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1. New amp Enhanced Adobe CS and Microsoft Publisher support The enhanced import and export support for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher as well as import support for Adobe Acrobat ensure that you can exchange Tiles with colleagues and clients CorelDRAW xe Enhanced support for Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Publisher files facilitates file exchange with colleagues and clients Enhanced Adobe Plug in support CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 now supports both 32 and 64 bit plug ins tor Adobe Photoshop Enhanced Hints docker The Hints docker now includes a Videos tab which provides a collection of instructional videos that cover a range of topics trom creating basic shapes and basic object transtormations to applying interactive contours and transparencies This helpful learning docker appears In both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO PAINT and provides context sensitive information on the currently selected tool This makes it easier for new users to learn how to use the tools in the toolbox M Hints SETS Topics videos HINTS Applying fills interactively Interactive fill tool To apply an interactive fill to an object click the object and then drag a To adjust the progression of a fountain fill drag the slider To adjust the angle of a fountain fill drag the end point To change the intermediate color of a fountain fill d2. Give it a try Using interactive frames 1 In CorelDRAW X6 create an object that you want to use as a PowerClip frame For example choose the Polygon gt tool to create a polygon frame Give it a try 2 Right click the object choose Frame Type and click Create Empty PowerClip Frame 3 To add content simply drag an object to the frame The frame will be highlighted when the object hovers over the frame 4 Drop the object into the frame by releasing the mouse button New Complex script support With CorelDRAW X6 the enhanced complex script support built into the overhauled text engine ensures proper typesetting for glyphs used by Asian and Middle Eastern languages Welcome NAN 702 SA S LI LH Support for complex scripts ensures that multilingual glyphs display correctly in your documents New Page numbering With CorelDRAW X6 the new Insert Page Number command helps you instantly add page numbers on all pages of a document starting on a specific page or starting at a particular number This flexibility is ideal for working with multiple CorelDRAW files that will eventually become a single publication You can choose from alphabetic numeric or roman formats and you can display page numbers in lower or upper case lettering You can also insert a page number inside existing artistic or paragraph text Reviewer s Guide 13 New Placeholder text With CorelDRAW X6 the new Insert Placeholder
3. Yr CorelDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE X6 Reviewer s Guide CorelDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE X6 Contents KGa SPOS SOS za p O eS E SS E AE AE CAPS 4 econa es 4 Work Taster and more efficiently inasin 8 Create layouts with 6856 es 12 Design win iyice ANG CEA VI serecema ERS 15 GAN AN Image created by Alexandra Malysheva Ukraine Introducing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 is a trusted and comprehensive solution for designing visual communications for any medium Whether you re an experienced or an aspiring designer its intuitive workflow and content rich environment will help you to efficiently express your creativity You can start smoothly learn quickly and create with confidence Work faster and more efficiently Developed natively tor 64 bit processors CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 continues to support 32 bit processors The suite provides robust vector illustration page layout photo editing tracing web graphics and web site creation tools that help you work faster and more efficiently The refined Corel CONNECT X6 workflow makes it easier to acquire content and organize your projects It s also your entry point to a huge library of customizable content which will help you save time bringing your concepts to life on any screen With Corel Website Creator X6 and its dozens of templates and Site Sty
4. The new Color Styles docker makes it easy to manage the colors used in a document Give it a try Creating a color style 1 In CorelDRAW X6 press Ctrl F6 to open the Color Styles docker 2 Create an object and fill It with color 3 In the Color Styles docker click the New Color Style button and choose New from Selected 4 In the Create Color Styles dialog box enable one of the following options in the Create color style from area Object fill creates a color style from the color of the object fill Object outline creates a color style from the color of the object outline Both fill and outline creates color styles from the object fill and outline colors 5 Click OK The new color style appears as a swatch in the Color Styles docker You can also create a new color style by simply dragging any object onto the top portion of the Color Styles docker ee Reviewer s Guide 16 New Color harmonies The new color harmony functionality lets you group a document s color styles so that you can quickly and easily produce Iterative designs with varying color schemes By combining two or more color styles into a harmony you are linking the colors into a hue based relationship This lets you modify them collectively altering the color composition of your artwork in one step to quickly prepare a variety of alternate color schemes You can also edit the individual color styles in a harmony In ad
