Monday, January 20, 2014

Interactive Transparency Tool - The Introduction

Nowadays, there is trend to make a logo with has its shadow as if the object is on the mirror. Now, I'm gonna try to make object which has shadows as if it's on a mirror. To make the shadow,We'll need in Interactive Transparency Tools is commoly used to make transparent drawing, shadow effects, mirror effects and also some glossy effects.

Ok, ler's get started...

1. First,We'll need a new document. You can access Menu FileNew or You can use the shorcut key by pressing CTRL+N to start a new drawing. Just remember that the text inside the bracket is the shortcut key for the command.
2. Make a shape, any shape You like.This time I will make a rectangular shape using Rectangle Tool (F6). To make proportional shape, hold down CTRL while dragging. Give color to the rectangle.To colored the shape, just left click the color on Color Palletes Docker, it's in the right side of your screen for default.

I'll give the color Red, and the outline is 2mm thickness, so when We apply the transparency It will have visible look. You can change these in Property Bar.

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Terminology and Concept in CorelDRAW®

Illustration images taken from Answers.com
When We use something, We must know the common words related to. This time I will explain a little about common words use in CorelDRAW® . Actually this post shoukd be the first post, but because I just remembered that not everyone knows about common words use in CorelDRAW®.


  • Object, is an element in a drawing, such as an image, shape, line, text, curve, symbol or layer
  • Drawing, is the work You created in CorelDRAW®. For example: custom artworks, logos, posters and newsletters.
  • Vector graphic, is an image generated mathematical descriptions that determine the position, length and direction in which lines are drawn.
  • Bitmap, is an image composed of grids of pixels or dot.

  • Docker, is a window containing commands and settings relevant to a specific tool or task
  • Flyout, is a button that opens a group of related tools.
  • Artistic Text, is a type of text to which You can applied special effects, such as shadows.
  • Paragraph Text, is a type of text to which You can applied formatting options, and which can be edited in large blocks.
From the explanation above at least We have more knowledge when exploring CorelDRAW®. 
Happy Coreling...