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We share tutorials on getting the most from your software.
CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed, Tutorial
I had a user contact me last week. Part of their workflow involved making quite a few duplicates of an object (or group of objects) to be positioned on the page. In short, they wanted a bunch of copies of the graphic to be output at specific positions on the page. I...
Artwork, Textures Unleashed, Tutorial
One of the coolest types of fills is a seamless bitmap tile. It allows you to use a realistic texture to fill any type of object you desire. Of course I am a little biased because of the more than 1000 seamless textures we offer in the Textures Unleashed collection....
CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, font management, Tutorial
Last week I explained how the speed of text in CorelDRAW X6 could be lower in Windows XP due to the new OpenType features in CorelDRAW X6, Text Speed and Windows XP. Speed is something always discussed by users and slow performance is always sure to draw a complaint....
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I’m going to visit a client tomorrow. The entire day will be a day of collecting information about their systems and how they use CorelDRAW. This is a client that understands that a proper answer can’t be provided without fully understanding the...
CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed, jayhawks, Tutorial
At first glance, this post has a lot to do with college sports. What most people don’t know is that there is a huge connection between the CorelDRAW Unleashed products, New Orleans and the Final Four. Let’s first talk about the results of last...
CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed, review, Tutorial
A week ago we provided our Top Ten Reasons to Upgrade to CorelDRAW X6. We hope you have had a chance to download the trial version and give it a try. We’ll also remind you that our special offer ends in a few days so make sure to take advantage of it before the...
CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed, Tutorial
Ever since the release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 a week ago I have been receiving questions about CorelDRAW X6 Unleashed Multimedia Training. I’ll try to outline the plans for this three disc series as best possible. So the answer to the first question...
Tutorial, vehicletemplates
You can use virtually any graphics software on many different platforms to design vehicle wraps. The biggest key is having a library of templates for vehicles. Today I’d like to share with you a couple of video tutorials showing you how a couple of different...
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About a month ago, I told you about My Computer Setup and Rebuilding After Hard Drive Failure. Several loyal readers have asked me to document the process I use when I setup a computer. My process assumes a blank hard drive and starting from scratch. Today I will...
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Last week I told you about a surge in e-book sales after the holidays. If you are in the business of creating graphics and electronic documents, this is a trend that should be on your radar. As Amazon is one of the largest sellers of e-books, they want to make sure...
CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, tutorial, Tutorial
Over the past eighteen months, I have featured almost all of the individual lessons contained in CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed Advanced Topics and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 Unleashed. The few lessons that haven’t been featured individually are highly...
CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed, photo-paint, Tutorial
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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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 that...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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