In this tutorial, Graphic Designer and CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz introduces us to the power and versatility of the PowerClip feature in CorelDRAW. CorelDRAW lets you place vector objects and bitmaps, such as photos, inside other objects, or frames. Learn how to use any vector object, or artistic text, as a container for image or vector content.
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Adding a Sepia effect could not be easier. Simply open the photo, and go to Menu > Effects > Camera > Sepia Toning. Make the adjustments you are after in the Sepia Toning Dialog. But I would always recommend first creating a duplicate object of your photo in the Object Manager Docker. Select the duplicate, and repeat the steps. This way, the Sepia Toning will only be applied to the duplicate photo object.
Renaming objects for easier navigation is extremely simple and can help navigate designs with many objects, groups and layers.
In the Object Manager we are presented with a list of pages, layers, guides and all the objects within the document. A simple right-click on any item will bring up the context menu. Select Rename and rename the object for easier identification. In this example, here I renamed a group of objects…
In this webinar, CorelDRAW Master, illustrator, graphic designer and artist, Stefan Lindblad shows you how to create a Coloring Book for Adults. Learn how to: - Use final print document settings in planning your illustrations, from start to finish, - Choose the inking style brushes to use in Corel Photo-Paint and Corel Painter, - Ink your drawings digitally, - Set up both the book cover file and interior file as print…
CorelDRAW presents a very useful and handy feature when you send files in PDF format and you want the addressed person to access a particular website.
1. Select the text or object of your file; or the whole file, and go to:
Window > Dockers > Internet
2. Under ‘Behaviour’ select ‘Link’. 3. Type the hyperlink in to the “URL” field.
A grid with red hatching will be created…
The CorelDRAW team prioritizes user feedback, as a vital part of its ongoing development and improvement of the graphics suite product. Update 1 primarily focuses on user-driven performance and stability enhancements to the product in areas such as Font list box, dark or black theme customization, mesh fill colors, CorelDRAW file performance on double clicks, Corel Capture and gradient midpoint settings in PDF files.…
Among all the great art movements that characterized the seventies, Psychedelia had a huge influence on design and graphic art. In this tutorial, multidisciplinary designer Anna Maria López López shows us how to create a psychedelic-style background using mainly the Graph Paper and the Artistic Media tools to create a "rainbow" brush stroke.
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Zazo is a Brazilian artist who began his career as an illustrator in advertising. He created cartoon illustrations for ‘Monica’s Gang in an Adventure in Time’, a very popular animation film of Buena Vista in Brazil. He has completed projects for Coca-Cola, Warner Bros., Globo Filmes, and Disney Junior Brazil. In 2007, the cartoonist Mauricio de Sousa invited Zazo to join the team responsible for launching the biggest…
It would not surprise me if many users are missing out on this very nifty feature. In the Nib preview window (the round window in the Brush Settings Docker or Ctrl + F8), under Nib Properties you can drag the Transparency slider to the left and right, adding transparency to a brush stroke. (It has basically the same effect as when you hold down the Alt-key while using the Paint tool (P), and dragging the on-screen slider…
Learn how to use the enhanced Straighten Image dialog box in CorelDRAW® and Corel® PHOTO-PAINT® to correct perspective distortions in photos that have straight lines and flat surfaces (such as architectural photos and photos of buildings).
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There will be instances when you will import an object, supplied by a client, that comes into CorelDRAW as a lens or with a transparency applied and the Interactive Transparency tool will not allow you to modify it. To remove the transparency follow these steps.
Looking for helpful CorelDRAW training resources? Lynda.com has teamed up with Roger Wambolt, senior product trainer at Corel, for a series of training videos to get you started with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8.
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Course Topics Include:Locating the toolbar and toolboxUnderstanding dockersUsing rulers, grids, and guidelinesStarting with a templateUsing…
Watch how James develops a conceptual interior theme sign for a hi-end restaurant, using visual textures and lighting techniques. You will see the sign in a natural setting and an illuminated setting with front lit letters and halo illumination. Finally, discover how he uses the Add, Subtract and Color filters to get the most out of the effect they make.
Color Dodge is a perfect Lens Object from the Object Manager Docker, when image-editing Photos. A perfect choice when you’re in a hurry, or image-editing photos for web or print. Simply open your photograph in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Create a new empty Object by clicking on the New Object icon at the bottom of the Object Manager Docker. Next, select the Paint Tool from the Toolbox (P), and select a color in the photo…
All drawings have been in CorelDRAW And Corel PHOTO-PAINT!
Title: "Stockholm Urban Mix: An Urban Adventure with Inks to Colour" (116 pages, 58 illustrations) - ISBN/EAN13:1533389632 / 9781533389633.
'These drawings are all seen through my own lens, my own eyes' say Stefan. 'Like snapshot stories from my hometown, and life in Stockholm, Sweden. They came to life in my sketchbook. Each line drawn by hand using…