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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

Better High-end Color Support for Interactive Blend and Contour Effects

By Steve Bain If you work with high-end color, you’ll be pleased to know that since version X3 both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT include high-end color features that can help you unleash your wildest design and illustration energy. These new...

Published Sun, Sep 6 2009 2:02 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, printing, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Contour effect, Workflow, Recent feature, Color support, Interactive tools, Blend effect, Spot color

Create Beautiful Bevels Fast with CorelDRAW

By Steve Bain Applying good-looking bevel effects in CorelDRAW® used to be a slow, tedious task. Since the introduction of new bevel effects in version X3, all that has changed. In this tutorial, we'll take put this new feature to the test for impressive...

Published Fri, Aug 14 2009 20:54 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, Special Effects, Basic, Feature, Bevels

Master Close-Cropping with PHOTO-PAINT’s Cutout Lab

By Steve Bain The Cutout Lab introduced in Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X3 enables you to extract or copy photo elements from any digital image with precision and relative ease. Much more than just a quick selection tool, the Cutout Lab accurately detects almost...

Published Sat, Jul 18 2009 21:46 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: Technique, photo-paint, masking, Advanced, Special Effects, Basic, Recent feature, Version X3, New feature, Cut Out Lab, Close-cropping

New High-end Color Support for Interactive Blend and Contour Effects

By Steve Bain If you work with high-end color, you’ll be pleased to know that since version X3 both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT include high-end color features that can help you unleash your wildest design and illustration energy. These new...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 2:02 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, printing, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Contour effect, Workflow, Recent feature, Color support, Interactive tools, Blend effect, Spot color

Design Your Own Picture Frames in Corel PHOTO-PAINT

Whether you use the majority of your digital photos for personal scrapbooking or albums or whether you're a professional layout artist, you can add interest and creative flair to your digital images by applying frames. You can do this quickly and...

Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 19:59 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: photo-paint, illustration, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Beginner

Cool Tricks with Paragraph Text in CorelDRAW

By Steve Bain These days, there's no excuse for churning out plain-looking text layouts. Using recent versions of CorelDRAW, there are so many ways you can make text more interesting to read, it's a shame not to take advantage of them. Let's...

Published Thu, Apr 9 2009 2:22 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: coreldraw, design, envelope, Special Effects, Tips, Layout Strategies, Basic, Feature, Typography, Text containers, Drop caps, Paragraph Text, Point-Form lists, Inline graphics, Bullets

Create Classic Masterpieces in Corel PHOTO-PAINT®

Looking to add a little magic to your digital images? For some time now, PHOTO-PAINT has provided many different ways to apply creative effects to digital photos. If you haven't yet explored what this powerful pixel-altering tool can do, keep reading...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 12:14 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: photo-paint, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Image Retouching, Natural media effects, Alchemy filter

Faking Depth-of-Field Effects in Corel PHOTO-PAINT

By Steve Bain Few things can make a professional design or layout look more amateurish than blurry pictures. But, intentionally blurring certain areas of a picture can help focus attention on other picture elements. Here's a technique you can use...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 17:53 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: Technique, photo-paint, Special Effects, Basic, Beginner, Quick Tip, Touch-up Brush, Retouching, Image Retouching, Depth effect, Depth of field, Gaussian blur

Custom Sprayers Can Add Real Drawing Power

By Steve Bain There’s nothing better than harnessing the power of your computer to create hundreds or even thousands of objects in the blink of an eye. CorelDRAW’s Artistic Media Tool sprayer enables you to do just that. You can ’spray’...

Published Thu, Jan 22 2009 10:24 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: coreldraw, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Feature, New Media, Artistic Media Tool, Sprayer

Cut Down Your Color Printing Cost without Sacrificing Your Color Options

By Steve Bain Designers and small business owners creating printed business and marketing collateral often need to be resourceful to stay within their budget. If you're using CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you have everything you need to minimize...

Published Sat, Jan 10 2009 18:10 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, printing, design, photo-paint, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Workaround, Overprinting, Color styles, Duotones

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

Create Cool 3D Chiseled Graphics (part 1)

Chiseled graphics emulate the look of 3D shapes. In this tutorial, you learn a technique to create graphics that appear either raised or recessed. Your success will depend on your object's shape, your skill at node editing and path commands, and your...

Published Sat, Dec 20 2008 11:06 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, design, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Chisel shapes, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools

Fixing Sunny Day Shadows and Color Casts with Corel PHOTO-PAINT®

By Steve Bain Whether you’re a professional, a tourist or just a weekend photo hobbyist, there’s nothing like taking a few pictures in the great outdoors on a bright, sunny day. Sometimes, though, that sunshine can work against you. The bright...

Published Tue, Dec 16 2008 13:45 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: Technique, photo-paint, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Color cast, Dodge, Image correction, Image Retouching, Burn, Contrast

Five Top Photo Fixes using Corel PHOTO-PAINT

By Steve Bain Whether you're out snapping photos with your digital camera or just scanning old family album favorites to disc, you're bound to end up with little anomalies that you wish you could fix quickly. In this tutorial, we'll show you...

Published Sun, Dec 7 2008 13:02 by CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Filed under: photo-paint, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Feature, PhotoPaint, Clone Tool, Touch-up Brush, Sharpen, Retouching, Red Eye Removal

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