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.
Textures Unleashed Volumes 1 and 2

Textures Unleashed Volumes 1 and 2

Each of the Textures Unleashed collections have over 100 seamless textures for use in all your favorite graphics software. All of the textures are supplied in four sizes: 256×256 pixels, 512×512 pixels, 1024×1024 pixels and 2048×2048 pixels so that...

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The Easy Way to Create Calendars in CorelDRAW

Think about everything involved in creating a calendar from scratch in CorelDRAW. How many rectangles do you need to draw? What about creating all of that text and placing it just right in each square? What about putting moon phases on the calendar? Did you know that...

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Keyword Your CorelDRAW Files

When you create a file in CorelDRAW and save it, do you make sure to include keywords in the file? I’m guessing most of you not only don’t include keywords, you may not even realize their importance. Today I’m going to try and clear that up for you....

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JPG is NOT the Answer for All Web Graphics

There was someone who often promoted themselves as an expert in CorelDRAW and still claims to be a guru in the world of graphics. Yet this person has often made a horrendous mistake with the main banner on their Web site. It isn’t because they don’t know...

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Run Your LCD Monitor at Native Resolution!

I covered the topic of running LCD monitors at their native resolution a little over a year ago. It is an extremely important topic that I’m going to discuss again today because of a phone call I had recently with a student from a previous CorelDRAW Unleashed...

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A Recap of Marketing Suggestions for Corel

In the past week I’ve done a series on the status of Corel Corporation and some marketing suggestions for improving sales of CorelDRAW. Today I’m going to recap the series along with a few answers to the comments that have been posted or e-mailed to me. My...

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Develop More Specialized Versions

After a day away from our discussion about the status of Corel and some marketing ideas, we’ll return to the subject for one more idea. Tomorrow I’ll recap the series and talk about what we can all do to make some of these ideas a reality.One of...

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Support Third Parties

I started out this series of posts by telling you where Corel Corporation stands today. I’ve also presented three ideas for improving the sales and marketing of CorelDRAW: Add Publishing Tool to CorelDRAW Suite, Get CorelDRAW in the Schools and Convert the...

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Convert the Pirates

Some of you may think I’m talking about the Somali pirates or even the fictional Disney characters. No, we’re talking about software pirates here. I would venture a guess that half of the copies of CorelDRAW in use today are illegal. That isn’t...

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Get CorelDRAW in the Schools

A couple of days ago I gave a recap of where Corel Corporation stands. Yesterday I gave my first marketing suggestion, add a publishing tool to the CorelDRAW suite. Today I’m going to lay out a way I think Corel can make inroads into the education market. Some...

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Add Publishing Tool to CorelDRAW Suite

Yesterday I gave you a recap of where Corel Corporation stands today. There was some good news and some bad news. Today I’m going to lay out the first of my marketing ideas for improving things. Since most of my exposure to Corel Corporation is with CorelDRAW,...

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