Minimum System Requirements

    * Windows 2000 with SP4, or Windows XP with SP1 (Home, Professional, or Tablet PC Edition)
    * Pentium II, 200 MHz or greater
    * 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM recommended)
    * Mouse or tablet
    * 1024 x 768 screen resolution (768 x 1024 on a Tablet PC)
    * CD-ROM drive
    * 250 MB hard disk space (CorelDRAW only; more space will be required for other suite applications)
    * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher

Installation

Before installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12

    * Make sure that you system Date/Time are set correctly
    * Close all applications, including all virus detection programs and applications that are open in the system tray or on the Windows taskbar. Not doing so may increase the installation time and interfere with installation.
    * On Windows 2000 or XP, you should be logged in as an administrator or as a user with administrative rights.
    * Make sure that you have enough free disk space available on the drive where you want to install the application.
    * To avoid file and memory conflicts, close all running programs and delete the contents of your system's TEMP folders. [C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp] and [C:\\Temp]
    * Corel recommends that you install CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 in its own directory to avoid conflicts with previous versions.

      Network/Workstation

    * For network administrators, a Network Administrator Guide (N.A.G.) is available to organizations that have purchased multiple licenses of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12. For more information, contact Corel's Licensing Department or Customer Service.

Installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12

Before you begin, read "Before installing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12," above.

   1. Insert Disc 1 in the CD drive.
      If the Intro screen does not start automatically, click Start on the Windows taskbar, and click Run. Type D:\Intro.exe or D:\Setup.exe, where D is the letter that corresponds to the CD drive.
   2. Follow the instructions for installing the application.

Uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12

For Windows 2000

   1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control panel > Add/remove programs.
      If you want to keep your user files such as preferences, presets, user-created fills, and customized files, click Remove. If you want to remove user files, click Change, and then click Remove. You will be prompted to remove user files.

For Windows XP

   1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Control panel > Add or remove programs.
      If you want to keep your user files such as preferences, presets, user-created fills, and customized files, click Remove. If you want to remove user files, click Change, and then click Remove. You will be prompted to remove user files.



Documentation

Documentation and Tutorials

The electronic documentation files listed below are available with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12. If installed, these documents can be accessed by clicking Start on the Windows taskbar, and clicking Programs > CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 > Documentation. Unless otherwise noted, these files are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader or a compatible application to view them. Adobe Reader is available for download from www.adobe.com.

    * The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 User Guide can be installed during setup. If installed, it will be linked from the Windows Start menu under CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 > Documentation. If not installed, you can add it to your existing installation through Control panel > Add/remove programs. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12, Change.
    * Quick Reference Cards for CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel R.A.V.E. are available for each application as separate PDF files.
    * If the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) component for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 is installed, the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Programming Guide for VBA as well as the Object Model documents will be available.
    * Tutorials for CorelDRAW 12, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12 and Corel R.A.V.E. 3 are available for each application and accessible from the Start menu. The start pages are in HTML format and require an Internet browser to view them, while the individual tutorials are PDF files. All sample files for tutorials are available from the ...\Program Files\Corel\Corel Graphics 12\Languages\\Tutorials\Samples files or the equivalent subfolder.

Digital Content

    * Hundreds of TrueType and Type 1 fonts are included with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12; however, they must first be added or installed to be used within applications. For more information on installing fonts, refer to your Windows documentation, the Help within Font Navigator or any other font management program.
    * Fonts are available within the Fonts folder on CD #3, as well as within the Extra Fonts folder located on CD #2.
    * Extra Pattern fill, Spraylist and Tile files are available on CD #2. Brush textures, Image lists and Sound files are available on CD #3. See the Help for more information on how to load and use these files within CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 applications.
    * Samples files for each application are available in a samples sub-folder for each application
      (for example, ..\Program Files\Corel\Corel Graphics 12\Draw\Samples).

All Applications

Workspace

Periodically, it may be necessary to restore the application’s workspace to the default settings. To do this, hold down F8, and start the application. A dialog box appears asking if you want to overwrite the current workspace with the factory default. Click Yes. The application will start using the default settings for the currently selected workspace. Note that you will lose any workspace customization that you have done. See the Help for information about creating, using, and customizing multiple workspaces.

