The utility CorelDRAW is a graphic editor, a powerful tool for working with vector graphics. Korel is a tool for professionals in the field of web design, iconography and illustration, as the program is fully created to create and edit page layouts, various elements of web graphics, and also has a large number of different tools to create vector illustrations, icons, and more. In this article we will take a detailed look at how to work in CorelDRAW x7, x8 and other versions, as well as on what principles the interaction with this program is based. Let's figure it out. Go!

Korel has a fairly simple and intuitive interface (as for professional software), as well as an extensive set of training tools that allow you to quickly master a graphic editor, which is a definite plus for novice designers. Conveniently, CorelDRAW includes the Adobe Illustrator workspace, which helps those who have previously worked with the product from Adobe, quickly get used to the new program.

The working environment of CorelDRAW is not much different from other graphic editors. In the center is the working area. You can draw objects both inside it and behind its redistribution, however, when saving a picture, only those elements that are inside the work area will be displayed. Using the measuring ruler, you can accurately position the elements of the picture, as well as measure them. On the right there is a palette of colors to work with color. The status bar shows various information that is very useful when working with the utility. The main working tools are on the toolbar.

1. Set of tools
2. Document tab
3. Title bar
4. Menu bar
5. Property Bar
6. Drawing window
7. Setup window
8. Document Palette
9. Document Navigator
10. Status bar
11. Navigator
12. Color palette

Using the buttons on the toolbar, you can quickly and easily perform a variety of actions. The Property Bar (or PropertyBar) deserves special attention. These buttons appear and disappear, depending on what you are working with at a particular moment. On the property bar, you can always find the most useful tools at a particular moment. If you need to position the toolbar in a different, more comfortable place for you, just drag it with the mouse. Panels can be placed arbitrarily, anywhere on the screen. The menu can also be located in a convenient place. You can make any of the panels visible or invisible. To do this, just click the right mouse button on the free space and next to it will open the auxiliary menu, where the visible panels are marked with ticks.

In the future, you will use a variety of tools located on a toolbox called "Graphics" (Toolbox). Select all the tools one by one by clicking on them with the mouse. Notice that the contents of the Property Bar changes for each selected tool. The content of the status bar changes in the same way. After making a minor adjustment of CorelDRAW for yourself, you can start creating various vector objects and create layouts or illustrations.

Any vector image consists of a huge number of components, each of which is allowed to be edited independently of each other. Such parts are called objects. By combining objects, you can create a new one, so objects can be very different and simple and extremely complex. The dimensions, curvature and location of each object are a set of numerical coefficients, making it possible to scale the image using simple mathematical algorithms. At the same time, the picture quality remains unchanged. Using vector graphics, you can not think about what size the element will be in the future, because the image can always be converted to any size without losing quality.

The big advantage of vector graphics is that the resulting files take up much less space than files containing raster graphics. Of course, without drawbacks also can not do. Since all vector images consist of curves that are described by mathematical formulas, it is rather difficult to achieve a realistic image, because too many objects would be needed for this, therefore vector drawings cannot be used to encode photos. When you try to describe a picture, the size of the final file will become much larger than the corresponding bitmap file.

Now you know how to use the program CorelDRAW and the basic principles of its work. Tell other users in the comments about your successes in mastering Korela, share your tips, and ask about everything that interests you on the topic discussed.