tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90528922769170716222024-03-15T18:09:47.247-07:00My VA JournalMy online journal, tutorials and journey to the Virtual Assistance and Blogging world.RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-42742110186080303322016-07-05T20:12:00.000-07:002016-07-05T20:13:46.352-07:00Creating Stickmen and other Vectors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-82411178841483899222016-05-05T04:58:00.000-07:002016-07-05T04:59:51.068-07:00How To Create Page Curls Using CorelDraw <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-61913499834756069742013-09-13T16:51:00.000-07:002013-09-13T16:51:19.299-07:00Creating Quick Bubbles<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most graphics editing software offers preset designs. Using Coreldraw for example, one can easily acquire images like flowers, leaves and bubbles by clicking the right keys.</span></div>
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Open a new file. (File > New) and click the ARTISTIC MEDIA tool located at the left side menu bar.</div>
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See the upper menu bar and click the SPRAYER.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are several preset designs to choose from. Simply click one.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Drag the mouse from one point to another. The images will automatically appear. If you want to break those images, click ARRANGE (at the upper menu bar) <br />and then select BREAK THE ARTISTIC MEDIA APART. The images are now ready for further editing. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-38957193275156334362013-09-04T16:13:00.000-07:002013-09-04T16:13:54.721-07:00Pen and Ink Tool<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CorelDraw's ‘Pen & Ink’ tool provides a good ‘black and white’ effect for photographs. I like the ‘charcoal’ effect . Here's a simple tutorial for designers and art enthusiasts.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Select a picture from your file. <br />2. Paste the image on the clipboard.<br />3. Convert the image to bitmap by clicking ‘Bitmaps’ located at the top menu bar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Click ‘Bitmaps’ again. Look for ‘Art Strokes’. Choose ‘Pen and Ink’ from the selections. <br />5. Adjust the lever to your desired effect. <br />6. Then click OK.</span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-86949568124189359422013-08-28T16:58:00.003-07:002013-08-28T17:04:34.143-07:00The Impressionist Style<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a quick tutorial on ‘Impressionists’ style of artwork. According to the Free Dictionary, Impressionism style of painting originated in France during the 1870’s. It is characterized by concentration on visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Using CorelDraw, here’s a quick way to accomplish this style:<br />1. Import an image from your file.<br />2. Paste the image on your clipboard (working space)<br />3. Click ‘Bitmaps’ located at the upper Menu bar.<br />4. Click ‘Convert to Bitmaps’<br />5. Click ‘Bitmaps’, then ‘Art Strokes’ and then ‘Impressionist’</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Adjust the dab size, coloration and brightness depending on your desired result.<br />7. Click Ok if you are satisfied.<br />8. Done! Save your work.</span><br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-77945203310682566712013-08-24T16:18:00.002-07:002013-08-24T16:18:33.758-07:00The Vignette Effect<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Free Dictionary define Vignette (’vignette’ effect) as the unbordered picture, often a portrait, that shades off into the surrounding color at the edges. The word comes from the French term ‘vigne’ which means ‘vine’. This is with reference to the vine motif frequently used in embellishments to a text. </span></div>
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I’ve been using this design to give emphasis to the image at the center. It is also the ideal way to cover unnecessary details at the sides of the images. Many graphics editing softwares like Coreldraw and Adobe Photoshop could create a beautiful vignette effect. Let me share a quick way to accomplish this using Coreldraw.</div>
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1. Create a New Page. Click File and then New. A blank page will open.<br />2. Import an image from your file.<br />3. Paste the image in the clipboard (working page).<br />4. Convert the image to Bitmaps by clicking Bitmaps (located at the upper menu bar)<br />and then click ‘Convert to Bitmaps’</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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6. A new window will pop. Select the desired color and shape and adjust the level of offset and fade.<br />7. Click OK if satisfied with the result.<br />8. Save your work. </span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-59985077978072424372012-10-30T19:42:00.002-07:002012-10-31T04:40:45.484-07:00Using a Keyword Tool<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t know much about keywords but I've been reading more about this. What I’ve noticed is that the right keyword helps my site get indexed by search engines. This is because search engines make use of keywords during search results. However, I try not to overuse it because it may cause 'spamming' (or being banned by search engines). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> To select the right keywords, I usually use the google adword keyword tool.
