julieq

Hi, I am new to this and have a question about Corel Draw. I have the trial and tried using it to well.. draw and I just didn't feel like I had any real control over the freehand draw. I just don't think I can draw with it but I know other people have created amazing things with it. Until now I have just been drawing my designs on paper with a sharpie, scanning them into the computer and then using corel psp to do the rest. Should I just continue to hand draw or am I missing something with Corel draw, if I could use it I would!

 

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HuMJohn

Quote: Originally Posted by julieq Hi, I am new to this and have a question about Corel Draw. I have the trial and tried using it to well.. draw and I just didn't feel like I had any real control over the freehand draw. I just don't think I can draw with it but I know other people have created amazing things with it. Until now I have just been drawing my designs on paper with a sharpie, scanning them into the computer and then using corel psp to do the rest. Should I just continue to hand draw or am I missing something with Corel draw, if I could use it I would!

Try using the Pen tool, instead of the freehand tool. Just put a lot of nodes down. Then you could use the node tool to smooth out any curves, move nodes around, etc.

This just takes a little learning and a little practice. If you would like to learn more about how to use Corel, look for tutorials, most of which you could find on-line, or even on-line classes on using this program. However, you only have about 15 days for the trial version, which is very limiting on learning Corel. But if you are interested, you could purchase an educational version of CorelDRAW, but you will be restricted from using it for commercial use.

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