CorelDRAW

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Professional graphic design software

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David
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Corel over Adobe

Reviewed on 18/3/2020

Started using it at a previous job, used it for scanning and color correcting childrens' artworks,...

Started using it at a previous job, used it for scanning and color correcting childrens' artworks, liked it so much I decided to make the switch over to Corel myself.

Pros

I've been using Corel instead of Adobe for years now, ever since Adobe switched to a subscription base. It's auto vectorizing feature is fantastic for scanning in my ink drawings and making them vector images without having to trace everything myself. Very easy to use and adapt to if you've been using Photoshop for awhile and have been looking for something else.

Cons

The fact that it isn't industry standard like Adobe is unless you're in the screen printing or automotive wrap industries.

Alternatives Considered

Inkscape

Reasons for Choosing CorelDRAW

Didn't like Adobe's focus on subscriptions

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

Because of my experience with Corel at my previous employers
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Amazing Designers tool for all design concepts

Reviewed on 13/11/2022

Overal coreldraw draw is the easiest design tool to work with and has amazing support booth from...

Overal coreldraw draw is the easiest design tool to work with and has amazing support booth from the developers and online users platforms its also very easy to find tutorials online for the same making it my best choice for editing and design.

Pros

The software has all the features well displayed with an easy user interface to work through the ability to create text documents and to link corel with other text editors like word and to import and edit images makes it an all in one editors tool.

Cons

The software has no feature to completely remove an image background making images editing quite difficult. The software also does not have an online platform that could be an amazing add-on since one can access it from anywhere increasing the platform dependency.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

The ease of use compared to the other platforms was unmeasurable and the availability of easy training and help tutorials
Charles
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Corel Crash

Reviewed on 5/6/2019

I am a Corel Draw professional. Been using since Corel Draw2. I have upgraded just about everytime...

I am a Corel Draw professional. Been using since Corel Draw2. I have upgraded just about everytime Corel came out with a new version. 2017 (19) was the last stable version. 2018 was terrible and 2019 seems to follow suite. I run it on W10 Pro on a Older MAC Pro (8 Core 32GB, 1G VC) using Parallels desktop PRO version. Do yourself a favor and learn illustrator!

Pros

Looks Fancy, has some cool drawing tools

Cons

Crashes all time, makes thing more complex than they need to be.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

I am a 25+ year veteran with corel Illustrator was a harder program...now not so much. I have used 2,3,5,7,8,9,11,12,X3,X4,X5,X6,X8, 19,20 and now 21 was not much of a choice. Corel has always had it's issues but this new version SUCKS. Oh and congrats on going MAC too bad it will not run on EL Capitan. Way to go Corel.
Rohit
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  • Industry: Animation
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

"Discover CorelDraw,"

Reviewed on 2/7/2023

Using this programme keeps my creative juices flowing; I recently created a sizable fashion...

Using this programme keeps my creative juices flowing; I recently created a sizable fashion catalogue in the course of one week because it drastically cuts down on all the tedious tasks I typically have to complete.

Pros

For creating graphics, vectors, brochures, and other graphic designs, it is an amazing programme. Only this excellent programme has delighted me and my clients.Professional and innovative design elements that assist you in getting the finest design for your requirements.

Cons

"I have tried to contact Corel about this without success. Pop-ups can't be stopped despite the settings in the options to do so.Even though there is a clear issue with my equipment, I don't have this issue with comparable products.

Edwin
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

CorelDraw the best powerful graphic editor available

Reviewed on 26/9/2021

This software is really one of the best old software's for graphic and vector editing. It performs...

This software is really one of the best old software's for graphic and vector editing. It performs well once you get understanding on how to use it. I would urge people to use since learning how to use it not that complicated.

Pros

First what I liked about this software is because it is user friendly, it is easy to operate or use that software. Another this is its interface, it is so really simple in that I did not have any difficulty working with the features and components to come up with something productive. Another thing I like about this software is that it is available in more than platforms. Lastly it has an excellent collaboration tool in the comments sections which enables other users comment on its artwork without necessarily downloading the application.

