Collection of posts talking about all things CorelDRAW. If you want to get the most out of the software, these posts will help!
Breaking with their tradition for the last decade and a half, Corel released CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 just a year after their previous release. At the time of this writing, a press release was not yet available. Below is some of the promotional material Corel...
Here's an animation showing a comparison between the use of CorelDRAW's Perspective Effect, or using a custom shape as a guide for the Envelope Feature instead. Notice the difference in the letters between the top two examples. The third example shows how a custom...
Hello Corelians, First, a Disclaimer... Foster sent me a review copy of the Bundle. That said, I've seen other training packages from him, over many years. I've also seen other CorelDRAW training packages from other authors too. If someone asked me these questions:...
I was sent a CorelDRAW file that was really slow. There were a variety of reasons for the slowness, but there was one issue that repeated numerous times. Look at the two red dots below. If you look really closely, you might see a difference between them. But you...
When the first CorelDRAW Unleashed title was released, we felt it was a groundbreaking combination of written material and video tutorials. The size of all the files only made it feasible to deliver on a CD-ROM. Then the files got even bigger to the point it was...
Last week Jeff Harrison wrote a post entitled Where to Begin in which he offered advice to a user wanting to know where to begin in learning CorelDRAW. As part of the post, Jeff even included a picture of the various CorelDRAW training materials he has in his...
I got a new laptop with Windows 10 and it has an amazing display on it. The new screen is 15.6" with 3840x2160 pixels. Otherwise known as a 4K screen. To be exact it is the Dell XPS 15. All those glorious pixels come with a downside. Not all software knows how to...
As part of moving products from our old site to the new sites, we recently moved the CorelDRAW 12 Unleashed, CorelDRAW X3 Unleashed and CorelDRAW X4 Unleashed multimedia training books. Since they cover older versions of CorelDRAW, we really didn't want to stock...
Here's a relatively fast way to create your own working font, using CorelDRAW as part of the process. font_template Note that the template is "Locked" in CorelDRAW. (Right-click on an element to lock or unlock an item - look through the pop-up list) Enjoy! Jeff...
If I were to ask the majority of CorelDRAW users if they created graphics for the Web, they would probably say no. The reality is that most users are probably creating graphics to be used on the Web and may not even realize it. Where are all these graphics being...
Do you wait until a deadline approaches before you learn a basic task in CorelDRAW? Do you quote customers on a job that you're not sure how to design? There may be a very small percentage of users who can honestly say "no" to both questions. If I go only by the...
Yesterday was a holiday in the US for the government and banks. OK, hold the jokes, I know the government has been on holiday for more than two weeks now. Regardless of the reason, it made for a fairly quiet day in the Unleashed offices. When it gets quiet, I like...
I received an e-mail a few days ago from someone who needed to take some custom text and convert it into something functionally like the Stencil font. You'll see three pieces of text at right. Let's just concentrate on the top two for now. The first is simply the...
When Adobe announced that all future versions of their Creative Suite products would only be available via subscription, the requests from Mac users for a native version of CorelDRAW started rolling in. I wrote Why You Shouldn't Expect a Mac Version of CorelDRAW...
Corel has released the latest version of the product formerly known as Corel DESIGNER. Below is the press release. Note that for the first time they are offering the new features as an add-on pack to those who already own CorelDRAW X6. *** Corel today announced the...
Today is a huge day for graphic designers. Many of them worked hard to design greeting cards that will be given to loved ones on Valentine's Day. In honor of the day, I wanted to show you a cool tip for creating hearts of all shapes and sizes in CorelDRAW. We'll...
I had the pleasure of doing a radio interview yesterday with Andy Taylor (not the sheriff in Mayberry) of TechtalkRadio Network about the many ways CorelDRAW was used and how to best learn the software. Go ahead and go to the TechtalkRadio page where you can listen...
Gerard Métrailler of Corel Corporation has posted another update regarding users suffering from Error 24 when attempting to run CorelDRAW X4. As in the previous updates, he explains that this error only occurs for users who are running a pirated version of...
Gerard Metrailler of Corel Corporation has provided a detailed explanation of the cause of the Error 24 that some users started receiving when attempting to run CorelDRAW X4. As mentioned in my post yesterday, it is caused by having an illegal serial number. For...
Some users of CorelDRAW X4 reported a problem when attempting to launch CorelDRAW with the error message "Product Installation Unsuccessful Please Reinstall Error 24". Gerard Metrailler of Corel Corporation has posted the official answer from Corel in his blog. The...
Not a day goes by without someone asking me questions about CorelDRAW X5. I'm going to try and answer as many as possible in this post. Many of them have been answered in previous posts so I will link to them where applicable. The most common has to be "where is my...
If you are already using ROMCat 6.0, it still works just great with artwork created in CorelDRAW X5. What you might want to do is download the catalog for the CorelDRAW X5 clip art collection. For those of you not already familiar with ROMCat, visit the ROMCat home...
Corel has announced the release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5. All of the details can be found in the press release. A trial version of the new release is available for download or you can simply pre-order the new release. If you purchase from Corel, you can...
Frequently I'll hear users talk about how they've increased the Memory Usage setting (at right) in CorelDRAW's Tools | Options | Memory dialog box. Supposedly it has improved the performance of CorelDRAW. I hate to break the news to everyone, but it doesn't do...