You can find it <a href="https://adwords.google.com/o/KeywordTool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.
Simply enter the required information and click search. Analyze the results and decide if it will be helpful for your blog.</span><br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-34887486719978414452012-10-24T00:39:00.004-07:002012-11-05T19:51:10.181-08:00Few RSS Feeds Directories<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not quite familiar with RSS. Just recently I’ve read something about RSS feeds and I started to explore them. I've noticed that sending RSS feeds via directories resulted to additional visitors on the site (especially my other site). So I've decided to make a list of RSS Feed directories that is useful to me. I’ll be adding more in the future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, here is the definition of RSS according to Wikipedia. RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some RSS directories. (I have included some pinging sites in addition to the list I made <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/blogging-tip-activate-pingshot.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span><br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-22629953733467009252012-10-09T05:28:00.000-07:002012-10-10T03:29:25.249-07:00Creating the Eyes, Nose and Lips <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To complete the final part of the previous tutorial, here are the procedures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(The link to the <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-cartoon-face-using-coreldraw.html" target="_blank">first</a> and <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-hair-creating-cartoon-face.html" target="_blank">second</a> parts)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Set the outline thickness and choose ‘white’ in the color palette.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Get another circular object using the ellipse tool. Add the desired color for the eye ball.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Put the second object on top of the first object for the eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Then put both objects on top of the previous image created from the <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-hair-creating-cartoon-face.html" target="_blank">previous tutorial</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Select both objects and click copy located at the upper left menu bar. (See Figure 1) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Paste the copied objects on the other side of the eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. To create the nose, use the freehand tool on the left side (See Figure 2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Drag the line from top to bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Determine the line thickness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Click ‘Arrange’ (upper menu bar) and Convert outline to object.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12. The line is now ready for editing. Nodes can be added or deleted to shape the line.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13. To create the lips, click the rectangle tool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14. Again determine the outline thickness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15. Click ‘Arrange’ and then ‘Convert to curves’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16. Create the lips by adding or deleting some nodes and shaping its sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. Add color using the color palette.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">18. Again, put it on top of the previous image. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">19. There you have the simple cartoon face of a man.</span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-67134637812655600092012-10-05T19:59:00.000-07:002012-10-10T03:28:48.290-07:00Creating the Hair (Creating cartoon face Part 2)<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the second part of the<a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-cartoon-face-using-coreldraw.html" target="_blank"> previous tutorial</a>.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiNu7WuxLAe53XvnIptIxI9VEDt9TCUYIrPq3zbul30ltnyAS1Aed9vtKhkINZ9wFNiowcm1Aog3QtnxbWKYe8LjLluotp87_SW3IfHsV_k_VBf97nyYot5f4UXXFK54oHx8yf_AfTjFM/s1600/creating+the+hair1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Creating the hair cartoon with CorelDraw" border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKiNu7WuxLAe53XvnIptIxI9VEDt9TCUYIrPq3zbul30ltnyAS1Aed9vtKhkINZ9wFNiowcm1Aog3QtnxbWKYe8LjLluotp87_SW3IfHsV_k_VBf97nyYot5f4UXXFK54oHx8yf_AfTjFM/s640/creating+the+hair1.jpg" title="" width="580" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Get an object using the rectangle tool located at the left menu bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Set the outline thickness (See Figure 1). My sample is set to 2 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. At the upper menu bar, look for ‘Arrange’ and then click ‘Convert to Curves’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. The object is now ready for editing or shaping. Nodes can be added or deleted once converted to curves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Put it on top of the first image created from the </span><a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-cartoon-face-using-coreldraw.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">previous tutorial</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. You may add more nodes to help you create the shape you desire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Using the color pallette on the right side (See Figure 2), click the preferred color for the hair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Make the necessary adjustment for the first image to complement with the second.