HOW TO CREATE 3D EFFECTS USING COREL 10

Written by Blur Lorena


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Use Paint Bucket for your choices of color. Add noise to give texture torepparttar object and to hide imperfections, especially during printing process. Select EyeCandy 4000/Chrome or Bevel Boss filter on “Effects” to add border aroundrepparttar 107247 object. Click Setting and select Chrome Border. Selectrepparttar 107248 effect of your choice. If you’re done withrepparttar 107249 object, save it in Photo Paint’s native file format. Importrepparttar 107250 image from CorelDRAW. Repeat these procedures until all components are arranged. If you want to editrepparttar 107251 image you don’t have to go back to Photo Paint, Corel 10 offers tools for image editing. If you want to put a shadow effect onrepparttar 107252 image you can userepparttar 107253 Interactive Shadow. Click “Convert to Bitmap” to combine allrepparttar 107254 objects.

Corel 10 is more reliable because of its combined features. It eliminatesrepparttar 107255 problems users encounter withrepparttar 107256 other software and lets you create a better slide, web page and other graphics. It’s a CorelDRAW, Corel Photo-Paint and Corel R.A.V.E. rolled into one.



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The basics of scanning

Written by Granny's Mettle


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For more colors, and flexibility in adjustingrepparttar brightness and contrast, scanners with a bit depth of 30, 36, 48 and more arerepparttar 107246 equipment you'll need. However, you will spend more money with these things as they are more expensive thanrepparttar 107247 24-bit scanners.

Resolution/DPI is measured in dots per inch (dpi). The dpi tells you how many spots of information are there in a given area. This relates torepparttar 107248 grid of pixels used to represent your images. The higherrepparttar 107249 dpi,repparttar 107250 finerrepparttar 107251 grid of pixels--- resulting to a more detailed image.

If you're going to sendrepparttar 107252 file via email, you have to scan at 150 dpi, or even less. For print output, anywhere from 200 to 300 is appropriate. If you plan to resize your image, a higher dpi will provide you with more detail and clarity.

Another jargon usually associated with dpi is 'interpolated'. This means thatrepparttar 107253 scanner software is creating extra pixels in betweenrepparttar 107254 ones that are scanned.

Others to be considered…

Negatives- One feature that is useful later on isrepparttar 107255 scanner's ability to scan negatives and/or slides. Negatives contain more detail than prints. For great results, you can scan them at 3000 dpi and then enlarge after. However, this kind of scanner is a bit expensive. In addition, you will also need to invest in specialized software to managerepparttar 107256 scans.

Speed- Scanners often show speed in seconds per page for both color and black-and-white. The speed depends on factors such asrepparttar 107257 type of computer,repparttar 107258 dpi setting, andrepparttar 107259 material/image you are scanning. The average specification for a good scanner would be 20 secs/page.

Software- Most scanners come in bundles that includerepparttar 107260 scanner itself andrepparttar 107261 software to managerepparttar 107262 scanning operations. Like any other technological device, some bundles are better than others. You just need to look intorepparttar 107263 specifications that's right for you.

Interface- The interface betweenrepparttar 107264 computer andrepparttar 107265 scanner is oftenrepparttar 107266 USB on either Mac or PC. Exceptions arerepparttar 107267 ScSI or Firewire connectors.

Size- They come in letter size, 8.5 by 11 inches, and legal size at 11 by 14 inches.



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