I love the new interface. Much more slick and fresh.
Hi, Mosh.
Yes, you are right. The new Welcome screen and Live text are a geat improvements too.
And the new PowerTrace, the new master Pages... and the balloon ! It's the return to the Golder Age of CorelDRAW
best regards for all
Ariel
Hello Ariel,
X3 just wasn't "Corel" without the BALLOON
Now it's for REAL
GOTTA HAVE THE BALLOON to be Corel !
Ted
Hugh Johnson: What items do you find that "could use fixing"? Let's not (as we say in the U.S.) throw the baby out with the bath water! X4 is a good product, however in my opinion too much time and money was wasted on things that didn't get the Corel user anything for their dollar except something to look at. Sort of like a relationship with a beautiful woman that is not only is a virgin is always going to stay one! I'm a proponent of building the house properly and that starts with the foundation, so first color management as a core technology needed to be improved to enhance our ability to compete with our main competition. Also as part of the core technology enhancements, allowing RGB vectors to pass into the postscript stream, allowing CMYK numbers to change in the print stream (allowing driver based device simulation) and the ability to send what ever internal RGB that is chosen by the user down in the non-postscript print stream without activating a device profile for improved ease of non-postscript device calibration. The above changes are something that would have improved the product for all users, because output providers would have a Corel product that performed in coordination with the process of standard output devices. This also would have improved Corels and my ability to place the application in point of purchase display shops, sign shops and dye sub manufacturers where Adobe is eating into our market. Then there are the bothersome legacy issues like the auto center power clip, the non-proportional being checked in the transformation docker. There is a huge list of these things that make Corel look as if they don't care about the user. The issue with spot color objects shifting when pasting into Photo-PAINT. Solving the EPS compression issue for AI imports. I like the RAW converter but it could have used eyedropper linked tone curves and the ability to read the image in the info docker. As I wrote in my color management book Corel has many features that are a conglomeration of incomplete processes. The Web image optimizer that does most of what it should but not completely, color management that is mostly functional but difficult to use. Corel needs to start finishing some of the projects. In my opinion they make a fine product and I use it all the time but improving it does not mean a new doo dad every release. We, the Corel user would be best served if they finished the job and update many of the features that they already have! David Milisock http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/3308/12245.aspx#12245
Hugh Johnson: What items do you find that "could use fixing"?
Let's not (as we say in the U.S.) throw the baby out with the bath water! X4 is a good product, however in my opinion too much time and money was wasted on things that didn't get the Corel user anything for their dollar except something to look at. Sort of like a relationship with a beautiful woman that is not only is a virgin is always going to stay one!
I'm a proponent of building the house properly and that starts with the foundation, so first color management as a core technology needed to be improved to enhance our ability to compete with our main competition.
Also as part of the core technology enhancements, allowing RGB vectors to pass into the postscript stream, allowing CMYK numbers to change in the print stream (allowing driver based device simulation) and the ability to send what ever internal RGB that is chosen by the user down in the non-postscript print stream without activating a device profile for improved ease of non-postscript device calibration.
The above changes are something that would have improved the product for all users, because output providers would have a Corel product that performed in coordination with the process of standard output devices. This also would have improved Corels and my ability to place the application in point of purchase display shops, sign shops and dye sub manufacturers where Adobe is eating into our market.
Then there are the bothersome legacy issues like the auto center power clip, the non-proportional being checked in the transformation docker. There is a huge list of these things that make Corel look as if they don't care about the user.
The issue with spot color objects shifting when pasting into Photo-PAINT. Solving the EPS compression issue for AI imports.
I like the RAW converter but it could have used eyedropper linked tone curves and the ability to read the image in the info docker.
As I wrote in my color management book Corel has many features that are a conglomeration of incomplete processes. The Web image optimizer that does most of what it should but not completely, color management that is mostly functional but difficult to use.
Corel needs to start finishing some of the projects. In my opinion they make a fine product and I use it all the time but improving it does not mean a new doo dad every release. We, the Corel user would be best served if they finished the job and update many of the features that they already have!
Edward Thurston said:All thru the testing
On another note Ed I didn't mention it in testing because Corel was not going to fix it. It's like the neighbors barking dog problem, it barks until some shoots the dog or the neighbor. In this case these issues will piss people off until they buy something else.
Edward Thurston: All thru the testing On another note Ed I didn't mention it in testing because Corel was not going to fix it. It's like the neighbors barking dog problem, it barks until some shoots the dog or the neighbor. In this case these issues will piss people off until they buy something else. David Milisock http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/3308/12251.aspx#12251
Edward Thurston: All thru the testing
Edward Thurston said:I can't understand the big hoopla about it.
I don't get upset but think about it how many things like this get in the way and have to be reset by the user?
Edward Thurston: I can't understand the big hoopla about it. I don't get upset but think about it how many things like this get in the way and have to be reset by the user? David Milisock http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/3308/12330.aspx#12330
Edward Thurston: I can't understand the big hoopla about it.
I like the interface but i do agree with David, I think it would be a much wiser decision to add tools and fix tools that actually increase productivity or improve functionality. Like the mesh tool drives me crazy, it has so much potential to be a fantastic shading tool but falls short because it seems incomplete, (i've added another post about this if you're curious what i'm talking about). Though the new interface is nice and looks fresh i will not upgrade because of a slightly nicer interface but i would in a second if they actually fixed the tools that i've been waiting for them to fix for several versions now. I agree with David that Corel has a wonderful tool and superior to the competition in many ways but i never understood why they don't go all the way and really blow out illustrator. By this i mean scan through illustrator with a fine tooth comb and out perform them in every respect. I think CorelDRAW is the best illustration program but it doesn't get the respect it deserves because it seems like they only go half way with certain things instead of being the progressive super power they once were. They should really listen to the users more rather than offer us tools that are cool but don't really make a substantial impact. We all mention this because we want to see corel regain its glory but more and more it seems like they're catering more to the amateur market rather than the professionals who really remain loyal to them and therefor i find myself once again at the beginning of the two year wait for the next version to see if they're finally listening to us and hopefully i won't be dissapointed yet again with X5 (fingers crossed).
Well said!
dreamwizard said:I think CorelDRAW is the best illustration program but it doesn't get the respect it deserves because it seems like they only go half way with certain things instead of being the progressive super power they once were. They should really listen to the users more rather than offer us tools that are cool but don't really make a substantial impact. We all mention this because we want to see corel regain its glory but more and more it seems like they're catering more to the amateur market rather than the professionals who really remain loyal to them and therefor i find myself once again at the beginning of the two year wait for the next version to see if they're finally listening to us and hopefully i won't be dissapointed yet again with X5 (fingers crossed).
I think CorelDRAW is the best illustration program but it doesn't get the respect it deserves because it seems like they only go half way with certain things instead of being the progressive super power they once were. They should really listen to the users more rather than offer us tools that are cool but don't really make a substantial impact. We all mention this because we want to see corel regain its glory but more and more it seems like they're catering more to the amateur market rather than the professionals who really remain loyal to them and therefor i find myself once again at the beginning of the two year wait for the next version to see if they're finally listening to us and hopefully i won't be dissapointed yet again with X5 (fingers crossed).
Well written Ariel!