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Business Card Design: The Ultimate Guide to Nailing Your First Business Card

In this tutorial you will learn the best tips, ideas, and tactics to creating business cards that people will remember. We have you covered from the purpose of your card through asset collection through the finished product. If you don't want to design a card from scratch use one of our templates to get you started!

The Definitive Guide to Designing a Logo

A logo is often the first thing people remember when they hear a brand name, and in this logo design tutorial we will walk you through 10 of the best tips and ideas to create a logo that is both timeless and memorable.

Create Double Exposure effects using Corel PHOTO-PAINT X8

In this tutorial, you will learn with Stefan Lindblad, artist, freelance illustrator and graphic designer, how to create an impressive double-exposure effect in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X8, using double-exposure and collage techniques. The techniques used include using object merge modes, object lenses, background erasure and various enhancement tools.

Managing fonts with New Corel Font Manager

Managing fonts has never been easier, thanks to the new Corel Font Manager included in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8. In this tutorial, Anand Dixit, CorelDRAW Master, graphic designer and trainer will show you how to work with the Corel Font Manager to install, uninstall, and filter fonts, as well as creating unique font collections that will help you to find and access specific sets of fonts in seconds.

The Black in CMYK printing

The importance of getting the color black right in any printing job should not be underestimated. In this tutorial, Graphic Designer and CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz, brings light to this subject, explaining the difference between Pure Black and Rich Black, CMYK vs. Pantone black and why overprinting black is so important. We will also learn the importance of black in achieving more richer tones when printing fountain fills.

The power of the Powerclip

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.

Creating a Geometric Fashion Mannequin in CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW is the most popular vector design software in the professional computer-aided fashion design industry, with many fashion designers using it to draw their mannequins and produce their designs. In this tutorial, multidisciplinary designer Anna María López López walks us through the creation of a geometric jointed mannequin using the CorelDRAW basic shape drawing tools.

Psychedelic background and rainbow brush in CorelDRAW

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.

Creating a Street Art style illustration for editorial use, using Corel PHOTO-PAINT & CorelDRAW

In this month's tutorial, CorelDRAW Master Stefan Lindblad walks us step-by-step through the process of converting hand-drawn artwork to vector graphics in CorelDRAW and shows how to prepare this artwork before exporting to Corel PHOTO-PAINT, by re-arranging the objects in layers. In Corel PHOTO-PAINT the project continues as Stefan guides us through working with lenses and layer merge modes to the final, stunning design, composed of superimposed images.

Creating a logo for a sports team by Joe Diaz

In this month's tutorial CorelDRAW Master Joe Diaz gives us insight in to the creative process of creating a company mascot logo based on a design brief. Joe walks us through the entire project from concept to finished logo.

Applying Color Trapping for apparel screen printing using CorelDRAW

Learn all of the basics in how to use the Color Trapping tool in CorelDRAW for apparel screen printing. CorelDRAW Master Richard Reilly will demonstrate the specifics of how to provide accurate color separations, registrations, chokes and spreads for the textile screen printing industry.

Using Contours in CorelDRAW

The Contour tool and Contour docker are simple to use but powerful features that will allow you to not only create interesting 3D effects, but also to cuttable outlines for outputting to devices such as plotters, engraving machines and vinyl cutters. In this tutorial, Anand Dixit will be giving us an in-depth look at creating and editing contours.

How to create an editorial illustration for a magazine

In this tutorial, Stefan Lindblad — CorelDRAW Master, Illustrator,Graphic Designer & Artist — provides insight into the creative process of putting artwork together for a magazine spread. Stefan guides you through all the considerations that go into creating a design that not only fulfills the creative brief of the art director or editor of a publication, but also shows how a good illustration can greatly add to the impact of an article.

Playing with Blends by Ariel Garaza Diaz

In this tutorial, Ariel Garaza Diaz show's you how to use one of the most fundamental and useful features in CorelDRAW, "Blends". The effect sounds simple: transforming one object into another following a progression of shapes and colors, but the results are very, very interesting.

