What are “Webinars” and how can they benefit my business? Augment the traditional seminar or conference education with online learning over the Internet, at a fraction of the cost and in the comfort of your own home. A ‘Webinar” is a seminar conducted over the Internet. All you need is a telephone and high speed Internet access, such as cable or DSL, and you are ready to go! The Webinars are designed to “bring the experts to you instead of requiring you to travel to the expert.” Our webinars are conducted by experienced educators and seminar speakers who are actively engaged in both the design and technology industries.

We currently offer the following webinars: (click each title to view a description and dates)

Getting Organized (Free!)

Getting Started with DreamDraper (Free!)

Getting Started with Quick Quote (Free!)

Edit Points & Layers – Learn to Draw

Space Planning

Advanced Tips & Techniques

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 21, Noon Eastern* - CLICK TO JOIN – Phone#: 914-339-0013, Access Code: 379-832-745

If you need help with getting your client files organized on your computer, we recommend that you take this FREE session!

One of the most important steps when working with DreamDraper is to remember where you saved your files. We will create client folders and sub-folders to help keep you organized. Learn how to search for your client files, save fabrics and furniture from the internet, import them into DreamDraper, save your DreamDraper Portfolios, create jpegs from your canvas to email and more!

Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis and is limited to the first 25 people who join the meeting. No purchase is necessary to join our FREE Getting Started webinars! Our webinars are interactive and you will be able to ask questions of the instructor.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 23, Noon Eastern* – CLICK TO JOIN – Phone #: 213-286-1202 , Access Code: 604-195-776

Select this webinar if you have just purchased DreamDraper, or have minimal experience with the program, or simply need a refresher after being away from it for awhile, or you just want to see the program “in action”. This session will cover the “how to’s” and get you started, showing you how to begin your design, lay out your room, choose designs from the Design Library, size to scale, and the basics of filling designs with color or fabric.

Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis and is limited to the first 25 people who join the meeting. No purchase is necessary to join our FREE Getting Started webinars! Our webinars are interactive and you will be able to ask questions of the instructor.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 28 – CLICK TO JOIN – Phone #: 215-383-1001, Access Code: 650-625-720

Select this webinar if you have just purchased Quick Quote for QuickBooks, or have minimal experience with the program, or simply need a refresher after being away from it for awhile, or you just want to see the program “in action”.

Enrollment is on a first-come first-served basis and is limited to the first 25 people who join the meeting. No purchase is necessary to join our FREE Getting Started webinars! Our webinars are interactive and you will be able to ask questions of the instructor.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 15, Noon Eastern* – CLICK TO ENROLL – After you enroll, you will receive an email with a link and phone #.

This course will teach you how to use the advanced features in DreamDraper, such as Layers and Edit Points. Reveal different design options with a click of the mouse, using Layers and Locking. Draw and use the Edit Points feature (exclusive to DreamDraper) to customize your DreamDraper designs. Add more pouf to an Austrian shade or cornice with Edit Points. Draw your own designs with Edit Points and the Drawing tools.

Space is limited, so please make sure to sign-up early by clicking on one of the enrollment links above. Cost is $49.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 30 – CLICK TO ENROLL – After you enroll, you will receive an email with a link and phone #.

Learn how to create sizzling floor plans to accompany your exquisite DreamDraper room elevations. Save time and improve quality by transitioning from your hand-drawn black and white floor plans to dynamic colorized diagrams drawn to scale.

Space is limited, so please make sure to sign-up early by clicking on one of the enrollment links above. Cost is $49.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Thursday, OCTOBER 7, Noon Eastern* – CLICK TO ENROLL – After you enroll, you will receive an email with a link and phone #.

This class is for DreamDraper users who are familiar with the basic functions and would like step out with some of the more creative and exciting features of the program. You will learn tips and techniques with the cropping tool for even better designing on a photo, use of the eyedropper to easily copy fabrics and textures from one component to another, working with paint colors and wall coverings, preparing attention-getting text for your presentations, and more! Join us for this fun class aimed at stimulating the creative juices!

Space is limited, so please make sure to sign-up early by clicking on one of the enrollment links above. Cost is $49.

Please click here for more detailed instructions on joining a webinar.

* Each session is one hour in length and starting times shown are for the Eastern time zone. If you live in a different time zone ( i.e., Central, Mountain, Pacific), you will need to join the webinar anywhere from 1 to 3 hours earlier depending on where you are located.

Back To Top

Cancellation Policy: Because of the popularity of the webinars, we often have a waiting list of people trying to register for the sessions. We regret that we cannot offer refunds for cancellations on our fee-based webinars.

