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Font Friday: Christmas Fonts

Graphics Unleashed — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:00:01 GMT

With the Thanksgiving holiday behind us, now we turn to a number of other holidays taking place in the next month. Just yesterday I had to create a flyer for a Christmas party and wanted to find a festive font to use. Since it is the season of giving...(read more)

Thursday Tip: Combining and Breaking Apart Text

Graphics Unleashed — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:00:14 GMT

When you think of the Combine ( Ctrl + L ) and Break Apart ( Ctrl + K ) commands in CorelDRAW, you typically think of graphic objects. One of the most powerful uses for these commands is when working with Artistic Text. If you have several lines of Artistic...(read more)

Larrys Corner - Store, Café and webshop

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Sometimes you pass around a corner and bump into a great place. It happened to me the other day. Its Larrys Corner in the corner of Blekingegatan & Grindsgatan (Gatan meaning street in Swedish) in Stockholm, Sweden. When I was 16 years old I lived...(read more)

Hump Day Hardware: External Hard Drives

Graphics Unleashed — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:01 GMT

How do you manage the safety of your data? Hard drives run into problems and your data could easily be lost in a hard drive crash. That's why it is so important to keep up-to-date back-ups. One of the best tools I've found for this are external...(read more)

How to Design Better Newsletter Layouts in CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:37:42 GMT

By Steve Bain Not only is CorelDRAW one of the most robust illustration tools around, but unlike other graphics programs, it can also be used to create multipage layouts. This nifty feature makes it the perfect choice for designing projects like booklets...(read more)

Tutorial Tuesday: Easy Way to Create Calendars

Graphics Unleashed — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:00:02 GMT

Sometimes I wonder why Corel doesn't mention some of the great features that exist in CorelDRAW. Probably the most powerful feature getting little attention is the Calendar Wizard. Today's tutorial will tell you not only where to find this powerful...(read more)

Macro Monday: Hotfolders

Graphics Unleashed — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:00:01 GMT

How organized are the files on your hard drive? Do you have several folders where you store all of your working projects? I do this, but I also find that it can often be a hassle to move between the various folders when working in CorelDRAW. MacroMonster...(read more)

Sunday Stock: Sports Volume 1

Graphics Unleashed — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT

As I travel around and train CorelDRAW users, one area where users are always creating products is for sports teams from the local area. There are many packages on the market with templates, but today I'm featuring a product with great templates and...(read more)

Create Transparent Stylized Buttons using CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:41:22 GMT

By Steve Bain If you’ve found yourself wishing that you knew how to create those cool, glass-like transparent buttons popular in certain interface designs, your wish is granted. I’m talking about those pill-shaped buttons that appear to be...(read more)

Weekend Widget: Glary Utilities

Graphics Unleashed — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:00:02 GMT

Last week I told you about repartitioning the hard drive on my laptop. While I was cleaning things up, I decided to try some other fixes to speed up the computer. That led me to the Glary Utilities . Included are a number of system tools to speed up and...(read more)

Draw 3 Lighting Details using CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:19:10 GMT

By Steve Bain In these three mini tutorials, we’ll explore three basic types of transparent highlights you can quickly add to graphic scenes to simulate reflected light: The window reflection, the sunlight glare, and the star highlight. To demonstrate...(read more)

Disconnecting…

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:47:17 GMT

-but just for a bit- Today, I am packing my Prius to travel to Badlands National Park where I will be serving as Artist In Residence for the month of December. I served at Badlands in the Spring of 2007 and this is a shot of me during one of my sunset...(read more)

Font Friday: More Thanksgiving Fonts

Graphics Unleashed — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 08:00:07 GMT

I'm still full from the Thanksgiving feast yesterday. It is hard to pass up large helpings of turkey and dressing. Continuing with our theme from last Friday, I found even more Thanksgiving fonts for you to download. You'll also notice a few other...(read more)

Thursday Tip: Web Safe Colors

Graphics Unleashed — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:00:01 GMT

There has long been a misconception that only a limited set of colors were "safe" on the Web. That just isn't the case, all RGB colors can be used on the Web. I've even seen mention that only Hex colors were Web safe. No, hexadecimal...(read more)

Adopt Better Layout Strategies with CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:01:34 GMT

By Steve Bain There are good and bad ways to build a layout. In this tutorial, you'll learn about layout and design habits that you should definitely avoid, and I'll demonstrate a few best practices to adopt. There's a little something for...(read more)