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Anti-aliased edges on exports

Every so often, someone asks about how to get rid of fringes on exports, especially on solid boxes. Here's what I mean: this GIF has an soft edge between the blue and black. One solution for Coreldraw is to go into Pixel Preview mode and refine the edges as shown:...

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Alexander Penkin’s Symmetrical 2 updated

It now works inside CorelDRAW X6 - 64 Bit.  The current version is 2.174. See it here. A great value for under 20 dollars!  Supported Versions: • CorelDRAW X4(with Service Pack 2)• CorelDRAW X5(with Service Pack 3/ Hot Fix 4) • CorelDRAW...

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ecut 5.0 special price

E-Cut 5 is a remarkable add-on for CorelDRAW allows many advanced abilities for artists who work with Vinyl, CNC machines, or laser cutters. While eCut has always been a tremendous value, you'll need to be aware of these important updates: • It now works in...

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Soften Highlights with the Burn Tool

A user in the Corel Photo-PAINT newsgroup was wondering how to soften highlights on a bitmap image. Here's a quick animation showing how I do it: To invoke the tool, press the V key in Photo-PAINT to enable the tools in general. Look for the Dodge/Burn Tool for...

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rStones 2 Released!

Happy Holidays everyone, rStones 2 is Released! A variety of new features are shown on the product page. Among these improvements are that it now works with CorelDRAW X6 - 64 bit! This is must-have macro for rhinestone artists who work in CorelDRAW. XMAS 2012...

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reformat drive or just clean it up?

A user asked me: "My current main computer is in need of reloading Windows due to old software installations and other issues. Should I re-format the hard drive?" Reformatting is ok, but not for the faint of heart. I'd only do it if that drive has years of life...

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Coreldraw Nesting Programs

Here's a quick comparison between our nesting macros from macromonster.com for Coreldraw: watch the video here (in full screen for best clarity) Links to products: GDG Nest e-Cut GDG Nest has some other features for randomizing shapes e-Cut has  many things...

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Bitmap Manipulator Updated for X6!

This macro allows comprehensive resampling and color model changes for bitmaps in your document. As you'd expect from Macromonster.com, it has plenty of powerful options. It's the fastest way to convert numerous bitmaps to another color model, and/or change the...

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Text Merge Challenge

Anything involving CorelDRAW merges is of interest to me. Since, at macromonster.com we have 3 different macros for merging images. The one I helped develop, the most powerful, is called monstermerge. Anyway, there was a question in the CorelDRAW forums regarding...

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The White Box

Often people need to get rid of the white areas surrounding an object. X3 was the first version of the CorelDRAW suite that allowed users to copy a selected area (or floating layer also) in Photo-PAINT to the Windows Clipboard, and then simply Paste it into a...

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Stained Glass Tutorial

For a few years now, CorelDRAW users have asked me for a tutorial regarding stained glass. How do I make images such as the following? Go the site and order today! Watch me make the bottom image from my imagination, showing every step! The training includes a...

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LEDTool 6 has been released

NEW! Aug 2012: LEDTool 6 released Update is free for LEDTool 5 customers... BUT any previously issued LEDTool 5 Activation Key must be entered again. Check your emails. Always save your keys. Various features added:or enhanced. More info here: ...

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Cadtool has been updated to Version 5

NEW! Aug 2012: CADTOOL 5 released Update is free for Cadtool 4 customers... BUT any previously issued CADTool4 Activation Key must be entered again. Check your emails. Always save your keys. Added: - copy length/area into clipboard/ insert in place - convert curve...

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Jeff’s Info Helper has been updated

This product allows you to insert the: Date Time File path File name into your document. Choose whichever ones you like... some, or all. You can change the fonts, their colors, and their positions to anything you need. Once the ones you need are in your document,...

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