Joining a Webinar, Step-by-Step!

Once you have signed up for one of the sessions, you will want to familiarize yourself with the procedure for joining an online webinar before the session. We recommend that you allow yourself plenty of time to review the materials and contact us if you have any questions.

Preparation:

• A high speed internet connection is required, such as DSL or a cable modem.
• We conduct our webinars via GoToMeeting, a program which allows you to see the moderator’s screen and follow along.
• Audio can be heard either through your computer speakers or over the telephone; however, if your computer does not have a microphone, we strongly urge you to dial in by phone so you can speak to the moderator, as well. When speaking through the computer, we recommend a headset that plugs directly into your computer via USB, as using a computer’s microphone alone can cause a distracting echo.
• Headsets are great for listening to webinars over the phone (toll call). For your convenience and comfort, we recommend use of a headset, though not required.
• Close other programs. We recommend that you close other programs that might be running in the background that can interfere with the transmission. Scheduled tasks such as virus scans or a screensaver should be disabled or paused during the webinar. For best results, you may want to shut down your computer and re-boot prior to joining the webinar.

Getting Logged In:

• You should start getting logged in a few minutes before the start of the webinar (10 minutes is recommended), as GoToMeeting could take several minutes to load on your computer.
• If you are joining a free webinar, simply click the appropriate “click here to join” link on this page and allow GoToMeeting to load on your computer. Use your computer speakers and microphone to communicate, or dial in with the appropriate phone number above (see the webinar’s individual description above for link and phone number).
• If you are joining a paid webinar, you will receive an email with a link and information on dialing in by phone. Click the link, and allow GoToMeeting to load on your computer. Use your computer speakers and microphone to communicate, or dial in by phone.

When successfully connected, you will see the GoToMeeting control panel (shown right) on your computer screen:

Closing the Control Panel: You will want to minimize the GoToMeeting control panel, so that you can better see the instructor’s screen. Just click on the small black arrows in the control panel. See the illustration at right: these arrows are shown circled in red.

To listen and to be able to talk during the webinar, you have two choices: Use your computer’s microphone and speakers, or use your telephone:

GoToMeeting Viewer:

In the illustration below, notice at the very bottom of the computer screen (next to the green Start button) there is a tab called “GoToMeeting Viewer …” – it has an icon on it that looks like an orange daisy:

When you see that orange daisy appear at the bottom of your computer screen, you have entered into the webinar. If you have other screens or programs open, you might have to click on that tab in order to see what is happening on the presenter’s computer screen (which is displayed in the GoToMeeting Viewer). To maximize the Viewer, simply click on the middle icon (square) that is located in the top right corner of the Viewer.

We look forward to meeting you – enjoy your webinar!

Back To Top

Sign up for Personal Tutoring and learn DreamDraper® or Quick Quote® from the comfort of your home or office! Working with one of our trained professionals is an excellent way to jump start your learning curve, and it’s fun too! The session is completely interactive and you will be able to view the instructor’s screen on your computer, while conversing over the phone or headset. Whether on a PC or MAC, the instructor will be able to transfer control to you, so that he or she can see your screen! Once you have purchased the Personal Tutoring option, you will be contacted by one of our representatives to schedule a convenient time for your lesson.

Click here to sign up for Private Tutoring

A charge of $75 covers one hour of instruction; any additional time requested during the session is charged in 15-minute increments.

*A high speed internet connection is required.

A bundle that lets you design, measure, and create estimates and invoices in an instant – our Total Solution plus 1000+ add-on design components!

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Bedding Collection 1 & Furniture Collection 1
• M’Fay 1 & 2 Collections
• Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks®
• Quick design templates for business forms and customer letters
• Tutorials
• Measuring forms on CD (with aluminum forms case)
• Free S&H! (US Domestic)

*Note: the Portfolio binder shown will be replaced by a new Quick Reference Guide.

On Sale Now for $2,169 $1,429

- by purchasing this bundle, save a total of $839!

The Total Solution

A bundle that lets you design, measure, and create estimates and invoices in an instant.

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®*
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks®
• Quick design templates for business forms and customer letters
• Tutorials
• Measuring forms on CD (with aluminum forms case)
• Free S&H! (US domestic)

On Sale Now for $1,572 $1,049 - Save $523!

*Note: the Portfolio binder shown will be replaced by a new Quick Reference Guide.

