75.

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Step 16
Right click the inner base object. Then go to Order -> Back One. Or use
shortcut Ctrl+PgDn.

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Another result with color variations on Step 14.
Dark Red, Dark Green, Dark Purple, Dark Blue, Orange.

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CorelDRAW Tutorial: Grab CMYK Color into Your Pattern
September 9, 2014 by impressiveimage

Cyan, Magenta, Yelllow and Key is initial for Black color, they are printable
color. Today, I want to creating a pattern from those color. You can learn how
to create a pattern in the CorelDRAW using the PowerClip effect tool and use
only one basic shape.
Lets started!

Step 1
Open the new blank sheet. Set the paper size to A4. On the menu bar
find Layout-Page Setup. For the unit I choose the pixels.

Still in the menu bar, go to Layout-Grid. Place a grid line every 50 px. Don’t
forget to enable show gird.

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Step 2
Pick the Regtangle Tool (F6), then drag it into your worksheet. On the
property bar, fill the value to 100 x 100 px.

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After that go to Window-Color Palettes-Default CMYK Palette. Now you
can fill the square shape with cyan color. Go back to Color Palette, right-click
on white square to delete the outline.

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Step 3
Duplicate the square shape. Go to Window-Dockers-Transformations-Scale
(Alt+F9) to activate the transformation panel. See the picture below. Choose
the vertical option and click apply to duplicate button. Repeat same step until
you have three square.

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Afterwards, using the Pick Tool select the second square. Fill it with yellow.

Step 4
Take the Pick Tool, drag marquee select all objects. Go to Tranformations-
Scale and Mirror. Do the previous step but this time choose the horizontal
options. Hit apply to duplicate. And do again.

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Step 5
Now you have six squares. Select the first squares on the middle of the vertical
squares using the Pick Tool. Change the color of the three squares from the
top to the bottom: magenta, black and magenta.

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The result like this.

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Step 6
Put the Pick Tool, drag marquee select all objects. Group its by
pressing (Ctrl+G).

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Step 7
Go to View-Guidelines. See the image below.

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Step 8
Grab the Regtangle Tool (F6). Drag it from the top-left to bottom-right. Make
sure you click in the center of the blue squares. See the image below.

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Step 9
Put the Pick Tool, select the squares. We are going to put the squares inside
the regtangle shape using the PowerClip. On the menu bar, go to Effects-
PowerClip-Place Inside Container.

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Now the cursor turning into a black arrow. Click it inside the regtangle shape to
insert the squares. The result is below.

Then right-click on white square at the top of the Color Palette to erase the
outline.

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Step 10
Okey, we’re going to creating the pattern. On the menu bar find Tools-Create-
Pattern Fill.

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You check the fill color. Hit OK.

Then immediately save pattern dialog opened. Name its cmyk.

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Step 11
Take the Regtangle Tool (F6) sets the value in the property bar to 600 x 600
px.

On
the tool box located the side of screen pick the Fiil Tool with the long press
then select Pattern Fill. Apply the value below.

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Palette to delete the outline.

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Conclusion
Alright, we’re done. I hope this tutorial can make you create another patterns
based the steps above. So, grab CMYK color into your pattern!

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Optional Pattern
With experiment by using the different color to input into the squares. I created
another pattern with the same steps.

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Create a Glass Bead
Posted on March 17, 2010 by Steve Bain| 8 Comments

2 Votes
By Steve Bain

Creating virtually any kind of glass-like effect is by far a

favorite of most Web graphic or interface designers. There’s nothing more
satisfying than having the ability to create simulated lighting effects in a
virtual, dust-free environment. Thanks to CorelDRAW’s interactive effects,
many of the objects you need to achieve these effects can be created
automatically.
To be successful with the effect, you can use any recent version of CorelDRAW
as far back as version 9. Although the interface and command names may
have changed since then, the basic steps are the same. To create the effect,
follow these steps:

1. Create a 2.0-inch circular ellipse using the Ellipse Tool (F7). Hold Ctrl to
constrain the width and height to equal measures.
2. Fill the circle with a dark Orange color using the CMYK color
model: C:30, M:100, Y:100, K:0. Remove any outline colors (as shown

next).
3. Using the Interactive Contour Tool, apply a 7-step Inside contour with the
Offset value set to 0.01 inches. Set the contour fill color to Orange using

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 the CMYK color model: C:0, M:60, Y:100, K:0 (as shown next).

4. Right-click the effect portion of the contour and choose Break Contour
Group Apart (Ctrl+K) to separate the contour effect.
5. Using the Pick Tool, click to select the resulting group of objects
and Ungroup them (Ctrl+U).
6. Click to select only the ungrouped innermost contour and press the + key
on your numeric keypad to create copy in situ.
7. With the copy still selected, press Ctrl+C to copy it to your clipboard for
a later step.
8. Scale the copy to 0.25 inches wide by 0.75 inches high and position as
shown. Adjust the scaled copy fill color to a lighter orange using the CMYK
color model: C:5, M:25, Y:65, K:0 (as shown next).

9. Be sure the scaled copy is centered vertically and horizontally with the
other objects. To do this quickly, select all the objects (Ctrl+A) and
press Cand E.
10. Choose the Interactive Blend Tool and click-drag from the new lighter
ellipse to the original innermost ungrouped contour ellipse to apply a
default blend effect between the objects. Set the Blend Steps value
to 30steps and press Enter. This blend effect will serve as the backlight
effect (as shown next).

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11. Paste (Ctrl+V) the ellipse you copied in an earlier step into the
arrangement and set its fill color to white.
12. Using the Pick Tool, scale the white ellipse to 1.5 inches wide
by 1.0 inch high, and position it near the top and centered (as shown
next).

13. Choose the Interactive Transparency Tool, click the white ellipse, and
click-drag from the top edge to the bottom edge to apply a default linear
transparency effect (as shown next). This will serve to simulate overhead
lighting on the shiny surface of the glass.

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14. To add interest, I applied a symbol of a happy face (shown next). I
started with a group of three objects filled with white and copied this
group to the clipboard (Ctrl+C).

15. I Grouped (Ctrl+G) the happy face objects together with a rectangle filled
with brown using the CMYK model: C:25, M:65, Y:65, K:30 and removed
any outline colors from the objects (as shown next).

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16. I pasted (Ctrl+V) a copy from the clipboard into the arrangement and
used a PowerClip effect to place the rectangle group inside the new copy.

17. I edited the Powerclip effect by offsetting the rectangle group slightly
downwards and to the right using the nudge keys (as shown next).

18. After editing, the final Powerclip simulates a recessed effect with a slight
shadow to match the darkest color in the glass bead effect (as shown
next).
19. Finally, I positioned the final happy face Powerclip effect in front of the
bead arrangement and brought the transparent ellipse to the front
(Shift+PageUp) for the final effect (shown next).

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Drawing Buildings in CorelDraw (Exclusive Tutorial)

AzureCorelDrawApr 19, 2005

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I noticed that the designers at Web Design Library Shop frequently use
illustrations in business templates, and decided to draw something similar of
my own. I chose to create a business center as an example. Incidentally, the
methods used in this tutorial are quite simple and do not require special
knowledge. So let's get on with it, without trepidation, without delay.

To begin we will draw three rectangles – these will be the tops of buildings seen
from above. For this, use the "Rectangle Tool", which is located in the
"Toolbox" panel.

For clarity and comfort paint your rectangles three different shades of grey.

Now, select all three objects. Do this by holding the "Ctrl" key then
subsequently clicking on the objects. After all items have been selected, group

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them using keys "Ctrl+G". This is the necessary condition for the effect "Add
Perspective", which is located in the "Effects" menu. This effect is known as
foreshortening, and with the help of this effect, you will be able to achieve the
desired result.

Before building the frame of your future building, group (for this use a
combination of keystrokes "Ctrl+U") and place each of the rectangles – this
defines the difference of the heights of the buildings. The frame of our building
was created using only the "Interactive Extrude Tool", which is located in the
"Toolbox" panel.

By default, in the settings for these instruments, also, is the perspective of

shortening.

So, choosing "Interactive Extrude Tool", click on the desired object, and holding
the mouse-key, drag the cursor to the bottom. The resultant image is only part
of the preparation for the final result and is not ready for use. In order to
transform the unfinished object to the final product it is necessary to go to

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menu "Arrange" and option "Separate". Repeat this action for the remaining
rectangles to get the finished frame of your building.

In order to begin painting, ungroup objects.

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But buildings must contain windows. To avoid drawing windows one by one,
draw one window and copy it as many times as necessary to create the
number of windows you want to have on these buildings.

Now combine the windows into one object through a combination of keystrokes
"Ctrl+L". Choose "Add Perspective" effect and use it distort the windows to fit
the shape of the walls on the building. Repeat the method for each wall.

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Now the buildings have windows, but the illustration doesn't appear finished.
To give it the finishing touch you should create a shadow effect. Call the
"Transformation" panel, which can be used to "Apply " or "Apply To Duplicate"
at designated intervals. By default the object will be copied without being
moved. So, select the wall and copy it without removing it and fill in with a
different color (highlighting the lit sides I fill in with lighter colors, and dark
sides, with dark colors).

Choose "Interactive Transparency Tool".

Part of the chosen object becomes visible, and the part where the mouse
button rests becomes invisible. This is how the effect of shadows on these
basic buildings is achieved .

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Now select all windows and using the key "F11" call the window "Fountain Fill
Dialog" â?? with which you will fill windows with dark and light blue gradient
fills.

It's possible to add several elements to the roofs.