Cons

Sometimes loading this application takes a lot time and this is really boring. Its pricing is somehow high compared to adobe related software's. It also has free version although it has limited features. I don't have much more negative about this software since it addresses all issues related to editing.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

The reason why I chose this software is because it is simple to learn though the all perform same and exemplary works.
sateesh
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

good

Reviewed on 15/12/2022

user friendly and gud to go

user friendly and gud to go

Pros

easy adaptability and gui user friendly .timely updates and excellent customer care .

Cons

PHOTO EDITING TOOLS NEED TO BE POLSIHED FOR EASY USE AND NEED TO OPTIMISE SOFTWARE WHEN USING OR WORKING HUGE FILES.it LAGS DURING HUGE USAGE .

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Photoshop

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

due to high resource usage of previous product we have switched .
Eric
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Beautiful drawings and graphics

Reviewed on 29/7/2023

It has been a fantastic journey working with CorelDraw

It has been a fantastic journey working with CorelDraw

Pros

The aspect that I like about CorelDraw is very detailed graphics and eye catching lovely color palletes.

Cons

I see no reason for me to say negatively about CorelDraw as it has truly beautiful vector graphics.

Yoosuf
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Graphics Designing

Reviewed on 4/9/2023

Can make marketing posters easier with Corel Draw.Also easy to design Logos and T-shirt Logos

Can make marketing posters easier with Corel Draw.Also easy to design Logos and T-shirt Logos

Pros

It is really easy to edit posters and also making leaflets of our products

Cons

There wasn't a function that i would use in graphics designing missing in Corel Draw.All functions are easy to use and user friendly.

Pankaj
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  • Industry: Building Materials
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Colorful graphics and vector designs

Reviewed on 20/7/2023

My journey with CorelDraw is both emotional and personal. Really awesome.

My journey with CorelDraw is both emotional and personal. Really awesome.

Pros

CorelDraw software is my preferred software for designing great graphics and vectors for marketing purposes.

Cons

Nothing specifically about this great tool except the fact that it needs to have a better interface.

Luis
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  • Industry: Automotive
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

I used a long time ago, but it was useful

Reviewed on 23/7/2023

Pros

We used for one project and was exactly what we needed.

Cons

it is difficult to understand and use at the beginning

Marcos
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

CorelDRAW is king when you have to print professionally

Reviewed on 28/8/2021

Where I live and work, if you don't work with CorelDRAW, you will not get reliable results in the...

Where I live and work, if you don't work with CorelDRAW, you will not get reliable results in the printing process. So, the ease of knowing what a design will look like is fantastic. The pricing's a bit iffy and software stability can be an issue.

Pros

CorelDRAW has been the defacto interface between design and professional printing (such as offset and digital printing on a large scale) for decades. Adobe Photoshop has taken over for smaller applications, but if you go to a proper, old school, big and storied print shop, they expect you to be working with CorelDRAW. This makes it very easy to get predictable results from designs.

Cons

Up until recently, CorelDRAW had a very restrictive business model which made it expensive for smaller businesses. They've now implemented a hybrid model with subscriptions available, but they are still a bit more expensive than the competition. My biggest gripe, though, is that the software itself can be buggy and crash out quite a bit.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Photoshop

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

Print shops prefer CorelDRAW. It's what they're used to. So, I had no choice.
Stephen
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

I resisted buying a product like this for so long - I wish I had bought it years ago!

Reviewed on 23/9/2022

CorelDRAW is quite simply one of the best purchases I have ever backed. It gets used 2, 3 or 4...

CorelDRAW is quite simply one of the best purchases I have ever backed. It gets used 2, 3 or 4 times a week acoss the business. The incredible number of tools available may not all be used by us but the fact is, when someone has an idea to do something, CorelDraw has a simpler or better way of doing it than other products we have used previously.