We also offer a No-interest Payment Plan, where you can receive your package immediately and have your payment spread over 3 months (in 3 equal installments)! Please fax your order form from our website to 1-610-868-1303 or call our toll free number at 1-866-56-DREAM if you wish to take advantage of this option.

*Quick Quote requires that your computer have QuickBooks by Intuit installed.

]]> http://www.dreamdraper.com/index.php/the-total-solution/feed/ 0 http://www.dreamdraper.com/index.php/dreamdraper-plus/ http://www.dreamdraper.com/index.php/dreamdraper-plus/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:52:59 +0000 admin http://www.dreamdraper.com/?p=650 dreamDraper® Plus

Design and quote with this bundle of our 2 flagship products.

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Quick Quote® for QuickBooks®*
• The Designer’s Survival Guide to QuickBooks®
• Quick design templates for business forms and customer letters

On Sale Now for $1,447 $949 – Save $498!

*Note: the Portfolio binder shown will be replaced by a new Quick Reference Guide.

We also offer a No-interest Payment Plan, where you can receive your package immediately and have your payment spread over 3 months (in 3 equal installments)! Please fax your order form from our website to 1-610-868-1303 or call our toll free number at 1-866-56-DREAM if you wish to take advantage of this option.

*Quick Quote requires that your computer have QuickBooks by Intuit installed.

G5 Gold + The Trifecta

Our new DreamDraper® G5 Gold software bundled with all of our add-on design collections -

• DreamDraper® G5 Gold
• Bedding 1 Collection
• M’Fay 1 Collection
• M’Fay 2 Collection

The premier window treatment and space planning software for the interior design industry gets even better with 125 additional designs, totaling over 1,000 individual design elements!

$979 – By purchasing this bundle, save a total of $666!

DreamDraper is the only software to completely integrate exquisite window treatment designs with Space Planning and Room Elevation functionality in one program. It was also the first software with the ability to create custom client proposals and optional Quoting functionality. With DreamDraper products, you can design a treatment and the surrounding room. Then, show clients exactly what their home will look like when you’re done, and quote a price on the spot!

The most comprehensive. The easiest to use.

Hundreds of designs and thousands of design components are supplemented by generous collections of hardware, trim, and embellishments to inspire your creativity and help up-sell.

With the new G5 Gold you can create beautiful, realistic designs faster than ever before, all to scale and with unlimited colors and fabric patterns…

• Design on a photo skewed at any angle with our perspective and free distort tools (shown left)
• Create original room elevations to digitally replicate your client’s walls exactly
• BREAK-APART™ technology lets you easily modify any window treatment design
• Add any color or fabric pattern to all or parts of your design
• Position treatments behind furniture in seconds with our unique photo cropping capability.
• Add furniture, fabrics and accessories from virtually any vendor website without unwanted backgrounds
• Transfer colors and  complete fabric patterns with our dual eye droppers

Try it out! Download your free trial today.

Maximize the software for your business with exclusive DreamDraper features for speed and customization…

Organization. All components for a design or pattern are located in one area – no tedious searching through clip art!

Search. Quickly find your designs and components with a key word or pattern number. The only program to let you search any way you want – by name, pattern number, or component type.

Gold Buttons. View full designs for inspiration – and with just a single click on our gold buttons view all of the components that make up that design. Then you’re on your way to fast and easy customization so you can create your own designs and add your personal creative touch!

Rename. Customize the program’s library of treatments with your own names.

My Favorites. Create your own “favorites” section to cut down on time spend searching for your most-used designs.

Your Name Here. Add your company name and logo to every design!

Learn more about the DreamDraper Design Library.

With our combination of unlimited, flexible options and ease of use, you’ll be sure to close more sales faster!

Supremely Realistic Designs – all hand-illustrated by artists

All DreamDraper illustrations have been hand drawn by professional artists to avoid the computer-generated, cookie-cutter look typical of other programs and then digitized by professional graphic designers. And only DreamDraper features completed designs which can be quickly ungrouped into component parts for easy modification of size, shape, color, or pattern.

Read more about our exclusive BREAK-APART™ design technology.

We show our designs as black and white line drawings to accentuate their quality and avoid the tendency to see a design only with the colors shown.

DreamDraper has the full range of window treatment designs – from traditional to contemporary, simple to complex.

The exclusive Design Library includes hardware and designs from well-known designers and vendors such as: Amore, Graber, Iron Art by Orion, Kasmir Fabrics, Lady Ann Fabrics, LaVelle Pinder, M’Fay Patterns, Pate Meadows, Patterns Plus, Rainbow Woods, Sarkis Studios, Parkhill Royale designs, and Nika Stewart.

