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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

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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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$249.00

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per year

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$499.00

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Physical Edition

$499.00

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
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Product Details

What is CorelDRAW Graphics Suite?

Designed with productivity in mind, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite boasts users among millions of graphics pros and design teams around the globe for endless creativity with no time wasted.

Theis toolkit for professional vector illustration, layout, photo editing, typography, and collaboration is presented as equal parts creative and efficient, and is designed to be the perfect recipe for delivering breathtaking design projects, quickly.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Features

  • Supported: VECTOR ILLUSTRATION | Vector illustration tools to turn basic lines and shapes into complex works of art.
  • Supported: PAGE LAYOUT | Tools to create layouts for brochures, newsletters, and multi-page documents.
  • Supported: PHOTO EDITING | Adjust color, remove imperfections, and correct perspective with Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Use AfterShot HDR to edit raw images.
  • Supported: TYPOGRAPHY | Arrange type with the ability to tailor the font, size, spacing, shadows, and contours. Fine-tune fonts responsively with variable font support.
  • Supported: FONT MANAGEMENT | Organize and manage a font library with Corel Font Manager, and use favorite fonts without installing them.
  • Supported: COLLABORATION | Collaborate with clients and colleagues using CorelDRAW.app to gather real-time feedback from one or many reviewers.
  • Supported: COLOR & TRANSPARENCY | Apply color to both fills and outlines. Change the transparency of an object, and fill objects with patterns, gradients, and mesh fills.
  • Supported: STYLES | Manage styles and style sets to apply consistent formatting across multiple objects, produce iterative versions, and format whole documents quickly and consistently.
  • Supported: AI-POWERED TOOLS | Process images with AI-powered upsampling and JPEG artifact removal features, effects for bitmaps and vectors, and bitmap-to-vector trace results.
  • Supported: NON-DESTRUCTIVE EDITING | Edit bitmaps and vectors without harming originals. Create block shadows, symmetrical illustrations, and perspective drawings non-destructively.
  • Supported: FIND & REPLACE | Locate common drawing components across multiple pages and preform updates all at once. Replace fills and outlines with a time-saving workflow.
  • Supported: WEB GRAPHICS TOOLS | Develop captivating web content and graphics with a collection of web graphics tools and presets.
  • Supported: PROFESSIONAL PRINT OUTPUT | With the color management engine, users can control color consistency across different media and know colors are accurate before printing.
  • Supported: FILE COMPATIBILITY | Open and publish to a variety of file formats, including CDR, CDT, CPT, DES, AI, PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, DWG, DXF, EPS, TIFF, and HEIF.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Screenshots

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 editorScreenshot of From creative professionals working in advertising and publishing, to small businesses producing in-house marketing materials, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has the tools to create everything from stand-out brand identity assets to alluring sales tools.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.Screenshot of Get more for less! Discover the affordable, flexible way to stay up-to-date, while enjoying exclusive features, content, enhancements, and support for the latest technologies.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAfrica, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, South America, UK, USA
Supported LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Czech

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Adobe Illustrator CC, Affinity Publisher, and GIMP are common alternatives for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Garvit Garg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
I believe CorelDRAW is one of the best when it comes to graphics, illustrations and vector designs. It helps to create these kind of these very fast and efficiently. It definitely lack some creative features , so I have to move back to Photoshop or illustrator for them, such as masking tools are not that great in Corel.
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Hermann Santamaria | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is the best option for graphic designs for new designers and experienced ones. It has all the tools needed. It is easy to use and learn—no need to be an expert or have a top-of-the-line system. Tolls are available and 1 click away.
Renny Evertz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
It is better to use to make vectors and 2D draws. CorelDRAW has the ability to work with other programs in the CorelDRAW graphics suite, such as Corel Photo-Paint, which helps users produce more composite images. It is not the best to make photos more professional, but it's a very complete suite.
Daryl Garner-Savory | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has been a cheaper option to design work in engraving, product development, and general layout manipulation. The only drawback is the less effective DXF and DWG filter. Importing these files into CAD/CAM packages comes with minor issues that I’ve found ways to work around but without other expensive software this is more difficult.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
If you want to design in a vector format, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is the best. With some practice and reading up on the tips/tricks, there's literally nothing you can't do with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
The tool is fairly easy to pick up and do some basic functions. Which makes it great for non-design folks to participate in collaboration. It also has a lot of power so we can take ideas and really refine them into a quality design. Although I say I like collaboration, this tool does not offer a shared interface where multiple people can work on a project at once. The would be an interesting upgrade to see this ability of teaming in a design environment.
Pam Fultz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
I have used this software for years and LOVE it. I feel like I have excellent control over my designs. My customers have always been pleased with the results. A bonus is that this software, even though it is very powerful, will not break the bank! We have been able to do a lot of in-house printing with great results because of this software!
September 01, 2020

