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Yesterday was my 2000th blog post so today is the start of the second 2000 and I wanted to take a walk down memory lane. Last week I had to film a quick screen test for a local filmmaker who would like to do some video projects with me. I'm definitely comfortable in front of the camera so we were...
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Corel added a new tool in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 for searching artwork libraries. Since its debut, Corel CONNECT has undergone a number of changes. For users who keep multiple versions of artwork on their computers, Corel CONNECT X6 provides some ability to link to those libraries. As you'll...
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I had a user contact me last week. Part of their workflow involved making quite a few duplicates of an object (or group of objects) to be positioned on the page. In short, they wanted a bunch of copies of the graphic to be output at specific positions on the page. I asked why Imposition wasn't being...
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I got a call from a customer recently. This customer was really struggling with doing even the most basic things in CorelDRAW. For those who prefer Adobe Illustrator, the same issues apply. Both are these products work primarily with vector graphics. The reason for the confusion is because the user had...
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Last week I explained how the speed of text in CorelDRAW X6 could be lower in Windows XP due to the new OpenType features in CorelDRAW X6, Text Speed and Windows XP . Speed is something always discussed by users and slow performance is always sure to draw a complaint. One reason that CorelDRAW (all versions...
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This past week I went to Las Vegas to meet with a client. Of course one of the questions someone always asks when someone returns from Las Vegas is "did you win?". My schedule was quite busy the whole trip so I didn't get a chance to even visit a casino. To answer the question, I didn't...
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CorelDRAW has included the ability to create barcodes for many versions now. Unfortunately it is also a feature that hasn't changed in many versions. That means you don't have the ability to create some of the new types of codes that are popular today. One that is increasingly popular is the...
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I often see users post a feature request for something that already exists in CorelDRAW. Last week there was a request for a macro that wasn't necessary because the feature didn't exist. I'm not posting this to knock those asking for the features. We are in the training business and we provide...
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We ask two questions on the Graphics Unleashed Facebook page and we'd love to hear from more users about these questions. You can either click the link on the question to answer directly on Facebook or you can post a comment to the blog if you don't use Facebook. Please read both questions before...
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Not a day goes by where I don't see someone asking the best way for them to learn CorelDRAW. I am certainly biased since I create training products, but there is not a universal answer. The first place to start is by RTFM (read the fine manual...though some have another definition for the acronym...
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We've posted the January 26, 2012 edition of the Graphics Unleashed Newsletter . Make sure to check out the thirty-seven new articles and a lot of exciting new products.
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It seems that about every week I see somebody asking questions about how to create an e-mail newsletter in CorelDRAW or how to take a screenshot. Both of these topics have been covered in previous blog posts so I'll first give you links to those and then I'll share some additional information...
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In yesterday's post, I asked about how you use macros in your workflow and we got some great answers. There are two other questions we've recently posted on our Facebook page and we'd love to hear your answers. I will provide a link directly to the question on Facebook. For those who don't...
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I don't know how often you refer to our CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed Multimedia Training DVDs , but I do it quite often. There is just no way I can remember everything included. As I was going over some thing yesterday, I was reminded of the important of converting outlines to objects. This is done by...
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Over the past eighteen months, I have featured almost all of the individual lessons contained in CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed , CorelDRAW X5 Unleashed Advanced Topics and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 Unleashed . The few lessons that haven't been featured individually are highly dependent on links to other lessons...