Creating custom color palettes Custom color palettes are collections of colors or color styles that help you organize and store colors. They can include colors or color styles from any color model, including spot colors, or any color palette found in the Palette libraries.
CorelDRAW is a powerful graphics application 29 years in the making. This course covers the essential tools and techniques that designers and digital artists need to use CorelDRAW with confidence. Roger Wambolt, senior product trainer at Corel, eases in with an exploration of the interface and touches on the major players in the toolbox: the Pick, Shape, Crop, Curve, and Interactive tools. Then, once you know how to draw simple lines and shapes, he shows how to group, copy, and adjust objects on your document page. Plus, learn about working with text, using the new Font Manager and the extensive library of fonts in CorelDRAW, adding and editing images, automating tasks with scripts and macros, creating color palettes, and preparing your CorelDRAW projects for print. Roger closes with some tips on customizing the CorelDRAW interface to be more productive and create your designs in fewer steps.
Instructor. Roger Wambolt's career is the culmination of 23 years in graphic design and education.
It began in the trenches at Corel, where Roger provided user support, training, and championed the company's partner programs. Over the years, he acquired extensive knowledge through his relationships with graphics professionals in many industries, including print, sublimation, screen printing, sign making, engraving, and embroidery. A CorelDRAW Graphics Suite expert, Roger has been a popular presenter at industry trade shows. He has developed and conducted classroom training and online sessions throughout North America and has authored articles for key industry magazines, including SQE Professional and The Screen Printers Resource Guide, and is a regular contributor to Trophex magazine. You can train with Roger using his book, Bring It Home with CorelDRAW: A Guide to In-House Graphic Design, or by watching his online course, CorelDRAW Essential Training. By: Von Glitschka course.
2h 42m 26s. 6,978 viewers. Course Transcript - Voiceover We've already take a look at the RGB-CMYK color palette as well a spot color.
Let's take a look and see how ridiculously easy it is to create your own custom palette. From the Windows menu, down to Color Palettes, and I'm going to go down and I'm going to select Create Palette from Document. Here, I'm going to give my palette a name. I'm going to call this one Fire. I find that the colors in here would be very conducive to fire.
I'll click on Save. I can dictate how many colors from this bitmap I want. We have a maximum of 256. And I'll click OK. That's all there is to it. If I now go up to the Windows menu, down to Color Palettes, I'm going to select Fire. It has a check mark beside it.
That tells me that the palette is already opened. You'll find it over here on the right-hand side. So, let me go ahead and I'm going to undock that. We can take a look at our color palette.
So, as you can see, very quick and easy to do. This can be done from any photograph that you have,. Practice while you learn with exercise files. Watch this course anytime, anywhere. Course Contents. Introduction Introduction. 1.
The Welcome Screen 1. The Welcome Screen. 2. The Interface 2. The Interface. 3. Getting Started 3.
Getting Started. 4.
The Toolbox 4. The Toolbox. 5.
Working with Fonts 5. Working with Fonts. 6.
Working with Objects 6. Working with Objects. 7. Working with Bitmaps 7.
Working with Bitmaps. 8.
Useful Tools 8. Useful Tools. 9. Understanding Color 9. Understanding Color. 10. Printing.
11. Workspace Customization 11. Workspace Customization. Conclusion Conclusion.