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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

Behind the Shot: North Shore Christmas Tree

Courtesy of Canon, Adobe and Corel and of course Rikk Flohr at Fleeting Glimpse Images. Merry Christmas This is the official Fleeting Glimpse Images Christmas Card for 2009. This image was captured at the High Falls at Tettegouche State Park in July of...

Published Sat, Dec 19 2009 10:15 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: coreldraw, Behind the Shot, Pretty Pictures, lightroom, North Shore

Designing Better Information Graphics

By Steve Bain Before desktop publishing became just another job responsibility, designing and producing appealing information graphic was an art involving a number of skills and several production stages. In this tutorial, we’ll explore some of the basics...

Published Sat, Oct 3 2009 15:28 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, Advanced, Layout Strategies, Beginner, Workflow, Infographics

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

Finding Gold in the New CGS Digital Content Collection

By Steve Bain As loyal users have come to expect, the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite comes with a substantial stockpile of digital content that you can use and abuse as you see fit. What you may not realize is that when version X3 was release Corel revamped...

Published Sat, Jul 11 2009 0:50 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, clip art, photo-paint, Version X3, Resources, Digital Media

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

CorelDraw: Complementary to Lightroom

I never realized how much I depend upon CorelDraw to dovetail into and out of so many other software packages. When working with PowerPoint, for example, CorelDraw turned out to be a perfect tool to feed custom graphics into my presentations. As it happens...

Published Mon, Jun 22 2009 9:38 by Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog

Filed under: coreldraw, corel, Software, lightroom, Customization, End Panel Mark, Slide Show, Identity Plate

Draw Smarter with This Clever CorelDRAW Tool

By Steve Bain Has anyone ever known you well enough to finish your sentences? Well, that's sort of how one of the most intuitive drawing tools in CorelDRAW works. In this tutorial I'll demonstrate the Smart Drawing tool. This clever drawing tool...

Published Sat, Jun 20 2009 12:06 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, illustration, Tips, Basic, Feature, New feature, Glyph nodes, Smart Drawing Tool

Get Snapping with CorelDRAW’s Object-Snapping Features

By Steve Bain If you've ever fumbled around trying to align your cursor to something, you can bid this frustrating task farewell. Object snapping was improved in version 12 to include new modes to give you maximum snapping control. In this close look...

Published Mon, Jun 1 2009 10:35 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, illustration, Basic, Feature, Object snapping, Drawing aid, Snap to objects

Test-driving CorelDRAW’s PowerTRACE Features

Take PowerTRACE for a Test Drive | By Steve Bain Are you spending hours converting bitmap images into vectors? Powerful improvements to the new built-in PowerTRACE engine in CorelDRAW X3 turn the most demanding bitmap-to-vector adventures into a...

Published Sat, May 23 2009 13:03 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, tutorial, Basic, Feature, Beginner, Vector tools, Recent feature, Version X3, PowerTRACE, image tracing, bitmap tracing

Turn Digital Images into Vector Artwork with PowerTRACE

By Steve Bain Recent versions of CorelDRAW include powerful new onboard tracing tools you can use to quickly trace your digital images into vector artwork. In this tutorial, I’ll highlight the value of using CorelDRAW’s revamped bitmap-tracing...

Published Fri, May 15 2009 20:39 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, Advanced, Tips, Basic, Feature, Workflow, Vector tools, Quick Trace, Tracing digital images, Logo tracing, PowerTRACE

Customize CorelDRAW to Fit Your Workflow

By Steve Bain If you like the convenience of having quick access to just the right tools or commands exactly when and where you want as you work, you’ll love the customization features built into the CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite. Changing your CorelDRAW...

Published Thu, May 7 2009 10:49 by CorelDRAW! Tips & Tricks

Filed under: coreldraw, workspace, Advanced, Feature, Workflow, UI Customization, New Toolbar, Custom Toolbar

CorelDRAW Unleashed Boot Camp Video and New Dates

Three new fall dates have been added to the CorelDRAW Unleashed Boot Camp schedule. In addition to the upcoming classes on May 7-9 and July 9-11; Boot Camps have been added on October 1-3, November 5-7 and December 10-12. All dates are in 2009. Not sure...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2009 1:50 by Graphics Unleashed

Filed under: coreldraw, unleashed, boot, camp

Protect Your Creative Assets with PDF Security

By Steve Bain Today’s free-flowing information made available by online technology presents a certain degree of intellectual property risk. Most of us wouldn’t want our personal, corporate, or copyrighted creative property from being somehow...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 0:31 by Anonymous

Filed under: coreldraw, printing, photo-paint, Advanced, Tips, Feature, Workflow, Passwords, Document security, PDF publishing

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