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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 results.
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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 automatically recognizes your onscreen squiggles...
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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 at CorelDRAW's snapping features you'll...
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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 sweet ride.
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Sat, May 23 2009
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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 tools and demonstrate the results of using various...
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Fri, May 15 2009
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Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, Advanced, Tips, Basic, Feature, Workflow, Vector tools, Quick Trace, Tracing digital images, Logo tracing, PowerTRACE
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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 or Corel PHOTO-PAINT® workspace lets you go...
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By Steve Bain
If you’ve ever found the task of fixing digital photos a slow and frustrating exercise, this tutorial will interest you. The tools and options available in PHOTO-PAINT’s Image Adjustment Lab make it easy to correct common digital photo problems. Let’s explore how to use...
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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 absconded by strangers. Having a strategy to protect...
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Fri, Apr 24 2009
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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 explore a few tricks that you can use with paragraph...
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Thu, Apr 9 2009
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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
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By Steve Bain Once in a while, you discover a drawing feature that's so innovative, it has the potential to completely change the way you draw. The dynamic guides in CorelDRAW will do just that. In fact, after using dynamic guides for a while, you'll wonder how you ever did without them. In this...
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Fri, Apr 3 2009
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by Steve Bain
If you’re a legacy CorelDRAW user peforming advanced design or illustration tasks or even basic vector drawing work, this may pique your interest. Since the release of version 12, there have been a couple of key changes to CorelDRAW’s Pick Tool default behavior. You can no longer...
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By Steve Bain If you use CorelDRAW in print press workflow, you're likely familiar with overprint properties. But did you know recent versions of CorelDRAW let you preview overprints onscreen? It's another neat feature you won't see in many other graphics programs. In this tutorial, we'll...
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Thu, Feb 12 2009
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By Steve Bain
Have you ever tried to photograph a scene that’s just too large to fit in your camera’s viewfinder no matter how many steps backward you take? Unless the wide-angle lens you’re using can work miracles, this is a common challenge that many photographers face. Why not just...
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Tue, Feb 3 2009
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Filed under: photo-paint, tutorial, Advanced, Feature, Touch-up Brush, Retouching, Image correction, Image Retouching, Panoramas, Recent feature, Image Stitch
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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’ objects onto any open or closed path and...
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Thu, Jan 22 2009
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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 five common problems with scanned images and digital...
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Sun, Dec 7 2008
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Filed under: photo-paint, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Feature, PhotoPaint, Clone Tool, Touch-up Brush, Sharpen, Retouching, Red Eye Removal