Corel and its maybes

Jen Lyles | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
You want the ugly truth? I wish Corel did everything Illustrator does. However, Corel is a STRONG solid program. If you want a dependable software that you can do pretty creative stuff in. Corel works. You can do things in it that you can't do anywhere else. It works really well for creating signage and layouts for products.
Logan Baker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Corel Draw is great. The price point is not as high as some other comparable software, but lower would be more appealing, as there are free versions of similar software on the market that give Corel a good run for their money. Perhaps a 'startup' subscription for new companies or users?
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is a good all-around image editing and creation software. We are able to maintain internal artwork without the need for an artistic department. It seems less confusing to me than offerings from other vendors. The new version is very slow to open and save, so it is probably no longer well suited for high volume image editing.
Herm Harrison | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
CorelDraw Graphics Suite is a jack-of-all-trades. It can handle virtually any commercial publishing need. It is not, however, the "best" at any one function. For my use it's indispensable, but I'm called on to create technical drawings, sales literature, business cards, and product photos. For more narrow responsibilities, there are better products such as Adobe Suite for photos, but nothing on the market competes in terms of broad functionality.
Stéfano Bellote | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Any design need can be met with Corel Draw Graphics Suite, and it offers a simple interface with easy access which is suitable for any kind of user, be it an experienced graphic designer that never used Corel Draw, or someone new to graphic design or no experience at all to this world. For sure the software with the best learning curve.
December 15, 2019

Review from a power user

Richard Reilly   - Fluid | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is a powerhouse when it comes to vector art generation and workflows. The toolset within DRAW allows for a wide range of work that can be completed easily without the need for additional software. Printing to plotters can be done directly from within DRAW making set up and Vinyl cutting easy and quick. Prepress is another great aspect of DRAW. Coupled with Pantone screen printers can easily create color separations with ease and confidence. Multi paged documents is another plus with the Suite. Corel is well suited for flyers and newsletters, and even books.
John La Belle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
CorelDRAW is perfect as a standalone drawing program where vector-based formats are required and are more than adequate as an Adobe Illustrator competitor. It's not so well suited for doing book work or full brochure layouts, though it certainly CAN. It's just not really designed specifically for that in my opinion and might feel a bit clunky to use if you're trying to use it for those things instead of an application such as InDesign.
Pablo Lacerda Silva | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Ostap Yaroshevych | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
We use it for the production of different graphic products quickly and easily. It allows saving and exporting a large number of formats (jpg, pdf, png, ai, bmp, among others). So, great experience designing everything from documents to posters, logos, popups and more. Don't wait, just try it.
Mandy Cramer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
I would only recommend CorelDraw if someone didn't have access to Adobe products. It's really nice for creating flat graphics for web or UI or anything like that, but for more photographic things, I don't recommend it as much. I think it is good for easy layouts but I wouldn't really use it for making magazine or book layouts.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is well-suited for someone in the sign-making or engraving business, as there is a lot of support within the community for this program and it is widely used. We use CorelDRAW to design proofs for our customers and also use this program to set up the files to send to our laser engraving print driver. Although there is a photo editor within the suite, I think there are other programs that are better for this. We have found the photo editor to be very useful to open files that other programs can't seem to open.
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