How to Teach Yourself CorelDRAW 4

Unlike standard image files like photos, vector images do not consist of pixels, but shapes and paths. The benefit of creating a vector image is the ability to resize the image as large or as small as desired without losing any image clarity. CorelDraw is a series of graphics programs, with CorelDraw 4 a powerful program capable of creating vector images. In order to get the most of CorelDraw 4, you must know the various tools of the program and how they work. Fortunately, you can learn for free at your own pace by following Corel's tutorials.

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  Experiment with the program. Before beginning to learn the nuances of the various tools available in a graphics program, it can help to spend some time just playing around with the tools as best you can to get a practical feel for what each accomplishes, even without a thorough technical understanding of their more complex functions.

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  Visit Corel's online tutorials, provided in the references, designed for those looking to teach themselves the program without the help of an instructor.

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  Select a category for the skills you wish to teach yourself. It is best to start with "The Curve Tools" section, which will teach you how the tools that can create your paths are used.

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  Select the tutorial for the tool or function you want to teach yourself.

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  Follow along in your copy of CorelDraw 4 to recreate what is being made in the tutorials to learn that tool or function. The tutorials will demonstrate how a tool is used, and what tweaks can be made to the way the tool functions.

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  Continue following more tutorials to teach yourself more and more of the program's capabilities.