The CorelDraw Wow Book Author:Linnea Dayton, Sharon Steuer, Shane Hunt Peachpit's Wow! series has set new standards in computer graphics publishing. Readers have come to expect not only practical advice on using the software, but also techniques and solutions developed by working artists and designers, as well as galleries of professional-quality artwork. The CorelDraw Wow! Book is the latest in the series, extendi... more »ng this unique approach to one of the most popular graphics applications of all time, CorelDraw.The CorelDraw Wow! Book includes results-oriented and time-saving techniques and tips aimed at users at all skill levels. Throughout the book, real-world commercial design and illustration projects for print, packaging, and the World Wide Web by dozens of artists inspire the reader and demonstrate CorelDraw techniques. Step-by-step instructions in the book are accurate for CorelDraw Windows versions 3 through 8, and also for CorelDraw on the Mac. (Until recently all versions from CorelDraw 3 forward were still actively sold independently or bundled.)Techniques include special effects for eye-catching headline type, logo development, perspective drawing, getting a hand-drawn look, capturing and colorizing hand-drawn art, and photorealistic illustration. This book provides the hard-to-get practical info that readers can't find elsewhere for getting the most out of CorelDraw's patterns, textures, lenses, presets, and blends. It includes examples of how to use CorelDraw with its ancillary programs (Photo-Paint, Dream, Trace, and others), and tells how to avoid some of the pitfalls of input and output. The accompanying dual-platform CD-ROM contains artwork from the book, tutorials, clip art, stock illustrations, fonts, demos, shareware and freeware, CorelDraw scripts, extensions, and more.« less