Corel CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 CDGSX3GERPC User Manual
Product codes
CDGSX3GERPC
[ 10 ] Reviewer’s Guide
Enhanced!
Interactive Contour tool: With the enhanced Interactive
Contour tool, users can quickly and easily contour objects with optimal curve
results.
results.
Enhanced!
Optimize nodes in existing objects: CorelDRAW X3
provides convenient, new options on the property bar for optimizing the
nodes of currently selected objects. Professional designers often encounter
vectorized images and other content containing curves with extra nodes. The
extra nodes can sometimes number in the thousands. The new Reduce Nodes
button and the enhanced Curve Smoothness slider make it easy to optimize
object nodes without changing the shape of the curve, saving considerable
time. The Reduce Nodes button automatically removes the most nodes
possible, and the Curve Smoothness slider lets designers manually remove
nodes while seeing the trade-off between the original curve shape and the
reduced node count.
nodes of currently selected objects. Professional designers often encounter
vectorized images and other content containing curves with extra nodes. The
extra nodes can sometimes number in the thousands. The new Reduce Nodes
button and the enhanced Curve Smoothness slider make it easy to optimize
object nodes without changing the shape of the curve, saving considerable
time. The Reduce Nodes button automatically removes the most nodes
possible, and the Curve Smoothness slider lets designers manually remove
nodes while seeing the trade-off between the original curve shape and the
reduced node count.
Enhanced!
Spot color support: With CorelDRAW X3, spot color support
has been improved so that effects, such as drop shadow, transparency, and
mesh and fountain fills, now support spot colors. The application’s import
and export filters also provide improved spot color support for Adobe
Illustrator (AI), PDF, encapsulated PostScript® (EPS), and PhotoShop (PSD)
files. In addition, spot color effects are now preserved when files are sent to a
printer that supports spot colors, or exported to PDF, EPS, PSD, and AI.
mesh and fountain fills, now support spot colors. The application’s import
and export filters also provide improved spot color support for Adobe
Illustrator (AI), PDF, encapsulated PostScript® (EPS), and PhotoShop (PSD)
files. In addition, spot color effects are now preserved when files are sent to a
printer that supports spot colors, or exported to PDF, EPS, PSD, and AI.
Enhanced!
Shaping curve objects: Users can now shape curve objects
much more easily. The newly designed control handles help users quickly
select and edit nodes. In addition, the new Selection Mode list box lets users
choose either the traditional square marquee or a freehand marquee to
select nodes.
select and edit nodes. In addition, the new Selection Mode list box lets users
choose either the traditional square marquee or a freehand marquee to
select nodes.
Enhanced!
Changing the order of objects: Users can easily change
the stacking order of objects on a layer or a page. For this release, the new
Front of Page and Back of Page commands have been added. These
Front of Page and Back of Page commands have been added. These
Give it a try
Shaping curve objects
1 Open an image that contains curve objects.
2 Open the Shape edit
flyout, click the Shape
tool,
and
then click a curve object.
3 On the property bar, choose one of the following from the Shape
Tool Selection Mode list box:
• Rectangular
• Freehand
• Rectangular
• Freehand
4 Drag around the nodes you want to select.
5 Drag any node to reshape the object.
5 Drag any node to reshape the object.