In some language modules, controls may appear smaller than the same control in other languages causing text in the controls to be cut off. Holding down F8 while restarting the application to reset the language module workspace may resolve the issue. Note that you will lose any workspace customization that you have done (unless you have exported your workspace previously). See the Help for information about creating, using, and customizing multiple workspaces.

Performance (all applications)
A minimum 200 MB paging file is recommended for best performance when using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 applications. Paging file sizes are set in the Operating system >Virtual memory controls.

Color Management:

    * Composite output of duotones is grayscale.
    * Using the Find and replace feature may remove overprint from fills.
    * Drop shadows in Corel PHOTO-PAINT don't fully support CMYK — original CMYK values are not guaranteed on output.

Tablet PC

If you're using a Tablet PC with a Wacom interface, and you don't have pen pressure support, you can fix this by getting a Tablet PC driver update from Wacom.


CorelDRAW 12 and Corel R.A.V.E. 3

File I/O:

    You can make use of the new Unicode compatibility and have all application text (for example, layer names, object names, and so on) from earlier versions appear correctly. To do this, when opening a file created in an earlier version that ran on an operating system with a different code page from that of your current operating system, make sure to set the appropriate code page in the Open dialog box. For example, if you created a CorelDRAW 11 file on a Japanese operating system and you are opening the file in CorelDRAW 12 running on an English operating system, when opening the file, you would need to set the code page to 932.

    When opening CDR/DES files created in Corel DESIGNER Professional SG that contain unsupported objects (for example, diametric/radial dimensions or callouts), a warning message will appear indicating that the file contains unsupported objects. These objects will appear locked while working in CorelDRAW 12. You will have the option of unlocking them and converting them to grouped objects; however, if you wish to resave the file and maintain the Corel DESIGNER Professional SG features intact, you should leave these objects locked.


Scrapbook

    If CorelDRAW 12 is installed on a system that also has CorelDRAW 11 and/or CorelDRAW 10, the search capability in the earlier versions will be affected. After completing a search in CorelDRAW 11 or 10, a blank list is generated in the Results window. To avoid this, you can modify the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\COREL\CorelSearch\CorelDRAW12. Modify the registry key from a dynamic value to the absolute language ID (for example, if searching in English, the modification would be to change the path from ..\Languages\\Programs\Search.idx to ..\Languages\EN\Programs\Search.idx)

    New functionality
    CorelDRAW 12 now has the added functionality of being able to copy your content from the CD to another location and continue using the Scrapbook features. To make use of this new functionality, you will need to do the following:

           1. In the location of your choice, create a folder that has the same name as the volume label of the content CD (for example, for the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 clipart disk, you would require a folder called "CG12_CLPART").
           2. Copy the entire contents of that CD, including the volinfo.txt file, into this folder.
           3. In the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Corel\Media\Corel GRAPHICS 12 Clipart (Disk2), change the path to the location of the folder you created in step #1.
           4. In the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_Machine\Software\Corel\Media\Corel GRAPHICS 12 Photos (Disk3), change the path to the location of the folder you created in step #1.
              You will now be able to browse and perform searches on your photos & objects without the need to use the content CDs.

Web Features

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, and Netscape Navigator 4, are required for the Web features of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12

Artistic Media Tool

The Artistic media tool can spray and brush effects, such as transparencies and lenses; however, overlapping several strokes may decrease application performance.

Text

    * For multilingual support in Windows 2000, do the following: From the control panel, double-click Regional options. Click the General tab, and click Set default. This changes the system code page. Then, install the appropriate keyboard or input method editor (IME).
    * For multilingual support in Windows XP, do the following with an administrator account: From the control panel, click Date, time, language, and regional options. Click Regional and language options. Click the Advanced tab. In the Language for non-Unicode programs area, choose a language from the list box. Then, install the appropriate keyboard or IME.
    * In Windows 2000, changing the default Writing Tool language to a language for which there is currently no keyboard installed will install the language keyboard.
    * When TrueDoc is used to embed fonts within a document, double-byte and bidirectional fonts are not supported.
    * To change the code page of selected text and selected text objects, click Text > Encode. It is recommended that the code page be set first, in Text > Encode prior to applying non-unicode fonts to selected text and selected text objects.

Tablet PC & Pen support
If you're using a Tablet PC with a Wacom interface, and you don't have pen pressure support, you can fix this by getting a Tablet PC driver update from Wacom.

