Likelihood to Recommend It is a perfect suite of applications to finish presentations and create beautiful layouts for design. It is very useful both for graphic design and for architecture design when you want to draw a realistic idea of a project without being a rendering or when you need to present both images and vectorial drawings.
Read full review I would 100% recommend Inkscape to anyone starting out with graphic design or illustration, as it isn't that difficult to get the hang of on the first day of using it. I am not recommending Inkscape for beginners alone, even experts in the field can use Inkscape professionally as it cuts of the expense of needing to buy a paid graphic design software which provides almost the same features. Inkscape is also great for beginners because it can be treated like a stepping stone to move onto a paid graphic designing software like
Adobe Illustrator , so Inkscape can be used to test the waters before making the leap. Inkscape and Illustrator are almost the same so there wont be any difficulty in switching later on.
Read full review Pros Easy to learn - especially if you have experience with other graphic software. It is fairly intuitive which is helpful. Creating high resolution graphics is a breeze with this software - and it has the ability to export into a large variety of formats! I am able to import a wide variety of file formats. I have also had success with importing and editing PDF files which has been helpful. Read full review Creating mockups using all kinds of graphic elements together. Creating Video thumbnails and thumbnail templates. Online 'how to' resources help a great deal. Read full review Cons The bitmap edit feature to edit images. The pop out is clunky and with it was a bit more integrated. Trace - Would love to see this strengthened. We love to scan in hand drawn things to turn to vector and would love to see the accuracy increased. Read full review Can be tricky to get the hang of at first UI is not always naturally intuitive but generally it is good May require reading documentation and watching tutorials to skill up before using it efficiently Read full review Usability Just like any design program or suite, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't do graphic design professionally. If you're not adept at learning a program or experience, it isn't a program you can just pick up and start using easily. Outside of the learning curve, it's a nice program with a decent user interface.
Read full review Support Rating Overall, CorelDRAW meets all my needs as a researcher and allows me to create beautiful and clear graphics to illustrate the main ideas for publications. It does not lack any functionality for my needs; however, it has some bugs that impact productivity, such as the color drag and drop that sometimes stops working and needs restarting, and crashes, especially when working with large bitmaps.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Although other softwares are good in there field but CorelDRAW is very good when it come to ease of making the designs. We can create designs in it very quickly and efficiently and also it us Avery easy software to learn, anyone can pick it up at good pace. Also it is more widely used by vendors here for printing, so its a better choice.
Read full review Inkscape is easier to use and learn, and results are outstanding.
Read full review Return on Investment Ease of use reflects on less time to train new users, a positive impact in investment and productivity. The practicality to make new designs results in less time needed to do them, again a positive impact. The integration with other graphic programs could be better if needed to finish a rendering using the design made in Corel Draw it's needed to export in formats that don't carry all information and the process is not that simple. Read full review Inkscape has eliminated our expense on graphic design software, which is great. We can perform all necessary jobs in Inkscape, thus not needing for a better paid software Although Inkscape is a great software, it is not recognized for professional use like Adobe Illustrator for example Read full review ScreenShots CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Screenshots