5. dimension tools that make it easy to detail precise measurements in your design For example dimension lines can be used to display the size of objects or the distance or angle between objects You can choose trom angular parallel horizontal vertical or segment dimension tools Document palette When you start a new CorelDRAW document a custom color palette Is automatically created The palette is then saved with your Tile which gives you quick access to the project s specific colors in the future Adobe Illustrator workspace CorelDRAW includes an Adobe Illustrator workspace which makes it easier for new users to learn how to use CorelDRAW within a familiar environment Adobe Photoshop workspace Corel PHOTO PAINT includes an Adobe Photoshop workspace which makes it easier for new users to learn how to use PHOTO PAINT within a familiar environment Drawing scale The drawing scale is especially useful for technical or architectural drawings which require accuracy and precision CorelDRAW lets you choose a preset or custom drawing scale which ensures that distances In your drawing are proportionate to real world distances For example you can specify that 1 inch in the drawing corresponds to 1 meter in the physical world Fillet Scallop Chamfer docker This docker makes it easy to shape the corners of curve objects Filleting produces a rounded corner scalloping rounds and inverts the corner to create a n
6. page layout tools that ensure professional looking results Self taught in graphic design these occasional users can confidently turn to CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 to modity existing designs to retouch photos and to create ads flyers and other marketing collateral Business users in medium size to large enterprises value the ability to work with more than 100 file formats as well as create professional graphically rich projects from sales presentations to web graphics They also spend considerable time working with existing designs and retouching photos to use in their marketing and communications materials Hobbyists use graphic design software occasionally to create projects such as newsletters calendars banners and photo layouts for personal or community use With an extensive collection of learning tools CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 makes it easy to create Impressive results without needing intensive training in graphics software Reviewer s Guide 4 Image created by Prem Kumar India What s included Applications CorelDRAW X6 This intuitive vector illustration and page layout application meets the demands of today s busy graphics professionals and graphics non protessionals Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 This professional image editing application lets you quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos Corel PowerTRACE X6 This utility lets you quickly and accurately con
7. layers 2 2000 Reviewer s Guide 14 Design with style and creativity With its dramatically improved styles engine new Object Styles docker new Color Styles implementation new Color Harmony functionality and content ready picture frames CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 helps you focus on bringing your unique sense of style and creativity to your designs New Styles engine and docker The completely revamped styles engine introduces a new Object Styles docker that simplifies the creation application and management of styles A style is a set of properties that governs the appearance of objects in your document CorelDRAW X6 also introduces new Style Sets which are groups of styles that make it easier to have consistent formatting across multiple objects produce Iterative versions and apply formatting with speed and consistency You can use Style Sets to quickly modify objects that share formatting attributes You can create and apply Styles and Style Sets to graphic objects artistic and paragraph text callout and dimension objects and objects created with Artistic Media tools For example you can define an outline style by specifying attributes such as outline width color and line type For text objects you can define a character style by specifying font type font style and size text color background color character position caps and more With Style Sets you can combine multiple styles which
8. the amount of smearing type a value in the Pressure box on the property bar 6 Click inside the object close to its edge and drag outwards To smear the outside of the object click outside the object close to its edge and drag outwards New Create clip mask With Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 you can adjust the properties of a group of objects in a way that is non destructive to the individual objects within the group For example you can adjust transparency levels for the whole group without altering the pixels of the individual objects The new Create Clip Mask option gives you greater control when applying effects to groups of objects New Freehand Pick tool This new tool helps you save time by giving you greater control over object selection and transtormation Especially useful for selecting curved objects and non linear shapes the Freehand Pick tool lets you drag a freehand marquee around the objects or shapes you want to select New Pass Through Merge Mode Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 introduces a new Pass Through Merge Mode that you can apply to groups which gives you more control when applying a lens or effect For example if you turn on Pass Through the lens or effect will apply to all objects including those layered below the group New Integrated web development The Corel Website Creator X6 workspace supports a wide range of the latest web development technologies such as RSS feeds CSS XHTML PHP A
