CorelCAD is a top of the line software product that is sufficient for professional engineers and designers. I had the opportunity to use this product to design a deck and an addition for one of my homes. I was able to create the level of detail needed by the county to get my designs approved and it also was easy for my crew to work from the plans. My father was a chemical engineer and I let him use the product for a few weeks to get his professional opinion.

Though I have extensive experience with graphic design and web design software, I had never entered into the realm of CAD. Like GIS, CAD is something I have wanted to learn to both augment my own projects and to broaden my capabilities with software that I am unfamiliar with, but might be useful in helping my clients. Not that any of them are looking for a CAD professional, but I was seeing the possibilities that CAD could open up in helping my clients pre-visualize what we were trying to accomplish in areas without the need to get to deep down a path just to convince them to spend the money.

To be honest I’ve always been a Photoshop fan. And I wanted to see how CorelDraw compared. Part of the problem (for me) was the learning curve with CorelDraw, especially since I was used to Photoshop. I ultimately found the features not as intuitive as I would have liked and have switched back to Photoshop.

To be honest I’ve always been a Photoshop fan. And I wanted to see how CorelDraw compared. Part of the problem (for me) was the learning curve with CorelDraw, especially since I was used to Photoshop. I ultimately found the features not as intuitive as I would have liked and have switched back to Photoshop.

This sort of software comes with a significant learning curve, but Corel’s habit of including tutorials puts a dent in that difficulty. This title comes with a lot of design art; borders, clipart, design elements, fonts, etc. This is an excellent program for design layout and vector editing. If you’re new at this sort of software, work through the tutorials and you will be pretty amazed at what you can accomplish.

This sort of software comes with a significant learning curve, but Corel’s habit of including tutorials puts a dent in that difficulty. This title comes with a lot of design art; borders, clipart, design elements, fonts, etc. This is an excellent program for design layout and vector editing. If you’re new at this sort of software, work through the tutorials and you will be pretty amazed at what you can accomplish.

CorelDraw Graphics Suite x4 is a great program. I’m no techie, but it is easy to use. I use it for banners, manipulating pictures, or creating drawings. The possibilities seem to be endless, but again, I’m no techie. I would suggest this program for those who are interested in graphic design. This may even be better than photoshop!

CorelDraw Graphics Suite x4 is a great program. I’m no techie, but it is easy to use. I use it for banners, manipulating pictures, or creating drawings. The possibilities seem to be endless, but again, I’m no techie. I would suggest this program for those who are interested in graphic design. This may even be better than photoshop!

I have to admit that I’ve bad-mouthed Corel more than once in my life, especially back before my employer saw the light and dumped WordPerfect Suite for Microsoft Office, but I have nothing but praise for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. Not only is this an impressive, powerful suite of graphics design tools, Corel doesn’t throw you under the bus as soon as you install the software. If you’re like me and don’t have a single artistic bone in your body (I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler), you would expect a fancy-pants software package like this to leave you dumbfounded from the start, with no clue on how to get started.

I have to admit that I’ve bad-mouthed Corel more than once in my life, especially back before my employer saw the light and dumped WordPerfect Suite for Microsoft Office, but I have nothing but praise for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. Not only is this an impressive, powerful suite of graphics design tools, Corel doesn’t throw you under the bus as soon as you install the software. If you’re like me and don’t have a single artistic bone in your body (I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler), you would expect a fancy-pants software package like this to leave you dumbfounded from the start, with no clue on how to get started.