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All that remains is the final touch, but it requires special attention. In the
illustration the thickness of the lines determines the distance of the objects
from the observer. This can be achieved in the following way: 1) select all sides
of the building and using the "Outline Tool" which is located in the "Toolbox"
panel give all lines the required thickness; 2) Clicking the combination or
keystrokes "Ctrl+Shift+Q" transform the condition of the lines in the object; 3)
deform the resultant object using the "Shape Tool", which is located in the
"Toolbox" panel.

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FIlling an Open Curves

STEP 1:
Filling an open curve. If you have an open path/curve and you think there is no
way for you to fill it(by default, you can’t), there’s an easy way to fill it without
adding some extra curves/paths to it. First, draw a simple curves using the
Polyline tool.

STEP 2:
Once the Polyline tool is selected, draw something, but leave the path open,
double click to end your drawing. see below:

STEP 3:
Even if you select your drawing and click any color on the color palette, nothing
will change, unlike the a drawing with closed path, you just have to select them

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and click the color you want. Now, to be able to fill an open path, go to TOOLS
> Options or press CTRL+J.

STEP 4:
The preferences window will appear. On the left side of the window, there will
be 3 menu, 1. Workspace 2. Document and 3. Global. Under these 3 Menu are
their sub-menu. What we’re looking for is located under Document. Click the
Plus sign on the left part of Document to see the sub-menu.

STEP 5:
Under the sub-menu, choose General and on the right side, under the
preferences, check the Fill open curves. Click OK

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STEP 6:
Now, that your preferences is set to fill open curves, you can now select the
open curve drawing you drew and select any color you want, I choose red.

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 Gears vector tutorial in Corel Draw

Posted on Dec 21, 2013 in Icon design, Tutorials | 0 comments

Tutorial details:

 Program: CorelDraw X6

 Difficulty: Intermediate

 Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes

In this tutorial you will learn step by step about how to create some gears

vector in Corel Draw. Once you will learn the technique you’ll be able to create

your own gears. For starting you will use basic vector shape and some shaping

tools, Convert to curves, Rotate, Group and much more. See below the final

result:

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 Download

Source File Format: .cdr .eps .ai

Vector Gears – Step 1

Create a New Document (Ctrl+N), type a Name for your document and

select the Pixel units with the size 600 Widthand 600 Height. Select

the Rendering Resolution to 72 dpi. Then select from the top

menu: Windows -> Toolbarslike in the screenshot or right-click in the top

area.

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Select the View Mode to Enhanced from the View drop down menu

and Snap to Objects. This will really speed up your work. Now let’s start the

work. Select the Ellipse Tool from the Toolbox or type F7 from your

keyboard. Draw a Circle with the dimension 200 x 200 pixels. You can do this

by draw a circle and put in the property bar 200 px Widthand 200 px

Height. Then create a Rectangle with the dimension 20 px Width and 40 px

Height. Now Holding the Shift key and select both, the rectangle and then

the circle and press C (this will center your objects), then T (this will align your

objects to the top). In the Object position from the Property bar decrease

the y position with 20 px and your objects must look now like in the second

step from the screenshot. Create a new rectangle with the dimension 10 x

10 px. Center this new rectangle in the old rectangle like in the screenshot

three. Select the rectangle (20 x 40 px) and hit Ctrl + Q (Convert to Curves)

then select from the toolbox the Shape tool (or type F10). Select the node

from the top right corner and drag it until intersect the small rectangle. Then

repeat this for the top left corner.

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Step 2

You can now delete the small rectangle (10 x 10 px) and select the other

one. Create a new copy by hitting Ctrl+Cand Ctrl+V, then select the new

object by clicking two times on it, but not immediately. You must now see

the arrows around it. Select the center and move it in the circle center. To

rotate the object, drag a corner rotation handle andholding

down the Ctrl to rotate the object with 15-degrees. Repeat this until you

complete the circle. Now select all the objects and hit Weld (Combine object

into a single curve object with a single fill and outline) from the Property bar.

Your object must look now like in the below image.

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Step 3

Create a new circle with the size 190 x 190 px and center it with the teeth.

Hold Shift, select the circle, then the gear and from the Property

bar hit Trim (Cut out a portion of an object by using the shape of another

object). Now delete the circle, select the other object and set the color to black.

Let’s create the gear content. Create a black circle (185 x 185 px) and a

white circle (50 x 50 px). Center (C) this two objects, select the white circle,

holding Shift and select the black circle, then press Trim from the Property

bar. You can now delete the white circle. Create a new circle (30 x 30 px) and

center with the black one, then increase the y position with 59 px. Create six

copy of the circle (30 x 30 px) and repeat the technique from the teeth to

rotate it but this time rotate the object with 60-degrees. Now select all the

white circles, hit Ctrl + G (Group) and use trim with the black one for getting

only one object. Then you can delete all the white circle. Center this content of

the gear with the teeth and you got the first gear.

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Step 4

For the second gear we will use the previous one. Create a black circle (200 x

200 px) and center it with the gear. Select the all objects and then hit Weld.

You will have now something like in the second image. For creating the content

for the second gear we will use a tooth from the previous one. For getting

that, create a red circle (200 x 200 px) and center with the teeth. Then

select from the Toolbox the Smart Fill tool (Create objects from overlapping

areas and apply a fill to those objects) and click on a tooth (see the third

image). Now create a new circle (40 x 40 px)and move the tooth like you see

in the fourth image, with the center on the top circle line (will be easy because

you have set snap to objects). Then rotate it with 60-degrees and Weld with

the small circle (40 x 40 px). Select this object and Trim from the big one

(you have already seen how you can do this). Now you can delete the white

object because your gear will have a hole in the middle. And this is the second

gear.

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Step 5

For the third gear we will create a circle (200 x 200 px) and a rectangle (5 x

20 px). Select the rectangle and hitCtrl+Q (Convert To Curves), then select

the Shape tool (F10). Select the top-left node and drag it to the

midpoint. Delete the top-right node and you will have now a triangle. Select

from the Menu Bar: Windows -> Dockers -> Fillet/Scallop/Chamfer. Select

the top node from the triangle and in the Fillet properties set

the Radius to 1 px. Apply the properties and you will have now the gear tooth.

Copy this tooth and rotate it with 5-degrees like in the sixth screenshot.

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Repeat the steps from the previous gears for creating the teeth and then

hit Weld for all objects. Create a circle (175 x 175 px) and Trim it from the

biggest one. Now create another two circles (170 x 170 px, 160 x 160

px) and Trim the small one from the big one. Delete the small one (160 x

160 px) and set the color to black for the remaining object. Now create a

circle (40 x 40 px) and a rectangle (5 x 70 px) which you must center it like

in the fifth image. Create four copy of this rectangle and rotate it like in the

sixth image. Select all the object (from the sixth image) and hit Weldfor

creating only one. Create another small circle (20 x 20 px), center it

and Trim from the previous object. Delete the remaining white circle (20 x 20

px) and you are done with the third vector gear.

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Now for the fourth gear you will must to create only the content because we

already have the outside part. Create two circles (100 x 100 px, 50 x 50

px) and center them. Create a rectangle (the red one) from the middle of the

big circle (100 x 100 px) to the small one (50 x 50 px). Now create another

circle (10 x 10 px) and center it with the rectangle like in the second

image. Delete the rectangle (we used it only to align the small

circle), create seven copy of the small circle (10 x 10 px) and rotate them

with 45-degrees. You must select all the white circles and Trim it from the

black one. Then center this new object with the outside part and we are ready.

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Glassy Buttons in CorelDraw

By Wijdan Rohail
January 13, 2010Corel Draw1 Comment
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You must have used this technique in Photoshop, but here I’m going to tell you
how we can do this in CorelDraw, hope you will like this.

1. Take any new file in Coreldraw and pick Ellipse tool and draw any Circle
(to draw circle just hold Ctrl key while drawing the ellipse), suppose we are
drawing circle of size 3×3 inches. like:

2. Now we need to pick a Color from Color Palette, we would be using Default
CMYK color Palette (to open this palette run the command, Window >> Color
Palette >> Default CMYK Palette), pick the Cyan color (C100 M0 Y0 K0) from
there (or any color of your choice).

3. Now from the Toolbar pick Interactive Fill Tool (before picking this tool
keep selecting the circle). From the property Panel select Radial from Fill type,
as shown below:

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You will get something like this:

4. Now press F11 key (Fountain Fill, or you can pick Fountain Fill tool from the
left toolbar), Select Radial from Type, give 10 in the Edge Pad, now click on
Custom. Now select left small square and click on Others button, now put C100
M80 Y40 K10, now Double Click on Left small square, you will get a reverse
triangle. Move this triangle at 30 and select C85 M0 Y0 K0 then double click on
Right small square and select C40 M0 Y0 K0, in the last single click on right
small square and select C40 M0 Y0 K0. Like shown below:

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After clicking Ok remove the outline by right clicking on the None Color in color
palette. You will get this:

5. Now draw another Circle it should be smaller than the previous one, put
White color inside it and move it on Center Horizontally and slight below the
top of previous circle

6. Now while selecting this small circle, pick Interactive Transparency Tool
and from the top Property bar select Linear and drag mouse from Top to
bottom, (don’t touch the bottom part of the circle), as shown below:

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Creating 3D Textured Text with Corel DRAW!

This tutorial will show you how to create 3D Textured Text in Corel DRAW! I
used Corel DRAW! 7.0 for Windows. Some things may be done differently with
other versions.

I'm always exploring textures and materials effects in the various programs I
use. I like creating gold, metal, wood, stone, etc... Normally I use all sorts of
filters and tricks to get the look just right and I usually use a bitmap program
such as Photoshop. I thought it might be fun, though, to try and see if
something like this could be done with a vector program such as Corel DRAW!
The following tutorial is the result. Let me know what you think.

The process is quite simple and, using it, you can achieve some really cool
effects. I'll be demonstrating how to create "Hot Rocks" or Lava text. All of the
effects can be accomplished using the files that come with Corel DRAW!