9. Graphics professionals Graphics professionals in advertising and printing industries soend much of their time creating and editing graphics working with text and retouching photos With time saving features such as interactive layout tables live text formatting and independent page layers CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 provides innovative design tools that optimize their workflow Other graphics professionals focus primarily on sign making screen printing and engraving These users frequently repurpose and combine such content as graphic designs scanned logos clipart images and fonts With powerful image editing capabilities specialized fonts tracing software that turns bitmaps into editable vector graphics and high quality content CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 gives them a comprehensive versatile and affordable solution Creative professionals focus primarily on graphic design for print and for the web In addition to its intuitive page layout and design tools CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 delivers market leading compatibility with commonly used file formats The suite also provides several features developed specifically for creating web graphics such as the new Pixels view support for hex color values and more Occasional graphics users For entrepreneurs and small to medium size businesses interested in creating marketing and communications materials in house CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 provides powerful text and
10. SP NET ColdFusion and JSP You can take advantage of a WYSIWYG design environment that offers the simplicity of wizards along with advanced HTML object and CSS inspectors New Drag and drop web design Corel Website Creator X6 provides drag and drop design capability You can place images text or other page elements exactly where you want New amp Enhanced Content The refined Corel CONNECT provides quick and easy access to all CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 content while also helping you to acquire additional content from online vendors A thousand all new professional quality high resolution photos are included Corel CONNECT helps you access the suite s vast content library Reviewer s Guide 10 New amp Enhanced Object Properties docker In CorelDRAW X6 the redesigned Object Properties docker now presents only object dependent formatting options and properties By grouping all object settings in one location this time saving docker helps you fine tune your designs faster than ever before For example if you create a rectangle the Object Properties docker automatically presents outline fill and corner formatting options as well as the rectangle s properties If you create a text frame the docker will instantly display character paragraph and frame formatting options as well as the text frame s properties The redesigned Object Properties docker groups all object settings in one location
11. Text command lets you right click any text frame and immediately populate it with placeholder text This makes it easier to assess the appearance of your document prior to finalizing its content For convenience and flexibility you can also use custom placeholder text in any language supported by CorelDRAW You simply create an RTF file containing the text you want to use save it to the default placeholder text folder and CorelDRAW X6 will use that text whenever you invoke the Insert Placeholder Text command For more information on creating a custom placeholder text file please see the online Help Click here with Text Tool to add Paragraph text Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit Nullam quis est sed sem ornare vehicula sed ut dolor Cras sollicitudin dui sit amet dui fringilla eleif end Vivamus in elit a nisi dignissim tempor Nullam id elit diam Ut odio est feugiat at dignissim ac sodales vitae turpis Etiam fermentum tortor a elementum cursus nulla turpis sagittis nisl in aliquet orci tortor sit amet purus Nunc lacinia enim non augue laoreet aliquam Vivamus nisi ligula porttitor eu dictum quis tincidunt vitae lacus Donec elementum vehicula erat vel pharetra Curabitur lobortis viverra scelerisque In tincidunt dignissim mi eu gravida Suspendisse congue tellus eget nulla tincidunt a varius mauris condimentum Proin in sapien eget risus bibendum facilisis Suspendisse viverra enim sed orci temp
12. U Corel the Corel logo CAPTURE CONNECT CorelDRAW Corel DESIGNER Corel PHOTO PAINT CorelTUTOR Paint Shop Pro Painter PowerTRACE VideoStudio Website Creator WinZip WinDVD and WordPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and or its subsidiaries in Canada the U S and or other countries Other product font and company names and logos may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies CorelDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE X6 Media Contact North America Maureen Miller PR Manager Graphics Corel Corporation 613 728 0826 ext 1154 maureen miller corel com Corel Corporation Corel UK Limited Corel TW Corp 1600 Carling Ave Sapphire Court 7F No 399 Rueiguang Rd Ottawa ON Bell Street Neihu District Taipei City Canada K1Z 8R7 Maidenhead 114 Taiwan Berkshire SL6 1BU United Kingdom W COREL
13. add page numbering in various formats and lettering styles and the new temporary Alignment Guides will save you time when positioning objects on the page In addition the new Insert Placeholder Text command and interactive frame functionality make it faster and easier to create mockups of your design ideas which especially useful for providing clients with a variety of choices Design with style and creativity CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 also provides many features that help you design with style and creativity An overhauled styles engine new Object Styles docker new Color Styles functionality and the introduction of color harmonies all serve to let you focus on creating expressive captivating designs CorelDRAW Graphics Sulte X6 also boasts marketing leading file format compatibility with enhanced support for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Publisher so you can assuredly exchange files with clients and colleagues What s more an updated and visually stunning Guidebook is included to enrich the experience of new and veteran users alike 22 000000000000000G44 XEON a gt 7 PN VIR PEWNA 8 ka 3 da a a _ RE m Image created by Gabriel Gonzalez Diaz Mexico Customer profiles EEN 220820828
