A postcard template for you

A user asked about postcards...

Colors?

Personally, I only work with CMYK elements for projects like this. I like to control the conversion from RGB to CMYK since I can to tweak the final colors in CMYK. You can control the rich blacks, ink densities etc.

Bleeds?

Make the artwork (including bleed) and the Draw file the same size. I include trim lines inside that artwork too. It assumes the final trimmed size is 5.5" by 4.25". The reason I work this way:

A. There's never confusion over what the final trim size really is

B. It's very easy to tile the artwork at the printer end with trimlines inside the bleeds

Fonts?

For small jobs like this, I save the file. then I convert all text to curves before making PDF. Then make PDF. Then Ctrl+Z backwards to get text back, or close file without saving. Why? fonts will never be a problem this way for the printer. or you can use my handy macro for this.

Open the attached and see both pages.

Pc.zip

A challenge - the Northern Lights

Here is a quick attempt to create the Aurora Borealis look.

Click on the image for a larger version.

Toggle between view states in CorelDRAW

This macro toggles between 2 view states.

By default, it toggles between Wireframe and Enhanced with Overprints.

Control which node is the Starting node

This macro will set the the first selected node of each path/subpath as the new start point of the path/subpath.

This is useful for some manufacturing processes such as vinyl cutting or CNC machining. The knife or tool would begin at this point on the material to be cut into.