Pros

If you have used a graphics program before, then this is a professional solution will be a familiar one.

Cons

It is important to understand layers and also how to select different elements for editing.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Illustrator

Reasons for Choosing CorelDRAW

We needed to be able to create and edit graphic solutions in different formats

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

I don't like the complexity of Adobe Illustrator, neither do I like a subscription model. The fact is that Corel offer lower cost solutions and if I dont buy a new version each year then it is even cheaper overall.
Soumya Jyoti
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best tool for artworks and fasion designing

Reviewed on 8/8/2021

It has been a quite good experience with CorelDraw and their customer support. Also we are running...

It has been a quite good experience with CorelDraw and their customer support. Also we are running this on subscription basis by which we are always on the latest version and can take advantage of all new features released in newer versions. Our designing team seems to be satisfied and perhaps this has been the only software recommendation they always had while it came to product designing. With a lot of machinery integrations, it is quite easy to push any Corel artwork to print very easily. Overall, it is a positive recommendation from our side.

Pros

We have been using this software since last few years and it has become increasingly integral in our product development and designing. With some of the unique feature it brings to our table which caters to the requirement of today's fast paced fashion industry in truly implacable. Right from color swatches to the collaborative environment, everything is just designed to be used.

Cons

Though we may not consider it as a con, yet sometimes we feel to improve the menu orders and restyling them would make the software more interesting, however when looking at the developers' point of view I hope they are already familiar with the location of their options and tools which they didn't want to be disturbed. Also, a more extensive library of templates could be more beneficial.

Tim
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

The easier,cheaper route to desktop design excellence

Reviewed on 30/9/2022

The competition in the market for desktop design software is very much skewed against the success...

The competition in the market for desktop design software is very much skewed against the success of corel draw, but it surprisingly has stood the test of time.Most powerful and popular design software really takes alot of time to learn in a useful manner. Coreldraw is the opposite, especially for those of us who have design intersecting with their work, but not neccessarily being their main Job. Team members who learnt with coreldraw rarely used other tools except the rare occassion to make a file suitable for sharing.

Pros

Once you setup corel, the design environment is straightforward to get started with, and functionality is easy to decipher from the available menus.

Cons

Because its not the default design software most people use, you have to always be deliberate and considerate of how you manage your design files to be compatible with other software.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Creative Cloud

Reasons for Choosing CorelDRAW

learning curve was too steep

Switched From

ACDSee Pro

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

easier and cheaper to get started.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Chemicals
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

CorelDRAW - A Comprehensive Vector Graphics Editor

Reviewed on 2/3/2023

Overall, CorelDRAW is an excellent vector graphics editor that offers a wide range of tools and...

Overall, CorelDRAW is an excellent vector graphics editor that offers a wide range of tools and features for creating professional designs. Its intuitive user interface, vast library of templates and clip art, and robust set of drawing and photo editing tools make it a favorite among designers and artists.

Pros

Intuitive User Interface: CorelDRAW's user interface is well-organized, customizable, and easy to navigate, making it simple for both beginners and professionals to use.Vast Library of Templates and Clip Art: CorelDRAW has an extensive library of templates, clip art, and fonts that can be used to jump-start any project.Robust Set of Drawing Tools: CorelDRAW offers a wide range of pen and brush tools, geometric shapes, and other drawing tools to create custom designs and layouts.Advanced Image Editing Features: CorelDRAW supports a range of advanced image editing features, such as color correction, image retouching, and masking.Multi-Page Document Support: CorelDRAW's advanced layout tools make it easy to create multi-page documents, such as brochures, booklets, and magazines.Versatile Export Options: CorelDRAW supports a variety of file formats, including PDF, EPS, and SVG, making it easy to export designs for various purposes.Regular Updates and Improvements: CorelDRAW receives regular updates and improvements, ensuring that users always have access to the latest tools and features.