14. dition you can also create a special type of color harmony called a gradient which consists of one master color style and a number of varying shades of that color When you alter the master color the gradient colors automatically adjust to the same degree that the master color was altered This is especially useful when outputting multiple color variations of the same design Color harmonies make it easy to change combinations of colors Give it a try Creating a color harmony 1 In the Color Styles docker click the New Color Harmony button and choose New Color Harmony A folder icon for the color harmony appears in the bottom part of the gray area 2 Drag any color swatches or color style swatches to the harmony folder New Interactive websites With a collection of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML AJAX widgets Corel Website Creator X6 makes it easy to design websites that feature dynamic user interactivity You can instantly add customizable page elements such as accordions tabbed panels and toggle panes which provide a more interactive experience for website visitors The Corel Website Creator X6 workspace New Timeline Editor Corel Website Creator X6 provides a Timeline Editor that helps you give life to static website content such as text photos graphics and video You can easily create sophisticated animations using the familar drag and drop editing environment Review
15. e between smooth curves or curves with sharp corners Alternatively you can use the pressure of your digital pen to determine the intensity of the smear effect The new Twirl tool lets you apply twirl effects to objects The size of the brush nib lets you determine the size of the twirls and the Rate setting lets you control the speed of the effect You can also choose either a counterclockwise or a clockwise twirl In addition you can use the new Attract and Repel tools to shape curves by attracting nodes or by pushing nodes away from other nodes in close proximity To control the shaping effect you can vary the size of the brush nib and the speed at which the nodes are attracted or repelled The new shaping tools provide creative options for refining vector objects for example smearing an object top left adding a twirl effect top right using the Attract tool bottom right and using the Repel tool bottom left Reviewer s Guide 9 Give it a try Using the Smear tool 1 In CorelDRAW X6 create an object of any kind For example choose the Ellipse _ tool to create a circular shape 2 Click the Smear tool 3 To adjust the radius of the brush nib type a value in the Nib radius box on the property bar 4 On the property bar click either the Smooth smear 1 or the Pointy smear ti button The difference between a smooth smear and pointy smear is noticeable only with higher Pressure values 5 To set
16. e project assets for efficient discovery As an added convenience you can open files from the tray to get a full size preview You can also rename trays or change the default folder to which trays are saved os m x ae a A bd s z 3 RITES z a et kd dj FE e e ae H 0 BE 3 1 Vecbo Fattem LT pf 19 Vector Pattern 24 pe Wecica Pattern Baty You can keep multiple trays open in Corel CONNECT X6 New Search capability in Corel CONNECT The new Corel CONNECT search toolbar lets you instantly extract images from a client s web site In addition to searching iStockphoto Fotolia and Flickr you can now simply type a web address in the Search box and Corel CONNECT immediately gathers all images defined with an HTML lt img gt tag from the web site This makes it quick and easy to leverage content assets from online sources You can also type search terms or a folder path to have Corel CONNECT scour your computer network or other online resources for content New Smart Carver Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 includes the new Smart Carver which makes it easy to remove unwanted areas from a photo and simultaneously adjust the photo s aspect ratio For example you might want to define an area of a photo that you would like to keep or remove Reviewer s Guide 8 such as a person in the photo The versatile Object Removal brush lets you choose to paint either the area o
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18. er s Guide 17 Image created by Joseph Diaz USA 4 CorelDRAW Graphics Suite user favorites CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users continue to Fit text to path Both CorelDRAW and enjoy many of the following features that have Corel PHOTO PAINT let you add text along the path been cornerstones of the suite for years of an open object for example a line or a closed object for example a circle You can easily adjust Corel PowerTRACE This utility lets you the position of the text in relation to the path quickly and accurately convert bitmaps Into editable and scalable vector images which is PowerClip objects You can create PowerClip especially useful for design work that s based on objects by placing vector objects and bitmaps existing artwork PowerTRACE generates a color such as photos Inside a container object A palette which lets you instantly edit merge or container can be any object for example artistic delete specitic colors used by the original artwork text or a rectangle When you place an object into a container that is larger than the container the object called the content is cropped to Tit the form of the container CorelIDRAW ConceptShare You can easily share your design projects with invited participants for markup and review Interactive Fill tool You can add uniform linear radial conical square two color pattern You can use PowerTRACE to conv
