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Let me first get this out of the way to prevent someone asking me a question. If you do not have a full version (that includes upgrades) of CorelDRAW, it is very possible you don't have the VBA or VSTA macro language needed to run macros. So those of you who felt you got a great deal buying a lower...
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There are some questions that always come up no matter how many times I cover them in the blog. One that tends to frustrate users quite often is the inability to see thumbnails for CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT files. I'll go over the software that controls the thumbnail display and some alternatives...
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CorelDRAW has had the ability to create process color separations for many versions now. But the ability to separate a bitmap into spot colors required a very expensive Photoshop plug-in or standalone tool. Now there is a tool that can create the spot color separations of bitmaps you need for screen...
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A very common usage for the Print Merge function in CorelDRAW is for adding numbers to tickets or invoices. Unfortunately it can be a bit of a hassle to create the list of numbers. When you have multiple tickets on a single printed sheet, it becomes even more complex as you want each stack of tickets...
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I usually find that CorelDRAW users either have a need to add dimension lines on a regular basis or they rarely if ever use them. There just isn't a middle ground on a feature like this, or at least I don't see the middle ground. Should you fall in the rarely need them category, today's macro...
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One thing you are sure to see during the holiday season is a lot of glitter. Holiday glitter isn't necessarily something you'd create with rhinestones, but they certainly give you a way to create blingy garments. Trying to layout a rhinestone pattern manually in CorelDRAW can be incredibly time...
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Do you ever wish you could search the installed font list you see in CorelDRAW? How about discovering what fonts are already used in a document? The GDG Font Helper macro does that and more. Heck, just look at the documentation shown at right for all the things you can do (don't worry, a bigger version...
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When you are working in CorelDRAW, do you ever need to know the length of a line or need to measure a distance? That's where the GDG Measure It macro can come in very handy. You can even get measurement values in the document scale. Best of all, the macro is free. With the latest update, it works...
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I've always been amazed at how easy it is to create some cool patterns in CorelDRAW. When I unwrapped a Spirograph as a kid, I remember all the cool patterns in the instruction book. I just never could get it to work that well myself. While the native CorelDRAW features are good at creating patterns...
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A user sent a CorelDRAW file a few days ago that was an absolute mess. I never did hear the origin of the file, but I'm guessing it must have come from some flavor of CAD file. It contained only 660 objects, but there were 680,000 nodes. One "object" appeared to be a circle. Yet it was...
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I'll keep the description of today's macro relatively short as the graphic below gives you a good idea of all the settings it contains. In short, GDG Ring Around the Shape will rotate a shape around a center selected shape. This can be done either by using duplicates or clones. A macro like this...
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I can't imagine not using bitmaps inside of my CorelDRAW files. There are some projects without them, but most projects use a number of separate bitmaps. It is easy enough to convert bitmaps to a different color mode or change the resolution. But using the native features of CorelDRAW, you have to...
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Why do we use computers in our work? Hopefully it is to make things easier and get more work done in less time. So as we celebrate Labor Day, I wanted to refresh your memory about a couple of macros that can save you a lot of labor. Each of them can just as easily process 1-2 files as they can process...
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Last week I suggested you Delete Temp Files to Prevent Crashes and Increase Speed . My instructions showed you how to do it using the Disk Cleanup utility supplied with Windows. In the comments on the Graphics Unleashed Facebook page , it was suggested that CCleaner is another tool that will help remove...
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Everyone take a deep breath and remain calm. It seems that the topic of getting macros updated makes users a little cranky, if not completely crazy. So I wanted to outline some information on macros and those who develop them so you can understand why they don't just magically get updated. What I...