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Windows XP, Vista and 7 come in two major flavors. You can install a 32-bit or 64-bit version. It is important that you understand the difference and why it is important for you to start seriously considering moving to 64-bit if you haven't done so already. First, I'll refer back to a post from...
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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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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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I frequently see comments from users printing Pantone colors on something other than a printing press and being disappointed or flat out upset at the results. In this case I am talking about the pre-mixed Pantone colors. The only way to get these colors exactly right is to actually use the pre-mixed...
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When I mention "The Winding Rule", you may think it has something to do with The Beatles song The Long and Winding Road . It might make for good listening while I try to explain, but they are completely unrelated. When a curve is drawn as a vector graphic, the path can either be followed clockwise...
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It always amazes me when a person using a very old piece of software is shocked that it isn't working perfectly on a new operating system. There comes a time you need to upgrade and there is no other solution than to upgrade. I'm going to list versions of CorelDRAW below and requirements as far...
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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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I've been editing some artwork lately that was very poorly created. As I work through it, I sometimes find a group of a bunch of objects where it should be one object. Luckily there is an easy way to fix these objects....the magic Weld key. Those of you who have a good grasp of CorelDRAW are aware...
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I've seen numerous examples lately of a user posting a graphic and asking "how do I create this?". I guess they are expecting a magic feature to create it for them. In most cases it is impossible to answer their question without very detailed instructions. Of course the users asking these...
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When it comes time to upgrade your Adobe or Corel software, the criteria to qualify for the upgrade vary quite a bit and that divide has become greater with a recent Adobe announcement. Let's look at the two policies as it may have an effect on what you spend in the future. For the sake of this discussion...
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If you look at what Leonardo Da Vinci created in his lifetime, you'd have a very impressive list. Just two of his paintings, The Last Supper and Mona Lisa, represent masterpieces. But that leaves out many of his other accomplishments in a variety of disciplines. Da Vinci would carry a notebook with...
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If you ever expect to get e-mail from Unleashed, please take the time to read this post. It will save all of us a lot of time and trouble. We all hate spam. I've written about it before and I'm sure I'll write about it again. The last post I wrote about spam was in March and I encourage each...
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A large part of my day involves having either a CorelDRAW or Corel PHOTO-PAINT file open. Rarely do I run either program full screen as I have all kinds of software running at the same time. That means I'm almost always zoomed in tight enough that I'm unable to see the entire file at once. Sure...
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Sometimes progress is really a step backwards for me. Microsoft thought creating a folder by the name of "My Documents" would be useful to most Windows users. I hate it. Even worse, they strongly encourage software companies to put data in this folder. It is the absolute last place I want data...
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Some of the more basic tools in CorelDRAW can also provide some really cool results. I've been playing with the Polygon, Star and Complex Star tools and it reminded me what they could create because they all use symmetry when they are modified. If you move one node, all other nodes around the polygon...