Basics of CorelDRAW

Applying Outline and Fills

After drawing or creating any object and shape, the next step is to fill object with some colors and give some colored outlines.

This tutorial will explain in detail of how to apply outline and color to objects or shapes.

Applying Fill to object

A simple example is here explaining how to fill color in object.

. Select rectangle tool from the tool box.

. Create Rectangle. Keep it selected.

. Click on any color ie red from the color-tool palate right in the application window.

. You will notice a red rectangle.

Applying Outline fill to object

A simple example is here explaining how to give outline color to object.

. Select rectangle tool from the tool box.

. Create Rectangle. Keep it selected.

. Right-click on any color ie Green from the color-tool palate right in the application window.

. You will notice a rectangle with green outline color.

Increasing the width of outline:

Now, you will learn how to increase the width of outline of any object.

This is explained in an example below:

. Select rectangle tool from the tool box.

. Create Rectangle. Keep it selected.

. Click on Outline Tool .

. Dialog-box will appear on your screen as shown below.

. Change width of outline to 8-point from width list box on left of the dialog box.

. The outline of the rectangle becomes thick.

. Tryout different thickness available in the outline tool.

. This is the image of the rectangle with thick outline.

Applying Gradients in Objects:

To give some colourful gradients in object coreldraw has provided facility of "Fountain Fill".

An example given here explains utility fountain fill.

. Draw circle. Keep it selected.

. Click "Fountain Fill Dialog" from Fill Tool.

. Linear fill type is selected by default. Click ok and check out the effect.

. Open Fountain Fill again and change Linear Fill type to Radial. Click ok. Observer the result.

. Try Conical and Square fill types.

. Please do not change any other settings.

. This is the image showing different types of fill, in a clockwise manner from top left, they are Linear, Radial, Square and Conical.