By Steve Bain Applying good-looking bevel effects in CorelDRAW® used to be a slow, tedious task. Since the introduction of new bevel effects in version X3, all that has changed. In this tutorial, we'll take put this new feature to the test for impressive results.
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on Fri, Aug 14 2009
Filed under: coreldraw, design, illustration, Special Effects, Basic, Feature, Bevels
By Steve Bain These days, there's no excuse for churning out plain-looking text layouts. Using recent versions of CorelDRAW, there are so many ways you can make text more interesting to read, it's a shame not to take advantage of them. Let's explore a few tricks that you can use with paragraph...
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on Thu, Apr 9 2009
Filed under: coreldraw, design, envelope, Special Effects, Tips, Layout Strategies, Basic, Feature, Typography, Text containers, Drop caps, Paragraph Text, Point-Form lists, Inline graphics, Bullets
Chiseled graphics emulate the look of 3D shapes. In this tutorial, you learn a technique to create graphics that appear either raised or recessed. Your success will depend on your object's shape, your skill at node editing and path commands, and your imagination.
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on Sat, Dec 20 2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, design, illustration, Advanced, Special Effects, Tips, Basic, Chisel shapes, Depth effect, Bevels, Typography, Vector tools
By Steve Bain CorelDRAW's Interactive Contour Tool enables you to create one of the fastest text effects to dress up otherwise uninteresting characters. With just a simple-click drag action, you can apply contours to the inner areas of Artistic Text characters. Then, by adjusting the contour properties...
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on Thu, Nov 20 2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Special Effects, Basic, Feature, Text effect, Quick Tip, Contour effect
By Steve Bain
Creating the effect of rich, golden type is very similar to the effect used to create metallic-looking illustration effects. What’s often the challenge for new illustrators is the color scheme needed, and the steps for achieving it. In this tutorial, you’ll learn in nine steps...
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on Sun, Nov 9 2008
Filed under: coreldraw, Technique, illustration, tutorial, Special Effects, Basic, Contour effect, Gold coloring, Custom fill, Trim operation, Drop shadow, CorelDraw tutorials