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- Powerful, versatile and affordable graphics suite that includes everything you need for professional graphics illustration, layout and digital image editing
- Innovative design tools, including advanced layout tables, live text formatting and separate layers per page, to optimize your workflow
- Easy-to-use interface supported by learning videos, tutorials and intelligent Hints-Dockers
- Market-leading file compatibility with over 100 import/export filters to make sharing your designs with colleagues and clients easy
- Trusted by millions of professional users, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 is recognized as the standard design application in many industries

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What our customer's say!

"Superb illustration for website graphics and much more!", I've been using CorelDraw since I discovered its version 12 (I owned Illustrator 10 at the time). I'm still puzzled that so-called pros look down at CorelDraw. It is simply the most intuitive of the illustrating heavyweights, and the price is a bonus!

I (web programmer and designer, businessman, no fax machine) typically design a website like this: manually sketch the idea, mock it up in Xara Xtreme (because it's even more intuitive than CorelDraw, but with less depth of features), and then make the final graphic composition in CorelDraw. Mostly I prefer vector-based programs for their ability to easily and quickly move/copy/enhance selected items/layers etc during the mockup process.

Compared to mastering Illustrator's learning curve (and I'm speaking from a well-studied programmer's point of view), using CorelDraw is an absolute no-brainer.

I needed to find flow in the production process, and I just didn't find that with Illustrator -- I was wasting too much time studying how to get a result. Basic Example: try building a simple 3 color gradient swatch at say, 20 degrees (or whatever looks good to you) with Illustrator and then build that same swatch with CorelDraw (or Xara) and you'll be amazed at the time comparison. Newbies like adding drop shadows and glows to objects. Compare those between CorelDraw and Illustrator.

It shouldn't be unreasonable for someone in web design to extrapolate the time savings from these simple examples. Both CorelDraw and Illustrator can produce enormously complex illustrations, but getting there will cost you much, much more time and money with Illustrator. Some might argue that pre-press needs require Illustrator, but I'd recommend checking with your printer(s) to see what files they require first -- especially if you'll be working on a lot of pre-press.

I don't use CorelDraw regularly for pre-press because I have so few pre-press needs. But I have used it for building mockups of 4 color glossy flyers, then struggled with the laborious task of transporting them into Illustrator because the printer the client was using specifically requested Illustrator files -- and it wasn't easy switching printers, or I would have.

Conclusion: CorelDraw works. It's fast. It's intuitive, and I've been using it for several years instead of Illustrator.

"An unprecedented combination of graphics design power and usability", 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. Much to their credit, Corel throws you lifelines as soon as you jump in the pool and makes a diverse set of rescue resources near at hand for you at all times. I'm not saying you'll be a graphics design guru after a couple of hours - this is a really advanced, powerful set of programs here - but you would have a hard time finding a piece of software with more impressive built-in support. The first of several excellent video tutorials is available on the Welcome screen, and you can choose to have a built-in docket of usage tips available for every function you choose. Users of previous versions of the software will have no problem recognizing the changes this upgrade brings with it, as you can choose to have every single change and addition from your previous version highlighted on the screen. That doesn't sound like much, but it is a big help. You also have What's New and Learning Tools readily available to you from the Welcome screen as well as from inside each of the featured programs. Of course, you also have a complete help file available but you won't need to resort to using that very often.

As I'm sure you can tell by the price, you don't buy this program if you just want to take the redeye out of your vacation photos or create a cute little Christmas card to send to friends. You can certainly do those things with this, but Corel Photo-Paint X4, impressive as it is, is overshadowed by the primary CorelDRAW application. (If all you want is a powerful photo editor, I would still recommend Fireworks - my favorite - or Photoshop.) I would like to have seen a few more built-in templates included, but CorelDRAW actually succeeds in making graphics design possible for even artistically inept folks like me. This is one powerful program which actual graphics professionals should take to like fish to water. Professionals may be the primary target audience for this software package, but Corel does a great job of making these powerful tools available and actually useable by anyone.

I also have to mention several additional software applications and features included in this suite deal. Corel PowerTRACE X4 is of enormous help in turning traced bitmaps into images you can convert into editable vector images. Corel CAPTURE X4, as you might guess, is a powerful screen capture utility. The Bitstream Font Navigator is a comprehensive font manager that even helps you identity scanned fonts from an outside source. You even get a Duplexing Wizard to aid you in optimizing the appearance of your document when printing two-sided copies. Vista users will also welcome the integration of this software package with the Vista operating system, as the search and preview options by themselves should be of great convenience to them.