Open a new graphic. Select the Text tool and enter some text. I used the
Braggadocio font at 75 points (see figure 4.1).

figure 4.1

You'll want to use a chunky font for this stone look. Later you can try different
fonts and fills to see what you can come up with.

I wanted to give the text some perspective as well as adding 3-dimensionality

to it.

Use the Pick tool to select the text and Choose Effects, Add Perspective. This
will surround the text with a red grid and put nodes at the corners (see figure
4.2).

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 figure 4.2

figure 4.3

Grab the top corners and move them in and up until you have something like
figure 4.3.

You may notice the perspective marker, a small black "X", appear above the
text. Once you're happy with the perspective click on the Pick tool again to
clear the grid.

It's time to add the 3D effects. Choose Effects, Extrude to bring up the Extrude
dialog box (see figure 4.4).

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TIP: You might want to change the color of the text to a light gray so that you
can see the angles

figure 4.5

You can see the actual x,y,z values by clicking on the small paper icon to the
right of the red Corel 3D rotation image. The values I ended up with were 19,
29, 5.

Now add some lighting. I added all three lights. You can see their placement in
figure 4.6.

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Besides the placement you can play with the intensity of the lights. I set the
first to 68, the second to 41 and the third to 86. Again, you'll want to play with
these values to suit your particular image.

Now that the image is ready you can fill it with a texture. Select the Fill tool and
hold it down until the flyout menu appears. Select the texture fill (it kinda looks
like a black and white cloud image) which will bring up the texture dialog box
(see figure 4.7).

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figure 4.8

I chose the Painted Stucco texture from Samples 7. There are a lot of different
textures, though, so take a few minutes to go through the libraries and find
something you like. I thought this texture looked like hot lava rock. Take a look
at the final image (figure 4.8) and see what you think.

I exported the image as a JPG using Custom for the Size with 400 for the Width
and setting the Maintain aspect ratio. I set the Resolution to 96 (both
Horizontal and Vertical) and chose Super-sampling for the Anti-aliasing method.
In the JPG Export dialog box I set the Quality to around 40.

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Coreldraw Tutorial: How to Create a Vector Glass With Orange Drink

Home » Tutorials » Exclusive Coreldraw Tutorials » How to Create a Vector

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In this tutorial I will show you how to create a glass using shape tools and trim,
weld, intersect actions. I will use the transparency tool to add effects.

I have used corel x4.

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Step 1

First take a rectangle (ratio 3:2 approx.). Now take 3point ellipse tool. Drag it
from the bottom-left node of rectangle to bottom-right node. Press shift while
dragging to make it a perfect circle.

Now select both shapes and weld them

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Now make a copy of the glass shape. I have colored the outline of one of the
glasses red. It will be easier to explain.
step 1- select black glass then red glass.
step 2- click trim.

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Click the bottom curve of the glass and push it up as shown in figure.

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Step 4

Now fill the glass with orange color and its bottom with light grey as shown
below. Select them both, right click the "no fill" button. It removes the outline.

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Step 5

We will use trim and intersect commands to add more effect to the bottom of
the glass. It is similar to step 2 and step 3.

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Step 6

Draw 2 rectangles and a square as shown. Rotate the square at 30.2 degree.
Trim the yellow rectangle with white curve.
Fill the shapes with colors and don't forget to remove the outlines.

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Add transparency to the shapes.

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Step 8

Draw two rectangles, fill them with white color and remove the outlines.
Place one rectangle at top of the glass.
Draw two more rectangles with rounded edges.

How to draw rectangles with rounded edges-

1.Draw a rectangle.
2.Select shape tool by pressing F10.
3.With shape tool drag the nodes of the rectangle.

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Add transparency.

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Add a rectangle trim it to make it look like the shape shown in the figure.
Press Shift+ Page down three times to place it behind the rounded rectangles.

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Draw a straw fill it with red color.

Copy the rounded rectangle.
Fill it with orange color.
Place it on the right side of the glass.

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Make bubbles.
Draw a circle.
Fill it with white color.
Add transparency.

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Now add shadows and background.

Its done.
If you have any problems concerning the tutorial I am always here to help.

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 How to Create an Easy Halloween Pattern in CorelDRAW

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In this beginner tutorial, we'll combine drawing tools and simple shape-building
tools to create a spooky, Halloween-inspired pattern. All three designs within
the pattern are formed from basic shapes: circles, squares, and triangles. Fire
up CorelDRAWand let's bring on All Hallows' Eve!

1. Drawing the Moon

Step 1
Start by creating a New Document. I prefer to work out patterns within a
square document of 8 inches or so. Your document's size is entirely up to you.
Since I'm posting these designs online, I've chosen RGB for the color profile,
and 300 dpi in case I'd like it to be printed or easily resized later.

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Step 2
Use the Ellipse Tool (F7) to draw a simple circle. Hold down Control while
drawing the circle to keep it uniform. Draw a second, smaller circle, and
overlap the top right of the first circle.

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Step 3
Select both shapes in the Objects Manager docker and, in the Property
Bar, hit Back Minus Front to delete the smaller circle from the larger circle.
You'll be left with a lovely crescent moon.

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2. Drawing the Bat

Step 1
1. The bat begins the same way as the moon did: with a circle. Once again,
grab the Ellipse Tool and draw a circle.
2. Using the Polygon Tool (Y), set the number of Points or Sides (in
the Property Bar) to 3, and draw a triangle.
3. Don't worry about getting the shape just right on the first go. Using
the Pick Tool, you can Scale or Rotate your triangle as you see fit.
4. Place the triangle on the circle, Rotated slightly to the left (Double-
click an object with the Pick Tool to toggle between Scale or Rotate).

Step 2
Copy (Control-C) and Paste (Control-V) the triangle and, in the Property
Bar, hit Mirror Horizontally. Place the copied ear on the right side of the
circle. Use the Align & Distribute docker to Align the two triangles as you
see fit (usually by hitting Align Top).

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Step 3
The bat's wings are constructed from three triangles. You can draw them with
the Polygon Tool, or take more control over the design and use the Pen Tool.

1. Each triangle has Three Nodes or Points.

2. Make sure your triangles are closed shapes, where you return to the
origin point with the Pen Tool.
3. Overlap the first triangle slightly while drawing the second.
4. Make sure the top points of the triangles are Aligned.

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 5. Adjust the triangles with the Pick Tool to make sure they overlap and
line up at the top point of each and at their bottom corners.

Step 4
Select all three shapes and hit Weld in the Property Bar. Your triangles will
now be united into a single shape.

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Step 5
I've Zoomed (Z) in on the top corner of the new shape created in the previous
step. Using the Shape Tool (F10), Double-click to delete any extraneous
nodes. Make sure that any you delete don't drastically change the overall
shape of your five-sided figure.

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Now that your object is free of extra, unneeded nodes, its ready to turn into a
bat wing.

1. Use the 3-Point Ellipse Tool draw a line along the bottom left side of
the bat's wing.
2. Pull the ellipse outward to get the elliptical shape of your choice for the
scallops on the bat's wing.
3. Repeat on the other two sides.
4. Select the main wing object and the first circle. Hit Back Minus
Front in the Property Bar.
5. You've successfully deleted the circle from the bat wing! Let's continue.
6. Repeat with the other two circles and the main bat wing shape. Delete
any extraneous nodes.

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Step 7
Place the bat's wing next to the bat's head, overlapping
slightly. Copy and Paste the left wing, Mirror Horizontally, and Align the
two wings. Select all five objects and hit Weld in the Property Bar.

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3. Drawing the Cat Eyes

Step 1
Start with the Rectangle Tool (F6), drawing a wide rectangle. In
the Property Bar, select Chamfered Corner and enter 2" in the Corner
Radius boxes. You'll be left with a simple hexagon.

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Step 2
 Draw a circle in the center of the hexagon. Make sure that it's large
enough to nearly hit the top and bottom sides of the shape.

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 Use the Pen Tool to draw a curve that starts on the left corner of the
hexagon, curves along the edge of the circle, and stops at the right
corner of the hexagon.
 Close the shape with a straight line at the origin point on the left side.

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I chose arbitrary colors so that each shape was a bit more visible for this step.

 Copy and Paste the half curve shape drawn in the previous step.
 Delete the hexagon object. In the Property Bar, hit Mirror Vertically.
 Place the circle off to the side of your other shapes. Align the two shapes
and Weld them together.

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 Back to simple black outlines and white fill color for now. Make sure the
circle is Aligned in the center of the almond shape.
 Copy and Paste the almond shape. Use the Pick Tool to Scale the
copied shape down so it fits within the circle.
 Rotate the copied, small almond shape so it's sitting vertically within the
circle. You've successfully drawn a simple cat's eye.

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Step 1
To complete your cat eyes, Group (Control-G) the three objects
and Rotate them to the right. Copy, Paste, and hit Mirror Horizontally in
the Property Bar for the second eye. Now that we have all three of our
designs ready, let's add simple, flat colors to them.

Step 2
Ungroup (Control-U) any grouped components. Copy and Paste the almond
shape of the eyes and set the copied shapes to a black, 3–4 pt Weight
Outline in the Object Properties docker, with the fill color set to null. The
other fill colors are as follows:

 Almond eyes: white (#FFFFFF)

 Iris of the eyes: orange ( #FF9933)
 Pupils: black (#000000)
 Bat: purple (#9933CC)
 Moon: orange (#FF9933)

Group together all of the objects below.

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Step 3
I drew a large rectangle behind my main designs so that the next step is
visible. Use the Star Tool to draw many five-pointed stars of varying sizes to
fill up the gaps in the design. Make sure to Copy and Paste the moon and bat
so you can Scaleand Rotate them around the pattern.

