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Photographers - use Photo-Paint

2009-01-08T19:09:00Z

I am an illustrator by profession, and I do graphic design occasionaly. What I also do is using my own photographs in some of my mixed media illustrations. This means I do image adjustment in Photo-Paint. Many photographers probably use either Photoshop, Lightroom or Paint Shop Pro, and Photo-Paint. For those of you who do take photographs, and like to have a great program in which to image adjust your images, as well as adding illustration and graphic design elements into them. And maybe work at...(read more)

Photo-Paint effects & custom made Halftones

2009-01-05T22:16:00Z

Illustration copyright Stefan Lindblad 2009 In Corel Photo-Paint X4 there are several effect filters one can use. Halftone being one. But one other nice thing is the Texture>Canvas filters. If you choose "other" in the Texture>Canvas dialog, you can add any filter you have created yourself, or the preset ones that comes with the program. All though Halftone in effects is okey to use, I like to have even more control over the halftone. So by using the Texture>Canvas approach I make...(read more)

Corel font book & Coreldraw.com Font survey

2009-01-05T19:50:00Z

When the survey on how users look for fonts, it got me thinking that many people might not understand what a good book that comes together with the Box version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, and which can be bought from Corel Store . Its a great book which I use many times when I look for fonts I dont already have installed. I can highly recomend it to any who uses CorelDRAW X4 and Photo-Paint X4. It has more than fonts to look at, clipart for example. But to concentrate on the Font thingy, I really...(read more)

RAW Converters’ Subtle Secret

2009-01-05T18:50:25Z

And a new Lightroom Preset! The primary reason for working in RAW is to gain access to your sensor’s unmanipulated data: the pristine pixels captured. Standard procedure is to-somehow-get your pictures into an image editing program so that you can create a version of your picture for output to screen or print. It is easy to [...]...(read more)

Getting a Handle on Design Workflow

2009-01-05T07:33:33Z

By Steve Bain When approaching virtually any Web, graphic, or layout design project, there’s a common workflow you can use that will progressively and successfully steer you from the idea or concept stage through to delivering the final product. Design workflow is a relatively logical process which starts by identifying a specific goal, continues by following [...]...(read more)

Photo-Paint X4 making 60´s pop-art & comics effects

2009-01-04T12:06:00Z

Here is a very simple and straight forward tip. A lot of people like to know how to make a picture in the same style as some of the pop-art in the 60´s and 70´s. Those halftone images. With dots building up the outlines and contour of a human face. And bright colours. So how is that made in Corel Photo-Paint. Well here is one way of doing it. Pick a good picture to begin with. In my case I use the picture of the Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt. I didnt vote for him, but he is probably a nice guy...(read more)

Tips on Shooting Pool

2009-01-01T22:59:35Z

And a new Lightroom Preset too! Long Exposure Panning: 1/8th second exposure at 120 MM Focal Length Swimming pools, particularly indoor pools, can be problematic to shoot. Indoor pools are devoid of windows wherever possible-at least the pools I frequent: namely the pools where my son’s swim team practices and competes. The lighting, while dim, is also Sodium [...]...(read more)

Unknown creature found in Antarctica by Swedes

2008-12-31T17:07:00Z

According to a small article today, in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter, an unknown creature, size of several square meters and very heavy, might have been found and cought, but fell back down to the Antarctic ocean. It was found on 250 meters depth. Read more here>> and use Google translate to read it, if you dont read Swedish. Pieces of it was still stuck to the CTD-sond they used for measuring salt level, pressure and temperature. Tissue samples says it couldnt be an octopus. Stefan...(read more)

Using Calculations in Corel Photo-Paint

2008-12-30T16:17:00Z

Illustration copyright Stefan Lindblad 2008 Ever thought of using Calculations when either combining channels on a coloured image or photo, or just trying to get interesting effects applied to a photo or illustration? The latter is my tip this time. Interesting effects. I wonder how many actually use Calculations in Corel Photo-Paint, the hidden gem. One of the nice things working with Calculations is to use the Merge Modes, which you find under the Method field. To try this, start by open two images...(read more)

Tutorial Tuesday: Changing Colors with Color Styles

2008-12-30T08:00:01Z

Users are always looking for a way to quickly change the colors in their drawing. Maybe the drawing has RGB colors when Pantone colors are needed. Or a quick way to convert color to grayscale is needed. Today's tutorial will show you how to use the Color Styles Docker to accomplish the described tasks and a lot more. How to Change Colors Quickly Using the Color Styles Docker in CorelDRAW is a free PDF file you can download that will walk though using the Color Styles Docker....(read more)

Corel Photo-Paint Custom made Colour Palettes

2008-12-30T00:41:00Z

When I work with an acrylic or oil painting on canvas in the studio, I have my set of colours and brushes I use on a table close to me. A palette of colours and the favorit acrylic colour is Daler-Rowney "Cryla", a heavy body acrylic paint. Golden acrylics is another quality acrylic paint. And my sketches for a painting, drafts, are useally on single paper or my sketch book. But sometimes digitally sketches I´ve done using Corel Photo-Paint and my Wacom Intuos3 tablet. In the same way I...(read more)

Macro Monday: Roll Your Own Macros

2008-12-29T08:00:01Z

My weekly posts up until now have always talked about macros that are already in existence. Today we're going to do something a little bit different. I'm going to give you a brief overview of how to create your own macros. Don't worry, every user of CorelDRAW can create a macro with just a couple of extra button pushes. Why would you want to create a macro? Quite simply to save time! If you have a repetitive task that you have to complete on a regular basis? Record the steps and you can...(read more)

Death and Resurrection by PowerPoint

2008-12-28T20:33:24Z

Have you ever been inside one of those English-dubbed Japanese Monster Movies? I don’t mean being chased by some rubbery monster with curiously man-like proportions. What I am talking about is the experience of, in real life, having the sounds being heard not follow the visual cues of script and mouth shapes. Today, this happened [...]...(read more)

Create Cool 3D Chiseled Graphics (part 2)

2008-12-28T17:51:11Z

By Steve Bain In part 1 of this 2-part tutorial, we learned how to create the illusion of chiseled effects in CorelDRAW using very basic shapes. Now we’ll explore how to work with more complex shapes. We’ll also reveal how to add realistic color schemes to simulate various lighting levels. Keep in mind that this is part two of a two-part tutorial. [...]...(read more)

Sunday Stock: Greeting Card Templates

2008-12-28T08:00:02Z

Did you go to the store and spend a small fortune on greeting cards for the holidays? Well hopefully today's blog can help you to save money on your cards in the future. Xerox has a number of free card templates you can download and use. There are easily over one hundred of them to choose from. Each of the templates is provided as a PDF file. So you'll need to import the PDF into CorelDRAW for further editing and customizing. Want to save even more money? Get a Free Color Printer from Xerox...(read more)