CorelDRAW Training Courses
Four hours per week during 8 weeks
CorelDRAW is a feature-packed vector graphics environment which can be used to produce illustrations of just about any description. It can be bought separately or as part of the CorelDRAW Graphics suite which includes CorelDRAW itself, Corel PHOTO-PAINT (bitmap editing and retouching) and Corel R.A.V.E (animation).
We offer CorelDRAW training courses from beginner to advanced levels. CorelDRAW is one of the regular scheduled computer training courses, held at our central North York training centre, and we can also organize in-house training anywhere in the GTA. The course comprises:
CorelDRAW Introduction Tuition: $450 CAD
Part 2: CorelDRAW Advanced Tuition: $450 CAD
Part 3: Corel Photo-PAINT Introduction Tuition: $450 CAD
CorelDRAW Introduction
Our Introduction to CorelDRAW offers comprehensive coverage of CorelDraw's basic features.
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Overview of CorelDRAW Environment
Setting up a new document
Navigating within a document
Showing and hiding floating palettes
Zooming in and out
CorelDRAW's viewing modes |
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Creating basic objects |
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Using the drawing tools
Drawing rectangles and circles
Drawing polygons
Drawing lines
Setting object fills
Setting object outlines
Copying object attributes |
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Manipulating objects |
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Selecting objects
Moving objects
Resizing objects
Rotating and skewing objects
Altering the pivot point
Duplicating and cloning objects
Grouping and locking
Changing the stacking order |
Working with text |
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Artistic and paragraph text
Adding artistic text
Formatting artistic text
Adding paragraph text
Setting paragraph options
Checking your spelling
Using Find and Replace
Importing text |
Aids to accuracy |
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Customizing the ruler
Creating ruler guides
Using snap-to
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Moving the zero point
Moving the ruler
Customizing the grid
Specifying precise object parameters
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Creating complex objects |
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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 |
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Importing bitmaps
Importing clipart
Inserting symbols
Creating symbols |
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Effects |
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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 |
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Output |
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Exporting your artwork
Choosing the right file format
Printing documents
Setting print options
Creating print styles
Using the Print Merge Wizard |
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CorelDRAW Advanced
Our CorelDRAW Advanced course looks at customization, desktop publishing, Corel TRACE and Corel R.A.V.E.
Templates and styles |
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Creating templates
Loading templates
Creating graphic object styles
Creating artistic text styles
Creating paragraph text styles |
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Customisation |
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Creating custom toolbars
Creating and using shortcuts
Using multiple workspaces
Creating custom colour palettes
Saving your defaults |
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Interactive effects |
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Interactive envelopes
Interactive transparencies
Interactive blends
Interactive distortion
Interactive drop shadows
Interactive extrusion
Interactive contours |
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Advanced object manipulation |
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Combining and breaking apart
Welding objects
Intersection and trim |
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Desktop publishing |
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Working with layers
Using master layers
Linking text frames
Wrapping text around an object
Creating drop caps
Flowing text inside a shape |
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Corel TRACE |
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Overview of tracing bitmaps
Compatible formats
Choosing trace options
Setting memory options
Tracing files
Importing the traced files |
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Corel R.A.V.E. |
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Overview of R.A.V.E
Setting up the stage
Using the timeline
Setting object span
Tweening two objects
Tweening groups of objects
Tweening along a path
Creating rollover effects
Exporting in Flash format |
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Corel Photo-PAINT Introduction
Our Corel Photo-PAINT Introduction course shows users how to enhance and optimize bitmap images and create image effects.
Introducting Photo-PAINT |
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CorelDraw and PhotoPaint differences
Bitmaps and pixels
Masking techniques |
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Effects |
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Overview of filters
Blurring and sharpening
3D effects filters
Art strokes
Camera
The Noise filter
The Boss filter
The Dust and Scratch filter
Lighting effects
Mesh warp
The Image Sprayer |
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Tonal and colour adjustments |
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Changing brightness and contrast
Using tone curves
PhotoPaint's colour modes
Changing hue and saturation |
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Retouching |
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Using the clone tool
Using the undo brush
Using the artbrush tool
Using the airbrush tool
The replace color brush |
Working with layers |
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Creating layers
Changing opacity
Creating montages
Using adjustment layers
Using layer masks |
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Exporting for print
Print formats
Exporting for the web
Web graphic formats |
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REGISTRATION FORM
REGISTRATION STEPS:
- Fill out our Registration form.
- One of our staff members will contact you at the telephone number you included on
your registration form to confirm your registration.
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2 methods of payment
The payment is made:
- by a credit card (VISA, MASTERCARD and AMERICAN EXPRESS)
- from your PayPal account through the system PayPal
 
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