John-Dan Key's Random Macro offers a variety of unique functions!

See the product page for another animation which shows the Random Object function a bit more.

CorelDRAW X4... are you updated?

Already have X4? Ensure you're updated, there are many good fixes.

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Check to see the version you're running before you download the updates from this page.

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displacement map for water effect

This effect in PHOTO-PAINT is achieved with this workflow...

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Here's the displacement map I'd used:

Distribution of shapes around a circle

Note that I check 2 special options for the blend (out of sight in the video):

• blend along full path
• rotate all objects

After fitting blend to the path, you can rotate or scale the master shapes as needed. :-)

More older older videos here

Simple Exports for web graphics

Sometimes a simple thing like exporting a selected logo out from CorelDRAW can confuse people.

Yes, there are several screens of parameters to get through. But they're available for a reason, and I'd rather have these options than not.

Here's a movie to export a GIF file for cases where there are less than 256 hues.

Making a simple floor plan

Many years ago, Foster had a tutorial for doing this.

I could not find it, maybe if he still has it he can post it.

Anyway;

1. make some thin rectangles
2. align them to each other using R, L, T, B Shortcut Keys
   
3. weld certain rectangles together as needed
   
4. trim into them with another rectangle slightly wider than the walls
   

PHOTO-PAINT over-scroll tip

Here's a great tip that eluded many I suspect, including me. (Thanks Huib.)

Sometimes you'll need to zoom into the corner of an image, but there's no "breathing room" around that corner for you to use masking, paint or effects tools the way you'd like.

Try this:

1. load any image into PHOTO-PAINT.
2. maximize the image window and PHOTO-PAINT itself.
3. zoom into the corner.
4. watch the animation below to see the difference.