Used by the Best

DreamDraper renderings have been used by award-winning designers on HGTV’s Designers’ Challenge, the International Window Coverings Expo Design Competition, and others. DreamDraper has been recognized as “Best of Market,” and DreamDraper renderings are featured in national publications and textbooks including Karla Nielson’s Interior Textiles, Taunton’s Window Treatment Idea Book, and Charles Randall’s The Window Decorating Book. It has even been used by students at the renowned Parsons New School for Design.

If you aspire to join the ranks of award-winning designers, DreamDraper is THE program which provides the beauty, attention to detail, and flexibility to showcase YOUR creativity!

On Sale $679 – Save $369!

Check out our Showcase Gallery to see what other designers have created with DreamDraper!

Quick Reference Guide

All DreamDraper packages now come with our new Quick Reference guide, a valuable resource for both new and experienced DreamDraper users to help them design faster and benefit from the full capabilities of the program.

This easy to follow guide is also available by itself for $49, with FREE SHIPPING!

Topics covered in this comprehensive illustrated guide include file organization, basic commands and toolbar functions, Design Library, Break-Apart designs, scale, working with colors and fabrics, importing fabrics, furniture and accessories from the web, and more!

Competitive Upgrades

Are you unhappy with the software you invested in from another vendor? Would you like to switch to a superior program that is easier to use and has greater capability?

We understand, and are willing to help you transition to DreamDraper with a significant price discount!

Please contact our office at 1-866-56-DREAM to learn more about this attractively priced opportunity.

Upgrade to G5 Gold!

If you already have the DreamDraper G-series software installed on your computer, upgrade now to the G5 Gold edition! You’ll love creating beautiful designs faster and easier than ever with our new TKO™ Total Knockout, Free Distort, Enhanced Right Click, Quick Fill and other upgraded features! Find out what’s new

Back To Top

The new and exclusive capabilities of the DreamDraper G5 Gold edition make it even faster, easier and more versatile. You’ll quickly appreciate the greater efficiency and customer impact through fewer steps, fewer clicks of the mouse, and even more design freedom! Now is the time to step up and take your business to the next level with DreamDraper G5 Gold!

Plus, another benefit of upgrading is that you will be able to download any of the current or future add-on design collections directly into your design library!

TKO™: Total Knockout Removes Multiple-Color Backgrounds

In 2007, DreamDraper first introduced the color knockout tool, allowing you to incorporate photographic images of furniture and accessories into your design and knockout the background color with a single click of the mouse.

With the new TKO™ Total Knockout tool, we’ve made this function of the software both easier and more comprehensive in ability! Now, you can remove multiple colors from photographic images and control the transparency level of each color, all from your DreamDraper design canvas.

As shown above, our TKO™ tool allows you to remove multiple colors from a photo and specify the amount of each color that is removed (transparency level). TKO™ gives you total control and offers you more realistic results when including photographic images of furniture and other accessories in your rendering. The result is shown at left. Use the Eyedropper tool to quickly remove all unwanted colors from the image. Another innovation from DreamDraper!

Free Distort: Freeform Skew

The DreamDraper G-Series has always given you the ability to transform a design from a straight front-on view to a perspective view using the Perspective Tool, which allows you to simultaneously and perfectly control the degree of perspective by “turning” the design to fit any window, side wall or corner window.

The G5 Gold release includes a new Free Distort tool that allows you to asymmetrically change each and any side of the design, independently. The illustration at right shows how the upper left corner of the window treatment was skewed downwards using the Free Distort tool, without affected the other three corners of the design.

The new Free Distort tool allows you to skew any corner of a DreamDraper design in any direction – upwards or downwards, inwards or outwards.

DreamDraper G5 Gold gives you both options – simultaneous skewing with the previous Perspective tool or asymmetrical skewing with the new Free Distort tool! Use them independently or in conjunction with one another. Nothing could be easier for creating and perfecting designs shown on side walls, corner windows, or bay and bow windows.

Enhanced Right Click

The Right Click feature has been enhanced to now include access to all commands located in the top toolbar, as illustrated below. Just select an object on the canvas (such as the swag section of the window treatment shown below) and right-click with your mouse to have easy access to commands:

Quick Fill™: Fill with color, fabric or textures with a single click!

With the G5 Gold edition of DreamDraper, you can fill your design without having to switch to the Custom Fill Mode (second arrow)! You still have access to the advanced second arrow feature if you want to fill a specific part of a design without ever having to ungroup it!

