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This whole version is over 7.5hrs of specific training for CorelDRAW artists and it includes all of the supporting art files from the lessons. 

Welcome! You are one of the few that have the opportunity to view the fastest way to learn CorelDRAW Production Art techniques.
You can now order CorelDraw 0-60 training for screen printers and graphic artists on DVD.

It took me over ten years to slowly figure out the best methods for increasing speed on production artwork while not sacrificing quality.

In my new DVD training program I have distilled all of the information down and shown you the core group of skills that will allow you to achieve greater speeds and handle more complex creative and production art tasks like intense color separations.

A lot of the information that is contained on the DVD set was hammered out through trial and error on hundreds of jobs to find the best way to handle production and creative art tasks.

An amazing thing is that the work methods are not version specific either. Most of the skills and processes that are outlined on the videos will work with far older versions of the software – even 10 or below.

In the first 12 lessons you’ll learn the core of quick creation and manipulation in CorelDRAW. All of the lessons have the actual project files included so you can follow through on the real art jobs and practice the essential skills. You’ll quickly see why it is easier to learn from applying the information in real CorelDRAW projects.

You’ll Discover:

• Fundamental navigation concepts for higher speeds and basic type design – covers quick keys, selections, and alignments. Type design creation using simple steps then adding overlays for effects.
• High speed importing, adjusting, and power tracing a logo for recreation – covers essential bitmap editing techniques you must know to get the most out of powertrace. Shows effective after trace editing techniques and final vector clean up.
• The fastest recreation of a logo from a low resolution bitmap – shows the fastest way to redraw a logo that is too low resolution to trace with powertrace. Drawing techniques in this lesson have been proven as the fastest method vs. other styles and tools out of all that I have tested.
• Finishing logo recreation with a quick review of font manipulation –review of important text recreation points in logos and graphics. A look at kerning, sizing, font styles and multiple methods of font and type shape adjustments.
• High speed duplication of geometric graphics – Multiple time-saving techniques for quickly creating and duplicating complex geometric designs. This includes using the smart duplicate command combined with trimming and fast alignment methods.
• Super fast logo creation from scratch using custom type – The fastest way to create a custom type face with rendered highlights for an original logo. An overview in this tutorial is on reworking type fonts, custom gradients, and highlight accents.
• Using gradients to dress up type in a snap – A quick way to illustrate and render some color effects to make title graphics really POP off of the page. This step covers fast contouring combined with gradients and editing.
• High speed rendering using production methods – This style of colorizing is one of the fastest ways to get a design looking vibrant without spending time on each piece. This lesson shows details on drag drop filling, mass rendering, and highlights.
• Cruising through complicated geometric duplications and rendering – A clear method that can save hours of time in duplicating complicated logos. This process includes complete start to finish that shows all the necessary steps.
• A streamlined method of type modification for logos and sports teams – How to create a type shape that is legible but has a unique outline that works with the team or logo concept. This tutorial covers how to mold and modify type to fit a dramatic shape.
• Mastering mascots in a production style method – This project shows clearly how a rough drawing is scanned in, edited, traced into shapes, and then rendered to demonstrate a super fast way to get high quality cartoons or mascots ready for printing.
• Integrating type with a mascot to finalize a design – Create high end graphic designs by integrating custom fonts with originally illustrated mascots in the shortest production time possible.

Ok. Once you have gone through the first 12 lessons it is time to carefully create separations from your artwork in CorelDRAW in the shortest time possible while developing a system that is consistent.

You’ll see how it is important to create files that serve several purposes and how some time-saving features of the software can literally save hours of time when separating colors from complex artwork.

In the all important production lessons you will learn the best way I have found to set up separations in CorelDRAW to save time and prevent mistakes that can cost a bundle if they go to press.

In the next 7 lessons you’ll discover:

• Fundamental separation techniques for spot color designs – A production guide tutorial that shows a fast, efficient way to stage separations in CorelDraw that are easy to output, isolate, and save or edit.
• Simple speedy method of separating basic designs with overlays – This tutorial covers separation of designs with overlay effects like distress or similar filters.
• Great gradients without the bleed through – Process for separating gradients for screen printing to insure there is no underbase showing and the colors stay vibrant and looking like the original.
• Volume approach to separating rendered designs – This tutorial shows a great production method to separate designs with similar gradients that will save hours of production time and produce good films.
• Separating gradients with custom underbases and highlights – A method of separation that shows how to capture details in the underbase, highlights and individual gradients to keep the design looking bright on the shirt.
• Separation shortcuts with blended CMYK – A tutorial highlighting the very effective method of utilizing color attributes from the cmyk palate to create separation profiles that can save on disk space and allow for on-the-fly trapping.
• Creating additional spot colors extra plates in a hurry – A quick production method to create extra color plates to accent a design using the fastest way to create, place, and then output the plates.

In addition to all of this training included on the DVD’s is the bonus lesson:

• Creating custom logos with special effects and highlights – A complete walk-through of a rendered logo with added special effects on the end. This lesson shows a cool overlay gloss effect on some custom rendered gradients.

This whole version is over 7.5hrs of specific training for CorelDRAW artists and it includes all of the supporting art files from the lessons which all together should be sold for at least $185.

But you can get the training DVD including all 20 lessons and all of the artwork for the introductory offer of $79. (after the introductory stage is over the DVD’s will sell at the regular price of $97). That is less than I charge for a single set of 4-color separations – and a savings of over $100 off of the regular rate.

One last thing…

You don’t have to struggle with getting things done in CorelDRAW or get frustrated from training that doesn’t provide real value. You will find time saving methods in the DVD lessons that will put hours back into your day, and leave extra time after every job.

So what are you waiting for?