Duration : 20 days | 1hr theory/day 1hr Practical

Photoshop CS5

Introduction

CorelDRAW overview

Navigating within a document

Show/hide palettes

Using Zoom & Viewing modes

 

Creating basic objects

Using the drawing tools

Drawing rectangles, circles,
polygons &  lines

Setting object fills & outlines

Copying object attributes

 

Manipulating objects

Select/Move/Resize objects

Rotate & skew objects

Altering the pivot point

Copying objects

Group and lock

Changing the stacking order

 

 Working with text

Artistic vs paragraph text

Adding & Formatting artistic text

Adding paragraph text

Setting paragraph options

Using Spell check

Using Find and Replace

Importing text

 

Aids to accuracy

Customising the ruler & grid

Using snap-to

Moving the zero point

Moving the ruler

Specifying precise object parameters

 

Creating complex objects 

Creating bézier curves

Using Tools: - shape, freehand,
knife & eraser

Reshaping paths

Converting text to paths

Combining objects

 

 Images and clipart

Importing bitmaps & clipart

Inserting symbols

Creating symbols

Crop/Edit/Export Bitmaps

 

Effects

Fit Text To Path

Transforming objects with envelopes

Creating blends

Drop shadows

The artistic media tool

Adding perspective

Extruding objects

Lens effects

Applying PowerClips

 

Printing

Choosing the right file format

Printing documents

Setting print options

Creating print styles

Using the Print Merge Wizard

Exporting 

 

Live Projects