The Format and Instructors

All of our training is done "hands off" so that you're not constantly waiting on someone else to correct their errors. We use state-of-the-art equipment and project onto a giant screen thereby allowing the students at the back of the room to see as well as those in the front. It's just as if you were looking over our shoulder. All this adds up to the fact that you will get more information in a shorter period of time so you can put it to use the minute you get back to the office. We've done over ninety boot camps so we have a very good grasp of the information users need and do our very best to get that information to boot campers

This class will be taught by Foster D. Coburn III (at left) and Jeff Harrison (at right). Foster has co-authored nine best-selling books on CorelDRAW and has taught thousands of users how to get the most out of their graphics at hundreds of seminars held throughout the world and through this Web site. Jeff is a working graphic artist who consults with several print shops in his city as well as serving his own clients. These shops call him in for the tough jobs their in-house artists would rather not touch. He has produced artwork for almost every type of output imaginable. He's also a professional musician and audio engineer. He has authored many of the popular tutorials available on the Graphics Unleashed Web site and in our CorelDRAW Unleashed magazine.

The Classroom

All training will be held in the Cinema on Deck 12. This room features a huge screen, comfortable seats with folding tables and an excellent sound system. Don't worry, we won't fill all 151 seats so every student will have a great view of everything taught.

Learn more about stateroom options! The cruise line is only blocking our special rooms at the special group rates until September 19th. After they release our rooms, it will most likely cost more to get a cabin and it may be too late to get on the boat. The ship for our August 2007 cruise sold out five months before sailing! Don't wait, book your travel now!

Travel Information

As this class takes place on a cruise ship, you must sign up for the cruise first! When the boat is full, we can't add anyone to the class.

We have negotiated some amazing cruise rates for those traveling in our group. Inside staterooms are $599.23* per person, Outside staterooms are $749.23* per person and Balcony staterooms are $949.23* per person. Other rooms types are available on request. To book your space on the cruise, please call John Herrera at The Cruise Web. His number is (800) 377-9383 x247 or (240) 487-0155 x247 or download the registration form and fax it to John. The Cruise Web hours are Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-5pm (EST).

* Port taxes of $140, government taxes of $51.23 and a fuel surcharge of $49 are included in the prices shown (that's $240.23 in total). Prices are in US dollars and are per person, based on double occupancy. Trip Insurance can be purchased for $59 per person on an inside stateroom, $69 on an outside stateroom and $79 on a balcony stateroom.

The Cruise Web has several people who are interested in joining us on the cruise, but they would prefer to share a room with another Boot Camper. If you are traveling alone and would be willing to share a cabin with another Boot Camper, please contact The Cruise Web (see contact info above) and let them know.

The cruise will require that you have a passport. This process can take a month or two, so get started now if you don't already have one.

Return on Investment

Hours spent in CorelDRAW Per Week

Weekly time saved after Boot Camp

Value of time saved at average of $40/hour

Number of weeks until $699 Boot Camp fee is recouped

Dollars returned to the bottom line in the first year

40 hours

8 hours

$320

Just over 2 weeks

$16,640

30 hours

6 hours

$240

Just Under 3 weeks

$12,480

20 hours

4 hours

$160

Just Over 4 weeks

$8,320

10 hours

2 hours

$80

Just Over 8 weeks

$4,160

Testimonials

“In my opinion, your choice of topics and depth of exploration were exactly what I was looking for. Your presentation could not have been better. Your energy level just about knocked us out, but it kept me tracking for the entire three days. Well worth the cost!"”
Art Altenburg
—February 2006 Boot Camper

“You do a great job covering basics and still showing advanced users tips and tricks at the same time!”
—December 2002 Camper

“Can't tell you how many things I learned in Boot Camp that I use almost everyday...and I think I'm just scratching the surface of Corel's power. Hardly anyone I know or work with uses Corel, but I find it a powerhouse software. Thanks for being there and for all you do!”
Jim Luff
—December 2004 Boot Camper

“Having learned a tremendous amount of valuable information will allow me to design faster which translates to more projects, that translates to more profit.”
—December 2004 Camper

“From the 1st day it's been totally worth it!!!”
—February 2003 Camper

“Best training seminar I've ever attended. It's obvious that Foster is an authority on CorelDRAW and one of its biggest proponents. He was not afraid to point out its weaknesses, however. The real examples shown and his willingness to answer our questions about our own situations was very helpful.”
—September 2005 Camper

“Wish I had this years ago, would have saved hours and hours of time.”
—August 2005 Camper

“CorelDRAW 11 Unleashed Boot Camp was absolutely the best training I've had in 40 years.

I have attended a lot of professional training courses on various subjects over the past 40 years. Some of the courses were hands-on and some were lecture. Some were one day courses and some lasted as long as two weeks. None of the courses provided as much usable information as three days of CorelDRAW 11 Unleashed Boot Camp. The teaching method and visual aids were excellent. The full color handout is a great reference guide as well as a practice guide for exercises covered in class. Even though a vast amount of information was covered in a short period of time, it was presented in such a way that I was able to retain much of the information.

I struggled two years with CorelDRAW and was not able to scratch the surface of the product potential. CorelDRAW 11 Unleashed Boot Camp training turned the light on for me, showing the many ways to use the product. With the shortcuts I've learned, I can now do projects in less than half the time it took me previously.

