Page 1 of 12 CorelDRAW tutorial Creating a logo Welcome to CorelDRAW®, a comprehensive vector-based drawing and graphic-design program for the graphics professional. In this tutorial, you will create a logo for an imaginary coffee shop. This is what the final logo will look like: What you will learn In this tutorial, you will learn how to•draw shapes•add color to objects•duplicate objects•rotate objects•mirror objects•import images from another file•fit text to a path•use the Smart drawing

Tutorial: Creating a logo Page 2 of 12 CorelDRAW tutorial To create triangles for the background 1 Click File menu New . 2 In the toolbox, click the Zoom tool . 3 From the Zoom levels list box on the standard toolbar, choose To width . 4 In the toolbox, click the Smart drawing tool . 5 From the Shape recognition level list box on the property bar, choose Highest . 6 From the Smart smoothing level list box, choose Medium . 7 Choose 1.0 pt from the Outline width list box on the property bar. 8 In the Outline Pen dialog box, ensure the Graphic check box is enabled, and click OK . 9 Draw a triangle. 10 Draw a smaller triangle. 11 In the toolbox, click the Pick tool . 12 Click the smaller triangle and drag it to place it inside the larger triangle. 13 Click Edit menu Select all Objects . 14 Click Arrange menu Group . When objects are grouped, you can manipulate them as a single object. This is what the triangle group looks like: …. Tutorial: Creating a logo Page 3 of 12 CorelDRAW tutorial 6 Click the Mirror horizontal button on the property bar. 7 Drag the duplicate triangle group to the right of the first group. Make sure their corners are touching. 8 Click Edit menu Select all Objects . 9 Click Edit menu Duplicate . 10 Click the Mirror vertical button on the property bar. 11 Drag the duplicate triangle groups below the first set. Make sure their corners are touching. This is what the drawing should look like: To create decorative circles for the background 1 In the toolbox, click the Ellipse tool . 2 Drag to create an ellipse on a blank area of the drawing. If you want to draw a perfect circle, you can hold Ctrl to constrain the shape as you draw it. 3 Click the Pick tool and select the circle. 4 Drag the circle to the edge of one of the triangle groups. Place it between the top and the bottom of the triangle. Please refer to the image that follows this procedure to see where to place the circles. 5 Click Edit menu Duplicate . Repeat this step until you have 5 additional circles. You need a total of 6 circles. 6 Drag the remaining circles to the edges of the triangle groups. Place each circle in between the top and bottom of the triangle. This is what the drawing should look like:

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