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Creating Patterns like Escher: Part 2

Before we start This article will build on what was discussed in Part 1 , so if you haven't checked it out yet, you may want to do so now. As with part 1, all grids are formed with cloned line segments, snapping is heavily used and duplicating is...

Published Sat, Mar 20 2010 15:03 by Hendrik Wagenaar

How to Match Adobe and Draw/Paint color on Display and Output

The first step is to choose what profiles you want to use for you RGB and CMYK working color spaces, and the profiles for your peripherals (monitor, printer, etc). Make sure these are available in a known location on your hard-drive or better yet, copy...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2008 15:27 by Matt Don

Article: Creating Patterns like Escher: Part 2

Creating Patterns like Escher: Part 2 builds on Creating Patterns like Escher . This time we demonstrate how to set up several square grid configurations including the one Escher used to create the following pattern:

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 9:30 by Hendrik Wagenaar

Creating Patterns like Escher

Before we start: The method described in this article involves a lot of duplicating and arranging of shapes. I want to highlight the method I use to do this quickly. Identify the shape we want to arrange into a pattern With snapping on, grab the shape...

Published Fri, Mar 19 2010 13:36 by Hendrik Wagenaar

'Tis The Season - Making Snowflakes with CorelDRAW

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, it's getting cold, and for many, the snow has arrived, so I thought I'd share a technique to create snowflakes with Draw. First, lets take a look at some real snowflakes (public domain image by Wilson...

Published Thu, Dec 2 2010 15:31 by Hendrik Wagenaar

X5: Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW - What has changed?

There have been some minor changes to how CorelDRAW and Photopaint handle custom add-ons. This article highlights the differences between X4 and X5. I recommend first reading Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW if you are interested in creating a...

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 7:38 by Hendrik Wagenaar

Draw X5: A few features you may not know about!

Every version, there are a few features which don't make it to the back of the box, and because of this, you may never know they exist. I'll go through a few of the lesser known features here. Node Size These days, High DPI monitors are becoming...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 8:30 by Hendrik Wagenaar

Creating Color Palettes

Background Color palettes in CorelDRAW are implemented using external files that hold all the color information for the palette. Prior to version X5 these files were stored in a proprietary binary format with a .cpl extension. In X5 they were changed...

Published Thu, Jun 3 2010 10:31 by StephenM

Filed under: color, palette

Creating web graphics for a star-rating control in CorelDRAW X5

I recently started creating a web page where I needed a rating control similar to the one you see at the top of this page. I found this great tutorial at KomodoMedia which demonstrates the html and css code behind this type of control. I decided to base...

Published Sat, Mar 13 2010 10:51 by Hendrik Wagenaar

Filed under: http://coreldraw.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/insider/2063.stars.png

Using CQL in CorelDRAW/Corel DESIGNER VBA macros

This article covers a topic of Corel Query Language introduced with CorelDRAW X3 which can be used in VBA macros to perform complex searches in documents. This article assumes you have a basic working knowledge of VBA in CorelDRAW or Corel DESIGNER. Enjoy...

Published Wed, Jul 9 2008 10:19 by AlexV

Filed under: CQL, VBA

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Creating Patterns like Escher: Part 2

How to Match Adobe and Draw/Paint color on Display and Output

Article: Creating Patterns like Escher: Part 2

Creating Patterns like Escher

'Tis The Season - Making Snowflakes with CorelDRAW

X5: Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW - What has changed?

Draw X5: A few features you may not know about!

Creating Color Palettes

Creating web graphics for a star-rating control in CorelDRAW X5

Using CQL in CorelDRAW/Corel DESIGNER VBA macros

Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW

How to create custom Outline Enhanced Pattern styles in Corel DESIGNER

Article: Creating Patterns like Escher

Custom add-ons and dockers in CorelDRAW - What has changed in X5?

How to find out which OpenType features your installed fonts have?