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Showing posts with label coreldraw. Show all posts

Friday, 29 April 2011

Create Your own Arrowhead in CorelDraw X5

You can create your own arrowhead in coreldraw because it is very easy in Corel-X5. Create one object for starting arrow & second for ending arrow. When complete starting & ending objects select one by one & follow the below steps : -

(See this figure for better help)

        
  1. Draw two objects. One for start arrow head & second for end arrow head (see above figure).
  2. Create starthead object & flip it horizontal.
  3. Create endhead object, don't filp this object.
  4. Select start arrowhead object & choose menu Tools/Create/Arrowhead..... Give the name & click OK 
  5. Select end arrowhead object & do same procedure as you did for starting arrow object.
  6. Now Draw a simple line & put the the arrow both side (see left figure).

Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Pasting, Cut marks, Registraion Marks & Color Name in CorelDRAW

Easy & fast pasting in coreldraw 

  • Open file & check RGB item & convert into CMYK.
  • Convert RGB black into CMYK black
  • See all pages & group it pagewise or you can powerclip it. 

Just see below figure


  • Bring all pages in pasteboard 
  • Power clip in print size rectangle box
  • If PowerClip is not enable you can ungroup object & select object drage by mouse
  • Edit PowerClip & grow extra bleed under powerclip & finish powerclip



Set page size in which paper size you want print. As i using 18 x 12". Drage guideline vertical & horizontal, select guideline & press ( p ) for center to page. See below figure.


Arrange  page squance as you need (Front & Back, Work & Turn & Work & Tumble).

Cutmarks in layout

  • Set Nude Offset 0.25" 
  • Press key F5 (Freehand tool) & draw a line 
  • Give size (0.125") & set outline color C=100, M=100, Yellow=100 & Black=100. 
  • Select cut line & select top first object & press T & L (top align & left align)
  • Now select cut line & press once top arrow key for mark position.
  • Now press + key from numeric keypad for duplicate
  • select duplicate cutmark & top IInd object together & press L for left align
  • Do it till last

Open extra bleed in layout

  • Ungroup all objects
  • select those object which pages you poweclip & pres Ctrl + Q for curve rectange.
  • Press F10 key & select left side's point & press Left Arrow key.
  • Do same in all side & bleed will open which in extra powerclip.


Place registration mark & CMYK mark in vertical center in both side (Left & Right) for printing alignment as given in below : -
Click in image for large view



Shortcut keys : Center to page ( p ), Left in object ( L ), Right in object ( R ), Top in object ( T ), Bottom in object ( b ).

Note :
  1. Group object first. 
  2. First select which object u want align & than select another object that alignment you want.