Description

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The Only Corel-Authorized Guide to CorelDRAW X7 CorelDRAW X7: The Official Guide shows you how to create photorealistic illustrations, lay out text and graphics, import and edit photos, add special effects to vector art and photos, and transform 2D objects into 3D artwork. You'll also get expert tips for printing work that matches what you've designed on your monitor. Step-by-step tutorials based on downloadable sample files let you learn by doing.

• Explore and master CorelDRAW's menus, palettes, and dockers
• Add Paragraph Text, Artistic Text, and custom-shaped text to your designs
• Explore the new Content Exchange for access to new, exciting patterns and other fills
• Create the illusion of 3D objects with the Perspective and Extrude tools
• Dramatically edit objects with the Smear, Twirl, Attract, Repel, and Distortion tools
• Add elements of photorealism to your drawings with lens effects, transparency, shadows, glows, and bevels
• Combine photos with vector graphics in CorelDRAW, and perform advanced editing in PHOTO-PAINT

About the Author

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Gary David Bouton is an award-winning CorelDRAW illustrator who has used CorelDRAW professionally for more than 20 years. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books, including CorelDRAW: The Official Guide for versions X3 through X7, Xara Xtreme 5: The Official Guide, and Photoshop CS4 QuickSteps.