Creating a marketing brochure (1)

Preparation

The first step is to collect all your images in a folder and then make sure that they are all in the CMYK colour mode, which is the mode that is used for professional printing.

1. Open Corel PHOTOPAINT X3
2. Select all the images in the folder by selecting the File menu | Open
3. For each image, select the Images menu | Convert to CMYK Color
4. Select the File menu | Save as
5. Choose Tif as the type of file format

All the images are now ready for the printing process. As a later check you can always get information about the colour mode when you click on an image in CorelDRAW X3. You can then see the information about the image in the Status Bar at the bottom of the screen.



If the image is in RGB bitmap mode, select the Bitmap-menu | Mode | CMYK Colour. The second step is to draw the graphics:
- The door
- The light bulb
- The starburst offer symbol

...continue to point 2.