Tony's Blog

Farewell David Huss

Tony Severenuk — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:45:00 GMT

My first experience with David occurred at the CorelDRAW User conference in 1994. I was the new kid at the CorelDRAW user conference and since David and I had chatted on the Corel CompuServe forums I wanted to meet him and put a face to the name. Before I could introduce myself he took to the stage to teach a class on PHOTO-PAINT and in front of 200 people he started the session with...

"Ladies and gentlemen, you're going to think I'm crazy when I ask you this, but please bow your heads and pray with me...".

David was a deeply faithful man who enjoyed getting into long discussions regarding his passions. He was very direct and you never had to wonder how he felt about a topic, he simply told you. A trait I have always appreciated. He always showed an interest in helping others experience more out of life. He was always willing to share his gadgets and mastery.

He was a great person to work with and he will be sorely missed by Corel, and the people he helped.

Safe travels David,

T.

Farewell Paul McGee

Tony Severenuk — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:41:00 GMT

I love working here. I love working on the products we make, I love working with the people in the office and I love working with our users around the world.

Unfortunately, Paul McGee, one of our beloved users, testers, and friends, passed away on January 28th. Paul worked closely with us on Ventura and a few versions of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite and he was always looking out for his needs and the needs of others. To say Paul could push software to its limits would be an understatement. He had a good idea of how he thought things should work and would invest time and knowledge in communicating that to all of us here.

In lieu of flowers, Paul's family has asked for donations to be sent to the Canadian Diabetes Foundation.

God’s speed Paul,
Tony

The webinar from Dec 2nd is now live.

Tony Severenuk — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:14:00 GMT

For those that missed the live version, it has was recorded and is now posted.

http://www.corel.com/content/flash/cdgsx5/en/cdgsx5_essential_tips_webinar.html

T.

Thank you for using the "feedback" link within the help.

Tony Severenuk — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:27:00 GMT

I can't tell you how many times I've seen/submitted comments and surveys, and wondered if someone takes the time to go through the comments/feedback submitted.

This morning I got the latest report that shows the comments collected when customers use the "feedback" link, within the help file. The comments are constructive, informative and show a willingness to point out where our docmentation could be more clear. In addion, it's nice to see that about half the comments are positive, showing that people find the articles helpful.

Our documentation team is carefully studying all feedback and making changes to the help files to make things more clear in the future.

If you missed it, there are updated help files available online which incorporate some of the feedback already submitted. Gerard has more information posted here: http://coreldraw.com/blogs/gerard/archive/2010/11/30/coreldraw-graphics-suite-x5-help-available-online.aspx

Some more information about SP1

Tony Severenuk — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:26:00 GMT

A few people have pinged me about SP1, wanting to know how many defects we fixed and whether they would noticed a difference or not. I wanted to offer that we have fixed nearly 300 customer reported defects in the service pack, so I'm sure you will notice a difference.

With an application suite as big as CGS, I'm sure that there are a few issues that we didn't fix. If you still run into things that bother you, please post them in the newsgroups and we'll do our best to get them fixed up.

Thanks for reading,
Tony

Installing CGS X5.

Tony Severenuk — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:55:00 GMT

Thought I would note a few things about installing X5...

- As noted in the Forums yesterday (Feb 23rd) there was a hiccup on the English CNet download and the package would crash when it was being uncompressed...this was fixed last night. I just wanted to mention that this wasn't a problem with the installer but the build that was being downloaded from the website slipped a bit or two.

- CGS X5 needs .NET v.3.51 for many things. We include all the updates on the DVD version and the download version will download the right stuff and install automatically if you are connected to the internet

- Vista takes a while to install, mostly because of the .NET stuff listed above. Xp doesn't take long as Vista and Win7 goes the fastest

- The DVD based installs will show they require a lot of disk space because we install all the content by default. In previous versions we've never installed the content but from watching people in the field they always thought they got "everything" when they did an install. We recognize that the installer size will be quite different between X4 and X5 but we elected to install the content by default to meet customers expectations. Note that you can customize the install if you don't want the videos to be installed on the computer.

- If you're always connected to the internet you may want to deselect the videos from installing. The built in video browser is smart enough to go to youtube if you didn't install the videos.

- Ghostscript is not installed by default. It's a program that we can use to extend the felxibility of our EPS import if it's on the computer. If you import a EPS files a lot, consider selecting a custom install and selecting GLP Ghostscript.

- If you buy the download versions you can purchase the DVD and guidebook (either at time of purchase or later on).

HTH,

Tony.

Thanks to Roland DGA Canada for loaning us a VP300i

Tony Severenuk — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:38:00 GMT

We have a new toy in the house, a Roland VP 300i....Roland also provided us a bunch of media and ink to play with.

Additional thanks to Fernando Catania for coming over and showing us how to run the printer and the RIP.

..and fun begins!

Tony

Thanks to YESCO (Young Electric Sign Company) for hosting me yesterday.

Tony Severenuk — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:52:00 GMT

Yesterday I visited www.yesco.com, the AZ division...an outstanding facility that can craft just about every kind of sign imagineable....LED, neon, vinyl, channel lettering, digital printing...from the smallest signs to ones 120' high.

A special thanks to Jim for organizing everything and showing me around, and for Mick for letting me watch him work thought some sign designs for a few hours.

Thanks to Tortuga Promotions for letting me drop by today

Tony Severenuk — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT

The UED team at Corel routinely conduct customer visits so we can stay abreast to the needs of our users. Since I was going to be in AZ for the conference I wanted to visit a few folks in the sunny south west to see how they use CorelDRAW and to get a chance to see if there are ways to make life easier for our customers.

I wanted to drop a line of thanks to Tortuga Promotions for hosting me today. The visit was great, I learned a lot and I hope you find the presents useful that I left behind.

The resort in Phoenix is beautiful.

Tony Severenuk — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:56:00 GMT

This place is amazing...if I didn't know better I would think I was on a vacation in Mexico...the oasis water park is a great place to cool off...the lazy river is a lot of fun...the ground are very well kept, the 50 million they spent on the place shows...if you like shopping there are two outlet malls within 5 miles (8kms) of here..one is only half a mile (1km) away......the sunsets are beautiful here too....It may be hot but my hats off to Foster for picking such a nice place.

While in Rome....

Tony Severenuk — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:48:00 GMT

For those of us heading to the conference next week I emailed the resort about pricing on golf....here is their response..

"Arizona Grand Golf Course features a spectacular 18-hole course. See our current green fees below. (Includes cart)

June 2^nd, 2008 thru September 25^th, 2008

Weekdays Weekends

Rack Rate:                      $45.00                       $55.00
Twilight:                        $25.00                       $35.00
Super Twilight:              $20.00                       $25.00

I think I'll be bringing my clubs for some after conference activities....

If you live around Phoenix.....

Tony Severenuk — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:59:00 GMT

..and you wouldn't mind having a Corel dude come over for a few hours I would love to stop by.

I'll be heading to the CorelDRAW Unleashed conference July 9-12 (http://www.coreldrawunleashed.com/conference/index.asp) and I've booked the 7&8th to visit customers in the Phoneix area. My goal would be to watch customers use CorelDRAW and/or PHOTO-PAINT as part of their daily workflow and see how it meets their needs. You don't need to have X4, and infact I see it as a bonus if you don't have it yet.

If you don't mind have a Corel guy watching over your shoulder please email me. I bring presents :>

Thanks for taking the time to read this,
Tony