| CorelDRAW is a vector illustration and page layout program with powerful integrated tools for illustration, photo editing, and painting. Unique interactive tools set it apart, saving you time and making the design process easier. One will learn how to create publications, such as logos and brochures, for use on the Web or in print. Specific skills include creating and transforming objects, adding text and colour to drawings, and creating and modifying symbols and layers in drawings. |
| CorelDRAW is an intuitive graphics design application that gives designers an enjoyable work experience. The program is built to meet the demands of today's graphics professionals. Whether you work in advertising, printing, publishing, sign making, engraving, or manufacturing, CorelDRAW offers the tools you need to create accurate and creative vector illustrations and professional-looking page layouts. |
| Images are displayed on the computer screen as pixels. How the program treats the pixels is determined by whether the image is defined as a vector or a bitmap. A bitmap file defines the position, color and size of each pixel. A vector program defines a line of pixels and treats them as a single object. To change an object in a bitmap, you must change all the pixels, so if a red box on a blue background needs to be smaller, you have to re-create a smaller red box and change the pixels where the box was to the blue background. When you have a vector image, you redefine the size and location of the lines. Each object is independent of the others and can be manipulated as needed. To make your work easier, Corel Corporation has added a few bitmap manipulation tools in DRAW and includes its bitmap manipulation program, CorelPhotoPaint, when you purchase CorelDRAW. |
| CorelDRAW is one of the most powerful and versatile illustration programs on the market today, on any platform. What you do with CorelDRAW is limited only by your imagination, time, and budget. You can see projects ranging from fine art frescoes to silk-screened T-shirts to laser engraved stainless steel parts. Your use may be as ordinary as a flyer for a garage sale or as complex as the annual report for a Fortune 500 company. From desktop publishing to fine art, CorelDRAW gives you the tools. The talent, inspiration and effort come from you. |
| The main applications in the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite include CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, and Corel R.A.V.E. The DRAW program is a vector-illustration and page-layout application, including a wide range of object creation tools, effects, output features and multiple interfaces. PHOTO-PAINT is a bitmap-based image composition, editing and creating program, ideal for photograph editing and enhancing. The R.A.V.E. program is a new addition to the suite, letting users create animations, change live effects over time, create a timeline of edited work, and create animated roll-over graphics for the Web. |
| Corel Corporation provides innovative software solutions that help millions of value-conscious businesses and consumers in more than 75 countries improve their productivity. The company is renowned for its powerful software portfolio, which combines innovative photo-editing, graphics-creation, vector-illustration, and technical-graphics applications with office and personal productivity solutions. Corel's flagship products include CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, WordPerfect Office suite, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Corel Painter, and Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite. |
| Types of Graphics |
| There are two main type of Graphics. |
| Vector Graphics are stored in computer's memory using geometric formulae to record data. They can be enlarged, rotated or streched without any loss in their resolutions. |
| These graphics are very less size as compared to the bitmapped images. These types of graphics have on disadvantage that they cannot be used on Web pages. |
| Raster Graphics are stored in the computer's memory using dot-patterns (maps to record data, colour intensity, etc.) for every pixel that makes up the image. When enlarged, rotated or stretches, these graphics become ragged and suffer loss in their resolutions. These graphics are used for painting and are produced by a scanner. |
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