Stefan Lindblad:

by using dual intel Mac CorelDRAW and Photo-Paint might be the next big thing :-)

yes, of course: Mac is marketplace small but the most important, because is specific to graphic design. But Corel must develop a Mac OS native version, 100% new, not a new adaptation of a Windows code. Earlier versions are very bad, and dont' wotk properly, as the same version in Windows. If Corel is not capable to edit a real mac version, it will be excluded of an important sector

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Ariel Garaza Díaz

Madrid, Spain

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http://coreldraw.com/forums/p/3308/12519.aspx#12519

The thing is that Draw is a very flexible piece of software. You can tame it anyway you want. My guess is that it's mostly used for graphic design for print – layout. Then there are lots of specialty users like vinyl cutting, embriodery, laser engraving, technical illustrators, landscape design etc. I believe people who actually create art with Draw are a minority of the users, in spite of its name.

dreamwizard:

i never used the smart drawing tool and quite honestly i don't get the point of it. It isn't a very precise way of working

I believe it was developed for an application called Grafigo for tablet PC:s http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1152105061798 So getting it into Draw was more of a spin-off effect from developing Grafigo.

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David Milisock:

I think we are also missing one significant point and that is the change factor.  For example we have CD X3 and now CD X4, we are now looking for a different icon to do the exact same function as we did in X3.  Now multiply that for Cd 8 to 9 and then to 10.  All that money to change something time and time again that already works and for the companies that use Corel to have the learning curve thrust on them.

Now image this, the only interface changes are for new features!  A reduced learning curve and all that time and money could be used to make the semi-finished features complete.

Image a Corel world where the mesh tool and other features are complete, reducing the work arounds?

John William:

I don't remember much about 11 because it was so unstable and I try to block out the solid month I wasted on it. 

Oh god I remember that.... very buggy and frustrating to use. 

John William:

I can't believe no one else has picked up on your post about all of the wasted time leaning the new interface and icon changes!

I'm a practical person and want all aspects of all features to work and to reduce any learning curve for the managers of departments or the individual users.  These are the kind of things that makes a product have long term value to a user. 

Unfortunately few who post of forum view new features or interface changes from a training perspective.

I'm new here, and from Venezuela, so forgive my english, please: Been using corel since ver. 5, and I will use it the rest of my life :-), it is the best vector program (at least for what I do, which is mostly illustrations and some graphic desing). I'm agree with John William about the new interface icons and having to invest time in getting used to it. Also I'm not sure why, but my mouse wheel+ctrl key combination is not working as zoon tool, like it use to work with the X3, and I use that a lot!, so having problems to get use to the zoom tool in the regular way (but I guess that is a problem that has to do with the windows/corel X4 funcionality, not sure) Also, have to get use to the new color bar, with the grey border, it took out the contrast of the colors, so the only option is to use the tick black border. I wish there was a way to costumize the grey color, make it black. Well, I'm not sure if I'll use this new corel since I work faster and confortable with the X3, but I do apreciate the effors of corel to make a better program. Keep doing it!. It is the best vector-desing program for me, and I'm sure it will keep getting better, cause by these forums and medias we can make corel people to listen to our needs, and I'm sure they are listening and will try to take the program to the next level.

Oswaldo Rosales:

Also I'm not sure why, but my mouse wheel+ctrl key combination is not working as zoon tool, like it use to work with the X3, and I use that a lot!, so having problems to get use to the zoom tool in the regular way (but I guess that is a problem that has to do with the windows/corel X4 funcionality, not sure)

It's a new feature. Now you can use the mouse wheel while pressing

1. Ctrl to scroll horizontally
2. Alt to scroll vertically
3. Shift to zoom in or out by smaller steps.

You can also choose the default action for the mouse wheel; Zoom or Scroll.

1. Tools >> Options
2. Workspace >> Display
3. Under Mouse Wheel, choose the option you want from the list box

Hi, Oswaldo, do you know there's a spanish forum? (¿Sabías que existe un foro en español? )

http://coreldraw.com/forums/110.aspx

Thanks Ahmad for the info, but it doesn't work, I mean, using the shif+mouse scrool, it does the same big steps zoom like it does with mouse scroll whell. I get lost i the page, it doesn't go where the arrow is pointing, like it used to do with the use of ctlr+mouse scroll in X3. I already went to the options tool and checked the zoom option for the mouse scroll, so that's not the problem. I guess it has to do, maybe, with my wireless logithec keyboard and the way it works with Corel or windows. Never mind.

Y gracias Ariel, por la información, no sabia que habia un forum en español. Voy para alla tambien :-)

 I am currently using X3 and everytime I scroll the mouse button it zooms in or out. Is there a way to turn this off? I would be glad if all I had to do was use ctrl or shift. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

jjyoder 

 I am currently using X3 and everytime I scroll the mouse button it zooms in or out. Is there a way to turn this off? I would be glad if all I had to do was use ctrl or shift. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 Hey,

I have a question.  I want  to make a pantone chart print out.  I work for a printing company and want to match my print out as much as i can for my customers.  Is their a fast way of printing a chart without doing one square at a time.

 There is a macro that comes with CorelDRAW X4 specifically for that task. Open CorelDRAW to a new document. Go to Tools menu, then Macros/Run Macro. At the bottom of the dialog box, open the drop down menu for "Macros in" and select GlobalMacros. Select CorelMacros CreateColorSwatch from the list at the top. Click Run. It'll let you select your palette and specify a few other options. The result will be a color swatch generated to a CorelDRAW file. Save it and print it.

Have fun!

Val P.

Hi J,

If you print a Pantone Matching System palette on CMYK gear, the output results won't be of much use IMO. This is because there are perhaps 25-30% of the colors in the that palette that are outside the CMYK gamut. Sure, it will print... but some colors you see on the final press sheet will be totally out to lunch. That's why I took the plunge to buy a PMS guide. It kinda sucks since they are so expensive... but there's really no way around it. PMS inks are very specific, and have nothing to do with CMYK.

If you print Pantone process color guide on CMYK gear, then this should be should be much closer as long as your output equip. is calibrated. This palette is designed for CMYK.

The problem with this IMO is that you are stuck with Pantone's proprietary values underneath each swatch. You and your customers become dependent on Pantone branding, when IMO what you want is something very simple: A CMYK swatch chart with CMYK values underneath. Anyone, anywhere can enter those simple values, for any design program. That why I made this.

joshuaeller:

Hey,

I have a question.  I want  to make a pantone chart print out.  I work for a printing company and want to match my print out as much as i can for my customers.  Is their a fast way of printing a chart without doing one square at a time.

 Thank you.  Thats awesome.  I love learning new things about CorelDraw.