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Sign UK
Date: April 22nd – April 24th 2008
Venue: Corel Workshop Theatre, NEC Birmingham (open 10.30 am-16.30pm daily)
See practically every sign related product from graphics, print to plastics, sign systems to software, routers to rolls of tape, letters to lightboxes, vinyls to vehicle wraps and much more besides. In the Corel Workshop theatre you will be able to attend a series of workshops and one-on-one demo's on our latest Graphic design and photography software; CorelDRAW and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo. The daily workshop schedule will run as follows:
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10:30 - 11:15 a.m. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 - Transform ideas into professional results - fast!
An overview of the new productivity-enhancing features in CorelDRAW X4. Due to its flexible functions and diverse tools, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 is perfectly suited for the creation of advertisements, signs and logos. This presentation will introduce the new features of this comprehensive suite which offers illustration, layout, digital imaging, bitmap-to-vector tracing and much more. Powerful yet intuitive illustration tools let you quickly and easily create your designs. Market-leading file compatibility with over 100 import/export filters provides greater flexibility than ever before.
11:30 - 12:15 p.m. Labelling Vehicles - A Step By Step Guide
Create vehicle signage quickly and cost-effectively with CorelDRAW X4. Starting with the appropriate cliparts (vehicles), various tools like dynamic guideline assistance, bitmap-to-vector tracing, integrated font identification and much more will be used to create and output a professional print as a PDF or on a website. Included in the CorelDRAW® Graphic Suite X4 are over 10,000 high-quality clipart images, individually selected to meet the needs of design professionals, 1,000 high resolution, royalty-free photographs from iStockphoto® 1,000 OpenType fonts, including 75 Windows® Glyph List 4 (WGL4), 10 single-line engraver fonts as well as 80 professionally designed templates - everything the professional sign-maker needs for his creative workflow!
12:30 - 13:15 p.m. Digital Imaging with Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4
Corel® PHOTO-PAINT® X4 is professional image-editing software that lets you quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos. Closely integrated with CorelDRAW X4, it is especially useful in a production workflow that includes bitmap photo editing. Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4 offers comprehensive possibilities for correcting, optimizing and retouching pictures. Contrast, saturation, brightness and other parameters can easily be optimized with the image adjustment lab. The detailed cutting out of subjects and colour management are further tools that will be shown for creating the ideal images for graphics tasks. Now included: the RAW Lab with support for RAW camera file formats for hundreds of different types of cameras.
14:45 - 15:30 p.m. CorelDRAW X4 and Ulead VideoStudio 11.5 Plus: Combine Images and Video Clips to Create Impressive Films for Digital Advertising
Join this workshop and learn how to export vector graphics or images from CorelDRAW X4 and combine them with video clips and sound files in Corel VideoStudio 11.5 Plus, to create impressive films to be used for digital advertising.
15:45 - 16:30 p.m. Foundations for the Optimising of Print and Publications
Professional prints are essential for producing a high-quality end product. Learn how to avoid costly printing errors with the help of CorelDRAW X4 and its colour management, preview and indication of overprint tools. Service Bureau Profiler: The Profiler helps you prepare your work for professional printing. CorelDRAW® ConceptShare™: This valuable online collaboration tool is integrated into CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 making it easy for you to share your designs and ideas with colleagues or clients in real time over the Web. Create multiple workspaces, upload your designs, and invite others to provide feedback or submit their own ideas.
The Oxford Painter Workshop
The Art of Creating Expressive Paintings using Corel Painter X
Dates: Friday, 1 August - Monday, 4 August, 2008
Location: Pembroke College, Oxford, UK
In this all-levels workshop with Jeremy Sutton you will explore ways to transform your photographs into paintings using Corel Painter X. Whether you are a professional photographer wanting to expand your product range or a fine artist wanting to develop in a new medium or you are simply interested in learning Painter X, you will find this seminar a stimulating and educational experience. This is a rare opportunity to attend a UK workshop with San Francisco based Corel Painter Master Jeremy Sutton. Places will be reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis so register early to guarantee yourself a place.
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