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By Steve Bain
Before desktop publishing became just another job responsibility, designing and producing appealing information graphic was an art involving a number of skills and several production stages. In this tutorial, we’ll explore some of the basics involved in representing data in creative ways...
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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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Earlier this morning, we announced the winners of the CorelDRAW International Design Contest. Overall, we received more than 1,500 submissions from over 60 countries , reflecting the global popularity and appeal of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. A key component of our ongoing 20th anniversary celebration...
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In addition to the CorelDRAW International Design Contest, for which the voting process is currently well under way, Corel also ran an Asia-Pacific Digital Art Competition, covering all the graphics and digital media products from Corel. The winners for the Asia-Pacific contest where announced today...
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Earlier this morning, we went live on CorelDRAW.com with the galleries that showcase all the finalists for the 2009 CorelDRAW International Design Contest . Out of a total of over 1500 submissions, we are down to over 600 entries that will make it to the finalist stages, removing those who didn't...
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We are only a few days away from closing the subscriptions to the CorelDRAW International Design Contest. As a quick reminder, the CorelDRAW International Design Contest features 6 different categories and with prizes representing a total value of over $75,000, winners in each category will receive a...
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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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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
CorelDRAW provides powerful resources for creating custom logotype, symbol, or character designs. Discover how easily you can turn your design into a digital font you can use in any text-capable application in this continuation of my 2-part tutorial on creating custom fonts.
As I mentioned...
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Going through mymy regular blogs, I saw a post from Lifehacker about the periodic table typefaces (original posted on Download Squad ) which I wanted to share. It is about a 3150 by 2100 jpeg file (1.6Mb download) that the design firm Squidspot put together with a reference chart of the most popular...
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By Steve Bain The challenge of tackling your own font design can be daunting without the right tools. Fortunately, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has everything you need to design your own custom logotype font or typeface design.
It’s no small wonder that typing a few words gives you the ability to communicate...
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Sat, Mar 7 2009
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Filed under: coreldraw, fonts, design, illustration, symbols, Advanced, CorelDraw tutorials, Typography, Vector tools, Export TTF, Font Design, Font template
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Just a quick note to inform you that my new book titled CorelDRAW X4 Proyectos practicos is already on bookstores arround the world. This book, as the rest of my books, is part of Design & Creativity Collection published by Spanish well-known ANAYA Multimedia editorial. The book is plenty of step...
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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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If you haven't already heard, CorelDRAW is now 20 years old. As part of the birthday celebration, Corel is doing a few things to commemorate it. Today two more things have been announced. The biggest news is the return of the CorelDRAW International Design Contest . Those of you who have been using...