19. ert bitmaps to vectors full color pattern bitmap texture and PostScript fills by using the Interactive Fill tool Cutout Lab This intuitive utility simplifies the process of accurately cutting out specific areas of an image For example you might want to remove the background from an image Image Adjustment Lab This time saver makes it easy to correct common color balance and tone problems from a single dialog box Cari i rag Le_ treet The Interactive Fill tool helos you apply bitmap top row fountain pattern bottom row You can save time by correcting images and two color fills with the Image Adjustment Lab ere Reviewer s Guide 20 Mesh Fill tool You can create unique effects by filling an object with a mesh fill For example you can create smooth color transitions in any direction without having to create blends or contours The Mesh Fill tool lets you specify the grid s intersecting points as well as the number of columns and rows In the grid Smart Fill tool This convenient tool detects the edges of an area and creates a closed path so that the area can be filled By using the Smart Fill tool you can fill practically anything For example if you draw a freehand line that crosses over itself to create loops the Smart Fill tool will detect the edges of the loops and fill them The Smart Fill tool helps you fill enclosed areas Dimension tools CorelDRAW includes several
20. f the photo that you want to preserve or the area that you want to remove You can also use the Smart Carver to change a photo s aspect ratio without distorting anything in the photo For example if you want to resize a photo to print at a certain size you can paint the photo s subjects and then use the Smart Carving presets to contract or expand the photo s background vertically and horizontally The new Smart Carver makes it easy to remove unwanted areas and adjust the photo s aspect ratio Give it a try Using the Smart Carver 1 In Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 open a photo that contains an area that you want to remove and click Image gt Smart Carver In the Object removal area click the Remove button In the preview window paint over the image areas that you want to remove For precise control you can use the Nib size box to adjust the size of the brush nib In the Smart carving area click the Auto contract horizontally or the Auto contract vertically button to scale the image and simultaneously remove the area covered by the red overlay Click OK New Shape tools CorelDRAW X6 introduces four additional shaping tools that provide new creative options for refining your vector objects The new Smear tool lets you shape an object by pulling extensions or making indents along its outline The size of the brush nib and the Pressure setting let you control the intensity of the effect and you can choos
21. ignment Guides which appear on the fly and suggest potential alignments to the existing artwork on your page Preview your design before finalizing the individual content components by populating PowerClip objects with placeholder graphic and text frames Right click any text frame and immediately popluate it with placeholder text by using the new Insert Placeholder Text command Enjoy proper typesetting for glyphs used by Asian and Middle Eastern languages thanks to the new complex script support built into the overhauled text engine kee Reviewer s Guide 24 Instantly add pages numbers alphabetic numeric or roman on all pages of a document starting on a specific page or starting at a particular number by using the new Insert Page Number command Take advantage of new and improved odd even and all pages Master Layers to create page specitic designs for your multi page documents easier than ever before Design with style and creativity Easily create outline fill character and paragraph styles with the new Object Styles docker Use the new Style Sets to create groups of styles which you can later edit once and have the changes applied instantly throughout a project Implement color changes throughout a project easier than ever before by using the new Color Styles docker to add the colors used in a document as styles Quickly and easily produce iterative designs with varying color schemes by usi
22. les you can easily design build and maintain a web presence without having to learn how to code In addition CorelIDRAW X6 provides four new shaping tools Smear Twirl Attract and Repel that extend your creative possibilities when refining objects and the redesigned Object Properties docker will save you time by dynamically revealing only available formatting options for the currently selected object Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 introduces the Smart Carver a new tool that makes quick work of resizing photos or removing unwanted areas In addition the new Create Clip Mask and Pass Through Merge Mode options lets you apply effects or lenses to groups of objects without moditying the individual objects within the group Reviewer s Guide 2 an fa wie s 58006060868066660 SADEK E R E R RRRR ISKIER AGOKRORADRROGRE NORY ON ILTKTLTITYTTETTIITIT a m a amp s ete ZEKKTKTTNTTITITII1 O LUNE m ttt 44 4 1 DD 11 Create layouts with ease With CorelDRAW X6 you ll create layouts with ease thanks to robust vector illustration tools improved Master Layer behaviors and new support for advanced OpenType which will help you produce elegant typography Plus enhanced complex script support makes It easier to work with foreign language text so you can create layouts that resonate and engage your audience no matter where they reside You can now instantly
