Smileys Clipart Gives Your Designs New Emoticons

You've got a variety of emoticons and smileys to use on your smartphone and throughout social media. But what about your designs? We want you to have a lot of choices in your artwork and you'll find quite a few in our second collection of Smileys. Some are happy, some are sad, some are scary and some are just creepy. This latest collection of emoticons can bring the emotion you need to your projects. Get your copy of this new collection now!

Smileys Unleashed Volume 2 is the latest member of the Clipart Unleashed Family. All files (thumbnails are shown below) in this collection are supplied in CorelDRAW X5 and CorelDRAW 9 format. There are also files in Adobe Illustrator CS format. So no matter your choice of design software, we've got files that work for you. The CorelDRAW files are filled with keywords so they can be easily searched using Corel CONNECT or the ROMCat utility.

If you are looking for a big bundle of heavily discounted vector artwork and more, make sure to check out the CorelDRAW Unleashed Bonus Content Packs.

Your Big Social Moment Could Happen Anytime, Are You Ready?

Last Sunday night Edgar Martirosyan got a call to Big Mama's and Papa's Pizza to deliver three large pizzas to a location just about a mile from his shop. He didn't realize that he would be serving slices of that pizza to the biggest stars in Hollywood while a worldwide television audience watched.

Not too long after the famous delivery, the LA-based pizza chain of which Edgar is a location owner had posted pictures on their Web site. Big chains such as Pizza Hut had gotten on Twitter after Oscars host Ellen suggested ordering pizza. But it was the local chain that got the call.

Did someone say pizza? We got you.
— Pizza Hut (@pizzahut) March 3, 2014

Later in the show Ellen passed the hat that Pharrell had made famous at the Grammy Awards. Fast food chain Arby's was quick to get on Twitter to point out a similarity to the hat in their logo.

Hey @Pharrell, can we have our hat back? #GRAMMYs
— Arby's (@Arbys) January 27, 2014

Arby's did get their hat back as they recently purchased it at a charity auction.

About a month ago, I told you how JC Penney had won the day on social media for their mitten tweets during the Super Bowl.

These are just a few examples of how very large companies and a small pizza chain have gotten social media wins by acting quickly. If a big opportunity comes your way, will you be ready to take full advantage of that opportunity on social media?

To start, you need to have accounts on Facebook and Twitter at the very least. Yes, it is important to build up a good number of fans and followers. Even if your fan/follower count is low, it can be amplified greatly should opportunity knock since just one person can push it in front of huge numbers if they see it. Some of you will say that social media isn't for you and keep your head buried in the sand. Others will embrace it and be ready when opportunity knocks.

Designs Have Arthritis? This Free Font Delivers

With each day that passes, I do feel some of the effects of getting older. Luckily I have been blessed with good health and problems such as arthritis are not part of my life. Today I want to give all of you arthritis, that is the free Arthritis BRK font! It is pretty interesting how the designer made each character out of sections similar to bones with joints at each of the major curve points.

Not sure how to download and install these free fonts? Make sure to read Downloading Fonts, Installing Fonts and Spam Filters for detailed instructions. For those of you using Internet Explorer for your browsing, please read Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 Is Evil and How To Fix It! so you don't have any problems when getting your free fonts. If you get an error message when trying to login, Internet Explorer is the problem!

• 1 year ago, the free font was Revert BRK.
• 2 years ago, the free font was Crimson.

Arthritis BRK

Close CorelDRAW Dockers If Not Being Used Regularly

Dockers in CorelDRAW are a great way to quickly access features and settings and then either switch to another feature or collapse them until needed again. But do you realize that every Docker that is open, even when collapsed, is taking up resources on your computer?

Look carefully at any Docker and you'll see it contains various user interface elements. The more elements you see, the more resources it utilizes. The most obvious resource is RAM, though it isn't just memory being used.

Using more resources can slow things down. If you use too many resources, it can even make things unstable. So an easy way for use to put less stress on your computer and CorelDRAW is to close Dockers you won't be using in the near future. If you are simply going to open a Docker again in five minutes, go ahead and leave it open. But if you don't foresee going back to a Docker, close it!

There are many things that go into diagnosing why any piece of software crashes. Many users don't believe me when I say that CorelDRAW rarely crashes for me. As I write this, I can't even remember the last crash as it must've been at least a month ago. Part of the reason I so rarely have problems is I am aware of issues such as having too many Dockers open and make sure to close them if I won't be using them for a while.

Swage Rokit Boost Bluetooth Headphones Deliver Wireless Music

NASCAR was in Phoenix this past weekend and the race is always a good place to people watch. While watching those people, there were a fair number of them wearing wireless headphones to listen to their favorite music or maybe even audiobooks from their smartphone or tablet. There were even kids playing games on a tablet without disturbing those around them because of their wireless headphones.

After observing all those people with bluetooth headphones, I went searching for a set that did a good job for a fair price. No, they won't be as good as a set of Beats headphones and they also cost a lot less. Rokit Boost from Swage sells for under $50 at Amazon and connects to iPhones, iPads and a wide variety of Android devices.

I really like that these headphones include side function buttons for play, pause, forward, previous and volume. Not only can they be used for listening to music or playing games, you can also use them for talking on the phone as there is an integrated microphone. All in all, you get a lot of functionality for a fair price on these headphones plus they last up to eight hours on a single charge.

