Yay! A bunch of features that are neat but do nothing to expand possibilities. There is still no vector feathering which is available in ALL other design packages. No Interactive fillet/chamer/scallop tools for any shape regardless of whether it has been converted to curves. Bevel tool still sucks! But hey we have new ugly icons. And, we get to pay an extra $100 for the privilege.
Yes, the lack of new useful features is underwhelming. There are hundreds of amazing macros out there that have could have been added as features.
The biggest missing update is a color replacing tool...like the macros out there.
Same old, same old:
Been using Corel since version 5 and went from a novice to expert. I am amazed at the lack of truly usable features to make us more productive daily in each new version.
I have tested all new versions of Corel since version 5 and managed to crash them all within 10 minutes using just general feature testing. X8 has NOT crashed on me in a few hours of testing. (Using Windows 10)
Sorry Corel, there is no bang for your buck in this version. The knife tool is the only real valuable feature and maybe the monitor scaling thing but you should automatically do that to keep up with the technology...it doesn't make me more productive. Just saves my eyes from straining.
I couldn't agree with you more especially when it comes to the very convoluted find and replace. The current tool is great in terms of power but takes way too many steps.
Personally, I don't concern myself too much with the layout of the icons or toolbars because that is something that can be very easily customized but the sheer lack of actual new or improved features is very disappointing especially when they are features that are already available or have been for many years in other programs that are a fraction of the price like vector feathering which is an amazing tool for shading.
I agree with you Dreamwizard,
Vector Feathering would be a Super tool to have and also I would like to suggest to the CorelDraw team to do something about the ARTISTIC MEDIA tool,
It has been Always an issue when you draw the brush strokes and after you need to clean each of them one-by-one in order to cut them with the knife tool (for example).
Why every time should we have to click the "Break Artistic Media Group Apart" and Delete EACH PATH made by the brush?
You should do something about this. A button that can delete automatically all the paths below the brush.
2. Break Artistic Media Group & Paths Apart