CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade
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Software Reviews of CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12 Upgrade
Customer Review: Corel have added great features and taken away others
Summary: 4 Stars
I have used Coreldraw for almost 6 years everyday in my job from version 9 thru 12. I was so comfortable with Coreldraw 9 and it was very easy to learn. It was an amazing program for screenprint and embroidery purposes. I upgraded to 11 and they changed all the icons on the toolbars, alienating all the Corel 9 users, but the basics of the program where still there. This is a minor point as its still a great program. Luckily Corel 12 has the same toolbar look as 11 so I'm now used to it. Corel 12 is a much more stable program than 11 and I have yet had a problem with it crashing.
Corel have added some nice features, including the smart drawing tool. You can draw a rough shape and the program will convert it a clean square or circle. This can save alot of time if you want to lay things out quickly. You can also take a clean straight line object and easily give it a jagged edge with the move of the mouse.
The Corel program in general is easier to use than Illustrator as its more down to earth, and alot more direct to achieve the same effects.
The options to customise the program are mindblowing, as you can set all your own shortcuts, add and remove certain tools and even re-design the look of the icons if you wish. There is also a setting to make Corel look like the Illustrator workspace so that anyone stepping over from Adobe will not feel out of place.
Corel have always had easier print options than Adobe. The seperation and prepress tabs are easy to follow and change. Luckily this hasn't changed since previous versions.
It also has a wide range of file supports, including EPS, JPEG, Adobe Illustrator and DXF. The other programs that come in the suite easily compete with the Adobe CS suite. Especially Corel Trace, which does an excellent job of tracing bitmap images to Vector.
Unfortunately I have come to realise that Corel 12 has lost certain small features that all the previous version have kept. When you use a program everyday you get used to shortcuts and methods of designing. But now Corel 12 makes you go the long way round. Small things like not being able to edit an object if its grouped to others, and not being able to make simple changes to nodes without accessing it with the shape tool.
These are all minor things that otherwise make for a great design program for the fraction of the price of Adobe CS. I highly recommend it.
Customer Review: are these people insane?
Summary: 1 Stars
this software is total junk. it will crash if you move your mouse the wrong way. if you can remember windows 3.1, this software crashes about that often. Customer Review: CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent graphics program which suits my needs well.Customer Review: True Graphic Creation Power
Summary: 5 Stars
I've used them all: Illustrator, Corel, Photoshop, Fireworks, MS Word (I know, I know..) Pagemaker; now Indesign. Since the 386 processor i've used these programs. Corel Draw has ALWAYS been easier to use. Yes they ALL have powerful features but for me, Corel Draw has been the vector based graphic program that I like and count on. I primarily use Corel Draw 12 and Photoshop CS. With these two programs you can do everything short of 3D animation.
Theres is no easier way to create a poster or a flyer or a newsletter than Corel Draw!
This program is awesome because it is powerful AND easy to use!
My recommendation: Get Corel 12 and Photoshop CS. You'll thank me!
Customer Review: Very bad crash issues and instability problems
Summary: 2 Stars
I've been using CorelDRAW and PPT since version 4, and I must say that the latest version, whether it be because of the patch or not, is widly unstable.
For instance, 5 minutes ago I threw together a texture for a 3D model I'd been working on and as soon as I switched to the "Brush" swatch, crashed. The App Recovery Wizard doesn't even work correctly. It hangs and says the same thing each time.
This crash happens often, reguardless of the operation you are doing and only seems to target certain machine setups.
Tech support used to be good, however, they suck now and the sarcasm I've gotten from some of them made me want to punch glass objects.
Please Corel, patch 12 so it works!
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