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Last week I told you my choice for font management software was FontExpert 2009 . Several loyal readers have commented that they liked other products. I have not tested any of the other products suggested, but I thought I'd pass along links to these products so that you can check them out if you...
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CorelDRAW X5 has now been on the market for a week and a half. For the most part, the new features have been popular with users. Yet there is one area where a weakness has been discovered and I'm going to explore the best solution to this problem in today's post. One of the utilities supplied...
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We all know about the main components of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 . So this post isn't about CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Corel PowerTRACE or Corel CONNECT. I'm going to talk about some of the "bundled" add-ons that come with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5. We'll start with BenVista...
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I'm sure none of you really think you need to know that much about the processor in your computer. You might even brush off this post because you don't feel you need to know much. If that's the way you feel, I'm going to ask you a very simple question. Does the processor in your computer...
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Last month I told you about Tweak 7 , which provides a plethora of options for tweaking Windows 7. If you want as many tweaks as possible, it is a great tool. Today we're going to talk about Ultimate Windows Tweaker which has several advantages and disadvantages compared to Tweak 7. One of the biggest...
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Today I'm going to talk about a Photoshop plug-in. Note that while it only works in Photoshop CS4, I'd still like you all to at least take a brief look at it as I have some questions that I'll pose later in this post. The idea behind this plug-in is that it allows users to pick colors in...
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Not a day goes by where a CorelDRAW user doesn't beg for more desktop publishing features in CorelDRAW. I really wouldn't hold your breath for these features. Instead, it is in your best interests to find a publishing tool that works the best for you for usage in conjunction with CorelDRAW. Today...
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Not a day goes by without a message from someone wanting to use CorelDRAW to lay out a longer document. For 4-8 pages, CorelDRAW can be a good solution. But I find it totally lacking on anything longer. Of course users ask Corel to add features to CorelDRAW to make it better. I wouldn't hold your...
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One of the latest trends in photography is high dynamic range photos. Typically you'll take multiple exposures of the same scene and then use special software to use the best bright areas and best dark areas from different photos to end up with one great picture. Some photographers hate the trend...
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I've been running Windows 7 for about three months now and I'm still trying to get it working exactly the way that I want. Trying to figure out how to change the thousands of settings is next to impossible without some help. That's where Tweak 7 comes into the picture. Not only does it help...
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Many times when you have to re-create an existing graphic, the job would be easier if you knew the font that was used. Today I'm going to link you to another blogger who has listed seven different free tools for font identification . While most of you probably know about one or two of these, I'm...
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Last week I told you about SmillaEnlarger , a free tool for upsampling images. I also mentioned PhotoZoom Pro 3 as an alternative for those wanting a full-featured commercial tool. Today I'll tell you about a tool that sits in between those two. BenVista has just released PhotoZoom Classic 3 . It...
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We all receive photos from clients that contain too small a number of pixels to look good when output. No matter how much we explain to the client, they don't always understand. They simply want us to fix it. You can open the file in Corel PHOTO-PAINT (or Adobe Photoshop) and use the Resample command...
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Over time, the data on your hard drives get scattered or fragmented. This can lead to a slowdown of your system. Built-in to Windows is a Disk Defragment that does a decent job of rearranging the data to improve speeds. There are also several third party tools that do an even better job. The tool that...
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If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you'll be in luck. Sorry XP users, you'll have to upgrade to take advantage of today's widget...or make that gadget. You see we're going to look at a Desktop Gadget that runs as part of the Windows Sidebar. All CPU Meter is especially useful...