Corel R.A.V.E. 3

Corel R.A.V.E. 1.0 or 2.0 files involving rotated tweened objects that had their rotation center point altered will animate differently in Corel R.A.V.E. 3.

Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12

    *

      Sound for Web rollover states is not supported in Netscape Navigator.
    *

      128 MB of RAM is the minimum requirement to use the Cutout tool. However, for larger images you should make sure you have at least 3 times the image size in available memory (either real or virtual memory).

Printing

    *

      To print from some printers (such as HP20PS), you may have to disable the page orientation prompt. To disable the prompt, click Tools > Options, and from the Global list of categories choose Printing. Choose Off- Always match orientation for the Page orientation prompt option.
    *

      The Print dialog box may not not launch unless an active printer is made the default printer.
    *

      On some HP PostScript printers, some gradients may not match the file.
    *

      Hairline outlines with transparencies applied may not print as expected on non-PostScript printers.
    *

      On PostScript printers, some fountain fills do not match the file.

      Print Merge
    *

      When more than one field is used for merging, you cannot rename a field.
    *

      Performing a merge with an ODBC Data source may display a document with blank fields (example: Microsoft Excel).


Import/Export

    PDF

        * Character spacing may not be as expected when importing PDF files containing fonts that are not installed on your system. Selecting a similar font or embedding the font in the PDF file resolves the problem. If you embed the font, the PDF file will be slightly larger.
        * Pattern fills and square gradients in PDF files cannot be imported into CorelDRAW or Corel R.A.V.E.
        * Duotone and placed EPS files cannot be displayed in exported PDF files; however, they do print properly.
        * Backward compatibility to CorelDraw 11 PDF import: Fonts in a PDF file created in CorelDRAW 12 will import into CorelDRAW 11 as question marks. This is due to Unicode characters in CorelDRAW 12 PDFs.
        * Acrobat 6.0 files are not fully supported for PDF import.
        * Adobe Illustrator 11 CS files are not fully supported for PDF/AI import.

    JPEG 2000 (JP2)

        * Not all Web browsers support the JPEG 2000 file format (JPEG 2000 Standard and JPEG 2000 Codestream). You may require a plug-in to view files saved to this format.
        * JP2 import filter supports JPEG 2000 Standard and JPEG 2000 Codestream.
        * JPEG 2000 Codestream uses the .jp2 filename extension with metadata on export.

    Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

        * The following units are supported on export: inches, centimeters, millimeters, pixels and percentage.
        * The W3C Filter effects, Interact, Script, Animation, Extend, and DOM features are not supported.
        * Gradient and pattern outlines are not supported on import.
        * Images containing lenses may not export properly to SVG.
        * Rounded rectangles are converted to curves on import.
        * To preview SVG files through the SVG export dialog box, you need an SVG viewer.

    Visio (VSD)

        * Versions 4, 5, and 2002 are supported.

    QuickTime (MOV)

        * To open, import, save, or export to the QuickTime (MOV) and QuickTime VR (QTVR) file formats, QuickTime Player 5 or higher must be installed.

    FreeHand (FH)

        * Range kerning may not be retained when importing FreeHand 8 files containing text. FreeHand 8 files containing text boxes inside other objects do not import properly as PowerClip objects.

    Macromedia Flash (SWF)

        * Images containing lenses may not export properly to the Macromedia Flash (SWF) file format.

    Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

        * When exporting transparent backgrounds to the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) file format, the background is combined with the image.
        * Not all browsers support PNG transparency. Please check with your browser documentation.

    Windows 3.x / Windows NT Icon Resource (ICO)

        * The ICO file format is supported on Windows only; it is not supported on the Mac OS. When importing an ICO file containing a mask, the mask may import incorrectly.

    AutoCAD (DXF)

    * When importing DXF files, the Auto-reduce nodes option removes hidden lines caused by multiple views within the file. It does not modify nodes on curve objects.
    * Importing file formats that contain 3D objects will have unexpected results.
    * Convert Prefect Shapes to curves before exporting to DXF. If a drawing contains perfect shapes, an incomplete file is created.
    * On export, all fonts are mapped to an AutoCAD default font, txt.shx.
    * When a document contains lines of 1.0 or 2.0 mm thickness, exporting the document results in an incomplete file.