What about file formats and the age-old question of compatibility? After all, the odds are that some if not many of your associates are working with different file formats in non-Corel software. Well, Corel has worked to make CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X4 software as compatible as possible with other users and systems. In this release, the list of additional new formats includes Word and Publisher 2007, AutoCAD DXF and AutoCAD DWG, and Adobe CS3.

I could go on writing paragraph after paragraph about this product, but I could never begin to describe all of its many impressive features. Is it the best graphics design software on the market? I don't know, as I have no experience using any comparable graphics design programs. Even if I had, I don't think anyone short of a professional graphics designer would be able to judge the comparative pros and cons. What I do know is that anyone who is serious about graphics design in any of its various facets would do well to give CorelDRAW Graphic Suite X4 a long and serious look.

"An excellent product with one drawback", Writing this review has been on my to-do list for a long time. That's because this is a wonderful product, with one big drawback. I've been hoping either to find other drawbacks that could justify a less enthusiatic review, or a solution to that one flaw.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite will do everything you want it to do, whether you're creating brochures or websites or scrapbook pages. The learning curve is no steeper that it has to be for a product with this robust a range of options. The images and fonts included will come in handy over and over.
The only problem is: everyone else you work with will probably be using Adobe. You will have issues when you collaborate with others, you won't find tutorials that work for you, you won't be able to swap tips at the water cooler.
If that doesn't matter to you, then this is pretty much the perfect graphics package.

"An amateur's perspective", I'm no artist. I want to be. But, I'm not. I do, however, have a need to create and customize graphics, especially for websites now.

So, I picked up a copy of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4.

I've used Adobe Photoshop in the past, and although I know it is the industry leader among graphics software, I find it difficult for a novice like myself to learn.

When I call myself a novice, it is strictly in the realm of computer artistry. I'm very adept technically, and work in the IT industry as a senior systems engineer. I know software.

I figured that with the tutorials and help system in the CorelDRAW software, I should be able to easily learn what I needed to know. Corel didn't disappoint me.

Not only are the commands a bit more intuitive than those in Adobe Photoshop, but the help system has quickly answered all of my questions so far regarding how to do anything I've needed. Watching the video tutorials has helped teach me graphics concepts that may never have occurred to me to explore on my own.

The tools in this suite have aided me in creating custom banners, graphics, and editing pictures. I've found the process to be easy and fun.

The program is a bit slow to open, even on a PC with a 3 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM. Once open, however, it responds very well. The slowness to launch seems to be standard with such programs, however, so I am not sure it is really a fault with the software or if it is simply the nature of the beast.

There you have it - an amateur's perspective. I'm not knowledgeable enough with graphics to review every little nuance, but for those of you who hope to be able to muddle your way through graphics creation, as I hoped, you will find this a useful and informative tool.


"CorelDRAW GS X4", I've been a CorelDRAW owner since version 1. V100 camee on one floppy. This product is a serious 2 DVD set. I love it.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"USE the tutorial...", I (In2Jesus) bought this program for my friend who enjoys doing graphic design. She had been telling me about Corel Draw for a few years.
She has a catering busniess and has tins that she uses for tea and used it to help create the tea tin labels. She said although it was very technical, once using the tutorial, she was able to navigate Corel Draw. here is her view of Corel Draw from using it on and off over the last six months.

"First, I want to say, this Corel Draw is humongous! At first glance, with all the booklets, the size of the program and the complexity of work, I was overwhelmed...THEN, since I am a girl, I have no problems asking for directions, I immediately went to the tutorial. The tutorial was like Jesus to a Christian. So enlightening and encouraging that I felt like a real experienced novice!!

Second, for the price, I think it is price gouging...but I really love what it did for my Fifth Anniversary digital pictures. For example, we were in London and had a server take a picture of us at the Ritz, and took the picture in front of a mirror causing the flash to glare at me. But with a little knowledge from the tutorial, I was able to get rid of it. I would defintiely recommend this to all my friends.

I was able to put my face on the on the body of Julia Roberts and it looked pretty darn convincing. Because we know that all we need to paste our head onto Julia Roberts.

My point is this, although it is a very expnesive product and the price itself would deter just about anyone but a coorporation, this package is worth buying if you are really into graphic design. It does things that I have barely begun to discover yet, and wont for months to come. I will be doodling around without creating my own graphics the tools for creating your own graphics are astounding and one of the booklets describes how the process works so I am excited to start the process!!!"

I hope this was helpful to all of you.