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5. Creating the Pattern

Step 1
 Select everything within the design except for the black rectangle. Go
to Tools > Create > Pattern Fill.
 Select Vector in the dialogue box that pops up and hit OK. Once you do
so, select the pattern area using the marquee provided. It's like cropping
an image or drawing a rectangle over the design.
 Save your new pattern with a name and tags, and decide if you'd like the
pattern to be shared with other users or not.

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Step 2
 Draw a large rectangle and select Vector Pattern Fill under Fill in
the Object Properties docker. Choose your newly made pattern in
the File Pickerunder Personal, and choose either Shared or Private.

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  Your new pattern may be warped a bit. Adjust the Fill Width and Fill
Heightas needed.
 To vary your pattern further, select either Horizontal or Vertical Row
Offsetand offset your design's pattern tile to the level you'd prefer. I
offset my design by 30.

Fantastic Work, You're Done!

For a background, draw another rectangle behind your design. Vary your object
colors further and create a whole range of Halloween pattern designs! What
other holiday items can you create with basic shape tools in CorelDRAW? Flex
your vector muscles and show off your work in the comment section below!

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How to Create and Use Perfect Shapes in CorelDRAW
by Mary Winkler11 Dec 2014
Difficulty:BeginnerLength:ShortLanguages:
CorelDRAWInfographicsGraphic DesignVector

What
You'll Be Creating
In this tutorial you'll get a full introduction to creating and manipulating Perfect
Shapes, the pre-made shape tools that are perfect for creating various
infographics and other designs in CorelDRAW. Additionally, I'll introduce you to
the Drop Shadow Tool, which not only adds drop shadows to objects, but also
allows you complete control over the shadow's shape, range, and intensity.

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1. Using Perfect Shapes in CorelDRAW

Step 1
You'll find an assortment of Perfect Shapes in the Toolbox under
the Polygon Tool (Y) icon. I chose Flowchart Shapes to start this quick
tutorial with, and from there I chose a shape from the drop-down menu in
the Property Bar. Drag out the chosen shape and we'll manipulate it in the
next step.

Step 2
Perfect Shapes are only so manipulable before they're Converted to Curves
(Control-Q). You can Scale, Rotate, and play with the object's properties as
needed, but to add or delete nodes and really play with the shape as you would
any other object, you must convert the object to its curves.

Working with this particular shape, open the Object Properties docker
and set the Outline to None. Under Fill, choose Fountain Fill and select the
colors of your choice. I opted for a light and medium hue of cyan. Right-
click and Convert to Curves if you'd like to further manipulate the shape at
the node level; otherwise let's move on.

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Finally with this shape style, Copy (Control-C) and Paste (Control-V) three
instances of the shape, layer them on top of each other (see below), and
hit Distribute Center Vertically so that your little wavy shapes line up
evenly. Change the Fountain Fill of the front two shapes in the Object
Properties docker, and let's move on to additional styles of Perfect Shapes.

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2. Special Nodes and Effects on Text

Step 1
Select Banner Shapes from the Toolbox and choose the second banner from
the drop-down menu in the Property Bar. Draw a banner. Note the red and
yellow nodes in the upper left of the Perfect Shape.

Using the Shape Tool, grab the yellow node and move it on the vertical axis.
Reducing or increasing the size of the banner's left tail also effects the center
fold and right tail.

This time, grab the red node with the Shape Tool. Move the node on the
horizontal axis and note how either lengthening or shortening the center fold of
the banner also affects the tails.

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Perfect Shapes will allow anything created on their paths to be affected when
red and yellow nodes are manipulated. Using the Text Tool (F8), type within
the shape's boundaries. When you do so, Perfect Shapes react the same way
as other objects with type inside them.

Type on the path of the Perfect Shape. In this case, do so on the center fold
of the banner. Once you do, manipulate the red and yellow nodes. Note how

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the type was placed on within the object. In a normal object, the type would
only be affected if a node on that exact path was manipulated.

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3. Creating Simple Infographics

Step 1
Now that we've gotten the basics of Perfect Shapes and their functions, let's go
over a common use of the tools: infographics. While complex infographics can
easily be created within the program, to keep this brief, let's create a simple
design now.

Under Callout Shapes, select the first design in the drop-down menu. Grab
the red node and pull it down beneath the rectangle of the Perfect Shape. Be
careful to make sure the node is in the center of the Callout Shape's tail.

As we did before, set the Outline to None and Fill to the Fountain Fill colors
of your choosing.

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Copy and Paste three instances of the Callout Shape. Place each copied
object behind the last, and move each down so they peek out from under the
last one slightly. Change the Fountain Fill of the copied shapes to shades of
pink and yellow.

Select the center shape and hit Mirror Horizontally in the Property Bar so
the tails of the shape are staggered.

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From the Basic Shapes options, select three different shapes for the bottom
right corner of each Callout Shape drawn previously. Note how shapes with
red nodes were altered as needed.

Step 4
Select the top Callout Shape and, using the Drop Shadow Tool (found in
the Toolbox) drag out a Drop Shadow from the blue shape that aligns with
the shape itself but is placed slightly below.

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Hold down Control to keep the drop shadow on a straight line while pulling it
out from the shape. In the Property Bar, set Shadow Feathering to a value
of 4-7. Repeat this on the other two shapes.

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Step 5
Use the Type Tool to add whatever information your infographic may need.
The design for this tutorial is intended to be an interactive infographic which
would reveal each shape and its information as it was clicked.

To create this look, place each text object directly above its intended object in
the Object Manager docker.

Great Job, You're Done!

The next step of where your design goes is in your hands. Perhaps a static
infographic, with a different composition, or perhaps it's the start of an
interactive design compiled in a program like Corel Video Studio or Adobe After
Effects. Regardless of where you take the techniques explored in this tutorial,
do share your creations with Perfect Shapes in the comments below.

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For more CorelDRAW tutorials, check out these:

 CorelDRAW: Shape Building Basics

 CorelDRAW: Basic Drawing Tools
 How to Create an Easy Halloween Pattern in CorelDRAW

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H O W T O M A K E A N A I R M A I L B O R D E R I N C O R E L D R AW

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to create an airmail border that you
see on envelopes. I’m using CorelDraw X4 so a few things may work different if
you have another version.

Open a new document and choose your size. I chose a business card size (85 x
55 mm).

Choose the rectangle tool and draw a rectangle that is 3.8 mm wide and 70
mm tall.

With your rectangle still selected, click on it again and click and drag the skew
arrow (in the middle at the top). Drag it to the right side. Skew it until you get
something around 162 in the scale box at the top.

Now remove the outline from the shape and give it a red fill (I’m using C9 M91
Y64 K2). It should end up looking like this:

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Move it so that it covers the bottom right corner.

Now duplicate the shape (Ctrl + D) and give it a blue fill (I’m using C40 M40 Y0
K60). Move it to the left of the red shape.

Duplicate the blue and red shapes and start covering the whole of the
artboard. Don’t worry about the distance between them isn’t the same, we will
fix that later.

You should end up with this:

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Select all of these shapes and go to Arrange > Align and Distribute and click on
Align Top. This will align all of these shapes. To make the distance between
these shapes the same, go to Align and Distribute again and click on Align and
Distribute at the bottom:

And click on the Distribute tab and select the spacing check box.

Now group all of these rectangles together (Ctrl + G).

Now, double-click on the rectangle tool in the toolbox and it will create a
rectangle that is exactly as big as your artboard. Fill it with white.

Right-click on your group of red and blue shapes and drag it over to the white
rectangle until you see a cross-hair symbol. Release and select Powerclip
inside.

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This works like Photoshop’s clipping mask and your red and blue shapes are
now inside the rectangle. You can now right-click on the rectangle and select
Lock contents to Powerclip.

Now double-click the rectangle tool again to make another rectangle as big as
your artboard. Fill it with white and send it to the front of your artwork (Shift +
PageUp).

Make the white rectangle a little bit smaller (I made mine 80 x 50 mm).

We are going to use this rectangle to cut out of the red and blue shapes. Select
both the white rectangle and the group of red and blue shapes. In the bar at
the top, choose trim.

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Now the inside is cut away.

And there is your final airmail border!

You can apply this technique to envelopes, business cards, wedding invitations,
anything!

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How to Place an Image Inside Text with CorelDraw X4

Have you ever wondered how you get an image inside text with CorelDraw? We
will be using CorelDraw’s PowerClip. This easy and quick tutorial will teach you
how.

Choose a bold font and write out your text. It doesn’t matter in what colour it
is.

Now click and drag the image with your right mouse button over the text.
When you see a vertical line between two characters, release the mouse
button. A menu will po

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p up. Choose “PowerClip Inside”.

And there you go! That was easy.

So what if you want to move the image around? Just right-click on the text and
choose “Edit contents”.

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When you are happy, right-click on the text and choose “Finish editing this
level”.

And if you want to remove the image from the text, right-click on the text and
choose “Extract contents”.

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How to Use Polygon Tool in CorelDraw

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How to Make a Cool Typograppy in CorelDraw
Colorful Brochure Design at CorelDraw
Creating Banner Ads in CorelDraw

Creating Polygon Objects with CorelDRAW

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by Mas Bro, or maybe more easily and quickly, the following steps;

Create Polygon object with Polygon tool in Toolbox; In the Property Bar fill in
item 9 in Points or sides; With the Shape tool slide the bottom nodes slightly
upwards; Chocolate color like sampo samples; Press the plus button (+) on
Numpad to double the Polygon object and give the white color of the
duplicated object;

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In the white polygon object, with the Shape tool slide the bottom node upwards
slightly into the deep; Next click on Bland tool in Toolbox, tap mouse on white
polygon object, then mouse do not release drag (slide) to brown polygon
object; The result is like the picture below; Finish, with basic polygon object like
above sampeyan can also create image like below;

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 How to Use the Extrude Tool in CorelDRAW

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You'll Be Creating
In this tutorial, we'll get to know the Extrude Tool and manipulate shapes in a
3-D format. We'll learn how to apply gradients to each section, use the tool's
features, and use the Interactive Fill Tool and the Drop Shadow Tool in
conjunction with the Extrude Tool in order to create rendered designs with a
sense of depth.

