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Can anyone recommend an instructional CD set for learning CorelDraw! I am currently using Gerber Omega (Gerber for 10 years. I occaisionally have to create "shop drawings" for Architects or Contractors and would be like to create these drawings to scale using the interactive dimensioning and "call-out" tools in Corel. I had considered trying to learn Illustrator (the design world "standard" according to a lot of people, but I don't think that they have the dimensioning tools available in CorelDraw! I have seen step-by-step discussions where some of the sign designers are using Corel with excellent results. Also, as far as I can determine- the Corel "window" allows for designs to be a maximum of 150' by 150'- plenty large enough for "full size" drawings. I assume that you use one page for the full size "vectors" and then size them down to a given scale for the dimensioned "shop drawings".
Any input would be greatly appreciated- just whant to get thru the learning curve as fast as possible.
Thanks, Al
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There is a video series called "Click and Learn" at squareonegraphics.com . I haven't tried them, but they look interesting. I'm still using ver.9 and I've found "CorelDraw 9 The Offical Guide", helpful. I'm sure there's one out for ver.10.
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-------------------- Eric Barker Rosewood Design LaGrande,Oregon Posts: 107 | From: La Grande, OR | Registered: May 2002
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i sumtimes play them on a dull day in my office just for the fun of kickin back and listening to the narator
scott is his name, and it doesnt take long before you feel like 'ol scott' is a mate you havent seen for a while
he has a style of teaching that is easy, but he just makes me smile with the 'i'm so excited' approach he has (you really have to listen to get my drift) and the feeling that he's just telling YOU all his secrets and no one else is cool too... hehehe
oh an of course you just crack up when he gets sumfin a little wrong or forgets to tell you stuff in the right order, he gets so concerned
like i said, a fun way to while away sum time on a dreary afternoon
the set i have is 12 cd's for draw and 8 for paint i got them on a show special at our australia sign expo 2 years back so i saved a quid, i decided to buy them as a teaching aid for the classes i hold and was nicley suprised that they are not only for novices
i guess in all seriouseness you do learn a thing or too
and even ppl who use the program to the degree that we do around my shop should never forget that there is always sumfin more to learn, or stuff that we simply forgot was there!
i have used the resources at unleashed for years and suggest that with all that is contained within that one place it is truley the difinative corel spot on the web
young Bob D (letterville's best kept secret) has written sum great stuff for signies both here and in the signcraft mag and of course Doug D is a master, so the avenues for learning the program are wide
my one sugestion with anyone trying to learn this massive program is simple 'never forget that its suposed to be fun' play with the thing! you'll be suprised at how much you can achieve this way
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Just another opinion to mess things up, If you have Corel I would stick with it. It has good dimension tools. But you can buy a plug-in for illustrator called Cadtools (www.hotdoor.com) that will make Illustrator work as a "CAD" program, and it works great, though when you add the price of Illustrator to Cadtools, can be pricey. But it has a convenient window to change scales on the fly, you can have layers with different dimesions, and it has settings to keep your dimension font, labels and dimensions consistant without defaulting to some lame font. I started with Corel but when I got a taste of Illustrator with Cadtools, there was no going back. I also think Illustrator is a little more intuative than Corel, but to each his own. Check out the website and good luck. Rick
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Hey Amy...Thanks for that link...I have it bookmarked and checked out some of the tips and tricks. Neat stuff!!!
Too bad fer Old Paint that almost all of the tips and tricks apply to Corel 8 and up! LOL
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WOW, who is calling me a Master!! I have been using this program for all my designing since version1. When I downloaded the ClincnLearn stuff to have a look at it, I was amazed. I feel like I have a lot to learn. I have been blessed that Corel likes the way I design and I was able to have the Coreldraw designers come to my office and assist them in the development in Coreldraw 11. They have put a great effort in making Corel 11 suite the most stable and fastest Corel yet. I am not sold on the new XP interface look yet but once I get used to it it will work fine. This is the first release that I would tell someone to go out and buy in the first week. I am using the last Beta version today and it is stable.
I've pre-ordered 11 but typically I play with new releases at home for 3 to 6 months while waiting for patches and service packs before integrating the new version into the shop.
Hopefully by the time it arrives I'll have completed upgrading the shop to windows 2000 pro. (Still avoiding XP, just can't come to terms with it) 2000 has proved to be extremely stable, in fact I've been stripping XP out of new computers and replacing it with 2000 ( Can't get Dell to ship Dimensions with 2000 )
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