CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide is the one-stop tutorial for learning how to create gorgeous graphics for a variety of print and web uses. Packed with examples and techniques, this book delivers details no CorelDRAW user can afford to be without!

Ideal for beginners through experts getting started on the new release, the book explains how to install the software, use the illustration and drawing tools, work with text, apply colors, fills, and outlines, apply special effects, and work in 3D. This is the only Corel-authorized book on CorelDRAW to cover the current version of the product.

CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide features: 

• Two new chapters on PHOTO-PAINT, the image-editing software that’s included in the CorelDRAW software box
• Four-color insert that highlights results of various filters and effects
• Hundreds of tips, tricks, and shortcuts that show how to get the most out of the features
• Expert instruction on illustration techniques

About the Author
Gary David Bouton has used CorelDRAW professionally for more than 15 years and is the author of six books covering previous versions.

Table of Contents
Part I CorelDRAW X5 Essentials

• 1 What’s New in CorelDRAW X5?
• 2 Exploring Your Workspace
• 3 CorelDRAW’s Ins and Outs: Importing, Exporting, and Saving Design Work
• 4 Navigation and Page Setup
• 5 The X5 Test Drive

Part II Getting Started with CorelDRAW X5

• 6 Working with Single- and Multi-Page Documents
• 7 Measuring and Drawing Helpers
• 8 Creating Basic Shapes, Applying Transformations
• 9 Moving, Scaling, Rotating: Basic Transformations

Part III Working with Object Tools

• 10 Drawing and Editing Objects
• 11 Editing Objects

Part IV Working with Text

• 12 Getting Artistic with Text
• 13 Typography Rules and Conventions
• 14 Getting Your Words Perfect

Part V Attributes for Objects and Lines

• 15 Filling Objects
• 16 Outline Attributes
• 17 Digital Color Theory Put to Practice

Part VI Creating the Illusion of 3D Objects

• 18 Working with Perspective
• 19 Extruding Objects

Part VII Creating Special Effects

• 20 Envelope and Distortion Effects
• 21 Blends and Contours
• 22 Lens Effects, Transparency, Shadows, Glows, and Bevels

Part VIII The Bitmap Side of Corel Graphics Suite

• 23 Bitmap Boot Camp: Working with Photographs
• 24 Advanced Photography Techniques with CorelDRAW
• 25 An Introduction to PHOTO-PAINT
• 26 PHOTO-PAINT Effects and Advanced Editing

Part IX Thinking Outside of the (Tool) Box

• 27 Printing: Professional Output
• 28 Basic HTML Page Layout and Publishing
• Index