1. Using the Extrude Tool

Step 1
Let's start with simple, flat shapes. I used the Text Tool (F8) with the
font Lot to write out "A", "B", and "C". Make sure you've hit Convert to Curves
(Control-Q) in the Property Bar so your letters become objects you can
easily manipulate.

If you wrote out your letters in one line, you can right-click on them after
converting to curves and hit Break Curve Apart.

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Change each object's colors in the Object Properties docker. I chose
magenta, yellow, and cyan for my fill colors.

Step 2
We're going to focus most of this quick tutorial on the triangle, or the letter "A".
Select your shape and use the Extrude Tool, found in the Toolbox under
the Blend Tool, to drag your shape out to the left to create a 3D object. You
can adjust your shape with the tool itself, or adjust its settings individually in
the Property Bar.

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Step 3
Once satisfied with your object's new shape, with the Extrude Tool still in use,
select the Extrusion Color option in the Property Bar. From here you can
determine what color each extruded plane will be.

2. Rendering the Extruded Shape

Step 1
The third option of Extrusion Color is a gradient option, allowing you to
choose which two colors will appear in your Linear Gradient on the extruded
plane. I chose magenta and dark magenta.

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Step 2
For greater rendering control, right-click the extruded object and hit Break
Extrude Group Apart (Control-K). This will allow you to apply various
properties to each component of the extruded object. In the case of this
triangle, it was broken apart into two objects.

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Step 3
Select each component of your 3D shape and in the Object Properties docker
you can apply more complex gradients and other properties. For additional fun
with gradients in CorelDRAW, check out How to Create and Use Gradients in
CorelDRAW.

Make sure your object components are Grouped (Control-G) together before
you continue on to the next letter.

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3. Rendering the Other Letters

Step 1
Let's move on to the letter "B"! I've decided to start with the Extrude Tool,
using the same method as for the triangle, and then alter the shape for an
additional twist.

1. Drag out your object's 3D plane with the Extrude Tool.

2. In the Property Bar, hit the Extrude Rotation option. Rotate the red
number 3 in the option box in order to change your 3D object's angle.
3. Set your extruded object's color properties either in the Extrusion
Coloroptions or in the Objects Properties docker after having
hit Break Extrude Group Apart.

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Step 2
Finally, we've got our Pac-Man-esque letter "C".

1. Choose your letter and color for the final object (in the event you'd rather
not create the same final image as the one in this tutorial).
2. Use the Extrude Tool to drag out the object's backside to the lower
right.
3. Hit Break Extrude Group Apart and after setting the Fountain
Fill colors in the Object Properties docker, use the Interactive Fill
Tool (G) to adjust the gradient's angle and placement on each of the
object's components.

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4. Applying Quick Drop Shadows to Objects

Step 1
I briefly introduced the Drop Shadow Tool in the tutorial How to Create and
Use Perfect Shapes in CorelDRAW. Let's take another look at this
tool's versatility.

Select the "A" group and use the Drop Shadow Tool to drag out and place a
drop shadow behind the object. Adjust the Shadow Feathering, Drop
Shadow Opacity, and other options in the Property Bar.

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Step 2
When satisfied with the drop shadow applied to the "A" group, hit the plus sign
in the Properties Bar next to the Presets drop-down menu. This will allow
you to save and reuse the drop shadow on other objects.

Once your shadow preset has been saved, select the other objects in turn and
select your shadow from the Presets drop-down menu. The same angle,
strength, and properties of the first drop shadow will be automatically applied
to your other objects.

Great Job, You're Done!

See the image below for how far our simple little flat shapes have come in this
quick tutorial. Share your results in the comment section below. Apply such
extrusion effects and rendering techniques to an entire alphabet of letters, or
create a whole poster design filled with three-dimensional text.

For more fantastic CorelDRAW tutorials, check out these below:

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 How to Create and Use Perfect Shapes in CorelDRAW
 How to Create and Use Gradients in CorelDRAW
 How to Use the Text Tool in CorelDRAW

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 How to Use the Mesh Fill Tool in CorelDRAW

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The Mesh Fill Tool can be one of the most daunting vector tools no matter the
program. In this tutorial we'll render a simple apple in CorelDRAW and use the
Mesh Fill tool to its fullest. We'll pair it with the Drop Shadow tool and Fountain
Filled shapes to create a simple, semi-realistic apple in no time!

1. Create the Basic Apple

Step 1
Create a New Document and draw a circle with the Ellipse tool (F7). Select
the shape and Convert to Curves (Control-Q). Use the Shape tool (F10) to
manipulate the shape's nodes to get more of an apple-like shape. Flatten out
the top or bottom. Perhaps your apple has a narrow base. The shape you
create is up to you.

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In the Object Properties docker, set the object's fill color to bright red. Use
the Mesh Fill tool (M) to apple a mesh to the object by double-clicking on the
object's edge and applying a darker red to that edge in the Property Bar. With
the Mesh Fill tool, select the upper right of the object to create a simple mesh
again, and apply a lighter red to the nodes in that section.

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Step 1
Select mesh nodes with the Shape tool to apply dark red to the lower outer
edge and light red to the top left and center of the apple (see node placement
within the mesh below). Add additional nodes with the Mesh Fill tool.

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Manipulate the curve of the mesh nodes with the Shape tool. Notice how
much lighter the node in the center of the upper left is compared to the other
shades of red within the mesh. This is where I've established the apple's
highlight.

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Let's break down the rest of the apple's rendered parts:

1. The upper left is quite a light red, while the lower right is a dark red. Also
note how the edges of the upper half of the apple are the first bright red
we started the apple with.
2. Add a couple of nodes in the upper center and apply a red-brown to
them. This is where the stem and leaf of the apple will sprout from.
3. Add another mesh node, with the Mesh Fill tool, to the lower right of
the apple (not the outer edge, but close to it) and select a medium red to
accentuate the core shadow of the lower right side.
4. Brighten up the highlight of the upper left to increase the overall contrast
of the apple.

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3. Create and Render the Leaf

Step 1
With the Pen tool or the Bezier tool, draw a single leaf shape. Fill the leaf
with a bright, spring green in the Object Properties docker. Convert the
object to curves to prepare it for the Mesh Fill tool in the next step.

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Like the apple, start the mesh nodes on the outer lower edges of the leaf and
apply darker green colors to them. Place nodes in the center of the leaf from
corner to corner and apply lighter greens with Mesh Fill Color in
the Property Bar.

With the Drop Shadow tool, drag a drop shadow to the lower left to create a
simple cast shadow. Set the Opacity to 29 and the Shadow
Feathering to 9 in the Property Bar to soften the cast shadow.

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With the Shape tool, manipulate the mesh nodes of the leaf so they curve
around the shape of the leaf. Place lighter, brighter colors on the right side of
the leaf with dark green on the edges (see placement below).

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Step 4
Draw a stem shape with the Pen tool and follow through with the same
process of applying a mesh with the Mesh Fill tool to a shape that's
been Converted to Curves. Darker brown goes on the outer edges of the
stem, and there should be a strip of lighter brown left of the center of the stem.

Place the stem and leaf over the indentation on the apple itself. Adjust the
angle of each shape as you see fit.

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4. Finishing Touches

Step 1
Group (Control-G) together all of your apple components and use the Drop
Shadow tool to apply a drop shadow that goes to the upper right of the
picture plane. Note how the angle of the shadow helps establish the ground on
which the apple sits.

You can add other transparent fountain filled shapes or render the background
rectangle as a mesh to make the shadows look more realistic. I'm sticking with
a simple drop shadow for this one.

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Step 2
In the event you want to transfer a mesh fill to another object, CorelDRAW has
a tool for that in the Property Bar. Select the object you want to apply the
mesh to and make sure you've Converted it to Curves. With the Mesh Fill
tool selected, hit Copy mesh fill in the Property Bar and when the arrow
comes up, select the object that already has the mesh fill applied to it.

When you do, your mesh will transfer over to the previously selected object. It's
kind of like magic.

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A Mesh Fill a Day Keeps the Doctor Away!

Excellent work, you're done! I defined the shape and highlights of my leaf with
transparent fountain filled objects. Note how the leaf looks less rounded and
has more shape to the object. Also note the that I added more colors to the
stem's mesh so it looks more stem-like. You can push your mesh fills further by

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referencing stock photos or a still-life in order to take a semi-realistic design to
full realistic.

Share your mesh filled creations in the comment section below! Render all of
the objects on your desk or in your fruit bowl, and really take that Mesh Fill tool
out for a spin.

Like this tutorial? Try out these similar ones for CorelDRAW:

1. How to Use the Extrude Tool in CorelDRAW

2. How to Use the Blend Tool in CorelDRAW
3. How to Create a Surreal Poster Design in CorelDRAW

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 Icons vector tutorial in Corel Draw

Posted on Jan 19, 2014 in Icon design, Tutorials | 0 comments

Tutorial details:

 Program: CorelDraw X6

 Difficulty: Intermediate

 Estimated Completion Time: 60 minutes

In this tutorial you will learn about how to create some nice and professional

vector icons in Corel Draw. After reading this tutorial you will know to center

objects, to apply the Fillet effect, how to use the Mirror and much more.