    Adobe Photoshop (PSD)

    When exporting to the Adobe Photoshop (PSD) file format with the Maintain layers option enabled, preview is unavailable and the file size indicator is incorrect.

    Corel DESIGNER / Micrografx Designer (DSF)

    Line caps on thick lines may appear very large after importing.

    Blended objects may shrink in the middle of the blend.

    Text

    * When importing multilingual text, click the Options button, and select a code page that corresponds to the language the text was formatted in.
    * Upon importing text, all characters are converted to Unicode.
    * Under some scenarios the text may appear as blocks. This usually indicates that the selected font does not have characters needed to display that range of Unicode values. Try selecting or obtaining a font that has the required characters.
    * Multilingual text is supported for Rich Text Format (RTF) and for most text and spreadsheet formats (such as Microsoft Word (DOC), WordPerfect (WPD), and other supported text formats that store multilingual data).
    * Japanese text imports only as RTF.



Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

To use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications within CorelDRAW 12 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 12, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.3 must be installed. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.3 is included in the CorelDRAW Graphic Suite 12 Setup under Utilities and is installed by default during a typical installation.

VBA Programming Guide for CorelDRAW 12

The VBA Programming Guide for CorelDRAW 12 will help you automate tasks and create custom solutions using VBA. If you installed CorelDRAW using the typical install, or a custom install that included VBA, then the guide is accessible from a link in the VBA Help for CorelDRAW or from the corresponding CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12 Start menu shortcut.

Updating Macros from CorelDRAW 11 to CorelDRAW 12

To ensure that a macro written for CorelDRAW 11 will work as designed in CorelDRAW 12, you may need to change the name of the class, method, or property, or you may have to change parameters for the macro.

GMS Folders in the User Profile Path

GMS files are normally saved to the GMS folders under the Corel Graphics 12\Draw and Corel Graphics 12\CorelPHOTO-PAINT folders. If the user does not have write access to these folders, the GMS folders will be saved to the User Draw and CorelPHOTO-PAINT folders.

To use the Add-ins for a Windows XP Limited User Account

Follow the steps below to use add-ins for a Limited User account (the example is for Corel PHOTO-PAINT):

   1. Log in with administrator privileges to the system where you want to run the add-in.
   2. Run regsvr32.exe on the add-in. This will add the required class IDs and registry keys that only an administrator can create.
   3. Run regedit.exe. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Corel/Corel PHOTO-PAINT/12.0/Addins.
   4. Select the key for your add-in (for example, PhotoPaint.Addin1).
   5. From the Registry menu, click Export registry file. Enable the Selected branch option, type a filename in the File name box, and click Save.
   6. Log in to the Limited User account and run regedit.exe.
   7. From the Registry menu, click Import registry file, specify the .reg file that you exported in step 5, and click Open.
      You should be able to run the add-in from this Limited User account.

Welcome to Corel PHOTO-PAINT®, a powerful bitmap image-editing application that lets you
retouch existing photos or create original graphics.

In this tutorial, you’ll use the tools provided by Corel PHOTO-PAINT to create a Web page banner.
You’ll save the final project as a GIF file with a transparent background.
Click here to view what your final project should look like.

What you will learn
This tutorial introduces you to the workspace of Corel PHOTO-PAINT. The application window
contains elements that help you access the tools and commands you need to view and edit images.
Application commands are accessible through the menu bar, toolbox, property bar, toolbars, or
dockers.

As you practice creating a Web page banner, you’ll learn how to use the following tools:
• menu bar
• toolbox
• flyouts
• property bar
• dockers
• Help

Using the menu bar

The menu bar is an area containing drop-down menus with commands grouped by category. These
commands let you open, edit, and save projects.
First, you’ll use the File menu to open the sample file used in this tutorial. Then, you’ll use the Image
menu to access the Cutout dialog box and cut out the red car from the sample file.

To open the sample file
1 Click File menu Open.
2 Choose the folder Program files\Corel\Corel Graphics 12\Languages\EN\Tutorials\Sample
files.
3 Double-click the filename car.tif.

To cut out a foreground image area
1 Click Image menu Cutout.
You can resize the Cutout dialog box to increase the workspace area.

