After all these years and updates, CorelPP STILL does not support text borders/stroke?? I just don't understand why not. Every version I keep hoping, but always get dissappointed. Now X4 comes along and still nothing. Photoshop has supported this feature for years, but why can't Corel keep up? It seems to me that they focus all their efforts on CorelDRAW and for CorelPHOTO-PAINT, they just go in and change the icons and call it a day. Maybe I'm missing something and just can't find this feature hidden somewhere (wishful thinking, I'm sure)??
For a few years now to simulate this effect I have to go into DRAW and create a text object with a border. Then copy it. Go into Photo-Paint and create another text object. Then paste the DRAW text object into the PP text object and see how it looks. If the border is too thick or too thin, then i have to start all over again. But if the border is good, then at least i have the ability to alter the letters in the text while still keeping the effect which is good. But it seems to me that if I can mimick the effect in PP, why can't Corel simply implement it into the software fully and give us the ability to change the border thickness and color right there within PP?
Don't get me wrong, I love the Corel products and prefer them over Photoshop and Illustrator, but I wish that Corel would listen to its customers and fix the current problems and if at all possible, match many of the features of the Adobe counterparts.
What do you guys think?
Trust me we have given Corel a right ear bashing in the Advisory Forum and Beta Group.
But that certainly doesn't me you shouldn't have a say too.
YES PP needs more work and the more comment there is to this effect the greater the change of that happening.
So knock yourself out!
OH don't think it didn't get any attention. The bouncing horror box that was curves is gone for one and there is the beginning of RAW support. Make sure and put suggestions in the suggestion box at the bottom or they get lost in here.
Ok, so it was a little exhaggerated for me to say that all they do is change the icons, but when you compare the new features between DRAW and PP, you can clearly see which one got more attention. And this happens on nearly every single release of the product since I can remember (I've been using the Corel Suite since version 6.0).
I realize that we need to speak up as a group for Corel to hear us, but for things like text borders, this should have been implemented about 4 versions back! I would love to hear how many people who actually use PP frequently ever wanted to give their text a simple outline and realize that they can't. And then you scratch your head and say, "but you can do it in DRAW, why not PP?". And yes, I realize that they are 2 different animals in the sense tha one is vector and the other is raster based graphics, but the need and possiblity is still there. I remember seeing this simple feature available in Adobe Photoshop back around version 6 or 7 (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Adobe is Corel's direct competitor, so shouldn't Corel be watching what the competition is doing?
Believe me, I'm not this angry person just bashing Corel. It's quite the opposite. I love the Corel products and just want to see them succeed. It just frightens me that with every release, they are getting left farther and farther behind Adobe.
Corel, please don't make me switch to from CorelPHOTO-PAINT to Adobe Photoshop...please!
There is some really basic stuff that needs to be fixed. And some of what was attempted only went part of the way.
All of which is a bit of a shame as PP does do a couple of things better then PS. But not enough things!
The interface with Draw and the fact that every edit (OLE) causes a separate session to start is just tragic. There is quite a list!
Please SCREAM ABOUT IT, TYPE IN ALL CAPS IF THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER. You won't get any disagreement from anyone in here. PP lets the team down. If it's not brought up to speed fast then we are better served by improved integration with Photoshop. Which maybe should be done in any case.
I read the 3/4 report and Corel doubled the sales of CGS since last year. It's their flagship product. And PP is the dog being towed by the ship. It's the life raft that is too small to hold the passengers.
Yani
Well, I'm very glad to hear that I'm not the only one that feels this way about PP. I've always searched the internet and forums looking for solutions to different problems that I have in PP, but usually never find any. I only see posts and articles about DRAW. So it made me think that basically no one really uses PP, therefore they have no issues.
I hate to say it, but I may have to begin my transition to Photoshop because I know for a fact that we're going to wait another 2 years for X5 to come along and all we're going to get are 1 or 2 useless tool enhancements and a new set of icons for PP.