Two weeks ago I told you about True BoxShot as a tool for creating 3D renderings of boxes and books. Today we’re going to look at another similar product called Box Shot 3D. Overall they do similar things, but Box Shot 3D has a larger library of products that it...
Foster D. Coburn III
Foster D. Coburn III built his first Web site in 1995 and he has been working exclusively in WordPress since 2013. He has used the Divi theme exclusively since 2015. Earlier in his career he was the author of 13 best-selling books on CorelDRAW and has been a contributor to numerous technology and graphics-related magazines. Foster has taken many projects, including this Web site, from the early design stage through to a finished piece. He has been a featured speaker at many graphics conferences.
When I was growing up, I remember seeing daddy longlegs spiders every now and then on the wall. I was taught they were good spiders who kept the other bugs away. Today’s font, Daddy Longlegs NF, won’t keep the other fonts away. It gets the name because...
You’re probably going to look at the name of this font, Sexsmith, and think the characters have something to do with sex. Sorry, I don’t think the name has anything to do with that. There are actually three fonts included this week and all come in the same...
I recently talked to a customer who was trying to figure out how to accomplish a specific task. This customer admitted to having several of my CorelDRAW Unleashed books. As the desired task was being described, I heard the sentence “I wish CorelDRAW had a Trim...
If you have a product to sell, you need a great photo of that product to use in your promotion. These days, it is usually much easier to generate the product shot using software. I’ve been using a product called True BoxShot for several years and have been very...
A couple of weeks ago I had some mild dental surgery. It involved some hacking and slashing on my gums. While I was recovering, I watched a lot of movies including the recent remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Yes, a classic slasher movie. So it was only appropriate...
I’m going to share the story of a catalog with you in hopes that the mistakes made in this catalog can be mistakes you avoid in the future. It is a real catalog that a recent attendee to our CorelDRAW Unleashed Training Boot Camp has been asked to update. This...
I get really frustrated with how often people do irresponsible things on Facebook. Many of these things are because they don’t pay any attention to their security and privacy settings. There was a very good article in USA Today entitled 8 Ways to Protect Your...
Vehicle wraps are a hot usage of graphics software. The artwork to wrap a vehicle can easily be created in CorelDRAW as well as Adobe Illustrator and a number of other signmaking programs. In many cases, the client wants to see what their vehicle is going to look like...
The folks at FontShop recently converted 24 of their legacy font families (111 total fonts) into OpenType format. Yes, fonts get upgraded just like other software. Like any software upgrade, I’m sure a fair amount of work into it. Here’s the odd thing...
As I sit here on Mother’s Day, I wonder if the designers of logos realize that some of their creations could make their mother’s blush. Logo design is always difficult. You want to convey a company’s business in a simple graphic. Yet some logos are...
With yesterday being Cinco de Mayo, it is just possible that there was a font designer somewhere who couldn’t quite see straight. Now imagine if that designer sat down late last night and tried to create a font. It might just look something like Jagged BRK. Each...
