CorelDRAW Graphics Suite vs OctaneRender

Likelihood to Recommend

CorelDRAW is very well suited for customizing cross plots and diagrams from external software, and integrating them with multiple other sources, such as pictures, in order to distill the main concepts and summarize ideas for scientific papers. It also works great for digitizing figures from old papers and adapting them to the context of your work.

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Pablo Lacerda Silva

PhD Candidate

The University of British ColumbiaHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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I have been able to import an environment and create realistic lighting rather quickly by using the power of GPU rendering. Paired with its ability to create instances of geometry, it makes it easy to render a megacity environment in half the time. One issue with this is the clutter that can be made with connecting nodes.

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Verified User

Professional in Other

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Ease of use is a major factor in our choice for the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. With intuitive interface terminologies, users are able to jump right into the applications with ease and confidence.
The ability to customize the Suite to fit your particular needs is a major strength of the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. CorelDRAW customization abilities are endless and can turn the default Graphics Suite into a fully customized powerhouse application catered to a designer's specific wants and needs.

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Richard Reilly - Fluid

Executive Creative Director

Fluid DesignsApparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

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Octane uses GPU rendering so it takes advantage of the video card.
It gives you a good selection of options to tweak and refine your model rendering.
It can use 3D instances so it doesn't overuse computer resources.
There are plugins that can be incorporated into other 3D packages for rendering.
Octane is particularly inexpensive compared to other 3D render packages.
You are able to copy certain sections of nodes in order to create different iterations of the same environment or model. For example, changing the lighting or camera features.

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Cons

Some of the font files have spacing issues, for example, Monotype Corsiva is set a little to the right when choosing a centered text
We can't save a version of the CorelDRAW file as a jpeg.
The auto vertical text centering options don't always transfer well or show if saved as a pdf, so we hand-center text vertically.

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Verified User

Manager in Corporate

Consumer Goods Company, 1-10 employees

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Its user interface could use some improvement.
It is node-based so there is a slight learning curve when using it as a beginner.
It doesn't import FBX files.
It requires a 3D model to have UVs in order to import it into Octane.
At times it may not be as stable.

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Verified User

Professional in Other

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Usability

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 8.0

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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.

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Mandy Cramer

Graphic Designer

Miss Mandible DesignsGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 8.4

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It's not easy to get people. The tutorials don't really "tell you" exactly how to do stuff. You have to depend on Youtube and even then, it's not the best. Corel really needs to put out really good quick tutorials on how to do "key" special effects, like how to remove a background QUICK, Art Conversions, Best Practices, etc.

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Jen Lyles

Lead Ignitor

FireSign Inc.Printing, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Corel is as good as Adobe Illustrator but cheaper. It is easier to use than Inkscape, however, Inkscape is free. I chose Corel because I learned it 10+ years ago and transitions were easy enough, affordable enough that I didn't have to relearn or break the bank to continue with Corel.

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Logan Baker

Principal & CEO

Golden Rule SignsElectrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 11-50 employees

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Although both have their pros and cons, Octane is far less expensive and it allows for more control over the geometry within a scene with better lighting and camera controls.

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Verified User

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Design Company, 1-10 employees

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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.

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Stéfano Bellote

Engenheiro de desenvolvimento de produtos Jr

ElectroluxConsumer Goods, 10,001+ employees

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Octane has had a huge advantage of GPU rendering.
It's relatively inexpensive compared to other rendering packages.
It allows for more control over the scene compared to packages like Keyshot.

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No