Corel Corel Draw Graphics Suite - X8 Reviewer's Guide
Reviewer’s Guide
Contents
1 | Introducing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 ....................................................... 2
2 | Customer profiles .............................................................................................. 6
3 | What’s included? ............................................................................................. 10
4 | Top new and enhanced features ..................................................................... 14
Jump in............................................................................................................................................. 14
Craft ................................................................................................................................................. 16
Personalize ........................................................................................................................................ 22
5 | CorelDRAW Graphics Suite user favorites ....................................................... 28
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Artwork by
Jesus Irvin
Herrera Aquino
Mexico
Introducing CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X8
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X8 is a comprehensive
graphics solution that helps you transform your creative
energy into artwork that will delight and create lasting
impressions across any medium. Its high-caliber tools,
unparalleled power, and highly customizable workspace
empower you to harness your creativity, design your way,
and inspire your audience.
Whether you are a new user or have lived and breathed
CorelDRAW for years, take advantage of a wide range of
learning tools and a customizable environment to get
started quickly and make the app uniquely your own. For
anyone creating graphics on Windows, CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite X8 is optimized to take full advantage of
the latest generation of Windows 10 devices. And with
an emphasis on productivity, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8
makes your workflow faster and simpler, all while giving
you more control — especially when working with fonts
or editing images and objects.
We welcome you to learn more about the power and
creative possibilities of the new CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite X8.
versatile resources that aim to inspire and educate are built
right into the suite. Whether you’re a first-time user, you’re
upgrading from an earlier version or you have experience
with other graphics software, there are in-product learning
tools designed for you. Case in point, the new Startup
tours. This series of interactive tutorials reduces the
learning curve so you can get up and running faster than
ever before. What’s more, the popular Hints docker has
been enhanced to make it even easier to maximize the
suite’s tools and features as you work. And now accessible
from the revamped Welcome Screen, the Discovery Center
offers a collection of creative tips and tutorials for every
learning style and skill level.
The technology that drives so much of the design world is
evolving at an astonishing rate. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8
is designed to let you fully leverage these advancements.
Whether it’s the latest version of the world’s most popular
operating system, the most high-definition monitors, or
advanced multi-monitor support, you can design with
ease.
Craft
Jump in
One of the guiding principles in the development of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 was ensuring that nothing
ever impedes your creative confidence. With that in mind,
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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has long been the graphics
software of choice with creative and production
professionals because the unparalleled power of its
toolset allows them to design with dexterity, speed, and
confidence.
As much as CorelDRAW Graphics Suite hopes to inspire
you, that relationship is a two-way street. Many new
features were developed as a direct result of suggestions
from users who depend on the suite every day. This
invaluable feedback led to such workflow enhancements
as the Font list box, which simplifies locating the perfect
font for your project. New object-editing options — such
as the ability to hide objects, copy and reuse curve
segments, and select adjacent nodes —simplify and
accelerate even the most complex designs. The
enhanced Knife tool opens a world of creative
possibilities by letting you intuitively and precisely split
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vector objects, text, and bitmaps. Corel
PHOTO-PAINT® X8
also rolls out a range of high-caliber photo-editing
additions, including the Healing Clone tool for
seamlessly removing blemishes from images, perspective
distortion corrections, and a new Gaussian Blur lens.
appearance. There are also a range of customization
options to help you tailor the interface to suit your
workflow. Because fonts are central to so many creative
™
sectors, the new Corel Font Manager
simplifies finding
and managing fonts on your system. You can also
enhance and tailor your workflow even more by
choosing from a collection of creative tools available for
download or purchase directly from within the suite.
Delight
CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X8 has everything you need
to deliver eye-catching professional-quality designs to
any medium. Whether your work is destined for the
web, social media, print ads, brochures, billboards or
vinyl signs, the suite provides the flexibility and accuracy
that you need for all types of projects.
Personalize
For every industry that relies on CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite, there’s a different workflow, each with different
needs. Rather than force anyone to work a certain way,
Corel encourages you to work in whatever way best suits
you and your projects.
You can adapt your design space by customizing icon
sizes or the color of the desktop and window borders.
