Tutorials

Wizards at Work
Learn about: creating a bookplate; setting guides; resizing and repositioning; fills and transparencies; backdrop, text art, border and replicate wizards; saving and printing.

Working with Objects
Learn about: types of objects; drawing lines and shapes; adding and customising QuickShapes; selecting overlapping and multiple objects, re-arranging objects; adding, deleting, moving, resizing, rotating and shearing objects; quick copying; right-click menus; and more.

Lines, Curves & Shapes
Learn about: properties of lines and shapes; extending and redrawing lines; converting to curves; editing, reshaping and fine-tuning curves; adding and removing nodes.

Text & Pictures
Learn about: text properties; editing text; special text effects; pictures; import picture wizard; export as picture; and more.

Fill, Line & Transparency Effects
Learn about: the fill tab; applying fills; adding fills to the gallery; setting a default fill, changing gallery colours; bitmap fills, linked colours, the line tab; applying line properties; adjusting line thickness and colour; transparency tab; applying transparency effects; and bitmap transparencies.

Using Layout Tools
Learn about: toolbars and tabs; rulers, guide lines and the snapping grid; locking an object's position; aligning and grouping grouping objects; object defaults; and layers.

Special Effects
Learn about: text effects; choosing fonts; text on a curve; enveloped text; text effects; transform and replicate wizards.

Making it Move
Learn about: animation basics; spinning a spiral; previewing animations, exporting animations; QuickShape animation; fooling the eye; using the Frame Manager; text animation; background frames; overlay frames; using frame edges; DrawPlus samples; perception effects; character animation; simulations; and web resources.

You'll be amazed how quick and easy it is to create vector drawings, illustrations and animations - no prior graphic design experience required!