God Bless ~Amy

"Somewhat of a competitor to Photoshop...", If you do any kind of graphics creation at all on a regular basis, there is one reason why you MUST have this program: Converting images to vector graphics on a budget. In a nutshell, this means that you can infinitely reduce or enlarge an image with NO distortion, and still have money in your pocket. Other reasons? I have about 2500 fonts, and the font navigator is fantastic for finding just the right typeface. The screen capture software is of little use to me, but for folks who need screencaps from games, movies, etc., it might prove very useful. For fontaholics, obsessive clip art collectors, and beginners, the program comes with fonts and a nice starter pack of clip art so you'll be ready to start playing right away.

I have to admit, I'm not crazy about the interface. It's about on the same level as Photoshop for confusion, but there seems to be a trade-off in graphics programs: The more a program can do, the more complicated the buttons and menus. I only caught on as quickly as I did because I have used other programs for years, and knew to keep looking when I couldn't find or duplicate a certain function. Fortunately you'll never really be on your own.

What's great about Corel is that they have so many tutorials and great product support. Even if you've familiar with other graphics programs, you'll find new features to explore, and if you're unsure of something, you can always find help for it. You won't find the plethora of third-party books, classes and online tutorials like with Photoshop, but with Corel's resources and/or a rudimentary knowledge of other programs, you probably won't need them. This will require more effort, but for me the end results were worth it.

While I don't feel that this program is a serious competitor for Photoshop, it's a GREAT, less expensive alternative. If you want something more than Corel's Paint Shop Pro (another great product), but you don't have an Adobe budget, you should seriously look at this program.

"Great product!! Great service!!!", I purchased this item for my graphics design person who was using Corel Draw Suite 11, and he says there are major improvements that benefit us as a business by upgrading to the newer version. Keep up the good work!!

"I'm back to CorelDraw. It's good to be home again.", I began using CorelDraw with version 2.0 in 1990. It was the first serious vector-based drawing package for Windows, and I think it's still the best. They keep adding features, but it's actually easier to use now than it was back when I first started with it.

When I moved to Vista recently, I discovered that I had lost my CorelDraw 7 disks, and that version probably would not have worked properly on Vista anyway. About that time I was given a copy of Microsoft's new Expression product. It includes a vector-based drawing program called Expression Design, so I thought I would give it a try.

Well, that didn't last long. I spent a frustrating weekend trying to make Expression Design do the things that worked easily and naturally in CorelDraw. I would have thought that such a new product would have an intuitive and powerful interface, but it didn't. (Some of the other parts of the Expression suite, such as Expression Blend, are quite good and have no effective competition, but Expression Design is not up to that level.)

So now I'm back with CorelDraw, version X4. It's as good as always. I did the vector drawing work I was trying to do with Expression Design in a couple of hours, and then did some bitmap manipulation I'd been putting off by using the new version of Photo-Paint. While professionals might need PhotoShop because of the filters and so forth, Photo-Paint does anything I need in that area.

A couple of days later, I needed to get some clip art for some fancy vector-based icons, and again CorelDraw came through. The printed manual with clip art thumbnails is enormously helpful. Browsing through clip art on screens is quite frustrating by comparison.

You might consider this an expensive product, but if you do enough vector illustration to spend more than a couple of dozen hours on it, then I think you'll save more than enough time with CorelDraw to pay back the cost.

"Lots of features, easy to use and learn for relative beginner", I really have not had a lot of experience with graphics programs and really only need to put together pretty simple graphics to create flyers and handout sheets. Having said that, I find CorelDraw to be a very easy to use package with lots of features that are easy to use and pretty well documented with LOTS of tutorials, help screens, and a very good user's manual.

This is a suite of applications, but I have been mostly using PHOTO-PAINT, which is a lot like Photoshop. It is very good at manipulating images and making adjustments to photographs. I don't have the latest version of PhotoShop, but will say this does everything my older (2 year plus) version of PS does with ease.


The other part of the suite I really like is CorelDRAW that works like Adobe Illustrator to create and manipulate vector graphics. I have found it pretty easy to use in working with existing images, including the large amount of clipart that comes with the program. I am hardly a sophisticated user, but have really found the program very useful for pulling together images and text for flyers.

There is an extra feature of the program (CAPTURE) that creates screen shots -- I have found this really useful for putting together materials for courses that I sometimes teach.

I have been very impressed with this software and really look forward to spending more time with it. It is something that a beginning user can use, something that cannot always be said of all high-end programs. Users with complex needs should probably check other reviews, but I have found that the program really meets my "garden variety" needs.


PS The software installed very easily on my Vista machine.