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Corel
Draw and the creative pro
Contributor: In-house
Despite Corel's attempt to be adopted by the creative
professional, Corel continues to be largely ignored
as a worthy contender to the likes of Photoshop and
Illustrator. Perhaps Corel's aim to be accessible
by all, and not simply to the seasoned pro, is the
reason Corel will continue to find reaching the elusive
goal of professional user acceptance an uphill struggle.
History
Corel Draw has been around since the earliest days
of personal computers. Corel Draw was released as
a set of graphic design software applications for
the general user. Significantly, Corel Draw was not
released for the Mac until very recently and therein
lies their difficulty. Corel was historically perceived
of as a non-professional product, and questions about
it's capability and reliability were never far away.
With the release of Corel Draw
10 the creative press decided that Corel was finally
to be taken seriously as a software house that might
provide a valuable alternative to the big boys, especially
as it is significant less expensive than it's competitors.
When
price advantage drives usage
I've occasionally used Corel 10 as a creative freelancer.
An example was when a client wanted the option of
altering the native file in-house at a later date.
Corel 10 was viewed as the best option as they already
had the software installed on a computer.
In
use
Corel Draw 10 is a breeze for the creative professional
to use. The interface is clear and the various components
(among them: vector drawing, bitmap painting, and
flash animation) are well integrated. In particular
the Corel Draw and Corel Paint components which are
now well established, are at times superior to their
more well known rivals. Corel Draw 10 (as it's predecessors)
suffers from stability problems and crashes on a regular
basis if asked to perform to its limits. This is particularly
important for the professional who wishes to get on
with their work without interruption
An
uphill battle
A more significant reason for Corel's failure to convince
the creative pro of it's regular use is that Corel
does not have the community of professional users
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator enjoys. A creative
professional simply can't rely on a print company
to have a copy of Corel 10 at hand. Creative professionals
need to be able to communicate with their print company
using native graphic files. If the print company only
uses Illustrator and Photoshop, the project won't
pass the starting gates.
Conclusion
Although Corel 10 was a significant release and represents
outstanding value for money, creative professionals
will continue to rely on it's main rivals, Adobe and
Macromedia, so long as the creative industries shy
away from considering an outsider as worthy of joining
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