Conventional image noise reduction tools use simplistic methods that remove too little noise, destroy too much detail, are only effective for certain types of images, or require the user to do too much work. By comparison, Noise Ninja is based on a powerful and robust mathematical approach called "wavelet theory". Wavelet theory is a cutting-edge technology for transforming images from pixels to a rich spatial-spectral representation that improves the ability to automatically identify and suppress noise at different frequencies, locations, and color channels.

Most of the better commercial image noise reduction products available today rely on wavelet-style filtering (though most don't disclose this fact). However, depending on the particular tool and the image being filtered, they often have a tendency to introduce artifacts ranging from halos and speckles to edge blurring and color bleeding. This is usually most apparent around high-contrast edges in high-ISO images, and it is due to some inherent weaknesses of conventional wavelets.

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High-quality results

Noise Ninja works remarkably better than alternatives. Users commonly report a two-stop improvement in effective image quality. In some cases, the results are nothing short of amazing. Noise Ninja generally avoids the "plastic" look and artifacts that other tools tend to produce, instead leaving a natural, photographic look to the image.

The high quality of filtering in Noise Ninja means that you can get more out of your camera. If you're a professional, you'll have more confidence that you can deliver a usable shot to your editor or client in difficult conditions, and you'll save shots that might have otherwise been destined for the digital trash bin.

For low-ISO shots, you'll be able to make bigger enlargements before noise becomes problematic. Many professionals routinely filter low-ISO images with Noise Ninja to prepare them for enlargement.

High productivity

While Noise Ninja allows fine control over filtering, it is particularly targeted at photographers who want to get in, get results, and get out quickly. Automatic profiling, automatic profile loading, and other conveniences accelerate the work cycle. The filter controls yield good results without endless tweaking. And execution is highly optimized for speed. The net result is high productivity so you can spend more time doing other things.

Easy to use

Despite it's sophistication, Noise Ninja is so easy to use that anyone can obtain professional-quality results. Filtering is as simple as moving a slider. A real-time preview window provides instant feedback when you make adjustments, so you can quickly obtain the results that you want. Once you are satisfied with your adjustments, you simply push a button and Noise Ninja filters the entire image.

High-fidelity processing

All images are represented internally using 16 bits per color channel (48 bits per pixel). All filtering is performed using 32-bit floating point arithmetic for each channel. This high-precision processing yields maximum image quality for raw camera images and high-bit-depth film scans, and it minimizes image degradation in a professional workflow.

Tailored to your camera or scanner

Noise varies by frequency, color, and brightness, and it is different for every type of camera and scanner. Noise Ninja uses a patent-pending profiling technology that accurately describe the noise for a particular image source. For instance, Noise Ninja "knows" that noise for a particular camera at ISO 1600 is high in dark reds and low in light yellows. And it "knows" that noise in the blue channel is higher than in other color channels for a certain scanner. By combining noise profiles with sophisticated filtering, Noise Ninja is able to achieve consistent, high-quality noise removal.

Noise profiles for dozens of cameras are available for download from the PictureCode website. Profiles for other cameras can be created in a few minutes using a simple chart and the push of a button.

Complete control with the Noise Brush

Noise Ninja includes an innovative tool called the Noise Brush. Using the mouse, you simply paint on parts of the image to undo or redo the effects of noise removal in the luminance channel, chroma channels, or all color channels. This provides excellent selective control over noise removal in localized areas of the image, and the ability to fine-tune detail without restoring color noise. So, unlike other image noise reduction solutions, Noise Ninja provides quick and easy recourse when you don't agree with its decisions.

Separate control over color & luminance channels

Noise Ninja filters noise in the color components of an image separately from the luminance (brightness) components. This is a powerful feature, because color noise often has a different character from that of luminance noise. It yields superior results compared to tools that only filter the color channels or that treat all channels identically.

Batch processing

Noise Ninja includes a powerful batch processing feature that can automatically filter multiple images while you do other things. (Requires a Professional license.) You can even use the Noise Brush to touch-up individual images from a batch after the batch has completed, so you don't have to sacrifice control to improve productivity.

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PictureCode LLC develops innovative software technology to enable new levels of image quality, utility, and productivity in the photographic workflow.

The company was founded in November 2003 by Dr. Jim Christian, a veteran computer scientist and avid amateur photographer. Located in Austin, Texas, PictureCode serves a worldwide market via the Internet and more than 450 authorized resellers. To date, the company has been funded by operating cash flow.

