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At some point we all started with CorelDRAW and we were faced with the task of actually drawing something. I don't know about you, but it didn't come easy to me. Jeff Harrison had the same struggles until he learned the technique for drawing things quickly and accurately. Jeff has just added...
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Think about everything involved in creating a calendar from scratch in CorelDRAW. How many rectangles do you need to draw? What about creating all of that text and placing it just right in each square? What about putting moon phases on the calendar? Did you know that all of this can be done automatically...
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I think the most powerful feature in CorelDRAW is the ability to impose pages. It's a feature you won't find in the competitor's product. Combining the imposition features with print merge allows users to easily create hundreds, if not thousands, or name badges or tickets or anything else...
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How many times have you gotten an e-mail with an extremely large photo attached? Not only does it take forever to download, it also doesn't fit in the e-mail window. Or have you imported a photo from your digital camera into CorelDRAW only to find it measures an absolutely huge amount? Today's...
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I think I've mentioned in some previous posts that I'm taking some photography classes this summer. My final class is in two days and I have a very tough assignment. I have to take self-portrait images that include a camera in the picture. Now some of you might think this involves a mirror or...
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This post has two sources and one amazing technique for selecting objects. It all started when Brian posted a technique in the forums at coreldraw.com and then Jeff Harrison created a short movie to show the technique in action. So rather than having me rewrite it all, I'll simply pass you along...
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There are some tools in CorelDRAW that are very tough for me to master. The Mesh Fill is one of those. Luckily there is an amazing tutorial that shows you how to create a beer mug full of beer that is so realistic that you will try to grab it off your screen to take a drink. Unfortunately the original...
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Not a day goes by that I don't see a user having problems getting their CorelDRAW file to output properly. Some of these users are so upset that they threaten to give up on CorelDRAW and move to Adobe Illustrator. While their frustration is understandable, the problem won't go away by switching...
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Hunter Elliott has a really interesting tutorial for Corel PHOTO-PAINT . It in he takes a cool picture and makes it even better by boosting the contrast in only part of an image. The process is called Contrast Masking and is a great way to make good images into great ones. Even better, it is a fairly...
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This is a tutorial topic that we've already visited before. Yet it remains the question I hear over and over again. How do I remove the white box around my images? So today we have two tutorials that address the issue. First is my Getting Rid of That Darned White Box tutorial. Jeff Harrison has a...
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Great Dane has always been known for creating some fantastic images for the garment industry. Now Dane Clements has put together a book, T-Shirt Artwork Simplified for CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT , showing techniques that users can follow to create great work in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. You'll...
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Users are often looking for ways to produce a lot more in a lot less time. That's an area where CorelDRAW's Print Merge function comes in really handy. You have a list of data that you need to merge with a graphic. Name badges are a perfect example. Design one badge, merge the data with that...
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It seems every CorelDRAW user I've met has one task that they have to perform on a regular basis. They need to take a bitmap logo and convert it to vector. Today I'm going to give you links to two different tutorials on the subject. Before I give you the links, you need to understand that using...
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One of the advantages Corel PHOTO-PAINT has over Adobe Photoshop is the inclusion of the Image Sprayer. In today's tutorial, Mike Bresciani shows you the many ways you can use this tool . He also covers how to create your own sprayers. If you create some good sprayers, send them my way!
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Creating the effect of chrome in vector graphics is a popular effect. Cory Sarafinchan has written a tutorial that shows you all the steps to get various types of chrome effects . Once you learn the techniques in this tutorial, you'll be able to apply the steps in a number of different ways. Not...