Introducing CorelDRAW X4

Many of the professional graphic designers create their professional illustration by using computer software. Those are Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW, Macromedia Freehand, 3D StudioMax, and many more. But I’m going to introduce CorelDRAW to you as I’m using it.
The latest CorelDRAW product is CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X4 including CorelDRAW X4, Corel Photo-Paint X4, Corel Capture X4, BitStream Font Navigator, Duplexing Wizard, and SB Profiler. The main application is CorelDRAW X4 itself, so lets explore it deeper.
CorelDRAW X4 is a vector graphic drawing software that is the 14th generation of CorelDRAW. I myself start using it since the 10th generation: CorelDRAW 10. There are so many new feature inside this X4 so that you can draw an eye-catching illustration easier. It’s just about your imagination and creativity. But, imagination and creativity itself it’s not enough here. You need to master CorelDRAW too. At least you can master the basic feature of this amazing software (^_^).
For the beginner designer, i’m going to explain to you the basic X4 main display (user interface):
- The Iguana toolbar. Surprised? Of course you are, because the Iguana toolbar heard like a fantasy thing (LOL). I named it like that because the X4 toolbar doesn’t static like the other software. It changes depending what feature you are using. For example, if you are drawing a square, then the toolbar interface changes to ‘square drawing need’, then if you are using transparency at the square, then its changes to ‘transparency setting need’.
- Properties bar. Here you can see the properties of the object you’ve just created of edited. Such as it’s dimension, position, color, cursor position, and some hints for your illustration.
- Toolbox. Inside the toolbox there’s a lot of tools that can enhance your drawing. But i’m not going to explain it here.
- Docker. The docker lets you configure the advanced setting for your drawing. You can add or dismiss any docker depending you are using it or not. The default docker display is Hints.
- Color Palette. It is located right of the docker’s position. Select an object and left-click the color to change its fill color and right-click to change its outline color.
Satisfied? Maybe yes maybe no (-_-!). Maybe some of you want to ask me: “Why there are no example image here? Makes me bored reading it!”
Hey... hey... hey... Do i need to place an image here? Although you are a beginner in CorelDRAW, i know you’re not a dummy. I’m sure you know the place of each of the items that i’ve just explained.