Meet the team

If you're like most people, you want to know who you're doing business with, especially when purchasing over the Internet. Below, you can read bios for the PictureCode team members. Also, our office address and contact information is listed on this page.



Dr. Jim Christian

Founder
Jim has held positions in computer science research, software development, product management, and marketing communications. He has managed technical, nontechnical, and cross-functional teams at early-stage and mid-size software companies. He also served as an associate professor at Japan's prestigious Kyoto University. Jim has published articles covering a range of technical and business topics, including the automation of mathematical logic, the integration of Internet and traditional sales channels, and the analysis of cash flows and optionality in portfolios of complex energy assets. He holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard, and both a Ph.D. in computer science and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.




Fernando Zapata

Senior Programmer
Fernando contributes all-around software development skills to the PictureCode engineering team, including architecture, programming, and maintenance. Prior to joining PictureCode, he worked as a programmer at a startup company in the energy sector and at a leading supply-chain software company. In his spare time, Fern likes to fly kites and participate in online WWII combat flight simulations. He earned an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin.




Dieutam (Dieu) Christian

Customer Support and Office Management
If you contact PictureCode for customer support, there's a good chance that Dieu will be the one replying to your email. She also keeps the office running, taking care of administration, order fulfillment, and other day-to-day matters. Dieu holds a computer science degree with a minor in economics from the University of Texas at Austin, and she earned a teaching certificate in the Ohara school of Japanese flower arrangement in Kyoto.

Noise Ninja is the most effective and productive solution for removing noise and grain from digital photographs and scanned film images. It is a must-have tool for anyone shooting in low-light or fast-action situations -- including news, sports, wedding, and event coverage -- where high ISO photography is required and the resulting noise compromises the image.

Noise Ninja often yields a two-stop improvement in effective image quality, while preserving important image detail. In addition, it can produce cleaner, smoother enlargements from low-ISO images.




The Proven Solution

* Noise Ninja is used at seven of the ten largest U.S. newspapers

* It is the choice of thousands of professional and amateur photographers worldwide

* It is top-rated by independent reviewers like Shutterbug magazine, Rob Galbraith, and The Luminous Landscape



Best-of-breed technology Designed by a former professor of computer science, Noise Ninja is based on multiple patent-pending advances in a field of mathematics called "wavelet theory." This powerful, one-of-a-kind technology yields an unprecedented balance between noise suppression and detail preservation, achieving natural-looking results without artifacts. Competitive products often yield plastic or blurred results. Those based on conventional wavelets tend to introduce artifacts like halos, ringing, or color bleeding around high-contrast edges, or false edge artifacts in smooth areas.

Reliable, easy results Noise Ninja excels at getting you "in the ballpark" with default settings, and it responds gracefully and predictably to adjustments. This consistency is unmatched by other tools, which often respond erratically to different images and adjustments.

Unmatched productivity and flexibility Noise Ninja is more than just an algorithm with a user interface. It is a complete solution, designed so you can quickly and easily get the results you want. It includes a rich set of tools, including automatic and manual noise analysis, camera-specific profiles, an innovative "Noise Brush", and batch processing. Whether you want a one-button automated solution or full interactive control, you can easily adapt the tool to fit your particular workflow needs.

Plug-in or standalone Noise Ninja runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux (standalone only). It is available as a standalone application, and as a plug-in for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and compatible hosts.

Add Noise Ninja to your digital toolkit today. It will pay for itself the first time it rescues an image, whether for publication or for your scrapbook. To learn more, click on one of the Quick Links on the left.

Every now and then through word of mouth usually, you are introduced to software that is truly extraordinary. Noise Ninja is just such a program.

I could happily end this review now having given you the link. The Picturecode Web site explains everything necessary and far better than I can in this brief essay.

So what is this Noise Ninja... to quote from their site.

Noise Ninja is the most effective and productive solution for removing noise and grain from digital photographs and scanned film images. It is a must-have tool for anyone shooting in low-light or fast-action situations — including news, sports, wedding, and event coverage — where high ISO photography is required and the resulting noise compromises the image.

Noise Ninja often yields a two-stop improvement in effective image quality, while preserving important image detail. In addition, it can produce cleaner, smoother enlargements from low-ISO images.

