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It was a holiday weekend and I did my best to have some fun. But I was also spending long hours trying to put the finishing touches on Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 Unleashed. This is the first training product we've created dedicated to learning Corel PHOTO-PAINT. As with...
Vehicle wraps are a hot usage of graphics software. The artwork to wrap a vehicle can easily be created in CorelDRAW as well as Adobe Illustrator and a number of other signmaking programs. In many cases, the client wants to see what their vehicle is going to look...
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...
With each passing day, I'm getting closer and closer to getting the CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed Multimedia Training completed. All writing is done. All editing is completed and any necessary corrections have been made. The only thing left is finishing up some of the...
One of my favorites fills in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT is the seamless bitmap texture. Unfortunately I think there are many users who overlook these amazing fills simply because they either don't know they exist or they don't know how to access them. I've put...
You just ran to the local office supply store and picked up some labels for a project. Now you just need to design the artwork for the labels. Did you know that CorelDRAW has templates for most popular label sizes? In fact, it is extremely easy to create artwork...
The last two weekends I've provided links to some cool Photoshop plug-ins that work in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Today I wanted to write a short tutorial to explain how to install plug-ins.Plug-Ins With Installer: Some plug-in packages include an installer. Typically they...
I've certainly written a lot about ROMCat before as it is the best way to search the clip art supplied with CorelDRAW. Yet I still see messages from time to time from users who claim it isn't working with certain versions of the clip art. It does work with the clip...
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...
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 files. Even...
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...
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...