Creating a Party Invitation Card

CorelDRAW's tools are very easy to use once you get the hang of them. You could say it's child's play! This tutorial is aimed at young graphic artists who want to create their own digital artwork, which could be cards, posters, cartoons or concept art. Starting off with a tutorial for creating a party invitation card we will be looking at some basic drawing tools: the Rectangle, Ellipse, Freehand, Polygon and Smart Fill tools.

Image manipulation using Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7

In this tutorial, Stefan Lindblad, illustrator, graphic designer, artist and CorelDRAW Master shows you how to take a rather ordinary photo and using some of the fantastic effects and lenses in Corel PHOTO-PAINT, turn it into something imaginative and interesting.

Preparing documents for prepress and print

In this tutorial, Graphic designer and CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz will be showing us how to configure the file output for a wide range of applications such as print, web, signage, fashion and illustrations, etc. and especially, how to prepare jobs for pre-press and printing.

Abstract linear shapes in CorelDRAW

The Blend Tool is one of the CorelDRAW interactive tools that at first glance doesn't show its impressive versatility. However, once its potential is uncovered, it quickly becomes a favorite tool among CorelDRAW pro users.

This quick and easy tutorial presented by Anna María López López - multidisciplinary designer, founder of www.corelclub.org and author of numerous digital design books - shows examples of the creative power of this tool.

Creating objects with volume and a 3D appearance

In this tutorial, Anna María López López - multidisciplinary designer and author of numerous digital design books - will be demonstrating the power of CorelDRAW's Blend tool. Using simple objects and fountain fills, Anna will show you how to create seemingly complex objects with the appearance of volume.

Retouching Digital Camera Images for CMYK Print Jobs

In this tutorial, Pratik Shah, CorelDRAW Master and one of Corel's Strategic Training Partners in India, will be covering some important steps for retouching digital camera images ready for processing for use in a CMYK print job.

The incredible CorelDRAW Polygon tool

In this tutorial, Anna María López López, founder of www.corelclub.org and author of numerous digital design books, shows us how easy it is to create beautiful, geometric designs using the Polygon tool—a tool that enables you to produce amazingly complex, symmetrical designs by simply moving nodes.

Design your desk

Are you involved with technical drawings? CorelDRAW Technical Suite adds advanced technical drawing tools to the creative design power of CorelDRAW. In this tutorial, Joe Diaz, CorelDRAW Master, Printer and Sign maker will be walking you through a project for creating a custom-built desk — from the first design steps to the final, finished product, using isometric drawing tools in Corel DESIGNER.

Masking Hair technique in Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X6/X7

One of the most difficult things for many photo-editing users to master, is probably how to mask hair. If you can master masking hair, then you'll able to master most masking techniques. Using Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Artist and CorelDRAW Master Stefan Lindblad will be showing you a method of masking hair in an image.

Using Corel PHOTO-PAINT® brushes in CorelDRAW®

Add some realism to your vector artwork in CorelDRAW through the addition of some fantastic special effects using the Image Sprayer tool in Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Graphic Designer, Teacher, CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz shows us how to combine the perfect shape of a vector with the realistic texture of bitmaps.

How to turn a car design into a perspective drawing with CorelDRAW® X6

Drawing in perspective is not as difficult as it might first seem. Using Guidelines, some simple drawing tools and the Extrude tool, Graphic designer, Illustrator and CorelDRAW Master Maurice Beumers will demonstrate how to take a simple 2D design and add some perspective to it!

Working with Photoshop files in CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite by Ariel Garaza Diaz

Are you transitioning from Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator to the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite but want to continue working in an environment that is comfortable and familiar to you? In this tutorial we will be replicating some of the most common tasks facing an Adobe Photoshop user, in Corel PHOTO-PAINT ‒ making the transition from one application to the other easy. Graphic Designer, Teacher, CorelDRAW Master Ariel Garaza Diaz provides some hints for working with both programs.

Creating a sign with CorelDRAW® X6

Follow along with CorelDRAW® Master Joseph Diaz, as he designs a sign for a client, offering plenty of great tips that you can apply to your own design work.

Default application-wide and document-level color management settings in CorelDRAW X6.

Color management ensures a more accurate color representation when a document is viewed, modified, shared, exported to another format, or printed. Learn more about the default color management settings in CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite so you can be sure that colors appear consistent when you work with files from various sources and output these files on different devices.

