Judy McDaniel

CorelDRAW®  Help

Expert Training and
Assistance in Applying CorelDRAW® 
For Laser Engraving, Sign-making,
Printing, Sandblasting, Sublimation, & Engraving 
John McDaniel

CorelDRAW for Laser Engraving and Sandblasting (1)
At the Golden Hotel, Golden, Colorado
September 28, 29 & 30, 2006

Please Register Early
This Event is Limited to 18 Workstations
This Event is SOLD OUT
 
Come See and work with The NEW CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 at the Seminar

NEW!
Corel® PowerTRACE™ X3

NEW!
Corel® PHOTO-PAINT® X3 Image Adjustment Lab

NEW!
Hints Docker

NEW! - Interactive
Fit Text to Path tool

And Much, Much More!
Screen Shots

Packed with over...

  • 400 enhancements

  • 40 new features

  • 10,000 new images

  • 1,000 new fonts.

 
Seminar Computers have CorelDRAW Graphics Suites 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and
 The NEW CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 loaded and ready to go!

Day One
 An Introduction to
Computer Art and CorelDRAW
 Lecture
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  1. Introduction to Computer Art

  2. (+) Introduction to Bitmap Art

    1. Bitmap Art Positives and Negatives

    2. The Anatomy of a Bitmap Image

    3. Bitmap Image Size

    4. (+) Scaling Bitmap Images up and down in Size

      1. Without Re-sampling

      2. With Re-Sampling

    5. Bitmap File Sizes

    6. Common Bitmap Image File Types

  3. (+) Introduction to Vector Art

    1. Vector Art Positives and Negatives

    2. The Anatomy of a Vector Image

    3. Scaling Vector Images up and down in Size

    4. Storing Vector Images

    5. Common Vector Image File Types

  4. A Comparison of Bitmap vs. Vector Images

  5. (+) Introduction to CorelDRAW

    1. A CorelDRAW Graphic Workstation

    2. Why CorelDRAW?

  6. CorelDRAW Basics

  7. (+) CorelDRAW Applied

    1. Bitmap vs. Vector Objects

    2. Raster Movement Processes

    3. Vector Movement Processes

    4. Combined Movement Processes

  8. Discussion

Exploring some of CorelDRAW’s features
 Hands-on with Computers
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  1. The Welcome Screen

  2. (+) Exploring The Workspace

    1. The Menu

    2. The Standard Toolbar

    3. The Property Bars

    4. Color Palettes

    5. Dockers

    6. The Status Bar and context sensitive help

    7. The Toolbox

    8. Scroll Bars and pages

    9. The View Navigator

  3. How and why to Create a new Workspace

  4. (+) Setting up the page using the Property Bar.

    1. Page size

    2. Orientation, et al

  5. How to create and save a custom page size
    (For example, your engraving table.)

  6. (+) How CorelDRAW Draws (Vector Objects)

    1. The Freehand Tool and Property Bar

    2. The Shape Tool and Property Bar

    3. (+) Introduction to Nodes and Paths

      1. Types of Paths

      2. Types of Nodes

      3. Their impact on your output

  7. (+) Common Tools and the objects they create

    1. The Pick Tool – methods of selecting objects.

    2. Rectangle Tool and Property Bar.

    3. Ellipse Tool and Property Bar.

    4. Polygon, Graph Paper, & Spiral Tools and their Property Bars.

    5. Perfect Shapes and Property Bar

    6. Artistic Text and Property Bar

    7. (+) Paragraph Text and Property Bar.

      1. Rectangular Paragraph Text

      2. Other Shapes of Paragraph Text

    8. (+) Text on a Path and Property Bar.

      1. Closed Paths

      2. Open Paths

  8. (+) Vector object characteristics.

    1. (+) Object Fills

      1. Solid Color Fills

      2. Other Fills

    2. (+) Object Outlines

      1. Solid Color Outlines

      2. Outline thickness – i.e. weight

      3. Multi-Colored Outlines

  9. (+) Using the Grid and Guidelines to assist in drawing.

    1. How to Set Grid Spacing

    2. How to Set Guidelines.

  10. Tips for Drawing Objects

  11. (+) Manipulating Objects

    1. Moving objects

    2. Scaling objects

    3. Rotating and skewing objects

  12. (+) Exploring some other tools in the Toolbox

    1. Other Shape Tools and their use

    2. Zoom Tools and Command Bar

    3. Other Drawing Tools and their use

    4. The Smart Drawing Tool

    5. The Interactive Tools and their use

    6. Eyedropper & Paint Bucket Tools

Discussion time – End of Day One

Day Two
Part 1 - Understanding How CorelDRAW Organizes Objects
 Hands-on with Computers
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  1. (+) How objects are organized in CorelDRAW

    1. The arrangement of objects

    2. The arrangement of nodes within an object.

    3. (+) The impact of arrangement when you output your layout.

      1. (+) For Vector processes…

        1. the direction of cut

        2. the sequence of cut

      2. (+) For Raster processes…

        1. How time can be affected by product orientation.

  2. (+) How you can re-arrange objects…

    1. How to re-arrange nodes in an object.

    2. How to re-arrange the sequence of objects.

    3. How to re-arrange a product’s orientation.

  3. (+) Special object arrangements within CorelDRAW.

