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Webinars
We are now offering regularly scheduled webinars on a variety of industry topics. These webinars are free and feature Scott Fresener and other guest presenters. You simply need to register for them in...
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Color Separation Tips in Corel Draw
Over the years I have learned that one of the major secrets to good screen printing is good color separations. As you become a better printer, it doesn’t take long to learn that in most cases if the...
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NewBie or Not NewBie? That is the question by Pat Fresener
Hey, the good news is that this article is really for those who are thinking of joining the revered group called “newbies” so “experts” don’t have to grab their reading glasses for this one! If you are...
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Improving Poor Photographic Images in Corel Draw
Never leave a piece of photorealistic artwork untouched. Although Adobe Photoshop is the defacto standard raster/pixel based program that the world uses for pixel based images – many of the tools...
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Helping Artists Understand File Formats by Scott Fresener
Figure 1 This is a topic dear to my heart. Now that I am doing a lot of high-end color separations every day I have a lot more chances to deal directly with artists. I am simply amazed how little they...
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Class Name Shirts in Corel Draw
Some things never change. Regardless of what shirts are in style, there is still a market for putting a list of students in a class inside a word or the graduation year. This is an old technique that...
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Combining Corel Images with Photoshop
Figure 1 Combining Images from Corel Draw with Adobe Photoshop There are many times you want to combine a piece of artwork from Corel Draw with something in Adobe Photoshop. Traditional artists are...
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Three new computer graphic articles from Scott Fresener
There are three new articles on the main Articles page. They are all on computer graphics and they are all topics that we deal with almost daily in doing separations and talking to DTG customers....
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Creating an Underbase in Corel Draw
When printing on a black or dark background, you need to print either sold or halftoned underbase of white ink. This short article will Figure 1 detail how to create screen print friendly underbases in...
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Creating Distressed Look in Corel Draw
OK, I have to admit it. I have written this article before. In fact, in looking for older versions I found an article I wrote on this same topic back in 1999. Wow! Has the washed and worn look been...
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Stop Ruining Great Artwork by Scott Fresener
Figure 1 This is a topic I deal with every day as I do high-end photorealistic color separations for the industry. The original artwork is often created in vector programs but because of the detailed...
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Printing Photoshop Channel Separations in Illustrator or Corel Draw
It is very common to create “channel” color separations in Adobe Photoshop. This is how automated color separation programs like T-Seps make separations. And, if you don’t have an automated program and...
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