Cons

Steep Learning Curve: While CorelDRAW's user interface is intuitive, it can still take some time to learn all of the software's features and tools.Resource-Intensive: CorelDRAW can be resource-intensive, particularly when working with large files or complex designs. This can lead to slower performance on older or less powerful computers.Limited Compatibility: CorelDRAW's file formats are not always compatible with other software, which can cause issues when collaborating with others or sharing files.Price: CorelDRAW can be expensive compared to other graphic design software options, especially for individuals or small businesses on a budget.Customer Support: Some users have reported issues with CorelDRAW's customer support, citing long wait times or unhelpful responses.Lack of Integration with Other Software: CorelDRAW doesn't always integrate well with other software, which can be a downside for users who rely on other tools or platforms in their design workflows.

Nimanthi
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

one of the finely used software throughout the world

Reviewed on 26/4/2019

this tool is good for creating flyers, one page brouchers, images or medium level videos. Its...

this tool is good for creating flyers, one page brouchers, images or medium level videos. Its features make it worth using software. When it comes to remove major errors from image, refining the image or video, or applying basic and advance effects, no other tool is better than corel draw. For rendering large size image, this tool slows down and takes time yet the result is always up to the standard. Hence, corel draw is highly recommended as the best graphic designing tool.

Pros

Corel draw is one of the finely used software throughout the world. Its user friendly interface, easy to use features and reliability makes it exceptional for every graphic designer. However, what make it special are some major features of this software. While using corel draw the features which make it exceptional are its live-sketch tool, healing clone tool, curving, multi monitoring, blur feature, enhancement stylus, extremely easy to use GUI, interactive sliders, font search and filtering, custom shapes of nodes, font management, and vector previews. All the features make it easy to handle any complex graphic designing work. When one starts using this software and editing a picture or image, all the solutions, elements and features are one click away for him and this is the reason why it is given preference by experts over all other graphic editors. Moreover, the best aspect of this tool is the connected workshops which enable a naive user to master himself in graphic editing using corel draw.

Cons

While using this software, one also has to come across some downsides of this tool such as less support to real life pictures and videos composition, less support to high volume data and powerful images, visibility of minor drawing issue due to enhanced images etc. Moreover, stuffs such as page accumulation, layout methods, automation of styling and proper written guides are missing when one start using corel draw for advance purpose.

Bryan
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  • Industry: Design
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Well above the competition for magazine layout and advertising design

Reviewed on 24/6/2018

Pros

I've been using CorelDraw since version 3 back in 1993. CorelDraw combines the features of apps like Illustrator, Photoshop and Indesign in one intuitive and easy to use application. Need to design a vector ad that uses a few images? Edit the image and adjust resolution inside CorelDraw without having to first use another program like Photoshop. Need page layout for a multi-page project? Do it all in CorelDraw instead of having to build every page or ad separately and import into a separate application just for page layout. In addition to features that allowed us to use a single program rather than multiple, CorelDraw has an assortment of shortcuts that just make sense, and that Adobe hasn't bothered to include an easy way to accomplish in programs like Illustrator. Select the next object below or last below is a perfect example of this. With Illustrator a simple feature like this wasn't possible until CS5, while Corel had it for years before. All in all, CorelDraw's ease of use and flexibility saved me countless hours over the years.

Cons

The biggest problem CorelDraw faces is that it is not advancing as quickly as its competitors. I still believe it is the best tool for the specific projects I had in the past, but if I had a project that involved solely vector illustration, or photo editing, I'm not sure if CorelDraw would be the best choice for it. It really shines in projects that would normally require a mix of PS, AI and ID. I hope that it continues to advance in the future so that it remains relevant for other types of projects as well.

Kwame
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Simplicity

Reviewed on 12/2/2022

That far's been very great I actually utilize this product, particularly for monochrome plan work,...