You can choose from a variety of UI arrangements
designed for specific tasks, Lite workspaces designed to
make each application’s most commonly used tools
more readily accessible, or classic X6 Inspired workspaces
for longtime users who may prefer the suite’s legacy
One of the reasons that CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has
long been a favorite with creative professionals is that it
has always allowed them to focus on wowing their
audience. Time spent tweaking color settings and
dealing with file formats comes at the expense of what
they’d really rather be doing — creating expressive,
captivating designs. To that end, CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite offers a color-management system that assures
accurate color representation regardless of your level of
expertise. Whether you’re importing a client’s mock-up,
working with previous designs, or sending a project to a
print shop or manufacturing facility, you can be certain
that your colors are true. And with its industry-leading
file format compatibility, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8
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provides the flexibility that designers need for sharing
their work. There’s also a web-development tool, Corel
™
Website Creator
, that has dozens of templates so you
can easily design, build, and maintain a web presence
without having to learn how to code.
And when you could use some inspiration or advice,
there’s the CorelDRAW Community site. It’s the place
where users can get together to share and learn from
others, discover what community members create, and
fuel their inspiration.
Choose your purchase option
In the interest of user choice, we’re offering several
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite purchase options.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. It offers a cost-effective
®
alternative to paying the upfront cost of the software.
Instead, you’ll get a full, downloadable version of
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
*
that remains entirely
functional for as long as your subscription is active. You
decide how and when you want to use it. An annual
plan offers an overall discount, with the option to autorenew or end your subscription after the 12-month
period.
You’ll always be notified when the latest performance
enhancements, updates and versions are available for
download. Your subscription entitles you to the next
major version upgrade for as long as your subscription is
active.
Perpetual License
At Corel, we strongly believe that you should not be
forced into a rental model if you don’t want it. For a
one-time payment, a CorelDRAW perpetual license gives
you the right to use the software forever, with no extra
monthly cost. By purchasing a box, download version or
volume license version of the product, you get access to
the full benefits of a specific version, and there is no
need for a permanent Internet connection. Perpetual
licenses give you the option to pay for future major
upgrades, only if you want them.
Subscription
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A CorelDRAW
Subscription is an affordable way to stay
up-to-date with the latest tools and enhancements of
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Upgrade Program
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The new CorelDRAW
Upgrade Program is the hasslefree way for designers to keep their toolbox up-to-date
at the best price. If you own a version of CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite with a perpetual license, you pay one
affordable fee once a year, and you’re assured of
working with the latest design tools, new file
compatibility, and the most current technology. And as
long as your account is active, you’ll automatically get
the latest version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. Best of
all, sign up once and forget about it. In addition, if your
needs change, you will continue to own the last version
you received through the upgrade program.
*
A corel.com account and Internet connection are required to
download and use the application and manage your subscription.
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Artwork by
Tomasz Mrozinski
Poland
Customer profiles
Graphics and creative professionals
Graphics and creative professionals in advertising and
printing industries spend much of their time creating
and editing graphics, working with text, and retouching
photos.
These users frequently work on layout and design
projects for print and the web, such as creating logos
and multipage brochures. They seek innovative design
tools that optimize their workflow and compatibility
with commonly used file formats.
Production professionals
These users focus primarily on sign making, screen
printing, engraving, and graphic design for print and the
web. They frequently repurpose and combine such assets
as illustrations, scanned logos, photos, clipart images,
and fonts. They often repurpose content provided by
clients in a variety of formats. They use this as a starting
point, but spend the bulk of their time reworking and
tweaking it. They pay particular attention to design
optimization and output preparation. Their work is
output to large-format printers, engraving machines,
glass or vinyl cutters, and silk-screen or Direct to
Garment (DTG) printers.
Occasional graphics users
Entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized businesses
often create marketing and communications materials
in-house. Often self-taught in graphic design, these
occasional users modify existing artwork, retouch
photos, and create ads, flyers, and other marketing
collateral.
Business users in medium-sized to large enterprises strive
to create professional, graphically rich projects ranging
from sales presentations to web graphics. They spend
considerable time reworking existing projects and
retouching photos to use in their marketing and
communications materials.
Hobbyists are self-taught and use graphic design
software occasionally for creative projects — such as
newsletters, calendars, banners, and photo layouts —
for personal or community use.
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Why do graphics professionals choose
CorelDRAW Graphic Suite?
enhanced searching and filtering features help you
find fonts for any project faster than ever.