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Remember to save your work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. The next tutorial will discuss the creation of the eyes, nose and mouth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>See the continuation<a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/10/creating-eyes-nose-and-lips.html" target="_blank"> here</a>.</b></span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-49256792600955040922012-10-02T19:19:00.000-07:002012-10-05T20:01:06.577-07:00Creating Cartoon Face Using CorelDraw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above are graphic images I've created using Coreldraw X3. I’ve been using the software for several years now and I find the program easier to create vector or cartoon images. The first part of this tutorial will illustrate the method of creating the head (for my cartoon).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> To create a simple head, click the ellipse tool (see Figure 1) located on the left menu bar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Drag the object in the working space (clipboard).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Using the color pallette, click the color of your choice. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (I used R206 G182 B158 for this example)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Determine the outline thickness using the outline </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tool. (see Figure 2 )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Click the object and see the upper menu, look for ARRANGE and then click Convert </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to curves (see Figure 3).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. The object's nodes are now visible and ready for editing. (see figure 4)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. By double clicking the object, you can add or delete nodes on every point or side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Use these nodes to modify the shape for the image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. The above tools and procedures will be applied to the other objects in order to create the eyes, nose, lips, hair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One can easily add text to an image using CorelDraw X3. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Get your images from your file using the ‘Import’ command. (See Figure 1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Apply the transparency by dragging the arrow from right to left (or vice versa).</span><br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-46667287014812816502012-09-11T00:07:00.002-07:002012-09-19T05:34:31.506-07:00How To Create a Glossy Button with Coreldraw <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attractive glossy buttons can be done with design softwares like <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-use-adobe-photoshop-to-enhance.html" target="_blank">Adobe Photosho</a>p and <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-use-coreldraw-x3-to-create-blog_27.html" target="_blank">Coreldraw</a>. For this post, I would like to illustrate how I was able to design a glossy button using Coreldraw X3.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Create an object </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (using Ellipse tool for this example)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Fill the object with color.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Click the FILL tool and apply FOUNTAIN fill (Figure 1). Choose the RADIAL fill.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal">4.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Adjust the level of brightness by adjusting the lever (move the midpoint).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Create the second object using the ELLIPSE tool.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Put this object on top of the first. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Fill with the desired color preferably the color with lighter shade.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Click the second object and click INTERACTIVE BLEND tool (Figure 2)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Choose the INTERACTIVE TRANSPARENCY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Apply the transparency by dragging the mouse from top to bottom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Determine the level of the desired brightness by adjusting the lever at the middle. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another way of creating glossy button with CorelDraw is discussed <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/09/create-glossy-button-with-coreldraw-x3.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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</span>RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-15183010216907051672012-09-08T01:50:00.001-07:002012-09-08T01:52:30.452-07:00How to Create Labels Using Coreldraw X3 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Some friends have asked me how to create labels using Coreldraw X3. The very simple procedure </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">intended for new Coreldraw users is illustrated below. </span><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Open the program<br />
2. Set the label’s dimension on the menu bar. (See figure a.)<br />
3. Click the text tool on the left. (Figure b.)<br />
4. Type your text and drag its position on the label (Figure c.).<br />
