CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

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71 Reviews and Ratings

What is CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?

Corel Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, offers the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, a graphic design studio and library of tools.

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Screenshot of A complete suite of applications:
CorelDRAW® - Vector illustration and page layout
Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ - Image editing and pixel-based design program
Corel® Font Manager - Font exploration and management tool
PowerTRACE™ - AI-powered bitmap-to-vector tracing (included as part of the CorelDRAW application)
CorelDRAW.app™ - Online vector illustration and graphic design via web browser
CorelDRAW.app™ for iPad – Vector illustration and graphic design iPad app
CAPTURE™ - Screen capture tool
AfterShot™ 3 HDR - RAW photo editor

Screenshot of Professionals in the sign and print, and fashion industry rely on CorelDRAW® to create artwork for a variety of print outputs, thanks to a powerful color management engine and superior prepress tools.

Screenshot of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has commerce professionals covered with dedicated tools for web and print, whether you’re designing point-of-sale promotions or creating assets to enhance an online store.

Screenshot of Illustrators and artists alike can combine their classic art practices with CorelDRAW’s state-of-the-art vector-illustration technology to create beautiful, sophisticated works of art.

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Screenshot of A complete suite of applications: CorelDRAW® - Vector illustration and page layout Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ - Image editing and pixel-based design program Corel® Font Manager - Font exploration and management tool PowerTRACE™ - AI-powered bitmap-to-vector tracing (included as part of the CorelDRAW application) CorelDRAW.app™ - Online vector illustration and graphic design via web browser CorelDRAW.app™ for iPad – Vector illustration and graphic design iPad app CAPTURE™ - Screen capture tool AfterShot™ 3 HDR - RAW photo editor

John La Belle View profile

President in Professional Services at Mind's Eye Reprographics, Inc. (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

Infinitely scalable Vector-based graphics.
Controlling the overprinting of both fills and outlines for manual trapping.
A multitude of export formats including PDFx-1a and multiple levels of EPS and AI compatibility, as well as raster-based formats with full color and antialiasing control.

Cons

It needs a little work importing certain types of PDFs and EPS or AI formats with Bitmaps contained in them, but it's generally 99% fine.

Return on Investment

The software is rock solid in almost every version I've upgraded from, since Version 2.0 in the early 90s. The upgrade costs are so minimal compared to the amount of work you can churn out with it on the first day, the ROI is pretty much less than 24 hours. Your first job can easily pay for the cost of the software.

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat DC, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Garvit Garg View profile

Team leader at hmx media (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It helps us to create vectors for product advertisements very efficiently and also I created banners for social media and local business in my previous company.

Pros

Vector design
Graphic design
Concept art
Digital painting

Cons

They can improve their layer system
It crashes a lot
They can add AI as every software now have it.

Most Important Features

Text tools
Gradient tool
Vector and graphic design

Return on Investment

The impact is positive as it helps to create designs faster and save time.
We can convert any image ready for printing, that's saves time and resources.
As an advertisement and elearning company, it helped boosting our productivity.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator CC

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Blender, Autodesk Maya, Adobe Substance 3D Collection, Adobe After Effects

Hermann Santamaria View profile

Product Manager in Product Management at Washify Services LLC (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Other than for company-related work like creating diagrams, image buttons for our customers, Barcodes, and others, I also use CorelDRAW Graphics Suite to create logos, banners, and other stuff for our business. It is easy to use and has a very accessible User interface. The way palettes and tools are accessed makes it simple enough for all ages. No need to learn any special commands. Everything is straightforward.

Pros

Easy to manage and comprehend
Easy User Interface
No need to look for other programs. It has direct access to Photopaint and Barcode scanner.

Cons

The color palette new interface to select outline color should go back to how it was in older versions
The Printing interfeace is lacking some options
Color Management

Most Important Features

Easy to use
Less expensive than other brands
Suited for all desiner levels.

Return on Investment

Fast ROI
Fast purchase

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe PhotoShop, Freehand by InVision and Inkscape

Other Software Used

NanoCAD, Ultimaker Cura

Renny Evertz View profile

Representante de Ventas Latinoamérica in Marketing at Oil Flow de Mexico (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is an excellent tool, all the vector sketches and marketing structures of our ads are made in CorelDRAW. We use it a lot to manufacture icons and logos of our product brands and user manuals for our sales team. Really an efficient tool, we make our templates to do the manuals in many products!

Pros

Easy peasy! The interface is very intuitive and easy to use, even for new users
Easy to work with different sheets within the same CDR file, to export different pages
The software is so fast and light
Multi-platform

Cons

Upgrades to newer versions are annoying.
Sometimes sorting out different items on the screen gets a bit confusing.

Most Important Features

Filtering and searching for sources (fonts)
The interface is very intuitive and easy to use
We use to create logos, flexes, brochures, invitation cards, and any type of line-based vector design

Return on Investment

It's a very nice investment to our marketing department
We save money in all the designs because it's a professional tool for everybody
It is a positive application in terms of cost benefit for our organization.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe PhotoShop

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe Acrobat DC

Daryl Garner-Savory View profile

General Manager at Elemod Electronics (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

Logo design
Signage rendering
Engraving layout
Certificates

Cons

Text to path could be more flexible and intuitive
DXF and DWG conversation could be improved

Return on Investment

Fast rendering
User-friendly GUI

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator CC

Other Software Used

DraftSight, AutoCAD, Autodesk Tinkercad

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