You can use this web-to-print technique to create a see-through text cut out of a 3D surface.  It simulates a thick peace of metal, wood or any material with a text cut out in the middle of it, making the background image be visible through the holes. Read the rest of this entry »

This variable web-to-print textured text retains the texture when viewed from an angle. It shows how to use web-to-print and dynamic imaging templates to show texture on 3D letter as if they were cut out from a solid block like plastic or marble. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips and tricks on how to create a analog roll counter for your web-to-print template. Read the rest of this entry »

You can make a paragraph text frame to automaticaly wrap arround a shape and add that extra touch to your web-to-print template. Read the rest of this entry »

Shapes can be used as Paragraph text frames. Here are some tips and tricks on how to place texts inside objects and make them inherit the shape of that object. Read the rest of this entry »

User images uploaded into a web to print template can be blended with the rest of the design in a very creative manner. This posts explains how to use CorelDRAW transparency to blend a user photo with background Read the rest of this entry »

Web button templates are only as good as the number of designs they can be customized to fit. The most important feature, when it comes down to web button templates, is their ability to change colors as the users require. Here’s a neat trick that you can use to make a stylish glossy web button with “chameleon” abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Remember those color blindness tests? Here are some tips and tricks on how to incorporate the technique in you web-to-print template designs. Read the rest of this entry »

Lets take advantage of the web-to-print Character formatting matching option and create a colorful typography template with the text letters going on top of each other. Read the rest of this entry »

Apart from using the two-color variable gradient fills technique for creating variable multicolor gradients, you can also combine the two and end up with a multicolor gradient fill where the user chooses a single color that effects the entire multicolor gradient. It makes a complex web-to-print template easier to use. Read the rest of this entry »

Some texts are not uniform. They may consist of different colour segments, different fonts, emphasis, etc. It would be difficult for any software to try and guess how to reformat user input based on complex composite structures. The easiest way is to split them up into segments. Read the rest of this entry »

Take shadows and light sources to the next level. This technique helpa you add a cool realistic shading effect to text in your web-to-print template. The idea is to create an illusion of an object is casting its shadow on the template and letting raise of light pass through and highlight parts of the design. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a simple trick achieved with the help of CorelDRAW Envelope tool. Use this technique to simulate a realistic text perspective on a corner of a wall in your web-to-print and dynamic imaging templates. Read the rest of this entry »

Learn how to make a dynamic imaging template that looks like a credit card and the user can change the embossed text on the card. It’s a useful technique for web-to-print as well. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a design technique explaining how to realistically replace a photo on a newspaper page. A simple web-to-print or dynamic imaging template can make anyone a celebrity. Read the rest of this entry »

Image formats that retain transparency can be used in web-to-print templates. Here’s how you can use some cut-out photos as image selection in your web-to-web designs. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a simple and easy way to make the text frames in your web-to-print templates appear like they are cut out of a piece of flat surface, be it a sheet of paper or anything else. Read the rest of this entry »

This “dirty” typography design style is very popular amongst designers. Simulating the illusion that something went wrong during the printing process actually gives the web-to-print design a more appealing look and authenticity. Read the rest of this entry »

Learn how to make digital displays like car stereos, dashboards, home entertainment products etc. Here are some tips and tricks you can use to add this type of effect in your web-to-print template. Read the rest of this entry »

Lets push the design boundaries to their limits. This is a complex 3D typography design that does require some effort but will certainly pay off in the end. Read the rest of this entry »

A simple technique that you can use to add a bit more “flavor” to your web-to-print templates by making the text more fun. Read the rest of this entry »

The choice of stock images attached to a web to print template don’t have to be bitmaps only. Vectorized art can be a better option in some cases to achieve a higher quality as well as a smaller file size. Here’s how you can take advantage of the .EPS file format in your web-to-print templates. Read the rest of this entry »

A few ideas how to use extruded fonts in web-to-print and dynamic imaging designs. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a cool and simple way to set your web-to-print templates on fire using a combination of distortions in repeating text fields placed on top of each other. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever written something on your fogged up bathroom mirror or window? Here’s a web-to-print or dynamic imaging way of doing it. Read the rest of this entry »