Picturecode is a two man team; founder Dr. Jim Christian holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard, and both a Ph.D. in computer science and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Manager of Operations Fernando Zapata earned an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. These guys are smart cookies with a passionate interest in computing and photography. And that shows in the quality of this extraordinary product.

A download is available on the Web site so you can trial this product. There are just a few things I can add to their information.

1. The plug-in actually works with products other than Photoshop. Great for Corel PHOTO-PAINT and other applications that support plug-in code.
2. My mates in professional photography are raving about it. Going totally silly they are processing pictures they had previously printed for their portfolios and reprinting them.

Yani Reviews Noise Ninja
Color Management in the Corel Graphics Suite
Biography

Jon Haigh is a regular contributor on the Corel User Forum under the nickname Yani. He has been a Corel User since version 1.0 and has extensive experience in implementing Windows based publishing solutions.

Jon has worked in advertising and graphics for 25 years. He started his working life in graphic reproduction, while furthering his studies of photography at what is now Griffith University. Jon has extensive experience in advertising, photography and desktop publishing.

He is based in Brisbane, Australia and is avaialable as a consultant for Windows based DTP implementations and advertising projects with a focus on IT and publishing industries.

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Numbering Invoices and Raffle Tickets with Print Merge and Numbergen

Recently a visitor to the CorelDRAW newsgroups announced that he had created a little utility for creating files of numbers for use with Print Merge. Some users found it immediately useful while others were a bit confused about how to use it.

Jeff Harrison has created two free tutorial movies that walk you through the process of using Print Merge along with the Numbergen utility. Yes, that's right, they're FREE!
Created with Camtasia Studio - click to learn more!

The first part of the tutorial walks you through creating a multi-part invoice. Go to the movie! Make sure to click play when you get there. You'll also notice a link for downloading the Numbergen utility.

Next, you'll learn how to make raffle tickets. Go to the movie!

With these two tutorials, you'll learn how to use print merge, the imposition functions in Print Preview and much more!
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In this tutorial, you'll discover;

* How to launch a bitmap into Corel PHOTO-PAINT from CorelDRAW
* Fast Mask creation with the Wand tool
* Fill independent areas with the same color at once
* Use the Fill tool
* EZ selection of white space around images
* Mask reduction to prevent fringing
* Saving back to CorelDRAW from Corel PHOTO-PAINT
* Adding a Perspective Drop Shadow

The exact cow scene used for the tutorial is provided for your practice in CorelDRAW 9 format!

Welcome to the CorelDRAW.com Community site, the place where users of the CorelDRAW® family of products, including CorelDRAW Graphics Suite and Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite get together to share and learn from other users, discover what community members create and fuel their inspiration. Combining forums, blogs and galleries with a few more goodies, CorelDRAW.com provides a valuable resource and place for information for graphic hobbyists and professionals alike. Registered users of this site can participate in forums as well as comment and rate blogs and galleries. Some forums are in local languages.

CorelDRAW.com member artwork in the spotlight

Created in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite by Marcus Vinicius.

Tutorial Tuesday: Making Stuff in CorelDRAW
OK, so you read the title Making Stuff in CorelDRAW and you probably want to know just what kind of stuff. The best thing I can tell you is to look at the sample images on the page. Each of them was created with the techniques in this tutorial. The tutorial was written to work with all versions of CorelDRAW from 9-X4 so there is something that nearly every user can put to use. If you want to create stuff like you see on the page, then you'll love this tutorial.

Simple Design For CorelDraw 2:

Grid circle in a square can alter using the Eraser Tool (press X in corel page)
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Men-disain di CorelDraw



Ini hanya salah satu cara membuat/mendisain salah satu produk atau yang lainnya

Simple Design For CorelDraw:

1)

The first step,
~ Create a new display in the one object. Klick File / New gmbr such as 1.
~ But one thing will appear as shown pasa gbr 2.

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How to make a box - Rectangle Tool (F6). If you want to move a box you can use the Pick Tool, or often called the shaft.
If you want to raise the screen or a screen to zoom in close to the eyes then you will be using the Zoom Tool. Elipse Tool Box for use rounded.

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No 4 on the image shown when the box can be made such as in the picture above.
using the tool Shape Tool (F10)