Today we’re going to return to a tutorial teaching you more about fonts. Using OpenType Features: Figure Styles gives you a wonderful description of the different types of figures and ways to use them in Adobe InDesign.To use special characters like this in...
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.
Not a day goes by without seeing a situation where someone has used a JPEG file in a situation where another format should have been used instead. Today’s tutorial, The Evils of Using JPEG Files, goes over many of the reasons why you shouldn’t use JPG...
I had a user ask me a question about a week ago and the answer is something that may benefit many of you. He was wondering if there was a way to type text in a script font and somehow turn it into something that only had the outlines of the characters and not the...
I think one of the most underutilized features in CorelDRAW is the pattern fills. Part is this is probably because users are unsure of how to use the feature or even unaware that it exists. Another part could be because the fills supplied with CorelDRAW are not...
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...
Regular readers surely know by now that I’ve spent a lot of time in the last few months trying to improve my photography skills. I ran across a very good blog post yesterday entitled 10 Traits You Should Possess if You Want to be a Good Photographer. In reading...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