Ease of Use: Enhancements reduce # of steps or mouse clicks!

With G5 Gold, we’ve streamlined the program to eliminate unnecessary steps and mouse clicks on many commands.

• Design Library – new “go back” feature to return to the previous location when searching for designs
• Enhanced Search - to be quicker, more flexible and easier to use
• Expanded Edit Preferences – now you can specify to use the SHIFT or CTRL key to size objects proportionately or draw perfectly straight lines

Quick Reference Guide

All DreamDraper packages now come with our new Quick Reference guide, a valuable resource for both new and experienced DreamDraper users to help them design faster and benefit from the full capabilities of the program.

This easy to follow guide is also available by itself for $49 – FREE SHIPPING! Click here to purchase

Topics covered in this comprehensive illustrated guide include file organization, basic commands and toolbar functions, Design Library, Break-Apart designs, scale, working with colors and fabrics, importing fabrics, furniture and accessories from the web, and more!

Go for the Gold and upgrade your current DreamDraper system!

If you already have the DreamDraper G-series software installed on your computer, upgrade now to the G5 Gold edition!

You’ll love creating beautiful designs faster and easier than ever with our new…

TKO™, Free Distort, Enhanced Right Click, Quick Fill™ and other upgraded features!

On Sale Now for $238 – Save $60!

Please be ready to enter your DreamDraper serial # after clicking “Add to Cart.”

Back To Top

You can even import photos of pieces from your client’s home, or use images from vendor websites!

Design from scratch, or Design-On-A-Photo of your client’s room:

• Design to scale, and add dimensions as desired
• Design your window treatment, add colors and fabric patterns
• Add furniture and accessories – from DreamDraper or the web
• Add wall colors or wallpaper
• Turn any treatment into sheers

The DreamDraper Design Library includes thousands of room elevations elements – from over 400 window and door styles to floor, ceiling, or chair rail moldings – all of which can be resized or combined to visualize your client’s dream room – exactly!

See what other designers have done with the power of DreamDraper’s Room Elevations:

Click each image to enlarge and view in greater detail. To close after enlarging, look for the X in the bottom right corner. To easily navigate through the gallery, use the “Next” and “Previous” buttons that appear when you mouse over the left and right sides of an enlarged image.

BREAK-APART™ technology gives you the freedom to quickly search our Design Library 2 ways – by design or component – and choose the most appropriate style for your client’s home!

Only DreamDraper gives you complete freedom and the choice to…

1. start designing with one of our finished BREAK-APART™ designs – hundreds are included!
2. or build your own creation from scratch using our vast library of components – 4,000 to choose from!

Then, with just one click on our exclusive “Gold Buttons,” display all of the individual components of that design for ease of customization – or, with just one entry in our Search function, display all designs or components in a particular category – for example, M’Fay, swags, or bedding.

DreamDraper is the only software that allows you to search for both full designs and individual components – you have complete freedom over what you can create for your clients! Either way, nothing could be faster or easier for you to mix and match for unlimited creativity.

How does it work?

Whether creating fabulous elevation drawings or sketching floor plans, look in the preview window (see the illustration at left) and spot the Gold Buttons located in the corner.

Just browse through the design library, find the design of your choice, click on the Gold Buttons and – VOILA!

As shown at left, the browser will display all components that make up the design, including other style variations and any hardware or trim.

Where applicable, the Preview and Browser windows will also display pattern, hardware, or trim company information, and other descriptions for your convenience.

The design shown in the Preview Window at left is the Bordeaux Valance (M’Fay 9208), which includes the style variations shown below (see also the thumbnail views along with breakouts in the browser).

Remember, GOLD BUTTONS. Make sure to always look for them when browsing through Hard Treatments, Soft Treatments, Furniture – even our Space Planning templates! When searching for sofas and chairs, check out our “sets.”

For example, select a sofa, click the Gold Buttons, and VOILA!

You will see the sofa along with its matching loveseats, chairs, sectional pieces, or even matching ottomans – Nothing could be easier!

The Gold Buttons, along with DreamDraper’s exclusive Search and Favorites features, make finding your designs and components a breeze!

COMPONENTS. In addition to our finished BREAK-APART™ Designs, DreamDraper comes with a comprehensive library of components for all your needs. Choose from literally thousands of individual swags, cascades, panels, finials, shades, accessory pieces, and more!

Remember, only DreamDraper gives you the choice!

Hundreds of finished BREAK-APART™ Designs

Thousands of components

Click image to enlarge

Back To Top