Foil is commonly used in print finishing. It gives a product a distinct and often expensive look. Simulating foil in a web-to-print templates may be difficult, but not impossible. Read the rest of this entry »

Create the illusion like a piece of glass is being shattered on top of the text in your design. Break your web to print template to pieces with the help of this cool technique. Read the rest of this entry »

Create the illusion of a 3D text. Folow these steps and learn how to add a cool “gel like” paste text in your web-to-print template. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a simple hippie-style web to print text effect with outer contours. Create a “far out” template by following a few simple steps. Read the rest of this entry »

This web-to-print technique takes dynamic imaging to a next level. Learn how to create a design of a person holding a pen, writing on some surface and have the pen positioned according to the length of the text. Read the rest of this entry »

This “retro” typography design style introduced in the hippie era is coming back in a big way. Learn how to make a boogie template in a few simple steps using CorelDRAWs Envelope and Contour tool. Read the rest of this entry »

A cool dynamic imaging effect with a reflective image changing scenery while retaining the original reflection. Here’s a trick to help you achieve this in a web-to-print or dynamic imaging template. Read the rest of this entry »

Images can be used inside a text frame for better alignment – when the text changes the images shift as well. In this example the text was getting behind the image, when it should be the other way around. Read the rest of this entry »

A design inspired by art of Yayoi Kusama, but technically is similar to our color blindness test test design technique.  Here’s a design where the same dotted pattern is used as a PowerClip container of a variable image field and the text frame contains that same image. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a cool web-to-print or dynamic imaging technique of light rays going through from behind a variable text frame. This is a simple trick that involves some Photoshop work and some creative use of CorelDRAW layers. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s an idea on how to place a small type text and still keep an accent on it. This technique helps you simulate the appearance of a text under a magnifying glass. Read the rest of this entry »

The paragraph text frames in your template can be any shape you want. Here are some tips and tricks on how you can draw shapes with text using the help of the Envelope tool. Read the rest of this entry »

Learn how to add a cool looking metallic text with glow in your web-to-print templates using bevel and fountain fill.

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More ideas to make your typographic design web-to-print templates even more fun with the help of colors, color combinations and PowerClips.

You can assign different colors to each text object in your typographic design template. Each object will keep its color after the user inputs the text. Read the rest of this entry »

You can create multiple color gradient fills by layering transparent variable color shapes in your web-to-print design. It’s a  similar technique to the two color variable gradient technique, but here users can choose individual colors of the multicolor palette. Read the rest of this entry »

Using different intensity web-to-print distortions on the same text field adds a hypnotic effect in your web-to-print template. Follow these few simple steps to warp your web-to-print design. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is the pseudo perspective trick in action for web-to-print and dynamic imaging. The possibilities are endless, this example explains how you can use a single image uploaded by a user to make repeating laptop screens on top of each other like they are floating above the main screen. Read the rest of this entry »

Another cool technique which might be usefull when trying to achieve some dark and mystical Sci-Fi effect in your web-to-print template. This involves the help of both Photoshop and CorelDRAW. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes objects and text are mixed. Changes in the text should shift the objects as they were part of the text as in this example from a web-to-print brochure: Read the rest of this entry »

Although CorelDRAW does not allow Beveled shapes to be PowerClip containers, there is a way of working around this limitation! This simple technique explains how to add a complex fill (ex. image) to a variable web-to-print text that has a Bevel effect assigned to it. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a cool typography trick for web-to-print or dynamic imaging templates where text need to stand out. There are two ways of doing this, using PowerClips or custom transparency operation. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s another neat typography trick for web-to-print or dynamic imaging template. There are two ways of doing this, using custom transparency operation, as explained here or using PowerClips. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a neat trick to play with a two-color web-to-print pattern. Since you can change the colors of these patterns, you can use the same pattern on your text and background and only change the colors. This, however, requires perfect alignment of the web to print patterns on top of each other to appear seamless. Read the rest of this entry »

Patterns can be used for many purposes in a web-to-print templates. After learning how to create custom two color, full color and bitmap web-to-print patterns in CorelDRAW, you can try them in your web-to-print designs. Here are a few examples of patterns and their practical use. Read the rest of this entry »

Tips and tricks on how to add a perspective to the texts in your web-to-print templates and make them appear more realistic and blended with the background. Read the rest of this entry »