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
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 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?
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).
dreamwizard said:I like the interface but i do agree with David
I think we are also missing one significant point and that is the change factor. For example we have CD X3 and now CD X4, we are now looking for a different icon to do the exact same function as we did in X3. Now multiply that for Cd 8 to 9 and then to 10. All that money to change something time and time again that already works and for the companies that use Corel to have the learning curve thrust on them.
Now image this, the only interface changes are for new features! A reduced learning curve and all that time and money could be used to make the semi-finished features complete.
Image a Corel world where the mesh tool and other features are complete, reducing the work arounds?
David Milisock said: I think we are also missing one significant point and that is the change factor. For example we have CD X3 and now CD X4, we are now looking for a different icon to do the exact same function as we did in X3. Now multiply that for Cd 8 to 9 and then to 10. All that money to change something time and time again that already works and for the companies that use Corel to have the learning curve thrust on them. Now image this, the only interface changes are for new features! A reduced learning curve and all that time and money could be used to make the semi-finished features complete. Image a Corel world where the mesh tool and other features are complete, reducing the work arounds?
John William said:I can't believe no one else has picked up on your post about all of the wasted time leaning the new interface and icon changes!
I'm a practical person and want all aspects of all features to work and to reduce any learning curve for the managers of departments or the individual users. These are the kind of things that makes a product have long term value to a user.
Unfortunately few who post of forum view new features or interface changes from a training perspective.
I'm new here, and from Venezuela, so forgive my english, please: Been using corel since ver. 5, and I will use it the rest of my life :-), it is the best vector program (at least for what I do, which is mostly illustrations and some graphic desing). I'm agree with John William about the new interface icons and having to invest time in getting used to it. Also I'm not sure why, but my mouse wheel+ctrl key combination is not working as zoon tool, like it use to work with the X3, and I use that a lot!, so having problems to get use to the zoom tool in the regular way (but I guess that is a problem that has to do with the windows/corel X4 funcionality, not sure) Also, have to get use to the new color bar, with the grey border, it took out the contrast of the colors, so the only option is to use the tick black border. I wish there was a way to costumize the grey color, make it black. Well, I'm not sure if I'll use this new corel since I work faster and confortable with the X3, but I do apreciate the effors of corel to make a better program. Keep doing it!. It is the best vector-desing program for me, and I'm sure it will keep getting better, cause by these forums and medias we can make corel people to listen to our needs, and I'm sure they are listening and will try to take the program to the next level.
Oswaldo Rosales said: Also I'm not sure why, but my mouse wheel+ctrl key combination is not working as zoon tool, like it use to work with the X3, and I use that a lot!, so having problems to get use to the zoom tool in the regular way (but I guess that is a problem that has to do with the windows/corel X4 funcionality, not sure)
It's a new feature. Now you can use the mouse wheel while pressing
You can also choose the default action for the mouse wheel; Zoom or Scroll.
Hi, Oswaldo, do you know there's a spanish forum? (¿Sabías que existe un foro en español? )
http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/110.aspx
Thanks Ahmad for the info, but it doesn't work, I mean, using the shif+mouse scrool, it does the same big steps zoom like it does with mouse scroll whell. I get lost i the page, it doesn't go where the arrow is pointing, like it used to do with the use of ctlr+mouse scroll in X3. I already went to the options tool and checked the zoom option for the mouse scroll, so that's not the problem. I guess it has to do, maybe, with my wireless logithec keyboard and the way it works with Corel or windows. Never mind.
Y gracias Ariel, por la información, no sabia que habia un forum en español. Voy para alla tambien :-)
I am currently using X3 and everytime I scroll the mouse button it zooms in or out. Is there a way to turn this off? I would be glad if all I had to do was use ctrl or shift. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
jjyoder