There are many reasons why CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
is the software of choice in so many industries, but two
really stand out: unparalleled typographical features and
the ability to fine-tune your design environment with
customization options and the support for the latest
technology.
Typ ogr aph y
Whether your work is destined for the web, a digital
sign, a billboard or print, chances are text will be a
critical part of the design. Text is such an important
element of a design because it can truly set the tone of a
project. A font or text style chosen haphazardly can
undermine an otherwise great piece of work, running
counter to the rest of a design.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite simplifies your typographic
workflow by allowing you to manage your font
collections and create new ones, choose the perfect font
for a project, refine the look of text until it’s just right,
and ensure that there are no problems when handing off
a design for printing. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8
introduces Corel Font Manager, a standalone font
management application for finding, organizing, and
previewing local fonts. It also provides easy access to
online fonts on the Content Exchange. In addition to
existing typographical features that have made the suite
a favorite with graphics and production professionals,
The Insert Character docker helps you quickly find a
font’s available glyphs, while the Font Playground lets
you easily find the perfect font by comparing and
adjusting a variety of text examples. Font embedding
ensures that CorelDRAW documents can be viewed,
printed, and edited exactly as designed. You can also
access and preview advanced OpenType features for your
fonts, including strong support for Asian text.
Flexible UI customization
When it comes to giving you the freedom to modify your
design environment to your exacting standards, few
applications come close to CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.
Giving you the ability to design in a personalized creative
environment has always been a hallmark of the suite.
There are endless customization options that let you
keep frequently used tools within easy reach and tailor
the main applications to work the way you prefer. Quick
Customize buttons make workspace customization fast
and easy. And icons have been redesigned, allowing
you to scale them up to 250%, so you can get more
out of high-resolution displays. You can also pick the
color of the desktop, toolbars, and window borders to
best suit your projects. What’s more, CorelDRAW has a
variety of workflow-specific workspaces based on the
recommendations of professional industry experts who
use the suite routinely to arrange tools and features for
specific tasks.
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In this release, the suite has been optimized for high
resolution displays, ensuring that user interface
elements appear crisp and legible when displayed on
high resolution monitors, including UltraHD 4K.
Advanced multi-monitor support ensures that you can
work in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT across
multiple monitors of varying DPI.
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Artwork by
Ximena Alejandra
Flechas Chaparro
Brazil
What’s included?
Applications
• CorelDRAW® X8: This intuitive vector-illustration
and page-layout application meets the demands of
today’s busy graphics professionals and graphics
non-professionals.
• Corel
• Corel Font Manager
• Corel® PowerTRACE® X8: This utility is embedded
• Corel
• Corel CAPTURE
• Corel
®
PHOTO-PAINT® X8: This professional
image-editing application lets you quickly and easily
retouch and enhance photos.
™
X8:
This standalone font
management application lets you find, organize, and
preview local fonts, as well as online fonts on the
Content Exchange.
in CorelDRAW to help you quickly and accurately
convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics.
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CONNECT™ X8: This full-screen browser lets
you access the suite’s digital content, the new
Content Exchange, and search your computer or
local network to quickly find the perfect
complement for a project.
™
X8: This one-click utility lets you
capture images from your computer screen.
®
Website Creator
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™
: This application offers
a fast and easy way to design, build, and manage
websites.
Supporting applications
• Barcode Wizard: This wizard guides you through
the generation of bar codes in a wide range of
industry-standard formats.
• Duplexing Wizard: This wizard helps you optimize
your projects for two-sided printing.
• PhotoZoom Pro 4
export
and enlarge digital images from Corel
PHOTO-PAINT.
• WhatTheFont: This online font identification
service is integrated with CorelDRAW.
• Microsoft
®
Visual Basic® for Applications 7.1:
This integrated development environment includes
64-bit support and helps you streamline your
workflow by automating tasks.
•
Microsoft
®
Visual Studio® Tools for Applications
2015: This toolset includes the power of the .NET
framework, so you can create time-saving macros to
automate tasks and extend functionality.
• GPL Ghostscript: This feature lets you isolate and
use individual elements of imported EPS files rather
than only header images. It also improves the import
of PDF files generated by third-party applications.
*
:
This plug-in lets registered users
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* Application download requires Internet connection and
an authenticated version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite.
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