Graphic Design/Software
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Education
Digital Eye: Easy techniques that enhance image quality
Images straight out of the scanner or captured with a digital camera usually need a bit of processing to maximize…
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Education
The Digital Eye: A Perspective on Perspective
The prints, paintings, photographs, drawings and even the images that you see on your computer screen are flat, yet many…
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The Best Way to Compress a File in Corel to Send to a Client
Since PDF (Portable Document Format) files are, most often, preferred by many recipients and cross-platform compatible, I suggest going that…
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How a Windows user Should Properly Manage Fonts
The Windows O/S recommends that no more than 400 fonts be installed at any one time to avoid an O/S…
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Making Customized Commands in CorelDRAW
There are various commands in CorelDRAW that I like to have immediately available, most notably several of the Arrange commands.…
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Education
The Digital Eye: What’s New in Color Management?
Color management (CM) is frequently ignored by the novice print technician. When an image is printed, simply choosing to let…
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Education
How to Remove an Image Background Using PHOTO-PAINT
Sometimes you may want the ability to procure only a segment of a photo without a background or some sort…
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The Benefits of Creating Mock-Ups
Mock-ups are a good idea for several reasons, including: Mock-ups expedite the approval process. It can serve as the proof…
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Education
The Digital Eye: Working with Graphic Formats
There are basically two types of graphics files. Raster (also sometimes called Bitmap) images are composed of square, colored pixels…
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Education
The Digital Eye: Let There Be Light
Light is the medium in which we as digital artists work. By manipulating the numerical proportions of the red, green…
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Education
The Digital Eye: Horror Movie Poster
Lately, television and movie-going audiences are seeing a resurgence of intelligent, creepy horror shows. From “American Horror Story” to “Castle…
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Features
How to Combine Line Art and Posterization to Create Dramatic Images
Line art—it’s used to spike a picture with high contrast impact. It’s void of color and midtones and contains only…
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Education
The Digital Eye: Un-Masking Mask Making
The ability to isolate elements on a picture is an essential skill in the image editing process. Accurate masking determines…
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Education
The Digital Eye: Brush up on Brushes
If you think about it, the methods used by painters and computer artists differ mainly in the physical application of…
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What are the steps for aligning objects in CorelDRAW?
To align an object with another object, follow these steps: Select the objects. Click arrange, align and distribute, align and…
