By Steve Bain
One of the niftiest effect tools in CorelDRAW’s toolbox has got to be the Interactive Drop Shadow Tool. It enables you to instantly apply soft, beautiful shadow effects. CorelDRAW’s drop shadow effects are bitmap-based. But if you’ve ever wondered about your shadow’s color model and resolution properties you’re not along. The answer is often critical to print workflows and largely depends on which version you are using. (more…)
Categories: Advanced · Beginner · CorelDRAW · Printing · Technique · Tips
Tagged: Advanced, CorelDRAW, Drop shadow, Printing, Quick Tip, Version 12, Workaround
By Steve Bain
Creating the effect of rich, golden type is very similar to the effect used to create metallic-looking illustration effects. What’s often the challenge for new illustrators is the color scheme needed, and the steps for achieving it. In this tutorial, you’ll learn in nine steps the exact color scheme and fountain fill settings for creating a simple gold effect (see below), and the quickest way to create the effect in CorelDRAW. The step sequence used in this technique is valid using any recent version of CorelDRAW.
Categories: CorelDRAW · Illustration · Technique
Tagged: Basic, Contour effect, CorelDRAW, CorelDraw tutorials, Custom fill, Drop shadow, Gold coloring, Illustration, Special Effects, Trim operation, Tutorial
