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Program of Study: CorelDRAW Introduction (1 day)

Requires no experience of using CorelDRAW. Experience of using graphics packages an advantage.

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Creating complex objects

Creating bezier curves

Using the shape tool

Using the freehand tool

Using the knife tool

Using the eraser tool

Reshaping paths

Converting text to paths

Combining objects

Images and clipart

Importing bitmaps

Importing clipart

Inserting symbols

Creating symbols

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Fit Text To Path

Transforming objects with envelopes

Creating blends

Drop shadows

The artistic media tool

Adding perspective

Extruding objects

Lens effects

Applying PowerClips

Output

Exporting your artwork

Choosing the right file format

Printing documents

Setting print options

Creating print styles

Using the Print Merge Wizard

Fundamentals of Photoshop

• What makes Photoshop unique? Key differences between it and other graphics programs

• The best and fastest ways to navigate around images

• Tips on resizing images without ruining them

•What you see isn't always what you get — why that is, and what you can do about it

Planning Your Projects

• Deciding which file formats to use for which projects

• Video graphics and web graphics — specific instructions about each

• Why planning projects "from back to front" speeds things up and minimizes mistakes

• Various ways to get an image into Photoshop

Tools and Palettes

• What each tool does

• How tools and palettes work together

• Quick steps to customizing palettes so you work faster

• Options that are common to multiple tools

• Why the tool box is broken into sections



Creating a Selection

• Why choosing the right selection tools can mean the difference between good and great images

• Using the pen as a selection tool

• The best way to add to or subtract for a selection

• Using quick masks for isolating and empasizing elements of your image

• Easy ways to make a selection based on color

Color Manipulation

• RGB vs. CMYK vs. Index — demystifying your choices

• Understanding the differences and similarities between Levels and Curves — and why it's important you know the

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• How to improve the chances that the color you want is the color that prints

• Tricks to using duotones and spot color — the benefits when you do them right

• The fastest, easiest way to change color: a demonstration using Adjustment Layers

Layers

• Insider tips and tricks on using Preserve Transparency

• Various way to create a layer mask, and how masks relate to channels

• How to create patterns in type and achieve other special effects using clipping groups

• The different modes in the Layers palette and how to use them to create dramatic collages

Special Effects

• Filters and their endless possibilities

• Special 3-D effects built into Photoshop

• How to bring black-and-white photos to life with color

• How to put motion into still photography

• Best ways to eliminate dust and fix scratches on old photographs

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