Boot Camp is a must for CorelDRAW users regardless of the amount of Corel Draw experience.”

Bobby Cook—Flower Mound, Texas
—October 2003 Boot Camper

CorelDRAW Unleashed Boot Camp Cruise Agenda

The sessions listed are subject to change and we will be adding more descriptions in the near future. We welcome your input for topics to be covered.

Saturday, January 17, 2009—Depart Los Angeles

4:00 pm—Ship Departs Los Angeles

5:00–7:00 pm—Intro Session
Creating Complex Shapes Easily: This session will go over the many techniques for using Weld, Intersect, Trim and Combine for creating complex shapes.
Font, Font Management & Typography: One of the best parts about CorelDRAW is that it comes with well over a thousand fonts. Unfortunately many users aren’t sure how to manage all those fonts without wreaking havoc on their computer. This session will teach you all about fonts and how to have all your fonts available without any problems.
ROMCat: You'll be introduced to ROMCat, the best tool for finding CorelDRAW clipart images.

8:30 pm—Group Dinner (Aqua Dining Room)—Boot Camper's guests are welcome to join us.

Sunday, January 18, 2009—Sea Day

8:30–11:30 am
Setting the Stage for Intensive Design: Jeff's Favorite Workspace Modifications
Jeff's Favorite CorelDRAW Tools & Features: An introduction to their immense possibilities
Creativity without Boundaries: "I often see people intimated by the blank white page. They freeze when faced with designing a project from scratch. I used to be one of them. There are methods I use to quickly put any graphics project into progress. In a short period, the project "feels" half done at a glance. An artist can see the light at the end of the tunnel."

4:00–6:00 pm
Masking Basics: Masks are the key to getting the most out of PHOTO-PAINT. This session will take you through the wide array of masking tools. You'll also see various ways to modify your image once it has been masked.
Metal Madness: Amazing techniques for creating realistic metallic effects with only CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

Monday, January 19, 2009—Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

8:30–10:30 am
Fixing Digital Photos: The explosion of digital cameras means that there are even more photos residing on computers that need to be fixed. In this session we'll go over ways to adjust the color until it is just right, we'll remove red eye, and we'll even help the photo's subject lose a few pounds.
Corel PHOTO-PAINT Secrets:

11:00–6:00 pm—Shore Excursions in Cabo San Lucas (on your own)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009—Mazatlan, Mexico

8:00 am–5:00 pm—Shore Excursions in Mazatlan (on your own)

5:30–6:30 pm
Advanced Masking:
Conquer Cloning:

7:30 pm—Group Dinner—Boot Camper's guests are welcome to join us.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009—Puerta Vallarta, Mexico

8:00 am–10:00 pm—Shore Excursions in Puerto Vallarta (on your own)

That's right, there is no training on this day! We all need to have fun too!!!

Thursday, January 22, 2009—Sea Day

8:30–11:00 am
Processing Digital Photos: After you take the files off the camera's memory card, there are a few steps you should take to process your photos. For those shooting in RAW, we'll show you how to work with these files directly in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
Resampling and Cropping: Learn how to make your images the exact size you need using resampling and cropping.
Color Model Overview:

4:00–6:00 pm
Importing and Exporting Files: A big strength of CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT is the huge number of file formats you can import and export. This session will introduce you to the most used formats and how best to use them. And there are some formats you'll learn that should be avoided in many cases.
Publishing to PDF: PDF files are everywhere. They are one of the best ways to provide artwork to printers and a great way to put files on the Web. We'll go over the details of Publishing a PDF file directly from CorelDRAW and the options for doing it using Adobe Acrobat.

Friday, January 23, 2007—Sea Day

8::30–11:30 am
Automation with VBA Macros:
Introduction to Pro Show Gold/Producer: Develop an overall vision, and participate in a compelling motion presentation with story boarding. Understand element inventory and acquisition. Discover digital audio basic theory. Jeff's Note: "Years ago, I worked with Steinberg Canada as a 'Product Evangelist'. Steinberg created the revolutionary Program Cubase, among others—revolutionizing the audio recording industry. Through Steinberg Canada's sister company, I was also representing other fantastic products like Reason from Propellerhead Software. Chances are excellent that I can answer any possible question you may have regarding MIDI or digital audio." Learn how to record and capture audio from a variety of input sources. Manipulate & Edit audio. Understand export formats. Assemble mixed media elements together and export the Masterpiece.
Optimizing Images for Presentations:

4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Music Selection & Audio Editing:
Going a Step Further for Professional Results:
Final Presentation: You'll see the final multimedia presentation which takes students photos and the techniques learned to create a finished product. You are welcome to invite your guests to join us for the final presentation so they can see what you've learned.
Q & A: We'll finish up with a session dedicated to your questions. While we think that many will have already been answered, we save this session to answer questions that weren't covered earlier in the Boot Camp.

7:30 pm—Group Dinner—Boot Camper's guests are welcome to join us.

Saturday, January 24, 2009—Disembarkation in Los Angeles

8:00 am—Ship arrives in Los Angeles

CorelDRAW X4
Unleashed

932 page multimedia ebook with 11.5 hours of tutorial movies for getting the most from CorelDRAW X4! Also available is the Premium Bonus Content Edition with Powertips and a Corel PHOTO-PAINT book.