You will need
- Photograph or other image in digital format;
- A computer with licensed program Corel Draw.
Instructions
Let's consider a method where you need to round one or more corners of a rectangular one in different ways.
Open a new one in Corel Draw using CTRL+N, or select the “Create” function in the drop-down list from the “File” menu. Next, from the same list, select the “Import” operation or call it with the CTRL+I key combination. Next, specify the path to the image file in the dialog box and click the “Import” button. Yours will appear on this sheet.
In the toolbar, find the “Node Editor” rollout and select the “Shape” tool. This tool can also be called up by pressing the F10 key.
To the right of the corner you need to round, left-click on the border of the image. A new node will appear in the image, in addition to the four corner ones. Next, select the Convert Line To Curve option in the Node Editor panel. Round marks will appear to the left of the newly created node.
At the same distance from the corner, add a new node on the perpendicular side of the image. Without changing the Shape tool, double-click on the main corner node, it will be deleted. The rounded corner of the image will immediately become noticeable. You can use the straight line guide marks to change the corner radius.
Very in a simple way(using a vector object) you can simultaneously round all the corners of a rectangular image. Without resorting to the above method of editing nodes, draw a rectangle of the same size next to the imported image with the Rectangle Tool or call the tool with the F6 key.
Using the “Shape” tool you are already familiar with, click on the rectangle and drag the mouse over any of its nodes towards the center of the rectangle. The corners will be rounded. The radius of curvature can be adjusted with the same tool.
Mark your image with the arrow of the Pick Tool.
Next, in the main menu list, find the “Effects” rollout and select the “PowerClip” option and the “Place Inside Container” function from the drop-down list. Use a wide arrow to point to the rectangle you drew with rounded corners. It will become the frame in which your image will be placed.
Ellipse.
Polygon.
Line.
Free figure. Allows you to create a variety of shapes that are immediately filled with the foreground color. To create all shapes except arbitrary figure, you need to select a shape, place the cursor in the desired area of the image, and while holding the left mouse button, create a shape by moving the cursor. If, after the shape is created, you press the spacebar, the shape can be moved to any point in the image. If you hold down the Alt key while creating a shape, the shape will be created from the center. To create an arbitrary shape, you need to select it in the tool settings line in the Shape item. To change the radius of the curves of a rectangle shape with rounded edges, in the same settings line, set the desired value in the Radius item.
Hand– if the image does not fit into the screen frame, we can drag it.
Rotate the view. Rotates the entire sheet with all layers.
Scale- if you hover the cursor over the image, it takes the form of a cross in a circle, and with each left-click the image will enlarge. If you press the Alt key, then with each click, the image will become smaller.
Color squares- main (top) color and background (bottom) color.
Quick mask mode. Called by the Q button. a translucent image (something like a diaper covering the drawing), on which you can draw as if regular layer, and then convert this mask back into a selection.
Document viewing modes. The first, standard mode, is set by default, the second is full screen with a menu bar, the third is full screen. You can also switch between modes by pressing the F key.
Group 1 (the tool properties window appears when you click in the action area, namely, where the construction should begin).
1. Rectangle.
Draws a rectangle by dragging the cursor.
To draw a square or circle, hold down the Shift key and drag the cursor diagonally until you get a square of the desired size.
The properties of the rectangle (width and height) are set when drawing and are indicated in the upper right corner (provided that the Smart Guides mode is enabled) or in the Rectangle dialog box (at the point where the construction of the rectangle should begin).
2. Rectangle with rounded corners (Rounded Rectangle).
The corner radius is determined by rounding the corners of the rectangle.
The default rounding radius is set in the settings window: Edit>Preferences>General. Corner radius field.
Change the fillet radius interactively (when working with the Rounded Rectangle tool):
in the Rounded Rectangle window (which appears when you click in the work area);
When dragging the tool, press the “Up Arrow” or “Down Arrow” keys (increase or decrease the radius of the rounding), “Left Arrow” (get right angles), “Right Arrow” (get corners with maximum rounding).
3.Ellipse.
Draws an ellipse by dragging the cursor.
4.Polygon.
Draws a polygon by dragging the cursor diagonally or in an arc, rotating the shape.
Polygon properties (radius and number of sides) are set in the Polygon dialog box, which appears when you click on the point where you want to start constructing the rectangle.
To add or remove sides of a polygon, press the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.
6.Star (Star) .
See polygon.
Star properties: Radius 1 – distance from the center of the star to the points closest to it; Radius 2 – distance from the center of the star to the points farthest from it; Points – the number of points of the star.
Group 2 (the tool properties window appears when you click in the action area, namely, where the construction should begin, or when double click by instrument)
1. Line segment (LineSegment) .
In the Line Segment Tool Options window, the following parameters are specified: line length, slope angle, Fill line.
2. Arc (Arc) .
In the Arc Segment Tool Options window, you first need to define the point from which the arc will be drawn on the fixed point locator.
Arc properties:
Length X- Axis(X-axis length) – arc thickness.
Length Y- Axis(Y-axis length) – arc height.
Type(Type) - object contour type: open or closed.
