Sancho's macros and tools for CorelDRAW

Hi. Several years ago I actively wrote macros for CorelDRAW. It was my hobby. Some of them were free, the other paid, and some were never published. Even free macros shipped with a closed code. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Now, I have other interests and I don’t have enough time for macros. Moreover, I don’t have CorelDRAW because it can’t be installed on my working OS. :( But it will be great if the macros are supported any way…

Hello vector graphics artists!

We have asking you to join our worldwide charity event called "Star Soap" fully supported by Corel corporation. Just draw Christmas postcard (EU standard 10*20 cm, TIFF file format, CMYK palette) or use one of your old artwork - and it will be send over the world to children with oncological diseases. It's the first and BIG charity vector art event in the world. Our goal is to…

CdrToolsEx docker was update to 2.0 version, and now it's also include Make Crop Marks and Distribute Objects sections and more options.

RecentFiles was update to 1.4 version and include important fixes.

And what is really interesting, it's a new docker BitmapLinksManager that provides an easy way to control all bitmaps in a CorelDRAW document. Check resolution and color mode, convert all bitmaps to links or…

CdrToolsEx collects several simple macros for your daily work in CorelDRAW. Several of the macros are free, others have a trial mode and will need to be purchased after the trial period has expired.

• Increase & Decrease: This section allows you to increase or decrease some values, for example Outline width.
• Transformation: This section allows you to correctly resize or rotate each object in a selection separately…

1. Free collection of macros CdrTools was updated to 2.11. Now it have function 'Oculist' that allow to resize letters by ascending, descending, and randomly.
2. New macros available:
   DrawHelper provides a simple way to draw objects immediately behind, above or inside of target object.
   EditModeEx provides a way to edit objects inside a PowerClip (much…

Did you know that any type of transparency (linear, radial, etc.) can be combined with a uniform transparent :) Read here how to do this trick.

Note: all information on Russian, but you always can translate it by Google.

Hey folks, do you love new color styles in X6? Today I wanna show you several ideas how you can use them :)

1. Quick convert of vector art to RGB, CMYK, Grayscale or Spot (it's works for Mesh fill, also)
2. Quick recolor of vector art with new Harmony and Harmony rules
3. Search objects with applied specific color (color styles)

For read the article, please click here.

Note: all information on Russian, but you always…

If you need to quickly convert all colors (vector and bitmap) to CMYK in a selection, use sToolsColor.ToCMYK from CdrTools. Use ToRGB and ToGRAY for converting to RGB and Gray accordingly.

I decided to compare the performance of these versions, and see whether there are significant differences. Below is the percentage of how much x64 faster:

Macros operations with redrawing screen = ~20%
Macros operations without redrawing screen = ~10%
Save a cdr file = ~35%
Open a cdr file = ~40%
Export to bitmap (tif 300dpi cmyk) = ~25%
Import the resulting bitmap = ~10%
Raster processing (for example, filter Tone Curve…

Open Recent list to short in CorelDRAW. Try RecentFiles which allows you an unlimited list, fast searching and thumbnail previews.

Note: Do not confuse with wOxxOm's RecentFiles macro, this is a different macro.

If you don't want to see 'Update Text' panel when you open cdr files, just enable this macro from new version of CdrTools package.

As I said before you can find a lot of interesting articles, lessons and tips about CorelDRAW on CDRPRO.RU web site.

Today I wanna introduce you two section about Corel PHOTO-PAINT: book and lessons. Please note, the book is not finished so we will see more in near future.

New articles:
Noise filters
Creating a clock

Note: all information on Russian, but you always can translate it by Google.

If you need to quickly convert your brushes shapes to curves, try to use sToolsShape.DeArtBrush from CdrTools. This macro will convert all brushes in the selection and delete all control paths. A simple example where you can use this macro is drawing hair like in video tutorial of Alexei Oglushevich.

Hello, colleagues. My name is Aleksandr. I started working in CorelDRAW many years ago. Then I discovered macros. Ever since then I simply can't imagine my work without them. 

So, let me introduce today something you might find interesting: a brand new site with CorelDRAW macros and tools I've created myself. Hopefully, you will love them like I do.

P.S. I need some time to add all of my macros and tools, so…