General questions on Corel Draw

I am not familiar with either Corel Draw or the other graphic program (Adobe).  I am hoping someone can help me figure out what I need to buy.  I am looking for a program that I can use to make lettering and graphic files and send to a cutter.  I also want to be able to change bmp files to vector files.  I would need to save in .plt format.   I would also want to be able to put together a graphic to print and then transfer to a T shirt.  I don't understand Corel Draw.  Do I have to puchase the program piece by piece?  Is Corel Draw Graphic Suite X3 a stand alone product or ?.  Thanks for any help you can give me.

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  • Cracker,
    Several folks on this newsgroup use CorelDRAW to create files for
    cutters. It seems to be very popular among sign makers and T shirt
    printers. I'm not one of either vocation, so can't answer all your
    questions, but I'll answer what I can. If you repost your question with
    "cutter" or ".plt" in the subject line somewhere, I bet they'll jump in.

    CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 is a complete set of programs including
    vector and bitmap editing. There is a bitmap to vector program built
    into the vector program. Depending on your bitmap, it can do good
    things, but some bitmaps just can't be converted directly no matter what
    program you use and you'll end up redrawing them. There are text
    capabilities built into the program and it includes a font manager. A
    LOT of clip art also ships with CGSX3 as well as a HUGE collection of fonts.

    CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 includes CorelDRAW (primarily vectors, text
    and page layout, though it can handle bitmaps - it includes PowerTRACE -
    the bitmap to vector program built in), Corel PhotoPaint (primarily
    bitmap manipulation),Bitstream Font Manager, and a few other little
    utilities as well all in one box. It's well worth the price you pay for
    it and is a lot less expensive than that other program.

    We also have lots of friendly folks on our forums who like to answer
    questions from new users.

    Hope that helps.
    Val P.

    cracker wrote:
    > I am not familiar with either Corel Draw or the other graphic program
    > (Adobe). I am hoping someone can help me figure out what I need to
    > buy. I am looking for a program that I can use to make lettering and
    > graphic files and send to a cutter. I also want to be able to change
    > bmp files to vector files. I would need to save in .plt format. I
    > would also want to be able to put together a graphic to print and then
    > transfer to a T shirt. I don't understand Corel Draw. Do I have to
    > puchase the program piece by piece? Is Corel Draw Graphic Suite X3 a
    > stand alone product or ?. Thanks for any help you can give me.
    >
    >
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