    1. Groups

    2. PowerClips

    3. Text on Paths

  4. The effect of combining objects.

  5. (+) Favorite Dockers and their use.

    1. Transformation

    2. Shaping

    3. Contour

    4. Insert Character – Fonts and Symbols.

    5. Scrapbook

    6. Undo – To save your work.

  6. (+) Managing Text and Fonts

    1. Bitstream Font Navigator and its use

    2. Finding Fonts.

    3. Inserting Special Font Characters

    4. Setting Font Defaults

  7. Setting Program Defaults using the Options Dialog Screen

  8. Creating and using Templates.

The First Project – a Business Card

  1. Setting the page size

  2. Adding text and graphics

  3. Printing the project as a single piece

  4. Controlling the location of the print/engraving.

  5. Creating multiple pieces from a single layout.
    (Repeating an image to fill your material)

Layers and Pages in CorelDRAW

  1. (+) What are Layers?

    1. Layer Properties

    2. How to create a new layer.

    3. How to organize objects on layers.

    4. How layers are organized.

    5. How to re-order layers.

  2. (+) Pages

    1. How to add pages

    2. How to navigate pages

    3. How to re-sequence pages

    4. How to delete pages

    5. Pages and Master layers.

Project 2 – Changing the Business Card into a Name Badge

  1. Using pages for variable information

  2. Printing a multi-page document.

  3. Using Print-Merge to enter variable information.

  4. Printing a multi-page document using Print-Merge.

  5. Using CorelDRAW's features to create a holding fixture.

Part 2 - Working with Photos
 Lecture

  1. (+) Digital Camera & Scanning Considerations

    1. What makes a good picture for your process

    2. Capturing Photos with a Digital Camera

    3. Selecting a Scanner

    4. Scanning Printed Photos

  2. (+) Creating Product Templates in CorelDRAW

    1. Why create templates?

    2. How to for standard shapes

    3. How to for unique shaped products – (using a scanner).

Hands-on with Computers

How to -

  1. (+) Prepare a Photo

    1. Retouch a Photo

    2. Remove the Background

    3. Add a Background

    4. Size the Photo

    5. Shape it to fit your product

    6. Feather the Edge

    7. Choose Positive or Negative

  2. (+) Halftone a Photo

    1. with PhotoGraV

    2. with HalfWiz

Time Permitting...

  1. Offset Vector cuts for inlays and holding fixtures

  2. Redraw a Logo – (demonstration only)

Discussion time – End of Day Two
Day Three
 Laser Engraving Glass, Crystal, and other Hard Materials
An Introduction to Sandblasting and
Combining Sandblasting with Laser Engraving
 Lecture
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  1. (+) Laser Engraving Glass, Crystal, Marble, Stone, Metals, and other Hard Materials

    1. What you can Achieve with Laser Engraving alone

    2. What you can Achieve by combining Laser Engraving with Sandblasting

  2. (+) Three methods of Laser Engraving Hard Materials

    1. Direct Engraving - its pluses and minuses

    2. Laser Masking for Sandblasting - its pluses and minuses

    3. Combining Direct with Sandblasting for special effects

  3. (+) How to Do It

    1. For Flat Objects

    2. For Unusually Shaped Objects

    3. (+) For Cylindrical Objects

      1. Uniform Shapes

      2. Tapered Shapes

      3. Balloon Shapes

      4. Odd Shapes
         

  4. Materials that can be Sandblasted

  5. Some Examples of Sandblasted products

  6. (+) Equipment Requirements

    1. (+) For the Process

      1. Abrasive

      2. Nozzles

      3. Air Compressor

      4. Air Processor

      5. Cabinet

      6. Dust Collector

    2. (+) To produce Sandblast Resists

      1. Photo Masks

      2. Vinyl Stencils

      3. Heavy PVC

      4. Laser Cut Stencils

  7. (+) Creating Sandblast Masks

    1. Computer Requirements

    2. Artwork Considerations

  8. (+) Choosing the Right Mask

    1. (+) Photo Masks

      1. Traditional water washout

      2. New Dry Process RapidMask

    2. (+) Photo Masking Requirements

      1. Equipment

      2. Facilities

    3. Vinyl Masking Requirements

    4. Laser Masking Requirements
       

Workshop
Hands-on with Computers
Laser Engravers and Sandblast Equipment

At this point in the program students will have the opportunity of applying what they have learned to projects of their choosing; with Laser Engraving and/or Sandblast Equipment.

Students may Choose...

  • An exclusive Laser Engraving path.

    • Acrylic, Wood, Glass, etc. will be available

  • An exclusive Sandblasting path.

    • RapidMask photo masking material will be available

  • Or a path that combines both processes.

    • Laser Mask material will be available

This workshop is an excellent opportunity to
"Try before you Buy!"
 

(1) Please Note: Class focus, i.e. CorelDRAW for... does not mean other processes are ignored.  In most classes students are interested in multiple processes and find that the information presented has universal application.

For example, many of the steps used to create layouts, re-touch and prepare photos, for engraving or sandblasting are also used to create layouts and prepare photos for sign making, sublimation, and other print processes.

To determine if a class is appropriate for your needs, please review the class outline under More Info...

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