5. Click your text and see the font list on the upper menu bar and select your font style (Figure d.).<br />
6. Edit the color of the text on the color palette located at the right side (Figure e.)<br />
7. Using the rectangle tool and other tools located on the left side, you can add designs on your layout. (Figure f.)</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note: </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The slide tutorial on how I've created a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">blog header</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">using Coreldraw is</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> </span><a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-use-coreldraw-x3-to-create-blog_27.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">. </span></div><br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-45763810183743432932012-09-05T01:40:00.002-07:002012-09-30T22:07:26.643-07:00Quick Way To Add Alt and Title Tags<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the previous post, I have mentioned how to <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/simple-blogging-tip-1.html" target="_blank">manually</a> add <b>alt</b> and <b>title image</b> tags on the HTML codes. However blogger platform has come up with a quick way to insert the tags on the codes. After the upload, click on the image. Available options will be visible at the bottom. Look for '<b>properties</b>' and enter the alt and title texts on the provided form. See illustrations below. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4037261/?claim=h7esf9kwrg8">Bloglovin</a>RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-78516013413316195802012-09-03T00:39:00.004-07:002012-09-03T06:09:39.066-07:00How to Get Google Tracking Code for your Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The google tracking code is a webmaster tool aiming to help bloggers tract their website's detailed statistics. A simple tutorial that illustrates how I was able to get my tracking code is posted below. The same code is pasted on this site to connect with my Goggle Analytics account.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueQdDuZcpr9oNYx1ast-DuuwprB2RczHZyV67n-jv-gIh1q9lOe_5QHVyWeIhsAbO41Yp9tU8EcTrX4esuj59qLVA70GGUajc9JICXANGiK8tZ9mqDMngPPpNV4Yu08KOlHF4Of6prF3s/s1600/google+tracking+code.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="signing a google analytics account" border="0" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueQdDuZcpr9oNYx1ast-DuuwprB2RczHZyV67n-jv-gIh1q9lOe_5QHVyWeIhsAbO41Yp9tU8EcTrX4esuj59qLVA70GGUajc9JICXANGiK8tZ9mqDMngPPpNV4Yu08KOlHF4Of6prF3s/s640/google+tracking+code.jpg" title="Google Analytics" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Open google analytics on your web browser. or see this link -> </span><a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Google Analytics</a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Click 'Create an account' or 'sign in' with your google account. (See the red arrow above)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. A new window will appear. On the upper right side, click ‘Admin’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Under the Account folder, click +new account</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Enter the information about your site on the boxes provided.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Then click ‘Create account.’</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. The tracking code will be provided at the bottom of the page. (See Figure 2)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Click save.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Copy the code and paste the code on your site (See Figure 3) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">using the HTML/Javascript gadget box. The gadget should be placed at the bottom of your web layout design. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Figure 2. The google tracking code is enclosed in a box below the page.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Figure 3. Paste the code on your site using the<br />
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-670051179827662002012-08-30T22:44:00.001-07:002012-09-11T00:14:30.466-07:00Helpful HTML Codes<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes I need to improve the appearance of the site. Although I’m not familiar with all the HTML codes, I’ve gathered here some of the useful HTMLs that I’ve been using.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16sxhzuejt_zmsrJe0Sj6cAVi_VmHLNH2Hay3gHnE5yoUMA7xESPBhoTqixs-aTjdKfFTMhRVVYJ2Yo6M36hrhbFwphvqshXhcUcmOAiK9TX8v2-KdcnX79cdvO4TZT-Uep4hvOmErFXC/s1600/html+codes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16sxhzuejt_zmsrJe0Sj6cAVi_VmHLNH2Hay3gHnE5yoUMA7xESPBhoTqixs-aTjdKfFTMhRVVYJ2Yo6M36hrhbFwphvqshXhcUcmOAiK9TX8v2-KdcnX79cdvO4TZT-Uep4hvOmErFXC/s320/html+codes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<p align="center"> to make paragraph alignment </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp adding space in between<br />
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<img src="image.gif" width="40" height="40" border="0" alt="text to describe the image" /> to insert an image <br />
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<a href="http://www.domain.com/"> Domain name</a> an anchor <br />
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<embed src="file.mid" width="100%" height="60" align="center"> to embed video or music or slide <br />