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Icons vector – Step 1

In this step we need to create the workspace. Create a New Document, type

a name and select the pixel units with the size 600 width and 600 height.

Select the rendering resolution to 72 dpi. Then select the options from the top

menu: Windows -> Toolbars like in the screenshot.

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Select the View Mode to Enhanced from the View drop down menu and

the Snap to Objects option.

Step 2

Select the Rectangle tool from the Toolbox and create a rectangle (70 x 50

px). Create another rectangle (24 x 20 px) and center it with the previous one

like in the second screenshot. For doing this you need to hold Shift, select the

small rectangle, then the big one and hit C (center horizontally). Then hold

Ctrl and drag the small rectangle until the center intersect the midpoint of the

big one. Create another rectangle (16 x 12 px) and center it with the previous

one. Now select from the Toolbox the Smart Fill tool and click in the handle

area. Delete the previous created rectangles (24 x 20 px and 16 x 12 px) and

create another two (4 x 40 px). Center them vertically (holding Shift, select

the rectangle (4 x 40 px), then the big one (70 x 50 px) and hit E (center

vertically)) and create another rectangle (7 x 20 px) for adjusting the

horizontally position (see the sixth screenshot). Note! You can use Ctrl +

Home for getting object in front of page.

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Step 3

Select from the Menu, Window -> Dockers -> Fillet/Scallop/Chamfer and

apply the Fillet effect to the big rectangle with the Radius 8 px. Then apply

the Fillet effect to the small rectangles with the Radius 2 px. And finally,

apply again the effect for the top two nodes from the handle. For doing this

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select the object, then the Shape tool (F10) from theToolbox and select the

two nodes.

Step 4

Now set the Fill color of the handle to white. Hold Shift and select the bar and

then the big rectangle and hit Trimfrom the Property bar. Delete this two

objects and you will have now two hole in the big rectangle. Select all the

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objects and hit Weld from the Property bar. You will have now only one

object, the bag.

Step 5

In this step we will begin to create the e-mail icon. Create again a rectangle (70

x 50 px) and apply the Fillet effect with the Radius 8 px. Create another

rectangle (4 x 80 px) and rotate it with 60-degrees. Create another copy of

this rectangle and from the Property bar hit Mirror Horizontally. Then drag

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one rectangle until you intersect with the other one like in the fourth

screenshot. Select this two rectangles and hit Weld.

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Step 6

Hold Shift, select the bar, then the rectangle and hit C (center horizontally).

Now hold Ctrl, select the bar and drag it until you think that look like in the

first screenshot. Hold Shift, select the bar and then the rectangle and

hit Trim from the Property bar. Delete the bar and now you have the e-mail

icon. Select the Shape tool (F10 from your keyboard or from the Toolbox)

and apply the Fillet effect for that two nodes like in the second

screenshot (with the Radius 6 px and 8 px).

Step 7

Create a rectangle (50 x 36 px) and apply the Fillet effect with the Radius 6

px. Create two circles and center them like in the second screenshot. Create a

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rectangle and arrange it like in the third screenshot (in the middle of the

circles). Now select the Smart fill tool from the Toolbox and click in the top

area. Delete the circles and the rectangle (see the fourth screenshot). Select

the rectangle tool, hold Ctrl and draw a rectangle from the first node of the

top object to the second. Then drag from the bottom side of the rectangle until

intersect the big one (see the fifth screenshot). Create another copy of this new

rectangle, hold Ctrl and move it to the right side.

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Step 8

Select all the objects and hit Weld. Now we will create the keyhole. Create a

rectangle (6 x 12 px) and a circle (10 x 10 px) and center the circle with the top

side of the rectangle. Select this two objects and hit Weld. Apply Fillet to the

bottom two nodes with the Radius 3 px.

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Step 9

Apply Fillet to the middle two nodes with the Radius 6 px and we have the

keyhole. Now we will center it with the lock. Hold Shift, select the keyhole,

then the lock and hit C (center horizontally). For vertical alignment you can

create a rectangle like the red one from the second screenshot and align the

keyhole with this one, then delete it. Now select the keyhole, then the lock and

hit Trim. Delete the keyhole and you will have now only one object, the lock.

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Step 10

Create three rectangles and align like in the first screenshot. The red one is

only for alignment. Select all the objects and hit Ctrl + Q (Converte to

curves). Select the Shape tool (F10), select the bottom two nodes and apply

the Filletwith the Radius 8 px. Select the top rectangle and apply Fillet with

the Radius 2 px and then apply the Fillet with the Radius 8 px to the top

nodes of the middle rectangle. Select all the objects and hit Weld.

Step 11

Select the object and hit Ctrl + K (Break curves apart). Will result two objects.

Select the bottom one and a new created rectangle (4 x 40 px) and

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hit C (center horizontally) and E (center vertically). Create another two copies

of the new rectangle (4 x 40 px) and arrange them like in the fourth

screenshot. For arrange them you can create a temporary rectangle with the

size 9 px horizontally. Apply Fillet to this three rectangles with the Radius 2

px and then Trim this rectangles from the back object. Delete this rectangles

and we will have now three holes. Then select the both objects and

hit Weld for having only one object.

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Step 12

Let’s create the backgrounds. Create four rectangles (128 x 128 px) and align

like in the screenshot. For doing this you can create two temporary rectangles

(20 x 60 px, 60 x 20 px). After you are ready with the alignment, select all of

them and apply the Fillet effect with the Radius 8 px.

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Step 13

Color the rectangles like in the screenshot. Center all the icons with the

backgrounds. For doing this you can holding Shift, select the icon, then the

background and hit C (Center Horizontally) and E (Center Vertically). Select all

the objects and remove the Outline (right mouse click in the “X” from the

color palette). Select all four icons and fill with the color R(255)G(241)B(206).

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Today we will learn How Can We Make Widows 8 Logo in Corel Draw.

Windows 8 is the name of the latest version of Microsoft Windows, a series of

operating systems produced by Microsoft. Logo Windows 8 looks Simple but
Elegant with a versatile zoom box – the box but still Fresh and eye catching. It
is interesting to learn how to make it.

Okay, how do I make it? Let us create a logo Windows 8 with CorelDraw!!!

Follow the steps below:

1. Open Corel, click File >> New (Ctrl + N), click Ok.
2. Create a box with the Rectangle Tool (F6)

Press Ctrl + Q to change the box that we created a line of curve (Convert To
Curves), the wake consists of a point – the point curve so that it can be
modified point – point curve. Use the Shape Tool (F10) and then left-click on
the curve and then hold and drag to drag curve (curve Moving)

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we named the Box Windows 8

3. After that create a rectangular box that cuts horizontally right in the middle
of the box Windows 8

Let’s call the box horizontal separator box

4. Now left click and hold it horizontal separator box shift key on the keyboard
and then click the Windows 8

Then click Trim to cut

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Now box windows 8 split into 2 parts

5. Ok now lives Box Windows 8’s cut vertically (top – bottom). How: Click 2x
separator box round windows that exit sign and turn 90 degrees.

Repeat as previous cuts, the vertical separator box left click and hold down the
shift key on the keyboard and then click Windows 8 box, then click Trim to cut
vertically and we have a logo Widows 8. Click the box and press the Del
vertical cutter (to remove).

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We have the logo of Windows 8

6. Paint will, I click the windows logo then left click on the preferred color
palette color palette color and then right click on the logo outline to remove
windows 8, results:

7. Give an interesting background, as an example I use a gradation between

the colors blue and white

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Logo Windows 8 has been completed. This time we are only able to make its
logo alone, but hopefully can inspire graphic design lovers to try to make the
other. Thank you and hopefully useful. Greeting

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Making Stamp in Vector (Exclusive Tutorial)

Added:Â Apr 27, 2005 Level:Â Beginner Software: Â

Author: Azure More by this author

You will probably have noticed how popular "Grunge-style" templates are at
TemplateMonster. Effects peculiar to this style are easily created in raster
graphics (for example, in Adobe Photoshop), but I will show you how to do this
in "Corel Draw 9".

To begin this task, choose "Text Tool" found in the "Toolbox" panel

and type the word "STAMP".

Then using the "Rectangle Tool", which is located in the "Toolbox" panel

draw a rectangle.

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This is still unfinished, so at this stage it's easy to round the corners. To do this,
click on any corner point and holding the left mouse button, move the cursor
inside the rectangle. Then using the "Outline Tool" which is located in the
"Toolbox" panel, set lines at the required thickness and striking a combination
of keystrokes "Ctrl+Shift+Q" transform line property in the object; then make
all edges curved.

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Now we have a half-finished object, but it is too soon to break and have coffee
– because the interesting part has just begun. All that is needed now is the
"Eraser Tool".

It can be found it in the "Toolbox" panel or can be called using hotkey "X". The
tool works in the following way: 1) clicking along the image while holding the
left mouse button, randomly cut off pieces of the image; 2) Click along the
edge of the image, making a beginning point for the tool – the clicks of the
mouse denote the final points and all parts of the image that lie in the path of
the mouse will be unmercifully broken (I suggest that during this process you
do not release the "Ctrl" key, as it will relieve you of the necessity to select the
object each time that you miss). Look what I got.

You think that this is painstaking work? It isn’t. To achieve the desired effect
you should use only the "Eraser Tool" at a fixed size. The trick is that when
determining the path of your "Eraser Tool" the lines of the image voluntarily
deform. So, in cutting off bits of the drawing the effect of a stamp may be
achieved. Now, once again choose "Eraser Tool" (this time, one of a smaller
size), and cut off pieces of the lines in the image.

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The final step – select the "Interactive Transparency Tool" found in the
"Toolbox" panel.

