December 2008 - Graphics Feeds - English

Unknown creature found in Antarctica by Swedes

According to a small article today, in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, an unknown creature, size of several square meters and very heavy, might have been found and cought, but fell back down to the Antarctic ocean. It was found on 250 meters...

Published Wed, Dec 31 2008 10:07 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration

Filed under: Miscellaneous

A postcard template for you

A user asked about postcards... Colors? Personally, I only work with CMYK elements for projects like this. I like to control the conversion from RGB to CMYK since I can to tweak the final colors in CMYK. You can control the rich blacks, ink densities...

Published Wed, Dec 31 2008 0:13 by Jeff Harrison's Daily Diversion

Using Calculations in Corel Photo-Paint

Illustration copyright Stefan Lindblad 2008 Ever thought of using Calculations when either combining channels on a coloured image or photo, or just trying to get interesting effects applied to a photo or illustration? The latter is my tip this time. Interesting...

Published Tue, Dec 30 2008 9:17 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration

Filed under: CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Tutorial Tuesday: Changing Colors with Color Styles

Users are always looking for a way to quickly change the colors in their drawing. Maybe the drawing has RGB colors when Pantone colors are needed. Or a quick way to convert color to grayscale is needed. Today's tutorial will show you how to use the...

Published Tue, Dec 30 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: tutorial-tuesday

Corel Photo-Paint Custom made Colour Palettes

When I work with an acrylic or oil painting on canvas in the studio, I have my set of colours and brushes I use on a table close to me. A palette of colours and the favorit acrylic colour is Daler-Rowney "Cryla", a heavy body acrylic paint....

Published Mon, Dec 29 2008 17:41 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration

Filed under: CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Macro Monday: Roll Your Own Macros

My weekly posts up until now have always talked about macros that are already in existence. Today we're going to do something a little bit different. I'm going to give you a brief overview of how to create your own macros. Don't worry, every...

Published Mon, Dec 29 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: macro-monday

Death and Resurrection by PowerPoint

Have you ever been inside one of those English-dubbed Japanese Monster Movies? I don’t mean being chased by some rubbery monster with curiously man-like proportions. What I am talking about is the experience of, in real life, having the sounds being heard...

Published Sun, Dec 28 2008 13:33 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: powerpoint, Presenting, presentations, rehearsal, lyrics, christmas carols, church

Create Cool 3D Chiseled Graphics (part 2)

By Steve Bain In part 1 of this 2-part tutorial, we learned how to create the illusion of chiseled effects in CorelDRAW using very basic shapes. Now we’ll explore how to work with more complex shapes. We’ll also reveal how to add realistic...

Published Sun, Dec 28 2008 10:51 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools, 3D lighting

Sunday Stock: Greeting Card Templates

Did you go to the store and spend a small fortune on greeting cards for the holidays? Well hopefully today's blog can help you to save money on your cards in the future. Xerox has a number of free card templates you can download and use. There are...

Published Sun, Dec 28 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: card, sunday-stock

Corel sponsors largest CGChallenge - Steampunk Myths and Legends!

The largest CGChallenge ever, with over US$220,000 in prizes! In this, the 23rd CGChallenge, entrants are challenged to depict their favorite myth or legend, with a steam-punk aesthetic, via a still image or video. Steampunk is the application of advanced...

Published Sat, Dec 27 2008 20:30 by ::moBlog::

Weekend Widget: Carrara 7

People often asked whatever happened to the program they knew as Corel DREAM 3D. In order to know what happened, we probably should talk about where it had been. The product was originally called Ray Dream Designer. Corel worked with the developers to...

Published Sat, Dec 27 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: weekend-widget, carrara

Font Friday: Football Fonts

The greatest week of football is in full swing here in the United States. I know I'm excited because my Kansas Jayhawks are coming to Arizona for a game on New Year's Eve. That led to to looking around to see if I could find some football related...

Published Fri, Dec 26 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: font-friday

Thursday Tip: Keyboard Shortcut for Windows

Have you been good this year? If so, Santa just dropped off today's tip. He said the elves were a lot more productive when they were utilizing all of the keyboard shortcuts he dropped off. First, let's find all of the shortcuts for CorelDRAW ...

Published Thu, Dec 25 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: thursday-tip, shortcut, key

Hump Day Hardware: Santa's Special Deals

Typically I'll focus on a specific category or product in my weekly look at hardware. Today I'm going to do things differently and focus on some special pricing on a variety of hardware. Santa has already packed his bags for tonight's long...

Published Wed, Dec 24 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: hump-day-hardware

Tutorial Tuesday: DPI, PPI Pixels - Facts and Fallacies

The questions on this topic come in many forms. Most recently I saw someone asking how to increase the resolution of their screen captures. K.N. Pepper's excellent tutorial DPI, PPI, Pixels - Facts and Fallacies covers most of the information you...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2008 1:00 by Graphics Unleashed