For starters, CorelDraw now includes the Smart Drawing tool, which tries to resolve sketched input into common shapes. The new features in the CorelDraw suite center on ease of use. The new Dynamic Guides provide temporary guides to give you more control over object creation and placement. Similarly, you can drag the image to Corel RAVE and add animation effects.
Once you return to CorelDraw, the updated image will already be there. For example, if you have a brochure with a bitmap image, you can double-click the image in CorelDraw to launch Corel Photo-Paint and make necessary edits. Integration among the three major apps is very good. The suite also retains its import/export capabilities for Adobe file formats, such as EPS and PSD. Corel has added some powerful drawing tool additions and a handful of suitewide tweaks since its last version, such as better font control (easy Unicode character access) and import/export support (export to Microsoft and WordPerfect Office, enhanced SVG AutoCAD, Visio, and HPGL filters).
However, although the full-package price is reasonable for what you get, we do think the $179 upgrade price is a bit steep.ĬorelDraw, Corel Photo-Paint, and Corel RAVE cover the entire gamut of graphics tools-enough to complete whatever task you have at hand. $1,148 for the Photoshop/Illustrator combo). It's a terrific value at a fraction of the price you would pay for similar Adobe applications ($399 vs. High-quality clip art, photos, templates, fonts, and training material fill up the other three CDs to round out the package. The suite ships on four CDs, with the three major apps contained on the first CD. "="" -="">/sc/30670-SS1.gif" width="300" height="225" border="0" />ĬorelDraw's work space is totally configurable, allowing you to create your own toolbars, dock palettes, and keep multiple color palettes open simultaneously.