It works in the following way: part of the object on which you click becomes
visible, while the other part under the cursor becomes invisible. So parts of the
image seem irregularly filled with color. Break the picture into segments by
clicking a combination of keys "Ctrl+K" and apply the "Interactive
Transparency Tool" for each segment.

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 Puzzle ball tutorial in Corel Draw

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Tutorial details:

 Program: CorelDraw X6

 Difficulty: Beginner

 Estimated Completion Time: 10 minutes

In this tutorial you will learn the most easy steps about how to create a nice

vector puzzle ball using the Fish Eyeeffect.

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 Download

File format: .cdr .ai .png (3352 x 3498 px)

Puzzle Ball – Step 1

We will begin this tutorial with the jigsaw puzzle created because the

techniques to create it have been explained in a previous puzzle tutorial. So,

you will need to read this Corel Draw tutorial, how to create puzzle pieces first.

Then creat a jigsaw puzzle like the one from the screenshot.

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Step 2

Select from the Toolbox the Ellipse Tool (F7) and draw a circle.

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Step 3

Select the circle and center it with the puzzle created at the first step. You can

read the Using align and order in Corel Draw tutorial to understand better how

you can center it.

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Step 4

Now hit Alt+F3 to get the Lens properties. Select the created circle and from

the Lens select the Fish Eye effect. Set the Rate to 100% and finally

select Frozen and hit Apply. You will get a result like in the next screenshot.

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Step 5

Select the puzzle ball and hit Ctrl+U (Ungroup). Now select the circle with the

black Outline and delete it. Your result must be like in the screenshot.

Step 6

To look more realistic we will create to this puzzle ball a subtle shadow. This

can be done in various methods but I will create it with the Blend tool. With

the Ellipse Tool create two objects like in the screenshot. Set the color for the

small one to R(179)G(179)B(179). Anyway, you can change the color if you

want. From the Menu Bar -> Effect select the Blend effect. Select the both

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objects and change the settings in the Blend window like in the screenshot.

Hit Applyand then remove the Outline from the new object created (select the

Object and then right mouse click on the “X” from the Color Palette).

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Step 7

Arrange the Shadow at the bottom and you are ready with the vector Puzzle

Ball.

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 Final Result Preview

Step 1

Draw a rectangle. Use rectangle tool in the toolbox.

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 Step 2

Select the rectangle and press ctrl+q. Now you can change the shape of the
rectangle.

Step 3

Take shape tool and select the bottom-left corner node and press delete.

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 Step 4

Now adjust the shape using node handles (the blue lines are the node handles).

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 Step 5

With shape tool selected, drag the top line downwards. Release the mouse
when you are satisfied with shape of the curve.

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 Step 6

Select the pick tool and squeeze the shape as shown in the image below.

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 Step 7

With shape tool adjust node handles and adjust the shape.

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 Step 8

Select the shape and copy it (Ctrl+C) and paste it (Ctrl+V). Now press ctrl and
move the shape to your right side. A blue outline will appear. Release the
mouse button. Shape is flipped horizontally.

Select the shapes and Weld them.

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 Step 9

The shield vector is ready.

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 Step 10

Go to fountain fill dailog box. It is located at the bottom of the toolbox.

Select linear type

Select Dark red in the "from" box

Select Bright red in the "to" box

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 Step 11
Select the object.In the toolbox, select the contour tool.On the property barSet
the contour offset to 5.0. Increase and decrease the offset distance.Set the
contour steps to 1

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 Step 12

Select the shield and press ctrl+k to break the contour apart. Now with bezier
tool draw a shape as shown below. It should be overlapping half of the shield.

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 Step 13

Now select the shape. Press shift and select the red shield. Now intersect it
with interset tool. It is located in the property bar. You will find it only when you
have selected 2 objects.

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 Step 14

Fill the intersection with white color and delete the shape drawn with bezier.

Select all and right click the no fill button (it is located at the top of the color
palette, it is white with a black cross in the center). All the black outlines will
disappear

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 Step 15

With the help of transparency tool make the white intersection shape
transparent. This will make it look like a reflection. You can add many
reflections of different colors if you want to.

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 Step 16

Select the thick black outline and change its color to light gray

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With bezier tool i drew some swords and the banner. I used this as a logo.

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 Final Result Preview

Step 1

Draw a circle with ellipse tool. Fill it with fountain fill. Colors can be of your
choice. Use one dark shade and other light. I have used dark orange and light
orange.

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 Step 2

Copy and reduce the size of the circle (The reduced size is shown with dotted
lines). Fill the smaller circle with radial fountain fill. The outer color of the radial
fountain fill should be dark and the inner color should be light. This will give it a
3D look.

Step 3

Now copy the small circle and trim it with another circle (as shown in the
image). You will get a crescent moon like object. Fill this with white color and
place it above the smaller circle. Now make this object transparent with
transparency tool as shown in the image.

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 Step 4

Trim another circle with oval. We will use it as highlight. Fill this white color.
Use transparency tool as shown.

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 Step 5

Two more reflections. One of them should be white in color and other should be
dark yellow. Use transparency tool as shown. Select the whole toffee and group
it by pressing ctrl+g. ( To ungroup press ctrl+u)

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 Step 6

Now its time to wrap the toffee in a fancy looking wrapper. Use Bezier tool to
create this shape. Use same colors for fountain fill.

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 Step 7

Enable the snap to node option (alt+z). Alt+z is used for both on and off. So do
check if its already on. With Bezier tool create the shape shown below. Fill it
with medium tone of the shade you are using. I have used dark yellow. Make it
transparent with transparency tool.

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 Step 8

Similarly create the other two with darker hue. Group the wrapper.

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 Step 9

Do the same

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 Step 10

Copy the wrapper and mirror it and rotate it as shown.

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 Step 11

To place the wrapper behind select both wrappers and press shift+Pg Down.

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 Step 12

You can also stretch the toffee to give it a different look.

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 Step 13

Change the colours and make different toffees of as many colors as you want.
Play with colors have fun.

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Final Result Preview

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 Step 1
Select Ellipse tool to draw a circle. To draw a perfect circle press Ctrl then
drag the mouse. The black boxes around the circle shows that the circle is
selected.

Step 2
Select Bezier tool. Draw a line between the two quadrants as shown below in
the image. Press Shift and continue drawing the line. Now close the shape. It
will like a Triangle.

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Select all the nodes of the triangle with Shape tool. Press Convert to Curves.

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 Step 4
With shape tool selected, add node to the triangle. Now drag the node. Notice
that the shape is changing.
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 Step 5
With shape tool still selected, edit the shape.

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 Step 6
Delete the node added previously. Edit the shape as shown in the image.

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 Step 7
Select both shapes and click weld.

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 Step 8
Select the shape and copy it (Ctrl+C) and paste it (Ctrl+V). Now press ctrl and
move the shape to your right side. A blue outline will appear. Release the
mouse button. Shape is flipped horizontally.
Select the shapes and Weld them. The heart vector is ready.

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 Step 9
Copy the heart shape, reduce its size, and rotate it. Make many such copies
with different sizes and shapes rotations. Place them within the big heart.

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 Step 10
Fill the small hearts with different colors.

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 Step 11
Fill the big heart with light pink. Press Ctrl to select all and remove outline.

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 Step 12
Use type tool to write the message. Delete the small hearts that are
overlapping the text.

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 Final Result Preview

Step 1
In the Polygon flyout (in toolbox), select Spiral.

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 Step 2
In the property bar change the spiral revolutions to 2.

Step 3
Press Ctrl and draw the spiral.

Step 4
Select the spiral, press Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. Now using the corner handle
reduce the size of the spiral. It should look like the second image.

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 Step 5
Select both spirals and click Combine. It is a single curve now but you cannot
fill colors yet.

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 Step 6
Select shape tool from the tool box and select the spiral.

Step 7
Drag and select the nodes at the center of the spiral. It looks like there is only
one node but there are two, one placed over another.

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With both nodes selected, click Join nodes button in the property bar.

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 Step 9
Now select the end nodes of the spiral using shape tool. Click Close curve in
the property bar.

Step 10
Notice that the curve is now close. You can fill colors.

Step 11
Select the curve and copy it (Ctrl+C) and paste it (Ctrl+V). Now press ctrl and
move the spiral to your right side. A blue outline will appear. Release the
mouse button. Spiral is flipped horizontally.
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 Step 12
Select the flipped spiral and click mirror vertically in the property bar. The
Spiral will flip vertically without changing the place.

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 Step 13
Place the spirals in such a way so that it looks like the image shown below.
Now press weld.

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 Step 14
Change the rotation to 355 degree.

Step 15
Press ctrl and move the shape to your right. Right click and release the
mouse. The Shape will be copied.

Step 16
Now press Ctrl+R to repeat the copy command. Keep pressing Ctrl+R until
you are satisfied with the length of the border.

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 Step 17
You can copy the border and right the name of your company in the middle. It
can be used as business cards design.

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 Final Result Preview:

Step 1:
Select Ellipse Tool from the tool bar in Corel Draw.

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 Step 2:
Now draw an ellipse on the page. To bring the drawn shape to center of the
page, select the shape and press P.

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 Step 3:
With the ellipse still selected change the width to 2.5 and height to 5.0

Step 4:
Right now we cannot change the shape of the ellipse. Press Ctrl+Q to
convert it to curves. After converting to curves, ellipse will become editable.
Notice that there is only one node before Ctrl+Q command.

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 Step 5:
Select "shape tool" from the toolbox.

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 Step 6:
Select the top node of the ellipse. Notice that the property bar is changed.
Click Cusp to change the node type.

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 Step 7:
Now hold the control handle of the node and drag it to the bottom as shown
below. This is known as shaping process.

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 Step 8:
Select two nodes in the center of the ellipse. Drag them downwards as shown
in the image below.

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 Step 9:
Select the bottom most node and press delete key. Now look at the shape. It
is smoother than before.

