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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. Thanks to CorelDRAW’s interactive effects,...
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Thu, Mar 18 2010
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Special Effects, Tips, Transparent highlights, Beginner, Contour effect, CorelDraw tutorials, Depth effect, Glass bead, Glass effect, Lighting effects
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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 tools and resources also let you accurately reproduce...
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Sun, Sep 6 2009
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Filed under: coreldraw, printing, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Contour effect, Workflow, Recent feature, Color support, Interactive tools, Blend effect, Spot color
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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
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 tools and resources also let you accurately reproduce...
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Fri, Jul 10 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
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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Filed under: coreldraw, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Feature, New Media, Artistic Media Tool, Sprayer
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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 your costs. Let's explore a few color strategies...
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Sat, Jan 10 2009
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, printing, design, photo-paint, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Workaround, Overprinting, Color styles, Duotones
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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 color schemes to simulate various lighting levels...
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Sun, Dec 28 2008
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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 imagination.
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Sat, Dec 20 2008
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, design, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Chisel shapes, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools
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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, brochures, and newsletters. While expecting to...
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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 made from colored glass or see-though plastic. In...
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Sat, Nov 29 2008
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Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, buttons, Advanced, Glassy effects, Special Effects, Tips, Transparent buttons
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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 I’m using CorelDRAW 11, but these techniques...
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Fri, Nov 28 2008
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Transparency, Star highlight, Sunlight glare, Window reflection, Highlighting, Transparent highlights
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By Steve Bain
The ability to create objects to appear as if they have been fashioned into Neon tube lighting is a popular technique sought after by many illustrators. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to select the most ideal font for achieving the best results and embellish your type with color lighting...
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Mon, Nov 24 2008
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, Special Effects, Neon effect, Neon type, Illuminated text, Neon tubing, Text effect, Beginner
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By Steve Bain CorelDRAW's Interactive Contour Tool enables you to create one of the fastest text effects to dress up otherwise uninteresting characters. With just a simple-click drag action, you can apply contours to the inner areas of Artistic Text characters. Then, by adjusting the contour properties...
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By Steve Bain
Creating the effect of rich, golden type is very similar to the effect used to create metallic-looking illustration effects. What’s often the challenge for new illustrators is the color scheme needed, and the steps for achieving it. In this tutorial, you’ll learn in nine steps...
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Sun, Nov 9 2008
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Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, tutorial, Special Effects, Basic, Contour effect, Gold coloring, Custom fill, Trim operation, Drop shadow, CorelDraw tutorials