CorelDRAW 11

by Corel

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006CXX7
• Item model number: 11PCMENG0
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 12, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,875 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

CorelDRAW is a leading professional vector graphics application. Now in version 11, it continues to be full of innovative new tools and facilities, though learning how to use them all takes time and patience. Several of the improvements in the new version are designed to ease the drawing process by introducing tools to overcome specific drawing problems.

For example, there are now new "three-point" tools for drawing rectangles, ellipses, and curves. With each you click to fix the first point, stretch out to define an axis or baseline, and click again to complete the object. This is a very useful alternative to the conventional way of drawing these figures, though the original tools are still there, too.

Other new tools include Polyline and Pen. Polyline enables you to create lines and objects segment by segment, where each segment can be straight or curved. Pen is similar to the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop, offering a quick and easy way to create Bezier curves.

Other handy new features include the ability to snap one object to another and to simplify shapes and extract the outline of one from another when they overlap. The Align and Distribute dialog is now "modeless," making it easier to work with when lining up objects.

CorelDRAW 11 introduces Symbols to its repertoire, too. These are not the same as the symbol fonts that the program has offered for many years, but rather a way of saving and reusing drawn elements more efficiently than copying and pasting them. The advantage of symbols is that you can reuse "instances" of them, while only one description is stored in the drawing file. This saves considerable file space, which is particularly important when drawing Web graphics.

Quite a few of the improvements in CorelDRAW 11 help when designing for the Internet. There's much improved support for industry-standard file types, such as SVG and compressed SVG and the ability to include symbols in PDF files, again a space saver. You can also preserve layers in your drawing when exporting to Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photo-Paint and choose to import only specific pages from a PDF.

If you're willing to put in the time and effort required to make the most of this program, CorelDRAW 11.0 will reward you with a sophisticated, complex, and extremely useful design application. --Simon Williams

Amazon.com Product Description

Featuring more than 15 years of continual enhancements, CorelDRAW 11 delivers graphic design and vector animation software for print and the Web. Unique interactive tools distinguish this program, saving you time and making the design process easier.

For example, new 3-Point Ellipse, Rectangle, and Curve tools let you create and position shapes in two clicks. Apply artistic effects to blocks of text and maintain formatting with the new Convert to Curves tool. Plus, create lines and curves in one stroke using the new Polyline tool. With enhanced compatibility, a customizable workspace, and professional output capabilities, CorelDRAW 11 makes your work more enjoyable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars better than adobe by far!, August 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: CorelDRAW 11 (CD-ROM)

this one package contains enough for anyone from a beginner to a professional like myself to create and publish for print, web and even video (corel rave 2 included allows flash design and exports to flash and some other video formats). in my opinion it does anything that thousands of $ worth of separate adobe boxes can do with their constant $$$ upgrades(i have have used them all and have no use for them any longer) for alot less. much more intuitive too and the coreldraw module is heads/shoulder better than illustrator. the print engine, fonts and clip art/photos by themselves are worth the upgrade price. unlike the adobe products, it allows imports and exports to just about anything imaginable, including the adobes, autocads, etc. the photopaint (comparable to photoshop) module readily accepts photoshop plug-ins and the whole program now integrates some of the best features from newly-acquired micrografx's highly acclaimed draw and picture publisher. the lens flares alone are something to behold. i've never had any problems sending files to printers, service bureaus, etc. whether they are adobe, quark, pc, or even mac from my pc. coreldraw has been highly overlooked for years as schools only teach adobe on the macs they got deals from, from apple, but this right here my friends, continues to be a certifiable adobe-killer! sweeet! and my mac friends are slowly and unhappily converting too :) don't forget the free wacom tablet from...corel. thank you!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, July 2, 2003

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"jc045" (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CorelDRAW 11 (CD-ROM)

Easy to use with many useful features. Much better than PSP. Photoshop is better for pros though