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</span>RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-71709921288272817412012-08-28T22:15:00.001-07:002012-09-30T22:08:00.067-07:00Adding Meta Tags<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I just thought to add meta tags on this site. I’ve searched the web to find out how. For future reference, I've posted the simple procedure below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what are meta tags for? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meta tags are the tags that provide the description of your site giving the <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/adding-google-custom-search.html" target="_blank">search engines</a> information about the site. In other words, meta tags make the communication with search engines so that it will be properly and correctly indexed. Some expert says these tags are important factor in organic search engine optimization. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To add the codes to your blogger site, go to your dashboard and find the HTML editor. Search for this code: </span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-49035662501011954332012-08-27T19:09:00.017-07:002013-08-28T17:05:01.606-07:00A Dose of Inspiration<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a change, I've gathered few inspirational posts </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from <a href="http://www.lifencanvas.com/" target="_blank">Life N Canvas</a> and turned it into slide via <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-upload-slide-presentations-to.html" target="_blank">Scribd</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>instant flame by an encounter with another human being.” ~</i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Albert Schweitzer</i></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-80971277338281329642012-08-26T19:00:00.000-07:002013-09-04T16:22:43.481-07:00Make Your Post Title Appear Before Your Blog Title in the Search Engine<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some SEO experts recommend that our blog’s post title be indexed first by search engines before the blog title. In order to this, a simple reconfiguration on the HTML templates can be made. Though not quite sure, I made this changes on my <a href="http://www.lifencanvas.com/" target="_blank">other blog</a> and have seen traffic improvements. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How I did this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Simply go to your <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-i-created-blog.html" target="_blank">blogger</a> dashboard and proceed to HTML editor. Check the expand widget template and search for the code below (You may use CTRL+F to search for this): </span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-67424997528317367352012-08-23T20:41:00.003-07:002012-08-23T22:45:23.007-07:00Analyze Your PageSpeed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_xZd8i3GkNsMcRyYrOX4PEVLGIcxa28eQRuzPb3UQHlJ_OEcAxt04oonFteGcrECrd7W-tU9_-f-bXGGMlgKQn4E2a4PSPoqID-9eoPdWuR2pTutCxoxFot3oYD5b2w14-9NeZb9CBtm/s1600/rocket+url.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Rocket URL pagespeed" border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_xZd8i3GkNsMcRyYrOX4PEVLGIcxa28eQRuzPb3UQHlJ_OEcAxt04oonFteGcrECrd7W-tU9_-f-bXGGMlgKQn4E2a4PSPoqID-9eoPdWuR2pTutCxoxFot3oYD5b2w14-9NeZb9CBtm/s320/rocket+url.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A google custom search engine was added on the upper right side of this blog. This aims to help users find what they need that is available on this site. Adding custom search has the advantage of searching only the sites you specify and display the results within seconds. Signing up is simple and easy and the procedure is posted below. </span></div>
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RicLDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06618614499120928301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052892276917071622.post-73378284638228053352012-08-21T05:10:00.001-07:002012-08-22T19:49:37.526-07:00Get Sitemaps for URL Submission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKbvIyL2YgE_iWGylX0RkEOvGde2idtUCdjry1HLfeUiuWeAod3ZXTJdZ2lzcxHpeYc0LGnDUnYPcmZPiAY8FrLcvoMUKx2mdnSLQUzq7AqLaS4AiQAJAdNF44oa-nByeNOtXXXa4mYP6/s1600/submit+to+yahoo+bing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="how to submit to yahoo search / bing" border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKbvIyL2YgE_iWGylX0RkEOvGde2idtUCdjry1HLfeUiuWeAod3ZXTJdZ2lzcxHpeYc0LGnDUnYPcmZPiAY8FrLcvoMUKx2mdnSLQUzq7AqLaS4AiQAJAdNF44oa-nByeNOtXXXa4mYP6/s320/submit+to+yahoo+bing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I have</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5pt;"> submitted this site to yahoo search today. In the process, yahoo had requested for sitemaps. Not familiar with the term and how to get it, I’ve searched the web and found a simple procedure (see post below). By the way, you might want to know what sitemaps are for?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">According to <a href="http://sitemaps.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sitemaps.org</a>, "Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL (when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is, relative to other URLs in the site) so that <a href="http://myvajournal.blogspot.com/2012/08/adding-google-custom-search.html" target="_blank">search engines</a> can more intelligently crawl the site."<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 11.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">To simplify, sitemaps offer ways to inform search engines about any changes made on your site thus, making it visible and easier to navigate. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 16.5pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><u>How to get the sitemap</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Open your web browser and type in your blog’s URL. <br />
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