All February 2014 Posts From the Graphics Unleashed Blog

Are you one of the loyal readers who missed a post or two along the way? Each month I'll create a post listing every post from the previous month so you can check out the ones you've missed. Below is a list of all February 2014 posts in alphabetical order. Check out the ones you missed or re-read the posts of most importance to you. Note that we keep a page on the site that links to archives or every single post that has appeared in the blog over the last nine years.

• More Than 1200 Seamless Textures For Your Design Arsenal
• 1400+ CorelDRAW Brushes and Four Hours of Tutorial Videos on DVD
• 32-Bit Software Runs Great on 64-Bit Operating Systems
• All January 2014 Posts From the Graphics Unleashed Blog
• Automate Your Designs and Add Artwork with Design Base DVD
• Awesome HTML5 Menus For Web Sites Easy For Anyone
• Canon and Nikon DSLRs to Consider For Your Photography
• Desert Office Visitors and Amazing Sunsets
• Dust Gets In All Your Computer Hardware
• Own a DVD Factory With Epson Discproducer PP-100II CD/DVD Publisher
• Five Reasons Even Laser Engravers Need to Use Color in CorelDRAW
• Get On Your Bikes Clipart and Ride!
• Join Me in Arlington, Texas Next Week
• Let the Humanoids Free Fonts Invade Your Designs
• No Guilty Verdict, Just Nebraska Free Fonts
• Would You Pay to Use Facebook?
• Presidents' Day, Reptiles and Artwork in Our Facebook Photos
• Put Your Designs on the Podium With Skater Dudes Free Font
• Resources Docker, Colored Nodes, Custom Palettes, Windows XP and Web Browsers
• Send Love Letters to Your Designs With Free Font
• Should You Do Some of Your Own Photography?
• Stock Up on Household Items and Cleaning Supplies Via Clipart
• Surf Don't Search to Known Web Sites
• Tell Me About the Processor In Your System
• The Biggest Baddest Computer Monitor Money Can Buy
• The Evil of Internet Explorer Strikes Again
• Three Tutorials for Repairing and Colorizing Photos
• Twitter Can Be a Weird, Wonderful Place
• Two Drives in One - WD Black2 SSD + HDD
• Using Marble Seamless Texture to Create Distress Pattern
• What Bitmap Format Should I Use?

Create a Facebook Page for Biz, Brand, Cause and More

Nearly 1 of every 6 people in the world has a Facebook account. Those accounts allow you to share personal information and you can choose who is allowed to see those posts. Facebook also allows you to create a "Page" if you are posting on behalf of something else.

First, you have to have a personal account if you want to create a page. Then go to Create a Page on Facebook and you are given six choices for the page you want to create as shown below.



For the sake of discussion, let's say you are creating the page for a small local business. Click on that choice and the tile will change to the form shown at right. Fill in that information and click Get Started.

On the next screen, you'll be asked to fill in more information about the business. Another tab allows you to upload a profile picture. Strangely, you are not given the choice to upload a cover photo at this point. If you need help with a cover photo, make sure to visit Facebook Brand Template for CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT for a free template. Clicking next allows you to add the new page to your favorite and gives you the ability to create an ad to promote it.

That's it, the page is created! Of course it is still pretty empty so you'll want to upload a cover photo as soon as possible and then it is time to start posting to your new page. It takes less than five minutes to create a page. So if you don't already have one for your business, create one now!

Uninstall Unused Software to Increase Computer Speed

When was your computer the fastest? For many users, it was the very first day. As the computer was used and more programs were added, the speed went downhill. Some of that speed can come back if you uninstall software you no longer need.

The first thing we need to do is find all of the software we have installed. You'll find that in Control Panel in the Programs and Features app. A screenshot of just a few of the things installed on my computer are listed below.




It is easy to tell you to simply uninstall anything that doesn't sound like something you've used and that would not be a good answer. Those things not familiar to you could be an important driver and uninstalling them would cause something in your system to stop working.

So the first thing to find in the list is software you know you have installed that you no longer use. Can you find even one program fitting that description? I bet you can. Maybe it was a free trial that you wasn't what you need. Or it could have been something you installed for a specific purpose and haven't used in more than a year. Click on the name of that software and click the Uninstall button. If there are other obvious titles you don't need, uninstall them as well.

Sure, you can uninstall other things as long as you are very careful. If the name does not ring a bell to you, Google it and find out exactly what it does. Only if you feel very comfortable that it will not cause any problems on your system should you uninstall it. When in doubt, leave it!

It doesn't hurt to reboot your system after uninstalling software just to make sure everything is still working properly. When you have uninstalled all of the titles, there is probably some junk left behind that you'll want to clean out. That's where a utility like CCleaner can come in very handy. Read CCleaner Can Restore System Speed By Cleaning Up Junk for more information on this awesome tool.

Often programs no longer on your system will leave footprints in your system registry. Use the Registry Cleaner functionality of CCleaner to find those footprints and remove them. Just make sure to save a copy of your registry before deleting things. CCleaner will ask you to do this before it starts deleting. Then if something goes wrong, you can always bring back the previous version of the registry.

If you take the time every now and then to delete the software you no longer use and then clean out your registry file, you'll find that your computer will be running faster!