Base Along(Along) – direction of the arc along the axes (X or Y).
Slope(Incline). Arc tilt direction: concave arc – negative value; curved arc – positive value; straight line – zero value.
Fill Arc(Color the arc with the fill color).
3. Spiral (Spiral) .
In the “spiral” window, the properties of the spiral are indicated:
Radius(Radius)– the distance from the center to the farthest point of the spiral.
Decay(Height)- the amount by which each turn of the spiral will decrease compared to the previous turn.
Segments(Number of segments)– number of segments in the spiral; Each complete turn of the spiral consists of four segments.
Stale(style)– direction of the spiral.
Ellipse.
Polygon.
Line.
Free figure. Allows you to create a variety of shapes that are immediately filled with the foreground color. To create all shapes except an arbitrary shape, you need to select a shape, place the cursor in the desired area of the image, and while holding the left mouse button, create the shape by moving the cursor. If, after the shape is created, you press the spacebar, the shape can be moved to any point in the image. If you hold down the Alt key while creating a shape, the shape will be created from the center. To create an arbitrary shape, you need to select it in the tool settings line in the Shape item. To change the radius of the curves of a rectangle shape with rounded edges, in the same settings line, set the desired value in the Radius item.
Hand– if the image does not fit into the screen frame, we can drag it.
Rotate the view. Rotates the entire sheet with all layers.
Scale- if you hover the cursor over the image, it takes the form of a cross in a circle, and with each left-click the image will enlarge. If you press the Alt key, then with each click, the image will become smaller.
Color squares- main (top) color and background (bottom) color.
Quick mask mode. Called by the Q button, a translucent image (something like a diaper covering the drawing), on which you can draw as on a regular layer, and then convert this mask back into a selection.
Document viewing modes. The first, standard mode, is set by default, the second is full screen with a menu bar, the third is full screen. You can also switch between modes by pressing the F key.
Photoshop hotkeys.
ctrl+N create a new file
ctrl+O open file
ctrl+S save file
ctrl+W close file
ctrl+A select all elements
ctrl+C copy
ctrl+V paste
ctrl+ "-" reduce size
ctrl+ "+" increase size
ctrl+ "0" natural size
F changing screen display modes
F5 brush settings palette
F7 layers window
tab view mode
ctrl+R display rulers
ctrl+D remove selections
ctrl+H hide/show guides
ctrl+T free transformation (picture resize, rotate, transform)
ctrl+enter finish working with text
ctrl+shift+N creating a new layer
ctrl+J duplicate layer
ctrl+G merge layers into a group
ctrl+E merge layer with bottom layer
ctrl+shift+E merge all layers into one
ctrl+U window color background/saturation
ctrl+B color balance window
ctrl+shift+U quickly recolor the image in black and white
ctrl+alt+Z go back several steps at once
ctrl+shift+Z go back one step
ctrl+Z go back/forward 1 step
[reduce brush size
] increase brush size
shift+[ decrease brush hardness
shift+] increase brush hardness
Lecture 3. Fonts.
Today we have thousands of different fonts at our disposal. Fonts can be classified into several categories and this can be done in different ways. In relation to the needs of scrapbooking, it is advisable to distinguish the following 5 categories.
1. Serif fonts
2. Chain fonts
3. Handwritten
4. Typewritten
1. Serif fonts have small cross lines at the ends of strokes and have a transition from a thick line to a thin line.
2. Serif fonts do not have serifs and are uniform in thickness. This group of fonts (especially thick fonts) is great for creating eye-catching work.
3. Handwritten fonts imitate text written by hand with a pen, pen, brush, etc. In this category you can also distinguish subcategories:
These fonts usually look quite decorative, and therefore should not be used for typing long texts. They will look bad in text written only in capital letters. But when typed in large fonts, such fonts can create stunning effects. Keep this in mind for our next lesson on combining fonts.
4. Typewritten fonts imitate text typed on a typewriter.
5. Decorative. All other fonts can be roughly classified into this category. They are completely unsuitable for long texts, but they are indispensable when designing headings and artistic text blocks.
A rectangle is the simplest of the basic shapes; the element is responsible for it
Note
Visually, the x and y coordinates in the rectangle parameters may not be the upper left corner if, for example, a transformation is applied to the shape.
The outlines of the rectangle are drawn with the same brush as the lines, with the same properties. By default, the brush is set to none (stroke: none) and no outline is drawn. Some examples:
The result “live” or look at the picture:
Note
The outline is drawn in such a way that half of it is inside the rectangle, and the other half is outside it. Let's look at one of the rectangles in an enlarged view:
If you do not set the initial value for the x- or y-coordinate, they will be set to zero. If you set the width or height to zero, the rectangle will not be displayed. Using negative values to define the width or height of a rectangle is an error.
Rounded rectangles
To draw a rectangle with rounded corners, you need to specify the corner radii along the x (rx) and y (ry) axes. The maximum number for rx is half the width of the rectangle. The maximum value for ry is half the height. If you specify only one of rx or ry, then the unspecified one will be equal to the specified one.