That far's been very great I actually utilize this product, particularly for monochrome plan work, it's very useful. I even use it to work together with different designs programming

Pros

Truly, the start of my vocation when I began configuration work was utilizing Corel Draw programming, perhaps around then, it was form 11 and 12. The impression when I was confronted with the application was a basic showcase and simple to-recall apparatuses. Perhaps this is the initial step for novices who need to genuinely foster their gifts and vocations in visual computerization. It doesn't take too lengthy to even think about seeing every one of the devices utilized. Very quick and successful when applied straightforwardly to a basic work. For instance, making solicitations, books, letterforms, stamps, and making ace pictures for screen printing.

Cons

I will impartially pass the weaknesses of this application agreeing on to my ability as a client. This product can frequently be said to crash while dealing with a genuinely weighty work. Likewise, the shading looks somewhat pale, and the consequences of the product of pdf documents whose tones are frequently not true to form. This submits me frequently get questions from clients when they get printing from us. I will impartially pass the inadequacies of this application concurring on to my ability as a client. This product can frequently be said to crash while taking care of a genuinely weighty work. Moreover, the shading looks somewhat pale, and the consequences of the commodity of pdf documents whose tones are frequently not true to form. This submits me frequently get questions from clients when they get printing from us.

Rafael
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  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Simply a great and useful graphing program.

Reviewed on 15/3/2018

In general it has allowed me to represent with excellent quality, the various products for whose...

In general it has allowed me to represent with excellent quality, the various products for whose development I have used this software.
I am currently testing the latest version 2017 and the LiveSketch tool is really sensational as it allows to draw freehand vector curves directly on the screen, being very promising the tests that I have and am doing.

Pros

What I find most remarkable is its vectorial character, a quality that is very useful especially when the work done has to be enlarged or printed in large size, because if it were based on pixels, the sharpness of the image would be lost on which one worked.
Another good feature is that it works based on objects that are independent of each other, and it is also multipage (which significantly differentiates it from similar programs such as Illustrator that is not).
Also worth noting is the fact that it is one of the few commercial software that can be installed indiscriminately on a PC, or on a mac (apple) and even under Linux, allowing to save, import and export documents from a wide range of formats such as: Adobe Illustrator , PCT (Macintosh PICT), PSD (Adobe photoShop), etc

Cons

The basic disadvantage that I find is the same as it applies to any graphic software of vector character: you must have a computer equipped with a powerful and powerful processor that allows you to perform all the calculations necessary to design with this software, a task that becomes a lot slower to the extent that the number of data rises, as more elaborate designs are desired.
In particular work with surfaces composed of a large number of points, because they must be characterized with enough detail, and in a number of occasions I had to "filter" the number of data that make up that surface to use the software and get results in a peremptory time

On the other hand, it is not compatible with freeware programs such as the inskcape.

Mohammad
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  • Industry: Graphic Design
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

My experience with CorelDraw

Reviewed on 1/12/2021

A program through which you can create a lot of daily designs or logo designs that cannot be...

A program through which you can create a lot of daily designs or logo designs that cannot be dispensed with, but you must use external programs with it

Pros

- The program is very easy to use and even beginners can work with it easily
- With this program, you can design vector graphics and design logos and characters with ease
- It has a simple and uncomplicated interface and great features that enable you to finish the design quickly and you can change the tool shortcuts as you like.
- Through the program, you can export the design in all the formats you want as PDF, image, NG, TIF, and many more
- Has educational courses on YouTube that enable beginners to work on it from the first week of use

Cons

- Sometimes while you are working, the program may stop working, but you can activate the automatic file saving feature during a period of time you specify.
Bad in dealing with Arabic texts, you cannot rely on it in texts because it does not support all types of fonts.
- Although the tools in it are easy to use, but they are not enough for you to produce a final design, in most cases you have to use an external program to complete the design completely
- It has a feature called Power Clip Inside, and its usefulness is to put a shape inside a shape or an image inside a shape, etc., when you use it, the program becomes very slow

Allan
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  • Industry: International Affairs
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Not entirely easy to learn, but it’s worth it

Reviewed on 17/8/2021

CorelDraw is a great product which allowed me to explore my creative interests. When I first...