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 Step 10:
Move the control handle of the top node as shown the image.

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 Step 11:
Select Bezier Tool and draw a curve line as shown below.

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 Step 12:
Select the curve and change the outline width to 2.0 mm. It will become
thicker.

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 Step 13:
With the curve still selected press Ctrl+Shift+Q (to convert line to shape). It
has four nodes now.

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 Step 14:
Now first select the curve than press SHIFT key and select the leaf (Click on
the edge of the leaf to select it). Notice the change in the property bar. Click
Trim.

Step 15:
Select the curve and delete it.

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 Step 16:
Fill the leaf with green color and remove the outline (To remove the outline,
right click the no fill button in the color palette).

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 Final Result:
You can create simple illustration using the leaf

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 Christmas is coming!
I have decided to make a CorelDRAW tutorial on how to create a
seamless Christmas pattern. In this tutorial you will be learn how
to create Christmas elements like the sock, Santa’s hat, bell using
the Ellipse Tool, Roughen Effect and Vector Pattern in CorelDRAW.
So, let’s get started!

1. Create The Sock

Step 1

Let’s start with the sock. In the Toolbox, take the Regtangle Tool
(F6) and create a red regtangle shape. Focus on your Property
Bar, set the Object Size boxes to 215 x 110 px and you will
find Corner option. Select Round Corner and enter 55 px to all
corners of the regtangle shape in the Corner Radius boxes.

Step 2

Move on your Property Bar and make a 128 x 200 px red

regtangle. Set the Corner Radius of the right bottom corner to 50
px. Then select the two objects, go to Object > Align and
Distribute > Align Right (R) and Align Bottom (B). Keeping the
two objects selected. In the Property Bar, hit the Weldbutton.
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Step 3

Add a white regtangle shape. Set the Object Sizes to 188 x 82 px.
Place it as shown below.

Step 4

Now we will apply the Roughen effect to the previous shape. In

the Toolbox, select the Roughen Tool from the Shape
Flyout (F10). Enter the values in the Property Bar like image
below. As you see its become to the zig-zag shapes.

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Step 5

Let’s give the Smooth effect to the zig-zag shape. Choose

the Smooth Tool in the Toolbox. Move to your Property Bar and
enter the values as shown below.

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2. Create The Tree

Step 1

Using the Polygon Tool (Y) to draw a triangle shape. Set the
number of Sides in the Property Bar to 3. Open
the Envelope Tool from the Dropshadow Flyout. Use the Pick
tool, select the two nodes and move them inward. After
that Delete the center of the bottom nodes.

Step 2

Next, drag the control handles of the bottom nodes. You should
have resulting shape like below.

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Make two copies the previous shape. Using the Pick Tool, you
can Scale your two copied shapes to be wider. Recolor and place
them exactly as picture below.

Step 3

Now create the stem with the Regtangle Tool (F6). Draw a
regtangle shape. Then make an oval to cut the bottom of the
regtangle shape with the Trim tool in the Property Bar. After that
select the top nodes of the stem and bring them inward. Then
change the control handles like this.

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Step 4

Arrange the stem above of the tree. Select the bottom of the tree
and then the stem then click the Trimbutton.

Add a star with the Star Tool in the Toolbox. No Outline. Fill it with
yellow. With the Pick Tool, select all objects and Group them
together (Ctrl + G).

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3. Create The Santa’s Hat

Step 1

Draw a triangle shape with the Pen Tool to make the hat.

Using the Shape Tool (F10), click both nodes to change the
straight segments into the curves by clicking the Convert to
Curve icon in the Property Bar.

Now click the top node and press Symmetrical Node icon on
the Property Bar. Then drag the control handles like this.

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My resulting shape should be like this.

Step 2

Create a 285 x 85 px regtangle. Focus on your Property Bar,

select Round Corner and set 50 px in the Corner Radius boxes.

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Step 3

Keeping the rounded regtangle selected and go to Go to the Object

> Convert to Curves (Ctrl + Q). Next, reshape the rounded
regtangle. To do this, grab the Shape Tool (F10) and select one
node of the top nodes then click the Convert to Curve icon in
the Property Bar.

Move the control handles with the Pick Tool like image below.

Use this step for the bottom of the rounded regtangle. Set the fill
color to white.

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Step 4

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Place the white rounded regtangle on the bottom of the red shape
and select both shapes. Hit the Trimtool.

Step 5

Using the Pen Tool to draw a triangle shape. Take the Shape Tool
(F10). Adjust the control handles with the Pick Tool like picture
below. Set its color to dark red (C= 19, M=100, Y=100, K=18).

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Step 6

Put it on the top pf the red shape. Select the red shape then dark
red shape. Hit the Trim tool.

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 Step 7

To create the ball, pick the Ellipse Tool (F7). Make a 52 x

52px white circle. Place it like image below. Select the white circle
shape and then the dark red shape. Select all objects and group
together by pressing Ctrl + G.

4. Create The Bell

Step 1

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Use the Ellipse Tool (F7) to draw the bell. Create a yellow oval
shape. Add the regtangle which we will use it to cut the bottom half f
the shape oval using the trimming. Make an another oval. Place it
like image below. Then select both shapes and hit the Weld icon.

Step 2

Grab the Shape Tool (F10). Select both nodes with the Pick
Tool and drag them up. After that select the left and right nodes
and move them outward (see picture).

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Step 3

Choose the Smooth Node in the Property Bar.

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Step 4

Let’s make the top node of the bell and drag the control handles out
to be a wider. The resulting shape should looks like the image
below.

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Step 5

Let’s add the inner surface of the bell. To do this, draw a orange
oval. Place it like image below.

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 Step 6

Let’s add the bell’s clapper. Draw a small oval. Set the color to (C=
19, M=80, Y=100, K=11). Place it like image below. Select the inner
surface and then the bell’s clapper. Click the Intersect button in
the Property Bar. Remove the unneeded object.

5. Create The Candy

Step 1

To draw the cane we need a 190 x 190 px circle using the Ellipse
Tool (F7). No fill. Set the Outline Width to 8 pt and the Outline
Color to white.

In the Property Bar, change the drawn shape from Ellipse

to Arc shape. Set the value in the Starting and Ending
Angles box to 180°.

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From the Outline option in the Object Properties docker,
choose Round Cap.

Step 2

Take the 2-Point Line Tool to draw a straight line. Set the Outline
Width to 8 pt and choose Round Cap. Select both and hit
the Weld icon.

Convert its to object by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Q on your keyboard.

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Step 3

Draw two red regtangle shape. Place them above of the cane as
shown picture below. Select the two regtangles and take the Blend
Tool. Move on your Property Bar, enter 4 for the Blend
Steps options. In the Path Properties, choose the New
Path option and click on our cane. Then click the Blend
Spacing button.

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Step 4

Select the blend and press Ctrl + K and then Ungroup them (Ctrl +
U). Rotate the two regtangles (see picture) with the Pick Tool.

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 Step 5

Select all regtangles. Right-click and choose PowerClip Inside.

Then click inside the cane.

6. Create The Snowflake

Step 1

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Grab the Regtangle Tool (F6) and draw a 13 x 117 px regtangle.
On the Property Bar, select Round Corner. Enter 4 px in
the Corner Radius boxes. Sets it color to white (picture 1).

Duplicate and resize the previous shape by 9 x 49 px. Type 50° in

the Angle of Rotation box (picture 2).

Copy (Ctrl + C) and Paste (Ctrl + V) then click the Mirror

Horizontally button in the Property Bar. Holding Ctrl, move the
copied regtangle to the right.

Make another regtangle smaller than the original shape using the
previous shape and place them like image below (picture 3).

Step 2

Place the four regtangles on the top of the long regtangle shape.
Select all objects. Hit the Weld tool. You should get a result similar
below.

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Step 3

Open the Transformation Rotation docker (Alt + F8). Moving the

center of the rotation to the bottom of the long regtangle shape.
Type values following image below. Click Apply.

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With the Pick Tool, select all objects and Group them by
pressing Ctrl + G.

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Step 4

Create a 95 x 95 px. Set the Outline Width to 2 pt and the Outline

Color to white.

Select this circle and the grouped objects. Go to Object > Align
and Distribute > Align Centers Horizontally (E) and Align
Centers Vertically (C) and then hit the Trim icon. Please select the
circle shape and Convert its to objects (Ctrl + Shift + Q). Now
select all objects and hit the Weld icon.

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7. Creating The Pattern

Step 1

Make a 600 x 600 px square shape for the background. Fill it with
light blue (C= 58, M=0, Y=4, K=0).

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Step 2

As shown the picture 1, place the Santa’s hat, candy, and bell on
the top of background and keeping all of them selected. Focus on
your Property Bar, you’ll find the Duplicate Distance option.
Input -600 px for the Vertical Object Position box. Press Cttl + D.

Next, in picture 2, place the tree and snowflake, on the left of

background and keeping all of them selected. Input 600 px for
the Horizontal Object Position box. Press Cttl + D.

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Step 3

Make several copies of every element and feel free to changing

their size, rotation anything you want (picture 1).

Spread the snowflakes in the blank spaces of course you resize

them before (picture 2).

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Step 4

Once you are satisfied with result, go to Tools > Create > Pattern
Fill. On dialog box pop up, select Type: Vector. Click OK.

With the Pick Tool, drag a marquee to select pattern area.

Click Accept button.

Enter Name: Christmas Pattern on dialog Save Pattern.

Press OK.

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Step 5

Let’s apply our Christmas pattern into a 600 x 600 px regtangle. In

the Fill Properties, select the Vector Pattern Fill and click the Fill
Picker drop-down list. You will find the new pattern that we just
created it.

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Here is the final image.

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Conclusion

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