23. lets you combine properties from different types of styles at the same time For example you could use a Style Set to define fill and outline properties for a graphic object or you could define character and paragraph styles to set the appearance of paragraph text This makes it faster and easier to later adjust those properties which is especially convenient for creating Iterative designs You can also create child styles or child style sets that retain some but not all of the properties in the parent style or parent style set This is particularly useful when working with long documents For example you could assign a parent character style for headings and a child character style for subheadings New Color Styles The new Color Styles docker lets you add the colors used In a document as color styles which makes it easier than ever before to implement a color change throughout a project To create a color style from an object you simply drag the object onto the Color Styles docker If you apply that color style to other objects you can quickly change the color and have It instantly applied to all objects linked to It In addition you can break the link between an object and its color style at any time so that you can then edit the object independently Plus you can also convert color styles to different color modes or to spot colors to prepare your document for production printing Reviewer s Guide 15 2223333
24. ly or to follow the actual edges of the object The new Alignment Guides appear as you move an object helping you position objects more quickly Give it a try Using the new Alignment Guides 1 In CorelDRAW X6 click View gt Alignment Guides 2 Create an object of any kind For example choose the Rectangle tool to create a rectangle 3 Move the object around the page and note how the Alignment Guides appear Reviewer s Guide 12 New Interactive frames CorelDRAW X6 provides interactive frames that help you efficiently generate mock ups of design ideas The new empty PowerClip and text frame functionality lets you populate your designs with placeholder PowerClip and text frames which makes it easier to preview a layout before finalizing its individual content components With CorelDRAW X6 you can also now drag content over a PowerClip frame and then choose either to add the content to the frame or to replace any existing frame content PowerClip frames also now give you the option of centering content within the frame or scaling content to fit proportionally within the frame In addition you can now easily create text frames from any closed curve object and you can then edit the frame to take on any shape imaginable AICK Nere wit Text Tool to add Paragraph text Click here with Text Tool to add Paragraph text The empty PowerClip feature helps you visualize a layout before adding content
25. ly rich Guidebook introduces each application s workspace and includes tips and techniques for users of all skill levels in depth tutorials and insights from various industry experts e Quick reference card e Help files Training e More than 2 hours of training videos on DVD and on Corel s YouTube channel Minimum system requirements e Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit editions Windows Vista 32 bit or 64 bit editions or Windows XP 32 bit all with latest service packs installed Intel Pentium 4 AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron GBof RAM GBof hard disk space for installation without content 1024 x 768 or higher monitor resolution 768 x 1024 on a Tablet PC DVD drive for installation by disc e Mouse or tablet Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher 1 b 1 i ia r W in T 2 0000086 NANA ee NN UM Top new and enhanced features ees 282828 CorelDRAW Graphics Sulte X6 is trusted illustration and design software Its intuitive and content rich environment fits seamlessly into your workflow to help you express your creative ideas compellingly You can get started immediately learn as you go and design with confidence for any medium Work faster and more efficiently From organizing project assets and accessing the suite s vast content library to more quickl
26. ng the new Color Harmony functionality which lets you group a document s color resources Instantly add customizable website elements to add dynamic user interactivity to your web designs Give life to static website content such as text photos graphics and video stills with the new Timeline Editor In Corel Website Creator X6 Reviewer s Guide 25 About Corel Corel is one of the world s top software companies with more than 100 million active users In over 75 countries We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting creative and persuasive ways Through the years we ve built a reputation for delivering innovative trusted products that are easy to learn and use helping people achieve new levels of productivity The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software Innovation design and value Our award winning product portfolio includes some of the world s most widely recognized and popular software brands including CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Corel Painter Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite Corel PaintShop Pro Corel VideoStudio Corel WinDVD Corele WordPerfect Office and WinZip Our global headquarters are in Ottawa Canada and major offices are in the United States the United Kingdom Germany China Taiwan and Japan Copyright 2012 Corel Corporation All rights reserved CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Reviewer s Guide Prot
