CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Reviews

Photo editing is not as sophisticated as Corel's other Photo program PaintShopPro, or Adobe Photoshop.

PDF files can be larger than those created by other programs.

Could offer better use of layers and grouping elements, sometimes sorting through different elements on-screen gets a little confusing.

Printing preview is not the best and most precise, could be improved.

Integration with other design software could be better.

More videos for using tools in software

Each time a version changes you can't find things again, so maybe a "what's changed" document

Bitmap editing is extremely slow to open and save in the newest version.

Vector creation and editing is sometimes confusing.

Sometimes Eyedropper and drag and drop colors from one object to another stops functioning and requires restarting.

The size of arrowheads ends for lines is too limited.

Documentation on many features are absent or obscurely hidden which I feel deters users from learning about or how to use certain aspects and features of the suite.

VBA in Corel is a major asset and used by many. The lack of knowledge of VBA from many users could be addressed with a more user-friendly way of creating custom macros and toolsets. I feel Corel should implement a user-friendly way of creating custom macros as the VBA abilities of Corel are a major asset that could generate more users and sales while giving current users a more powerful way of using the suite.

I don't think it is well suited for photographic quality artwork.

There aren't as many editing tools.

Layering isn't as good as competitors.

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.

The trial version has limited features.

A little bit expensive compared to other competitors

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.