I’ve seen one question posted over and over since CorelDRAW X5 was released. Users who have always gotten solid black on their output are now getting gray instead and they are frustrated. I won’t try to explain why it is happening as it gets into color...
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.
I ran across a very interesting article on CNET entitled How to self-publish an e-book and wanted to share it with you along with some comments. As an author who has published books with traditional publishers and via self-publishing, I’ve definitely seen both...
I’ve told you about the Car ‘N Truck Vehicle Outline Collection in the past. In short, it contains over 60,000 vehicle templates on four DVDs. It also includes a full year of downloadable updates. For those who need to design vehicle wraps, this is the...
When designers are asked to create a logo, sometimes they go for something incredibly flashy. The client is impressed until it comes time to incorporate their logo into various promotional items. Jeff Harrison did a post recently covering the future requirements you...
Tribal graphics are certainly one of the hottest categories on the market right now. The Vehicle Tribals Mega Pack is loaded with 1650 designs from seven different collections. While the package is designed for those cutting vinyl for vehicle graphics, the designs...
Last week I was enjoying a week in Baja, Mexico and I wanted to share a little bit with my loyal readers. This post doesn’t have anything to do with graphics software, but I’m hoping you still enjoy it. A friend and I have talked about attending Sammy...
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 to...
The JPG file format has existed for many years because it makes small files and has wide support in graphics software and the Web. Of course it is also used extensively in digital cameras. Users love it because of the small files, yet they often overlooked the...
This tip is very short and sweet. It may also save some of your hair if you pressed the keys accidentally. Go into CorelDRAW and type a word of Artistic Text. Just so you can see it well, choose a bold font and make the text fairly large. What you probably see on...
Everywhere I look, I see designs with some flavor of flames. Another popular design element is the eagle. The Eagle Flames clip art collection combines the two together in some really cool artwork. In total, there are 175 images supplied in both AI and EPS vector...
Three weeks ago I asked loyal readers to list some of their favorite utilities. One of the utilities mentioned was IrfanView and I was thrilled to see that I wasn’t the only person who loves it. I wrote about it in September 2008 and in August 2009 so I’m...
When you create a new CorelDRAW file, do you put keywords in it? I know some users are very diligent about this though most have probably never done it. Select File | Document Properties and you’ll find where you can add a number of pieces of information. Each...
