Since Corel is the arguable standard for the sign industry, have they ever had presentations at any sign conventions? With the number of macros at macromonster.com that work directly with the sign industry I don't see whey this doesn't exist. There are a number of programs that try to emulate Corel which are industry specific but most don't come close.
Hello ruckstande; You can buy CorelDraw at almost all the sign shows, but because it doesn't come with drivers for cutting vinyl most venders stick with the programs that do ( Flexy, SignLab, ect. ). They cost more and are harder to learn, but they have things that sign makers need. I use CorelDraw to layout about 90% of my signs, and SignLab for the other 10% and all the cutting. When most people get into sign making they want a program that makes it easer to run there ploters. Some of the ploter vinders will give you a bolt-on for CorelDraw to do the cutting. I have a Allen and they give me a program called DirectCut for CorelDraw, but I don't use it.
George
TheSign Guy said: Hello ruckstande; You can buy CorelDraw at almost all the sign shows, but because it doesn't come with drivers for cutting vinyl most venders stick with the programs that do ( Flexy, SignLab, ect. ). They cost more and are harder to learn, but they have things that sign makers need. I use CorelDraw to layout about 90% of my signs, and SignLab for the other 10% and all the cutting. When most people get into sign making they want a program that makes it easer to run there ploters. Some of the ploter vinders will give you a bolt-on for CorelDraw to do the cutting. I have a Allen and they give me a program called DirectCut for CorelDraw, but I don't use it. George
Hi.
Exactly.
If I did happen to be at a sign convention I would push the single fact that saving your designs in CorelDraw is the way to go. Once you get stuck with many Flexi, or SignLab files for example, you're basically trapped. Either convert them one by one or stick with the niche program forever just as the companies want you too. Then you miss out on the power of CorelDraw which is more universal and powerful.
~John.
I use Corel for everything and used to use Neon Wizard and FlexiSign in my old department. As far as I know they still used them but I have no idea why when Macromonster macros can do everything and when you need to cut there are programs like Co-Cut. I was only curious because I never saw Corel there.
ruckstande said: I use Corel for everything and used to use Neon Wizard and FlexiSign in my old department. As far as I know they still used them but I have no idea why when Macromonster macros can do everything and when you need to cut there are programs like Co-Cut. I was only curious because I never saw Corel there.
Probably because users that use CorelDraw for signs is actually a only small amount. It's such a universal vector editing application that it's use is much more broad.
Plugins and macros are great. CorelDraw easily accepts them letting the broad spectrum of users so fine tune the application for their specific needs, such as signmaking.
~John