27. otch and chamfering bevels the corner so that it appears flat You can fillet chamfer or scallop the corners of objects Contour tool his tool helps you create interesting 3D effects and cuttable outlines for output to devices such as plotters engraving machines and vinyl cutters When you contour an object you add evenly spaced concentric shapes that progress to the inside or the outside of the object s borders The Contour tool helps you create 3D effects Reviewer s Guide 21 Drop Shadow tool You can create drop shadows that simulate light falling on an object from either a flat right left bottom or top perspective You can also easily adjust attributes of the drop shadow such as color opacity fade level angle and feathering Color Proof Settings docker his docker helps you efficiently prepare artwork for varlous output devices You can save presets choose from a list of output devices to preview your output export soft proofs for client approval and print hard proofs from the docker You can prepare artwork for various output devices with the Color Proof Settings docker Artistic Media The Artistic media tool glves you access to the Brush Sprayer Calligraphic and Pressure tools With each of these tools you can create pressure sensitive lines which vary In thickness Transparency With both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO PAINT you can create interesting effects by applying
28. r stylistic preference provided that the font supports advanced OpenType For example you can apply a different number fraction or ligature glyph to achieve a certain look for your text In addition with the Interactive OpenType feature CorelDRAW X6 will suggest eligible OpenType features that you can apply to your text 1234507 Lorem Ipsum 09 Lorem Ipsum 123456789 Lorem 1 Ipsum Lorem lbsum Support for advanced Open ype gives you access to alternate appearances for selected characters New Alignment Guides With CorelDRAW X6 the new Alignment Guides help you position objects more quickly appearing on the fly with suggested alignments to the existing artwork on your page These temporary guldelines appear when you create resize or move objects in relation to the center or edges of other nearby objects Alignment Guides interactively connect the centers and the edges of objects and you also can choose to display Alignment Guides trom the edges of one object to the center of another object You can modify the default settings for Alignment Guides to suit your needs For example if you were working with a group of objects you could display Alignment Guides for individual objects within the group or for the bounding of the group as a whole In addition you can specify margins tor Alignment Guides to help you align objects at a set distance You can also choose to display the Alignment Guides to follow the margins on
29. rag a color from the color palette to the fill path After To change the start or end color of a fountain fill drag a color from the color palette to the start or end handle You can also adjust fountain fills by using the controls on the property bar You can also use the property bar to apply other fills that you can adjust interactively such as pattern fills and texture fills B Learn more in the Help E The Hints docker provides information on how to use the currently selected tool Reviewer s Guide 11 7 Create layouts with ease With new and improved Master Layer functionality new temporary Alignment Guides new advanced OpenType support and enhanced complex script support for working with foreign language text CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 makes it easier than ever before to lay out your project New Advanced OpenType support With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 the reengineered text engine lets you take greater advantage of advanced OpenType typography features such as contextual and stylistic alternates fractions ligatures ordinals ornaments small caps swashes and more OpenType fonts are based on Unicode which makes them ideal for cross platform design work and the extended character sets offer outstanding language support Accessible from the Object Properties docker the OpenType features let you choose alternative appearances for Individual characters or glyphs to suit you
30. t to select Apply a clio mask on a group of objects without moditying the individual objects within the group with the new Create Clip Mask option in Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 Enjoy greater control when applying a lens of effect to a group of objects by using the new Pass Through Merge Mode in Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 lake advantage of a WYSIWYG integrated web development environment with the new Corel Website Creator X6 Quickly design website pages with simple drag and drop capability that lets you place text images and other elements exactly where you want them Use the refined Corel CONNECT to acquire content from online vendors and to quickly and easily access all CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 content which includes clipart photos frames and much more Fine tune your designs taster than ever before by using the redesigned Object Properties docker which presents only object dependent formatting options and properties Confidently exchange files with colleagues and clients because of enhanced import and export support for Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher as well as import support for Adobe Acrobat Create layouts with ease Use the reengineered text engine to take greater advantage of advanced OpenType typography features such as contextual and stylistic alternates fractions ligatures ordinals ornaments small caps swashes and more Position objects more quickly with the new Al