Creating a speed drawing video

In this tutorial, CorelDRAW®Master Joseph Diaz explains how to use VideoStudio Pro to record a speed drawing video for submission to the CorelDRAW Design Content.

Creating a Storyboard in Corel PHOTO-PAINT®

A storyboard is a series of images, usually with frames, that tells a story for a movie or TV production, or other projects. This tutorial shows you how to produce a storyboard with Corel PHOTO-PAINT and provides useful pointers for storyboard creation.

Using layers in CorelDRAW X6

Layers provide a very effective way to organize the objects you create with CorelDRAW. By using layers, you can reduce your work time, make it easier to handle the job at hand, and increase the accuracy level of your designs.

Working with color harmonies in CorelDRAW X6

Color styles can be combined into groups called harmonies. A harmony allows you to link color styles into hue-based relationships and modify them together as a set. By editing color styles in a harmony, you can quickly create a variety of alternate color schemes by shifting the colors together, or you can alter the color composition of your artwork in one step.

Color Styles in CorelDRAW X6

Learn how to create, edit, and apply color styles in CorelDRAW® X6 to help you reduce setup and production time, and enable instant project-wide changes.

Typography in CorelDRAW X6

Learn about the differences between fonts and typefaces, advanced OpenType® support in CorelDRAW® X6, and how to work with OpenType fonts.

The Curve Tools

Drawing objects in CorelDRAW is accomplished by using a variety of tools found in the Toolbox. In this Tutorial, we will look at the Curve Tool Flyout.

Designing for Accuracy

CorelDRAW has the power and the flexibility to allow you to create even the most detailed of drawings or designs with ease and accuracy. From straight forward call-outs to dimensioning lines that offer ten decimal place accuracy.

Exploring Corel® CONNECT

CONNECT™ is a full-screen browser that synchronizes with both CorelDRAW® and Corel PHOTO-PAINT® to provide an easy way of finding content on your computer and local network. Learn how to start CONNECT, and browse, search, view and manage content.

Advanced Graphics with Mesh Fills

The Mesh Fill tool lets you create a fill that contains subtle changes in color, which adds a sense of realism. Learn how to apply a mesh to an object, fill a mesh with color, smooth the appearance of color in a mesh fill and apply transparency to a mesh fill.

Using the Document Color Palette

With both CorelDRAW® and Corel PHOTO-PAINT®, a custom color palette is automatically created for each design project to track the colors you use. This information is saved with the file for future use. Learn how to disable this automatic color tracking, manually add colors to the Document palette, remove a color from the Document palette, and reset the Document palette.

Pixel View & Enhanced Web Graphics

The Pixel view in CorelDRAW lets you create drawings in actual pixel units, which gives you a much better idea of how a design will appear on the Web. The Export for Web dialog box provides a single access point for common export controls, so you don't need to open additional dialog boxes when preparing a file for export. Learn more about both of these handy features.

Customize CorelDRAW Graphics Suite to Fit Your Workflow

If you like the convenience of having quick access to just the right tools or commands exactly when and where you want, you'll love having the customization features of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite right at your fingertips.

Taking PowerTRACE for a Test Drive

Are you spending hours converting bitmap images into vectors? Powerful improvements to the new built-in PowerTRACE™ engine in CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite turn the most demanding bitmap-to-vector adventures into a sweet ride.

CorelDRAW Adds Three Powerful New Shaping Commands

Cutting corners doesn't get much easier than this. CorelDRAW sports three new shaping commands that give you the power to instantly apply perfect rounded, reverse-rounded, or beveled corner effects to vector objects.

The Interactive Fit Text to Path Tool in CorelDRAW

Protect your property! Learn how CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite can help shield your PDFs from prying eyes and unauthorized printing. Password security options help control who can and cannot work with your files.

Cropping graphics in CorelDRAW

Whether you are working with a drawing or an imported bitmap, the new Crop tool lets you remove portions of your graphic quickly and easily. You no longer need to ungroup objects, break linked groups apart, or convert objects to curves to remove unwanted areas in a graphic.

Reducing the number of nodes in curve objects

Did you know that you can automatically reduce the number of nodes in curve objects? Often, complex curve objects contain overlapping or redundant nodes that are not necessary for editing the object.