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Great article about customizing Enhanced Line Styles in DESIGNER

Gerard Metrailler — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:10:00 GMT

As you know, Corel DESIGNER is a product specifically built for technical illustration, based on a common engine with CorelDRAW. One of the many features that sets Corel DESIGNER apart from CorelDRAW and other "creative illustration" packages is the Enhanced Line Styles that enable users to better document their graphics. While the user interface does not offer an option to customize the enhanced line styles, Claude who is part of the development team just posted a detailled article about this in the CorelDRAW Insider blog. If you use DESIGNER and/or need to customize your line styles, this is well worth a read:

http://coreldraw.com/blogs/insider/pages/how-to-create-custom-outline-enhanced-pattern-style.aspx

How to create custom Outline Enhanced Pattern styles in Corel DESIGNER

claudep — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:29:00 GMT

This article describes how to do it, step by step:

Custom Outline Enhanced Pattern styles

Have fun!

Tutorial Tuesday: CorelDRAW Unleashed User Conference Handout and Disc

Graphics Unleashed — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:00:01 GMT

The staff of experts at the CorelDRAW Unleashed User Conference put together some amazing sessions for those in attendance. If you weren't able to join us at the conference, we are now making available the Conference Guide and the Conference Disc. This isn't just a single tutorial, it is a collection of information that took three days to present. The Conference Guide is 152 printed pages of full color information. On the Conference Disc, you'll find the Conference Guide as a PDF file...(read more)

Arching a rectangle

Jeff Harrison's Daily Diversion — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:04:18 GMT

A CorelDRAW user wrote: "Honestly, I can't believe I can't figure this out, but all I want to do is arc a rectangle halfway around a circle. I tried the envelope tool but it's not giving me the desired look I need. " I'd try a different way, for a more accurate shape: "Jeff, what if I want to bend the rectangle at arbitrary angle rather than 1/2 or 1/4 circle?" for complex angles, here's how I'd do it. one line is 60 deg, the other 120 deg....(read more)

Macro Monday: Alfred's New Skin

Graphics Unleashed — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:01 GMT

How many times has someone asked you to improve their skin in a picture you are editing? Maybe there is a blemish or a few too many wrinkles. Today's macro, Alfred's New Skin , allows you to easily correct those problems while still making the photo look natural. The macro works in both Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3 and X4 and it is completely free. You will need to have at least some knowledge of using Corel PHOTO-PAINT, but the included PDF tutorial will help you to use the macro. Enjoy!...(read more)

CorelDRAW.com gallery highlight: Alexander Poslykhalin

Gerard Metrailler — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:34:00 GMT

Created in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite by Alexander Poslykhalin.

Sunday Stock: Digital Graphics Collection

Graphics Unleashed — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

I spent a lot of time a week ago with a group of CorelDRAW users in the business of garment printing. Many of the users were fairly new to CorelDRAW and they didn't have an artistic background. An art collection that appeals to them is the Digital Graphics Collection . Below are a few examples of the included artwork. The collection is a collaboration between an artist, Dane Clement, and Digital Art Solutions, a company specializing in production ready art. This results in some amazing art packaged...(read more)

Weekend Widget: Nero 9

Graphics Unleashed — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

The folks at Nero have just released the latest version of their popular tool. With each new upgrade there are numerous new features added to the product. In the beginning it was just a tool for burning CD-ROMs and now it tackles numerous multimedia tasks in addition to the burning of discs. I've yet to upgrade to version 9 myself, but I'm an active user of version 8 and will look at upgrading soon. If you need to burn discs, it can handle CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs. We use Nero to master...(read more)

Font Friday: American Sign Language

Graphics Unleashed — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:00:01 GMT

Normally when we think of an alphabet of characters, we think of the standard shapes like this text that I have typed. For those who need to communicate with the deaf or who need something to teach someone to "speak" in sign language, today's fonts will come in very handy. You can download several variations of American Sign Language fonts in both TrueType and bitmap formats....(read more)

coreldraw: Great French review of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 in Direction Informatique: excellente ressource d'édition graphique - http://is.gd/3q6f

Twitter / coreldraw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:04:04 GMT

coreldraw: Great French review of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 in Direction Informatique: excellente ressource d'édition graphique - http://is.gd/3q6f...(read more)

Thursday Tip: The Digger Tool

Graphics Unleashed — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Go ahead and look through your CorelDRAW toolbox. Did you find the Digger tool? I'm sure you didn't because it is a tool that is well hidden. Funny thing is that it is very good for selecting hidden objects in your drawing. I can't tell you which version first had the Digger tool. My best guess is CorelDRAW 11. So if you are using an older version and this tip doesn't work, I won't be surprised. In order to use the Digger tool, you'll need to have an object hiding behind another...(read more)

Teaching Photography Live

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:43:27 GMT

Classroom Setups Evolve to Leverage Technology My recent experience teaching digital photography at PowerPoint Live yielded a wealth of classroom experience in a new setup with which I’ve been toying. Other than practice in my office environment, it was the first opportunity I’ve had to test the gear in action and I am pleased to say [...]...(read more)

Hump Day Hardware: Point and Shoot Digital Camera

Graphics Unleashed — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:00:01 GMT

In the beginning, just having any kind of digital camera was a good thing. Nowadays I'm convinced that it is good to have different digital cameras for different situations. Most people now have some kind of a camera as part of their mobile phones. They work great for very basic shots, but I've yet to see a phone that could take a decent picture. In short, they are convenient. That's about it. Graphics pros should also have a digital SLR for situations when they need really high-quality...(read more)

Tutorial Tuesday: Halftone Effect

Graphics Unleashed — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:04:32 GMT

