I write this message for all corel users. In my company i use corel and i use creative suite cs5 for one year and creative CC for one month. Adobe have a grate products but i think there are a lot of programs and one persone can't use all. I find my corel x4 more quickley than illustrator/indesign cc 64 bit. I spend one day for paginate eight pages with illustrator and three hours with Corel. I studies many hours indesign and illustrator but i think almost people have requirement that adobe promotes, it's only a business move. I hope Corel continue to developer this software with this policy and best each distribution. A good graphic using adobe but does not have the ideas in head will never make big plans!!
I agree. The only sad thing for me is when I need a certain function Corel doesn't have, then I must use another company's software to achieve. But this rule does apply to all other software companies too.
I've used Corel since v3 (not X3.. the original 3!) and have also used Adobe products from time to time. I also have CS6 as I thought I might need it when collaborating on other projects with another freelancer I work with regularly.. however, the speed with which I can create a layout or illustration in X6 compared to her working in CS6 is so much faster.
When we have free downtime, we pick an image or object and race to draw the same thing in Illustrator vs X6.. guess who wins nearly every time :-)
So much faster that she (my freelancer) is now learning X6 as she is so impressed with it. She openly admits she never touched Corel in the past as she was told by all her 'Adobe' using pals that your not a pro unless you use Abode products. Total pants in my view! She has had her eyes opened to the fact the bigger is not always best.
I just smile to myself when she finds yet another feature in X6 that just trumps the equivalent function or operation in CS5 or CS6.
If honest, the only reason I have CS6 is Dreamweaver, and if someone sends me an InDesign file - I did start the think maybe i'm just being biased towards Corel as I have used it for so long... but then I use CS6 and realise why I have stuck with Corel for so long :-)
And don't get me started in the CC issue..??!!
I just hope that Corel continues to invest in the product, and in turn it's (very) loyal customer base.
Tomasi Matttia said:I hope Corel continue to developer this software with this policy and best each distribution.
I use CDR from 2008 and in my opinion as i saw, Corel not invest in cdr developing much. From version x4 i saw some changes ,but not big changes. Only the character formating and the color management are changed, in rest just modified. Export and pdf problems appears in x6 like in x4, no free video tutorials to understand color management in x5, x6 ,CorelDraw masters not handle professional the serious problems like eps exporting or pdf publishing, or the bugs ,they reject all or handle indifferent ,they do not like the criticism :) etc... In graphic design industry (professional print companys) as i saw Adobe products are more preferably.
CorelDraw!! Hands down is the fastest. Adobe is like a ferari. Parts are expensive and you get what you get. Corel is like my mustang. You can throw parts at it and tweak it to beat any ferari out there. You do have to have both though. Illustrator users take note. You don't have to use layers for every freakin shape you make.
x4 said:not handle professional the serious problems like eps exporting or pdf publishing, or the bugs
I export EPS and PDF files daily and haven't had a problem in years.
As for bugs, I find them to be very responsive.
Both are just tools. I happen to like Corel's suite of tools better for the price. Although, if both were the same price I'd still stick with Draw over Illustrator.
Also, I wouldn't want a video tutorial on color management, I prefer written documentation on things like that.