If not. Why? 3D in Coreldraw is very dated and primitive and AI's is very good....especially the vector mapping around the 3D object's surface. NOT just bitmap texture, but vector mapping! Good stuff!
Unlike most of you in this forum, I'm just a hobbyist, but I have upgraded to most of the new versions starting with Draw 7.
Because I also enjoy 3D modeling, the X7 upgrade would have been a sure thing had it been given the ability to paint directly on 3D models like PS extended can. As it stands, at least for a hobbyist, I'm not seeing the value in upgrading to X7 yet. I was really hoping to see 3D capabilities in PP. Maybe X8 will get there.
Hi, hello,
I am little bit too late to post here, but I just want to comment about CD's 3D effect. It is just an effect, and does what it intends to do for a 2D program. If you want full 3D effects, then use Blender 3D, with no additional cost on your part but it will require time to learn but worth the effort.
Check this:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blender+3d+text
In the future, you really can't see improved 3D capabilities on both AI and CD. Because they are intended as 2D application, not as 3D.
I'd prefer Corel spend dev $$$ on better 2D capabilities. There is so much room for improvement and progress. 3D is a very niche effect, I'm not sure I have ever missed it.
hywelharris said: I'd prefer Corel spend dev $$ on better 2D capabilities. There is so much room for improvement and progress. 3D is a very niche effect, I'm not sure I have ever missed it.
I'd prefer Corel spend dev $$ on better 2D capabilities. There is so much room for improvement and progress. 3D is a very niche effect, I'm not sure I have ever missed it.
3D effects are important if you work on both Illustration/graphic Arts and Video editing. You want your less than 10-second Animated Logo/Video intro into your video projects beautiful, and no amount of AI/CD expertise can make your animated logo looks professional, except by editing it with a full 3D application like Blender.
I think and believe that Graphic artists need not to stay on the 2D world, but explore also 3D it is an additional tool as a graphic artist. There are very good tutorials(still a noob in Blender) in youtube and also in blender.org.
allanregistos said: 3D effects are important if you work on both Illustration/graphic Arts and Video editing. You want your less than 10-second Animated Logo/Video intro into your video projects beautiful, and no amount of AI/CD expertise can make your animated logo looks professional, except by editing it with a full 3D application like Blender. I think and believe that Graphic artists need not to stay on the 2D world, but explore also 3D it is an additional tool as a graphic artist. There are very good tutorials(still a noob in Blender) in youtube and also in blender.org.
There're several programs for 3D already, and some of those program are really good and powerful. (Maya, Cinema, 3DStudio, etc) Some programs are expensive but others are free. If Corel develop a 3D software, we will need to have at least the same features of the other programs, and that means a lot of worrk for develop this program. btw not all people need a 3D program (I never use it), but it will be important to have "3D features" for CorelDRAW: lights, shades, bevel, surfaces, textures, etc. I think it will be a great improvement for the next release
Ariel said:If Corel develop a 3D software
CorelCad, which is fairly decent but too late to the game IMHO.
Check CorelDraw Technical Suite. And Corel CAD. With X6 you can a Technical PACK
Ariel said: 3D effects are important if you work on both Illustration/graphic Arts and Video editing. You want your less than 10-second Animated Logo/Video intro into your video projects beautiful, and no amount of AI/CD expertise can make your animated logo looks professional, except by editing it with a full 3D application like Blender. I think and believe that Graphic artists need not to stay on the 2D world, but explore also 3D it is an additional tool as a graphic artist. There are very good tutorials(still a noob in Blender) in youtube and also in blender.org.
There're several programs for 3D already, and some of those program are really good and powerful. (Maya, Cinema, 3DStudio, etc) Some programs are expensive but others are free. If Corel develop a 3D software, we will need to have at least the same features of the other programs, and that means a lot of worrk for develop this program.[/quote]
They need to develop a 3D extension(which is another and more complicated beast to program with) to their existing 2D application that is CorelDraw. Corel released a 3D product called CorelCAD 2014, it was not written from scratch by Corel engineers, but they licensed a product from ARES (http://www.graebert.com/ ) to develop a CAD application much faster. I think the user interface was built by Corel themselves(the interface is very similar to CorelDraw), but the core CAD engine was licensed from ARES. So from this perspective, writing a 3D application is not a walk in the park. They can enhance the current 3D builtin effects in CorelDraw, but that is still limited because there are technical barriers for trying to reach the feature set offered by other 3D applications. It would be easy to create a separate application for it(I am speaking from a programmer's perspective). This is what they did exactly with CorelCAD. So, the current 3D in CorelDraw can be improved, yes, but that would not be a sign that it will reach or competitive enough similar to other 3D apps. Very far from it, again due to technical barriers.
Ariel said: btw not all people need a 3D program (I never use it), but it will be important to have "3D features" for CorelDRAW: lights, shades, bevel, surfaces, textures, etc. I think it will be a great improvement for the next release
Yes I agree.