Whether you need halftones for printing or you just want the look of halftones, there is a way to create the effect that you want. Richard Reilly, aka Fluid, gives you all the details in today's tutorial. The Halftone Effect is especially important for screen printers. In order to create their screens, they need to utilize halftones to get various shades of a color. Yet they are also useful for cool special effects. Richard will even show you a way to convert them back to vectors using Corel...(read more)

Smudge brush tool in Coreldraw, similar to the new Illustrator Blob Brush Tool in CS4

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Smudge brush tool in Coreldraw, similar to the new Illustrator Blob Brush Tool in CS4. Many times when a new Adobe CS version of Photoshop or Illustrator comes out, some people believes the tools doesnt exist in CorelDRAW, which many times isnt true at all. Adobe Illustrator CS3 and the new CS4 is good software, at the same time doesnt make CorelDRAW less good. As many times before CorelDRAW X4 already have a tool like this. Its called the Smudge Brush Tool , and you find it in the flyout to the...(read more)

Macro Monday: Shelby's Object Order

Graphics Unleashed — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:44:00 GMT

The stacking order of objects in CorelDRAW can be very important. Objects can be hidden if they are behind other objects. And you also may be in a production environment where the stacking order determines which objects are cut or produced first. Today's macro, Shelby's Object Order , simplifies the process of changing the stacking order for numerous objects. A simple movie on the page shows how the process works. Check it out!...(read more)

Sunday Stock: FreeFoto

Graphics Unleashed — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:54:15 GMT

Often stock sites will have different terms for usage of their images. FreeFoto.com allows you to use their images online for free, but you have to provide attribution and link back to them. The images are also available for purchase....(read more)

Weekend Widget: Irfanview

Graphics Unleashed — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Sometimes a full featured image editor is just too much. That is the case when you simply want a quick way to view some files. In those scenarios, I have a tool that fits my needs perfectly. And you can't beat the price since it is completely free. Irfanview allows you to view most every bitmap format ever invented. Together with the plug-ins that can also be downloaded for free, I don't think I've found a format it couldn't open. I use Irfanview often to quickly flip through a folder...(read more)

Font Friday: Dirty Ego

Graphics Unleashed — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:00:01 GMT

We're going to look at another grunge font today by the name of Dirty Ego. You'll see a nice sample of the character set at right. The font is from the folks at misprinted type 4.0 and they offer both free fonts and commercial fonts. Fonts are designed by Edudardo Recife. Dirty Ego is available for free download for both the PC and the Mac . While visiting the site, look around. I found a number of interesting things to check out....(read more)

Conference Hangover

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:40:51 GMT

PowerPoint Live 2008 Draws to a Close Every year the presentation content and delivery professionals of the world gather to share ideas, instruct one another, form connections and experience a world where PowerPoint is king. No where else in the world is there assembled such an array of professional presenters, content developers and innovators. In the world [...]...(read more)

Thursday Tip: Using Symbols Makes Changes Easy

Graphics Unleashed — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:00:02 GMT

Someone recently had a file with hundreds of copies of the same object or group of objects. The boss wanted them to replace all of the existing copies with something different. This task could take a couple of minutes, it could take hours. It all depends on how the file was created. The key to making the task simple is to use Symbols. Now some users will be confused with the term Symbols because it has meant different things over the years in CorelDRAW. We are not talking about the symbol characters...(read more)

134th Lesson! Corel DRAW – Blend Effect - Part 8

Atul — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:13:00 GMT

Dear Members,

Lets see how blend color work.

Open Corel DRAW.
Draw square using rectangle tool. Fill it with red color.
Draw another square using rectangle tool. Fill it with green color.
Select both the shapes.
Go to menu.
Effects > Blend
Select blend color tab.
You will see the color wheel and by default direct path may be selected. If not, then select direct path.
Press “Apply”
You will get the blend effect that you usually get with previous options.
Please make a note that the straight line is drawn between green and red color on the color wheel.
This covers minimum numbers of colors at this point hence you don’t see many variations of the colors in this blend effect.

With regards
Atul Thakur
Editor
http://www.insidegraphics.com
Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points – Zen

Hump Day Hardware: Hard Drive Adapter

Graphics Unleashed — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:01 GMT

Today's hardware will appeal to those of you who enjoy tinkering with your computers or anyone who has ever had to transfer data from a loose hard drive. The Sabrent USB Serial ATA or IDE adapter will allow you to connect most any hard drive to the USB port on your computer. As an example, I have an old laptop computer that has died. But it has some data on it that I'd like to recover. I simply need to pull the hard drive from the laptop and use this adapter to connect it to the USB port...(read more)

Tutorial Tuesday: Transparent PNG Files

Graphics Unleashed — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:00:01 GMT

Has it really been 12 years since work began on the PNG file format? I believe it has. Back then it seemed like PNG would become mainstream before we partied like it was 1999. It took long than we expected, but PNG has finally become a format in use all over the Web. PNG can be paletted like GIF. It can also be a full-color 24-bit file or even a 48-bit file. But the killer feature for using PNG on a Web site is that it can support a full alpha channel for transparency. This brings us to today's...(read more)

Boot Camp Cruise Deadline Extended

Graphics Unleashed — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:02:47 GMT

Have you considered joining Jeff Harrison and I on the CorelDRAW Boot Camp Cruise ? This is your opportunity to take your CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT skills to a higher level while also enjoying a great vacation along the Mexican Riviera. Our deadline for booking a space on the cruise was September 19th. That's right, the time has passed. I was able to convince the cruise line to extend the deadline until November 2nd. So you still can sign up for this amazing training experience. Now it...(read more)