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Photographers - use Photo-Paint

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:09:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Photo-Paint effects & custom made Halftones

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:16:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Corel font book & Coreldraw.com Font survey

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

RAW Converters’ Subtle Secret

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:50:25 GMT

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...(read more)

Getting a Handle on Design Workflow

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:33:33 GMT

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...(read more)

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

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:06:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tips on Shooting Pool

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:59:35 GMT

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...(read more)

Unknown creature found in Antarctica by Swedes

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Using Calculations in Corel Photo-Paint

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tutorial Tuesday: Changing Colors with Color Styles

Graphics Unleashed — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:00:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Corel Photo-Paint Custom made Colour Palettes

Stefan Lindblad - Art and Illustration — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:41:00 GMT

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....(read more)

Macro Monday: Roll Your Own Macros

Graphics Unleashed — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:01 GMT

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...(read more)

Death and Resurrection by PowerPoint

Fleeting Glimpse Images Weblog — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:33:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Create Cool 3D Chiseled Graphics (part 2)

CorelDRAW! Tips, Tricks & Tutorials — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:51:11 GMT

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...(read more)

Sunday Stock: Greeting Card Templates

Graphics Unleashed — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:00:02 GMT

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...(read more)