We seem to have only seen the tip of the iceberg with respect to everything that can be done with this magnificent program. Corel Draw allows us, not only to create designs and effects to our images, we can also create icons.
It is for this reason that we have prepared the following tutorial that will teach you in a very simple way how to create icons and export them in icon format using Corel Draw.
CorelDraw has a large number of export filters, with which we can export files in different formats. These can be in JPG, GIF, PMG, PDF, or an Illustrator file, etc. So we can create and export our own icon designs and we will make it very easy.
As you must already know many of the designs we make with this program, can also be compatible with its sister Corel Photo-Paint. As we could demonstrate in the article how to create or run an errand using these applications. But next, we are going to teach how to create icons and export them in icon format using Corel Draw.
How to create icons and export them in icon format using Corel Draw
The wonderful thing about doing this project is that the icons that we will create and export, we can use later to change the icon of folders or programs. If we want to use them on a web page we must export it in JPG format. So what we must do to create icons and export it in icon format using Corel Draw, will be the following.
First of all, what we are going to do is create the icon, for this, we will use the magnifying glass icon as an example. Now we will create a 552 x 552-pixel square. Then we will add a solid color of your preference and remove the outline. Now we will create the magnifying glass, for this, we use the circle tool, hold down the Ctrl key and drag.
Now, this circle I copy and paste, to do this press to copy Ctrl + C and to paste Ctrl + B and we make this copy smaller. Now with the selection tool, we select the two circles and make a clip on the Back button minus front. Now the next step is to make the stick of the magnifying glass, to do this we create a small rectangle and round the corners.
Now we go to the Transform options, we click Rotate -45 degrees so that it rotates clockwise and finally we click Apply. Now we place it next to the circles so that it looks like a magnifying glass and we select. And in the properties bar, we click on the weld button.
The next step is to place this magnifying glass inside the box then we select the entire image and from the Distribute lines options, we align vertically and horizontally. We now go on to change the fill color, preferably to white, then we go on to choose the three-pointed rectangle tool.
Creating the icon using Corel Draw
We now go to the magnifying glass and we position ourselves on the lower middle part of it, we keep the right mouse button pressed and we drag to the other end of the magnifying glass. The magnifying glass should be divided in two. Now release and you go down, now we choose the selection tool, select the rectangle, press the Shift key and click on the magnifying glass.
Now we click on the intersection button, now we select the entire image and select the gray color. You will see that the magnifying glass now has a shadow in the middle. Once we have our icon done, the next step is to export it. To do this, we select the image then we go to the File tab and choose the Export option.
Then we must find the location, we write the Name, search icon and from Type the ICO format. And we must verify that the Only selected
option is selected and click on the Export option. And then click again on the OK option, now we must select the Adaptive option on the palette and in Dithering none, finally, we click OK.
And in this way ends the tutorial that I explain with very didactic and simple steps on how to create icons and export them in icon format using Corel Draw.