March 2010 - Graphics Feeds - English

Finding Clipart with ROMcat

Some users are sad a printed clipart book doesn't come with X5. But after using ROMcat, looking at a physical book is painful IMO. I've never bothered with the books since. Here's why; When a customer comes in and wants a "tree"...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 17:37 by Jeff Harrison's Daily Diversion

Filed under: romcat clipart search

Beef Up Your Graphic Skills, Learn CorelDRAW, Experience Vancouver!

Here’s your chance to learn graphic techniques from a CorelDRAW expert in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Register for Communication Graphics with CorelDRAW, a two-day weekend workshop led by Steve Bain in Vancouver, May 15-16, at the renowned...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 21:30 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, education, training, Beginner, Spring Workshop, Workshop, Seminar

Right Back At You

Flashes in the mirror are more annoying than they appear. We decided we needed a mascot on our Worldesigns Photo Costa Rica Tours and the Red-eyed Green Tree Frog rose to the top of a list of likely contenders. Our goal was to photograph the small plush...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 7:14 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Technique, flash, lighting, strobist, specular highlights, angle, reflection

New Photo-Paint Brushes are ready for purchase

5 New Corel Photo-Paint brushes have just been ready for purchase on my own web shop. Each brush goes for 1 euro. As I add more brushes I will offer bundles with brushes. But I will continue to offer single brushes for those who only need one particular...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 11:39 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration

Filed under: illustration, Miscellaneous, CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Keeping Track

As my speaking and teaching on all-issues-DIGITAL IMAGE continues, so do the new methods I employ to invite, update and disseminate the events. Much of my content though online, is fragmented between my blog, my website and my social media pages. If you...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 11:13 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, corel, video, Presenting, blog, flickr, lightroom, netiquette, tutorials, YouTube, Linked-in, Facebook, Google Calendar, Fan Page, social media, Twitter

Lightroom® 3 – Public Beta 2 Announced

March 23, 2010 Adobe® announced an updated version of the Lightroom Public Beta released on October 22, 2009. This new version of the beta incorporates new functionality as well as performance improvements in speed and program accuracy over the...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 0:09 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography, Software, video, beta, lightroom, Software to watch, Tethering

Did you all forget?

Anyone who read my article: Setback for Digital Cameras should have remembered this: Have you all been shooting with your cameras set to Standard Time when Daylight Saving Time began 7 days ago? If you don’t plug your camera into your computer regularly...

Published Sat, Mar 20 2010 11:38 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Gear Tips, Photography, camera, clock, standard time, daylight saving time

New Photo-Paint brushes are soon available on my web shop

As I am continously working with illustration assignments, I am at the same time working with my new web shop on my website. I have already made products available, for example recomended products from Unleashed Marketplace. I have started to work on...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 12:46 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration

Filed under: illustration, Miscellaneous, CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, _New illustrations

Create a Glass Bead

By Steve Bain Creating virtually any kind of glass-like effect is by far a favorite of most Web graphic or interface designers. There’s nothing more satisfying than having the ability to create simulated lighting effects in a virtual, dust-free environment...

Published Thu, Mar 18 2010 0:24 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Special Effects, Tips, Transparent highlights, Beginner, Contour effect, CorelDraw tutorials, Depth effect, Glass bead, Glass effect, Lighting effects

Color Styles - handy for working with spot color

Here's a video that shows how it's possible to convert images to a limited amount of colors. Either for design reasons, or to create artwork with limited or specific color separations. Color Styles have been in CorelDRAW for a long time, so check...

Published Tue, Mar 16 2010 2:20 by Jeff Harrison's Daily Diversion

Filed under: Color styles, spot colors

Handy portable OCR program

Here's a cool program that converts scanned text to editable fonts. OCR is short for Optical character recognition. Programs of this type are rarely 100% perfect, but perhaps it will help you someday. It doesn't even need to be installed. Just...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 22:19 by Jeff Harrison's Daily Diversion

Filed under: ocr, scan to text

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Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 13:50 by Graphics Unleashed

1000 Words: Resplendent Quetzal in Flight

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 10:33 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: Photography

Sancho Text Docker for X5

I still wonder what Corel was thinking when they removed the Format Text dialog box in CorelDRAW X3 and replaced it with not one but two Dockers. Whenever I need to do some text formatting, I always have to make changes in both Dockers. This is an incredibly...

Published Mon, Mar 15 2010 4:00 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: macro-monday

Now in my shop - textures & background images among things

In my store on my website www.canvas.nu (select "Shop" in the menu) , there are already several seamless textures and background images. Good to have in many different kind of images and designs. And works with both Photo-Paint and Photoshop...

Published Sun, Mar 14 2010 12:59 by Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration