TUTORIAL: Straighten Image in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Image straightening is a new feature that allows precise positioning correction of images that have been poorly photographed or incorrectly scanned. The first step is to have a look at the controls. At the top of the dialog box are are the tools that control the postioning of the image. They are the Rotate tools, the Pan tool and the Zoom In/Out, Zoom image to fit and Zoom image to normal size. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: Photoshop Compatibility in Corel PHOTO-PAINT
A new feature in PHOTO-PAINT X4 is support for the Photoshop workspace. To activate it, go to Tools: Options. In the Options dialog box, you'll see that the X4 workspace is enabled by default. To activate the Photoshop workspace enable the Photoshop workspace (which removes the checkbox from the X4 workspace). . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: ConceptShare in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4
ConceptShare is collaboration tool that allows you to share designs, ideas and receive real-time feedback. The first step is to open an account in PHOTO-PAINT. Once you log into your account, you can create multiple workspaces which can contain a variety of documents and/or designs. Each workspace offers separate user permissions and you can invite other users to view one or more workspaces. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: Improved Tone Curve in PHOTO-PAINT X4
The Tone Curve gives you the ability to make color and tonal corrections by the composite channel (RGB red, green and blue channels combined) or individually. Using a graph, pixel values are plotted along its length. The graph is where you adjust the shadows, midtones and highlights. To access this filter, click on Adjust: Tone Curve. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: An Overview of PHOTO-PAINT X4
PHOTO-PAINT X4 has a number of new improvements, such as the improved Tone Curve, New Lenses, Straighten image and more. In this article we'll cover the most visible new features, as well as few others. One of the first things you'll see is the new welcome screen. On the bottom left are five headings: Quick Start, What's New, Learning Tools, Gallery and Update. Mousing over any of these headings will give you more information in the pane on the right. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: Spyware Removal with PestPatrol
PestPatrol comes in two variations: standard and corporate. For the purpose of this step we're using the standard edition. One can compare PestPatrol to a virus scanner. When a pest is identified, the program allows you to learn more about what it is before removing it. Information about pests is available in the help file and on the Web site. If you don't want to delete the pest, you can ignore it or send it to quarantine. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: The Jing Project
In this post I want to turn you onto a new resource for sharing and collaboration. It's called the Jing Project and it's a free piece of software that adds visuals to your online conversations. This can be in the form of screen captures or video. . . . keep reading
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VIDEO TUTORIAL: Stardock Fences
Looking for a way to reduce the clutter on your desktop? Here's a great product by Stardock. The program is called "Fences" and it organizes your icons behind "fences" on your desktop. It's a great organizational tool, quick to install and easy to use. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: Read This If You Have A Wordpress Blog
Awhile back I was on a forum and and I read a thread about someone getting hacked. It happened to me too, with 3 of my Wordpress blogs. (One of my colleagues told me, otherwise I might never have found out.) In the wake of that, several things happened. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: Why Does Your Site Load So Slowly? Are Your Images the Culprit?
Web page design has become one of the most potent marketing methods of our time, but along with the opportunities are many potential problems. In this short guide, you'll learn how bitmaps work and when to use JPEG, GIF, and PNG formats. To elaborate, when you look at a bitmap (a.k.a. a raster image) under extreme magnification, you'll see that it's a grid, or rows and columns of pixels. . . . keep reading
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TUTORIAL: PHOTO-PAINT: From Beginning to End
In this tutorial we're going to look at the process of creating a banner in PHOTO-PAINT. This banner (760 x 175 pixels) makes use of a wide variety of techniques, such as masked images, blending Objects (layers) selective erasing, stacking of Objects, Blending modes, typography and more. In another tutorial, we looked at how to use Objects and created a simple composition. Here, we're going to expand upon that. . . . keep reading
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PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL: An Electrifying Performance
This richly colored image of a musician playing an electric violin had some truly humble origins. It began as the image you see below left, of the violinist posing for me in a music store. As you can also see, there was some blurring involved, but I felt this would add to the overal image. . . . keep reading
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