31. transparency to an object so that all objects beneath it are partially visible ere Reviewer s Guide 22 LAN ha lu pzp A lt lt 4 J Image created by Katarzyna Kobylkiewicz Poland VE E T T X 1 WA NA NA i 4 Summary of new and enhanced features algae 0059 The following is a list of the new and enhanced features offered by CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 Work faster and more efficiently Work faster than ever before with large files in CorelDRAW and large images in Corel PHOTO PAINT thanks to native support for 64 bit processors Export Tiles print multiple documents or copy and paste large objects without delay thanks to increased support for the latest multi core processors Take advantage of greater flexibility when organizing assets for multiple projects by working with several trays concurrently in Corel CONNECT X6 Instantly extract images from a client s web site by using the new Corel CONNECT search toolbar Easily remove unwanted areas from a photo and simulateously adjust the photo s aspect ratio with the new Smart Carver in Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 Explore new creative possibilities for refining your vector objects by using the new Smear Twirl Attract and Repel tools Save time and gain control when selecting objects by using the new Freehand Pick tool which lets you drag a freehand marquee around the objects or shapes you wan
32. us vulputate Nullam vitae turpis vitae mi ultricies condimentum in at est Vestibulum adipiscing scelerisque nulla sed rutrum nulla faucibus at Suspendisse potenti Ff Praesent ut metus nulla Duis erat sem adipiscing vel pharetra nec commodo sit amet sem Nunc mattis libero quis odio ullamcorper consequat Sf Duis at nulla a magna elementum vestibulum Praesent ornare aliquam fringilla Aenean sit amet PA ultricies massa Duis tincidunt nisl non magna cursus quis sollicitudin lectus imperdiet Click here with Text Tool to add Paragraph text You can instantly add placeholder text to preview layouts before finalizing content Give it a try Inserting placeholder text 1 In CorelDRAW X6 click the Text 4 tool 2 Drag in the drawing window to size the text frame 3 Right click the text frame and choose Insert Placeholder Text New amp Enhanced Master Layers With CorelDRAW X6 the new and improved odd even and all pages Master Layers make It easier to create page specific designs for multi page documents It s now a breeze to incorporate page specific headers footers and page numbers which is particularly useful for creating multi page flyers as well as 16 and 32 page brochures For example you might want a different header design to appear on even pages than the one that appears on odd pages page 1 pc page 2 page 3 CorelDRAW X6 page layouts with differing odd and even page master
33. vert bitmaps into editable vector graphics Corel Website Creator X6 This application offers a fast and easy way to design build and manage websites Corel CAPTURE X6 This one click screen capture utility lets you capture images from your computer screen Corel CONNECT X6 This full screen browser lets you peruse the suite s digital content and search your computer or local network to quickly find the perfect complement for a design Fully integrated It is also available as a docker in both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO PAINT PhotoZoom Pro 2 This plug in lets you enlarge digital images and export them from Corel PHOTO PAINT X6 Supporting applications e Barcode wizard This wizard lets you generate bar codes in a wide range of industry standard formats Duplexing wizard his wizard helps you optimize your work for printing two sided documents Bitstream Font Navigator This award winning font manager for the Windows operating system helps you manage find install and preview fonts 1 Corel com account required to download the application Reviewer s Guide 6 Content 10 000 high quality clipart and images 1 000 all new professional high resolution digital photos e 1 000 OpenType fonts including premium fonts such as Helvetica e 2 000 vehicle templates e 350 professionally designed templates 800 frames and patterns Documentation An updated visual
34. y identitying available formatting options and removing unwanted areas in photos CorelDRAW Graphics Sulte X6 offers several workflow innovations that help you be more efficient and productive New Native 64 bit support While the suite was developed natively for 64 bit processors it continues to support 32 bit processors For 64 bit users you can now work faster than ever before with large Tiles in CorelDRAW and with large images in Corel PHOTO PAINT New Multi core processor support CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 has been optimized for the latest multi core processors The increased support lets you keep working while the suite performs resource intensive tasks in the background The result is fast and responsive performance which means less waiting when you export Tiles print multiple documents or copy and paste large objects New Multiple trays tn Corel CONNECT Corel CONNECT now lets you work with several trays concurrently which gives you increased flexibility for organizing assets for multiple projects Trays help you gather content from various folders or online sources and are shared between CorelDRAW Corel PHOTO PAINT and Corel CONNECT With the ability to maintain multiple trays you could use separate trays for disparate types of content For example you might be working on a project that requires photos vector graphics and bitmap icons By keeping these types of content In separate trays you can organiz
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