Jeff Harrison Archives

Hello,If you use drop shadows in your designs, note that Coreldraw X4’s PDF engine will not include them in the final PDF, depending on the PDF preset.1. Load shadow.cdr in X4.2. Publish to PDF – choose PDF for document distribution preset.3. Look at PDF,...

Do you have an account at CorelDRAW.com? If so, it’s time for you to make an avatar if you don’t already have one. You can upload it through your profile, look for a tab that is labeled Avatar.1. Find an image you like. It can be anything. Open it in Corel...

This post is a checklist/guideline for reducing the size of your images for use on the internet. This includes emailing images to others or putting them on a web site. Images that are too large will take much longer to load, even with a hi-speed connection....

If you want to split a closed curve into 2 pieces, I often: 1. trim object with a line. delete the line. Then break object apart (Ctrl+K) OR 2. select shape and use eraser tool to erase a fine line through the object. Then break object apart. (Ctrl+K)You can trying...

There’s a great new way to work with the full range of Hex values inside CorelDRAW.This sleek and yet powerful macro makes it much easier for those who build web components.If you need to specify values in hex colors, this macro is a must-have!I Work on web...

wOxxOm Color Swatch This awesome macro scans for colors in the document and makes swatches at the bottom.

Shelby’s PowerClips 2 Bitmaps Shelby & Jeff put together this handy macro that can force PowerClips in your document to bitmaps. This can reduce CorelDRAW file size significantly, and simplify complex files during production. PowerClips become WYSIWYG!

I have a handy macro for forcing all text to curves. Useful to run before sending certain jobs as PDF’s for proofing/printing.

Hendrik has created a macro that counts characters in either the entire page, or some selected text.

Last week, someone told me that there is this new site called “YouTube”…. :-)OK, Just kidding. Yep, I’ve known about YouTube for a loooooong time.Regardless, here is my first video.