Brand identity set
Deliverable: A logo drawn entirely in vector, delivered with a visiting card and letterhead, all built from one colour palette and supplied with text outlined.
Course
CorelDraw
The vector tool most Indian print shops actually run, taught around the files they need — logos, cards, flyers and banners that reach the printer correct the first time.
- Duration: 2 months
- Classroom · Online live
- Level: beginner to advanced
What you will be able to do
- Draw and edit precise vector shapes using curves and nodes
- Build a logo that stays sharp at any size, from a card to a hoarding
- Set type properly, including kerning, tracking and outlined text
- Lay out cards, flyers, banners and multi-page documents
- Set colour, bleed and crop marks so a printer accepts the file
- Trace a raster image into usable vector artwork
Who this course is for
- Anyone comfortable operating a computer
- Print shop and DTP staff, current or aspiring
- Small business owners producing their own marketing material
- No drawing or design background required
Syllabus
6 modules · 2 months
Module 1. Vector foundations
- Vector versus raster, settled with a real logo at three sizes
- The workspace, pages and document setup
- Basic shapes, transformations and alignment
- Objects, order, grouping and layers
Module 2. Curves and nodes
- The pen and Bezier tools
- Node editing, and why fewer nodes is better
- Shaping, welding, trimming and intersecting
- Tracing a rough sketch into clean vector
Module 3. Colour and fills
- RGB, CMYK and spot colour, and which the printer wants
- Uniform, fountain and pattern fills
- Outlines, widths and behaviour on scaling
- Colour palettes and consistency across a brand set
Module 4. Typography
- Artistic text versus paragraph text
- Kerning, tracking and leading
- Text on a path and inside a shape
- Converting to curves, and the font problem it solves
Module 5. Layout and production
- Cards, flyers, brochures and banners
- Grids, guides and consistent margins
- Multi-page documents and master layouts
- Imposition and printing multiple copies on one sheet
Module 6. Preflight and output
- Bleed, trim and safe area
- Resolution of placed images
- Outlining text and packaging fonts
- Exporting PDF to a printer specification and checking it
Tools and technologies you will use
- CorelDraw
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT
- PowerTRACE
- PDF and print preflight
Projects you will build
Print advertising set
Deliverable: An A4 flyer and a large-format banner from the same artwork, each set up with correct bleed and resolution for its size, exported as print-ready PDFs.
Traced logo recovery
Deliverable: A low-resolution logo image supplied by a client, traced and rebuilt as clean vector artwork that matches the original and scales without loss.
Where this course can take you
- Graphic Designer
- DTP Operator
- Print Production Assistant
- Packaging Designer
- Signage Designer
Duration, modes and fees
- Duration
- 2 months
- Delivery modes
- Classroom · Online live
- Fees
- Share your details for the current fee
- Fees vary by batch and delivery mode. Ask about the combined fee if you take CorelDraw and Photoshop together.
Placement assistance
Every student gets placement assistance — that is what 100% placement assistance means. It is support for all, not a job for all. We do not promise a specific salary, a specific number of interviews, or placement at any named company, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
What is included
- A place in the monthly placement drive, held every third Saturday
- The readiness programme every second Saturday — mock interviews and preparation
- CV review against the specific roles you are targeting
- Portfolio review, so your project work is presented the way a reviewer will read it
- Access to the vacancy pool employers send directly to the Samyak network
- Guidance on which roles realistically fit your background and which do not
- A place in the next drive, with coaching, if you are not selected in this one
What is not included
- Any guarantee of a job, an interview, or a particular salary
- Placement at a named or partner company
- Applying to jobs on your behalf
- Support before you have completed the course and its project work
- Visa, relocation or overseas placement assistance
Built around what a printer will accept
A design that looks right on your screen and comes back wrong from the press has failed, however good it was.
So preflight is a full module rather than a closing remark, and every project is marked against it: correct colour mode, bleed on anything that runs to the edge, placed images at print resolution, and text outlined so a missing font cannot silently reshape the layout.
These are four checks. Skipping any one of them is a reprint somebody pays for.
Vector, settled on day one
Almost everyone arrives having built a logo in Photoshop.
The first module settles it by printing the same mark at card size and at banner size, from both a raster file and a vector one. The difference is not an argument after that, and the habit sticks for good.
Fewer nodes is better
The node editing module spends real time on a point most courses skip.
Two curves can look identical and one can be built from six nodes and the other from forty. The second prints unpredictably, resists editing, and marks the file as amateur to anyone who opens it. Drawing cleanly is a habit formed early or not at all.
Why this and not Illustrator
Illustrator is the international standard, and if you are heading for an agency it is the one to know.
CorelDraw is what is actually installed in most Indian print shops, and a file you cannot open is work you cannot take. The concepts move across almost completely, so learning either makes the other largely a matter of finding the equivalent menu. We teach both — this course simply reflects which one gets used locally.
Questions
CorelDraw — frequently asked questions
Why learn CorelDraw when Illustrator exists?
Because in Indian print shops CorelDraw is very often what is actually installed, and a file you cannot open is a job you cannot take. Illustrator is the international standard and the concepts transfer almost completely between them. If you are targeting print and signage work locally, CorelDraw first is the practical choice.
Can I make a logo in Photoshop instead?
You can, and you should not. A Photoshop logo is made of pixels, so it goes soft the moment somebody enlarges it for a banner or a hoarding. A CorelDraw logo is made of mathematical curves and stays sharp at any size. This is the single most common and most expensive beginner mistake in print work.
Do I need to be able to draw?
No. Vector work is construction rather than sketching — you place points and shape curves between them with precision the hand cannot manage anyway. Drawing ability helps if you move into illustration later, but nothing in this course requires it.
What does "convert text to curves" mean and why does it matter?
It turns letters into shapes, so the file no longer needs the font installed to display correctly. Send a file with live text to a printer who does not have your font and the software silently substitutes another one, changing your layout without telling anybody. Outlining before sending prevents it, and it is checked in every project here.
Enquire about CorelDraw
Three details is all we need. A course advisor will call you back.
Related courses
- Graphic Design
Design principles first and software second, because employers hire for typography and layout judgement — the tools are learnable in weeks and the judgement is not.
- Adobe Photoshop
Photoshop taught around non-destructive editing, so every file you build can be revised later — the habit that separates someone who can use the tool from someone who can work with it.
- Adobe Illustrator
The industry-standard vector tool, taught around building marks and illustrations properly — clean paths, real typography and files an agency or printer can open and edit.
- DTP (Desktop Publishing)
The job a print shop hires for, taught as the job — typing, layout, design and the preflight checks that decide whether a file prints correctly or comes back.
Next step
Talk to a course advisor
Tell us what you want to learn and we will help you pick the right course, batch and mode.