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!
hello James
I think you covered it. There is room for a true vector based 3D engine that will incorporate shading and accurate mapping for sure.
In the mean time it would be nice to have Corel do something for a start as rudimentary as Photoshop and Illustrator. Adobe's strength is finding and driving commercial tools. Acquisition is their strength since the first deals with Xerox for Acrobat and the Knoll brothers for Photoshop and Brainerd for Pagemaker why build it when you can buy it. What John Warnock knew was where the market was..
Illustrator and photoshop are a long way from great but the suffice for a lot of grumbling users.
Best thing that could happen is for someone like google to acquire Corel and put the dep pockets to work.
Maybe something will come from their and Facebooks efforts in virtual reality would have been nice if google had kept sketch_up.
Meantime ho! hum!
Ross Blair
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.