CorelDraw is a great product which allowed me to explore my creative interests. When I first decided to learn graphic design and editing, CorelDraw was not my first choice. But after getting overwhelmed by the other alternatives I tried, I found CorelDraw the perfect balance between user friendliness and functionality. The image editor is easy to learn, side by side window comparisons of designs help the design process, importing and exporting files doesn’t have to be a struggle, your computer doesn’t have to be the most powerful in order to work smoothly with CorelDraw, etc, etc. There have been so many high points.

Pros

The vector creation tool is my favorite tool of all And very easy to execute, no matter the format of the original imported file. Also, CorelDraw had very useful resources and readily accessible communities to help me learn my way around the software as fast as possible. The image editor was not as complicated and sophisticated to learn / use as the other alternatives I had been struggling to pick up before switching to CorelDraw. I also realized that exporting similarly sized files took longer in other alternative products than it did when I worked in CorelDraw.

Cons

I had a few instances where saved images ended up in poorer resolutions or lower pixels when I save directly as image.

manjulika
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Corel draw : design your ideas

Reviewed on 18/4/2023

Overall I am liking this stunning superb vector designing software for all my needs to design and...

Overall I am liking this stunning superb vector designing software for all my needs to design and present ideas. The vector work give immense power to my designs as they are not getting pixelated.

Pros

CorelDRAW is a vector software which gives immense power to your graphical imagination. This is the kind of a tool like every graphic designer must learn and practice

Cons

In beginning it is little difficult to understand the GUI if you are shifting from Photoshop but it’s a fact that more time you spend with the software the most family are you will be

Richard
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  • Industry: Graphic Design
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great value for money!

Reviewed on 10/3/2022

Pros

CorelDraw has different versions, one, an improvement on the previous.

I'll like to say, it's by far the easiest vector graphics application by every standard above it's competition.

In every version of CorelDraw, the design approach and dashboard opens up your creativity with intuitive tools and design values with no limits.

Cons

For design shops to major press outfits and newspaper publication like ours, we find that CorelDraw has a low learning curve compared to Adobe products, Gimp and others.

Unfortunately, there is no version for Mac

Alternatives Considered

Adobe InDesign

Reasons for Choosing CorelDRAW

Ease of use, Staff found CorelDraw to be far easier to work with as vector and graphics manipulation and error correction is a breeze
Jedrek
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  • Industry: Apparel & Fashion
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Value buy.

Reviewed on 7/4/2021

CorelDRAW is the value buy. It follows an old-school pricing model where you buy the software at...

CorelDRAW is the value buy. It follows an old-school pricing model where you buy the software at the beginning and then you are done. No financing and being dinged month after month. This is great because you can pay a 3rd of the price of the leading competitor.

That being said, if you need photoshop, adobe would be the way to go! If you just need an art software for designing logos, corelDRAW!

Pros

Corel has all the features you need for artwork designing.
It is simple for beginners and complex for veterans.
Does the job at a fraction of the cost.
Buy outright at the beginning (no monthly fees)

Cons

It is not the market leader. Most people are working in Adobe so sometimes the transition of files isn't loved.
The software becomes outdated and you need separate software for each computer.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe XD and Adobe Creative Cloud

Reasons for Switching to CorelDRAW

Price!
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Overall rating
  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
  • Review Source

Overall rating

  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

You'll love it once you learn how to use it

Reviewed on 23/6/2022

CorelDraw is the best program for your graphic design purposes specially if you're designing...

CorelDraw is the best program for your graphic design purposes specially if you're designing something working with vectors.

Pros

CorelDraw is a leading graphic design software and my most preferred one for this purpose. The variety of tools and the degree of control that you have over the vectors is the most amazing experience that someone can expect as a user.

Cons

Corel has improved over the years but the image editing tools can still improve.
It's not an easy software to learn and enjoy; however, all of the other softwares within the same range are the same.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator