Welcome to my CorelDRAW blog!
I’m Steve Bain, author and co-author of a dozen or so reference books on past versions of CorelDRAW and other graphic applications (see my About page).
There are several dozen tutorials on this blog site. They are primarily written to provide you with reference information, learning exercises, and practical hands-on experience using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite applications — namely CorelDRAW!, PHOTO-PAINT, and other utilities in the graphics suite. You’ll also find tips and tricks on using the included value-added resources. If you find these tutorials useful, consider supporting this site by making a small donation. As the site grows, donations will be instrumental in helping this site survive and thrive.
I am currently posting new tutorials regularly. To get started, choose the Tutorials menu above to view the latest installments, use the Search field to locate something specific, or browse the tags, recent entries, archives or categories lists. This blog site will inevitably evolve and I expect I’ll need to do a little tweaking as the content collection grows. Keep in mind that all tutorial content, download files, and images on this site are copyrighted.
If you wish, you can also influence what kind of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite or general design content appears on this blog using the survey form below. I’ll be checking the results frequency to see what type of blog topics need posting.
Otherwise, be sure to comment on your successes (and failures) with any of these tutorials so that all may benefit from your experience. I will definitely read all comments with interest.
Enjoy!
Steve Bain
s (dot) bain (at) telus (dot) net
12 responses so far ↓
Anil P. // October 13, 2008 at 6:22 pm |
Love the ease and simplicity with which this site can be navigated. It’s obvious that much thought and effort have gone in to the layout, articles, and tutorials. Congratulations, Steve, and keep up the good work…I’m sure your blog will see many hits.
mike b // January 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm |
How about a quick tutorial on making a movie in
Photo Paint? i,e. in frame 1 make a box here,
frame 2 a box here, now run the movie..etc
thanks
Steve Bain // January 11, 2009 at 9:59 am |
Great idea. The movie function can be used to make animated GIFs etc. I’ll add it to the growing list.
Terri S // February 15, 2009 at 11:42 am |
I’m so pleased to find this. I’ll be trawling through all the posts I think. Most of the graphics tutorials I have found up till now are all Photoshop, but I have Corel Draw and Photo Paint which are great programs and I love them, so it’s great to finally find something to help me make the most of them.
Diana H // March 7, 2009 at 5:10 pm |
Saw the post in the CD4 newsgroup … I’ll be checking this out. Thanks.
Oxana Nikandrova // June 24, 2009 at 5:05 am |
very interesting. Looking forward to learning more from you, Steve.
Steve Bain // July 9, 2009 at 6:51 am |
There are more tutorials on the way Oxana. Thanks for the encouragement.
Michael Cervantes // September 11, 2009 at 1:51 am |
Excellent blog!!! Thanks Steve, you are very generous for sharing your great articles with us.
Steve Bain // September 14, 2009 at 7:09 pm |
Thanks Michael.
rhonda L // September 21, 2009 at 10:45 am |
Steve –are there any tutorials on how to take a photo, isolate object from background and then turn the object into a one or two tone silhouette? By the way — very good website —thanks
Steve Bain // September 21, 2009 at 8:12 pm |
Rhonda, the short answer is, likely no. But, posterization allows for as few as two colors. Try this brief sequence:
Mask the object (any mask tool)
Copy and remove mask
Paste as new object
Image > Transform > Posterize … Level=2.
Contajazz // January 25, 2010 at 5:42 am |
I am so glad to have found you (Steve) and the work you have been providing.
I have been reading your tutorials from the corel website and I must say you have made me grow in terms of skills in corel. My first work was a result of the tips I got from you. Steve, how about making short videos?
Thanks once again.