

Using the Freehand Tool (F5) is fairly simple if you're drawing with a graphics tablet. We'll explore other options within this docker in future tutorials and quick tips. Select the next option within the docker, Fill, select Uniform Fill, and change the color to white. In this docker you'll find an assortment of options for your selected object.įor the purposes of this tutorial, select Outline and change the width of your stroke to 2.0 pt, color to black, and both Cap and Corner for the Rounded options. To edit your newly drawn object, go to Window > Dockers > Object Properties or hit Alt-Enter.


We're going to start with a cute little ghost shape: You place Nodes and draw curves in segments. This tool works just like the Pen Tool found in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Let's start with the Pen Tool (you'll find it in the Toolbox, to the left, under the Bézier Tool). These are my preferred settings, but if you'd rather work in CMYK for printing purposes, do so (while remembering to switch to RGB when exporting for web use). Start by creating a New Document (Control-N) at your preferred work size (you can change this any time while working), in RGB color mode, and at 300 dpi. We're going to start with drawing tools such as the Pen Tool, Freehand Tool and 3-Point Curve Tool, as well as a review of some commonly used dockers and toolbars. Whether you're fresh to vector, or you're an Adobe Illustrator user expanding your vector horizons, learning the basic tools of CorelDRAW is a worthy task.
