Certificate in Corel Draw (CCD)

1.   An Introduction 

• Shaping
• Tracing
• Effects and Fills
• Formatting text
• Spot colors
• Core1DRAW terminology and concepts
• Core1DRAW application window
• Core1DRAW X3 Tools
• Vector graphics and bitmaps
• Starting and opening drawings
• Finding, inserting, and storing drawing content
• Working with templates
• Undoing, redoing, and repeating actions
• Zooming and panning
• Previewing a drawing
• Select viewing modes
• Working with views
• Recovering files
• Saving drawings

        
2.   Lines and Outlines

• Drawing lines
• Drawing calligraphic, pressure-sensitive, and preset lines
• Formatting lines and outlines
• Copying, converting, and removing outlines
• Closing multiple line segments
• Applying brush strokes
• Spraying objects along a line
• Drawing flow and dimension lines

          
3.   Working with Shapes

• Drawing ellipses, circles, arcs, and pie shapes
• Drawing polygons and stars
• Drawing spirals
• Drawing grids
• Drawing predefined shapes
• Drawing by using shape recognition

4.   Objects and. Symbols

• Copying, duplicating, and deleting objects
• Creating objects from enclosed areas
• Creating a boundary
• Copying object properties, transformations, and effects
• Cloning objects
• Positioning objects
• Using the rulers
• Calibrating the rulers
• Setting up the grid
• Using guidelines
• Setting the drawing scale
• Aligning and distributing objects
• Using dynamic guides
• Changing the order of objects
• Sizing and scaling objects
• Rotating and mirroring objects
• Grouping objects
• Combining objects
• Locking objects
• Finding and replacing objects
• Constraining objects
• Working with curve objects
• Shaping curve objects
• Mirroring changes in curve objects
• Skewing and stretching objects
• Smudging objects
• Roughening objects
• Applying distortion effects
• Shaping objects by using envelopes
• Cropping objects
• Splitting objects
• Erasing portions of objects
• Trimming objects
• Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners
• Welding and intersecting objects
• Creating PowerClip objects
• Using symbols
• Using symbols in drawings
• Managing collections and libraries
• Sharing symbols between drawings

5.   Color and Fills

• To apply a uniform fill
• Applying fountain fills
• To apply a preset fountain fill
• To apply a two-color fountain fill
• To apply a custom fountain fill
• Applying pattern fills
• To apply a two-color pattern fill
• To apply a full-color or bitmap pattern fill
• Applying texture fills
• To apply a texture fill
• Applying PostScript texture fills
• To apply a PostScript texture fill
• Applying mesh fills
• To apply a mesh fill to an object
• Add an intersection
• Add a node
• Remove a node or an intersection
• Shape the mesh fill
• Remove the mesh fill
• To add color to a patch in a mesh fill
• Color an intersection node in a mesh fill
• Mix a color in a mesh fill
• Working with fills
• To choose a default fill color
• To copy a fill to another object
• To show fills in open curves
• Using colors
• Default color palette
• Fixed or custom color palettes
• Color viewers
• Color harmonies
• Color blends
• Choose from different shades of a color
• View more colors in the default color palette
• Creating custom color palettes
• Setting color palette properties
• Dock a color palette
• Undock a color palette
• Color models
• CMYK color model
• RGB color model
• HSB color model
• Grayscale color model
• Managing color for display, input, and output
• Color management dialog box
• Advanced color management settings
• Correcting colors for display

6.   Using Special Efects

• Contouring objects
• To contour an object
• Specify the number of contour lines
• Specify the distance between contour lines
• Accelerate contour line progression
• To set the fill color for a contour object
• To specify an outline color for the contour object
• To set the till progression
• Applying perspective to objects
• Apply a one-point perspective
• Apply a two-point perspective
• To copy an object's perspective effect
• To adjust the perspective
• To remove an object's perspective effect
• Creating vector extrusions
• Bevels
• Extruded fills
• Lighting
• Vanishing points
• To create a vector extrusion
• Apply preset settings to a vector extrusion
• To copy or clone a vector extrusion
• Rotate an extrusion
• Change the direction of an extrusion
• Change the depth of an extrusion
• Round the corners of an extruded rectangle or square
• Adjust the intensity of a light source
• Remove a light source
• Lock a vanishing point
• Copy a vanishing point
• Set one vanishing point for two extrusions
• Creating bevel effects
• Beveled surfaces
• Light and color
• Creating drop shadows
• Blending objects
• Blend along a straight line
• Blend an object along a freehand path
• Fit a blend to a path
• Stretch the blend over an entire path
• Create a compound blend
• Using Transparencies
• Applying merge modes
• Using lenses with objects
• Applying lenses

7.   Text and Bitmaps  

• Adding and selecting text
• Encoding text
• Changing the appearance of text
• Aligning and spacing text
• Shifting and rotating text
• Moving text
• Fitting text to a path
• Formatting paragraph text
• Substituting unavailable fonts
• Using bitmaps
• Adding bitmaps

8.   Minting and Color Separations

• Laying out print jobs
• Previewing print jobs
• Fine-tuning print jobs
• Printing colors accurately
• Printing to a PostScript printer
• Using the Print merge wizard
• Preparing a print job for a service bureau
• Working with imposition layouts
• Printing printers' marks
• Printing color separations
• Exporting files
• Web publishing