Has anyone had the chance to check out the demo from
or purchased the application?
Features revealed: (this is from personal use of the
demo - not text lifted from the website - please add
your own as you come across them Excuse if I repeat
features already in previous versions as I had previously been using using Corel 11 and briefly 13(at work) - (marked with a ? if not sure it was in a previous version)
- Installation quick and painless. Loading and shutdown
time of application are still lightning fast. Sports a
new interface design. Found it as intuitive as v11 if not more.
- updated import/export filters. Imports Illustrator CS3
(uncompressed) ai files. Drop shadows came in 100% black
CMYK bitmaps. Illustrator effects (3D, Extrude and Bevel
and Rotate) imported as CS3 ai files came in as expanded
objects. Visually identical to the ai files.
- step & repeat feature?
- page sorter view - easily manages multipage documents
Move, resize, flip orientation with ease.
- What the Font?! - font name recognition!!
- Interactive, Mesh Fills, Smart Fill, Smart Drawing.
- Virtual segment delete?
- Bezier and Shape tools: rotate and skew nodes?
- Photopaint: cutout lab?
- Easily create new menus/flyouts with existing commands.
PROBLEMS & QUESTIONS: still can't seem to change the default
'new' size of the document. I remember being able to do this
in v9 whereby I could start a document and it would automatically create an A4 with mm units (without having to change it manually).
- Auto centres powerclips - still have to go Tools>Options>Edit to change it.
- Double click to edit in Photopaint now an option command. Off by default.
- If you draw (eg) a rectangle with no fill, it now defaults to selecting the whole object even if you click in the middle of the object. No control panel button to turn this on/off like there used to be. Hope Corel hasnt done away with it completely!!!
or purchased the application?
Features revealed: (this is from personal use of the
demo - not text lifted from the website - please add
your own as you come across them Excuse if I repeat
features already in previous versions as I had previously been using using Corel 11 and briefly 13(at work) - (marked with a ? if not sure it was in a previous version)
- Installation quick and painless. Loading and shutdown
time of application are still lightning fast. Sports a
new interface design. Found it as intuitive as v11 if not more.
- updated import/export filters. Imports Illustrator CS3
(uncompressed) ai files. Drop shadows came in 100% black
CMYK bitmaps. Illustrator effects (3D, Extrude and Bevel
and Rotate) imported as CS3 ai files came in as expanded
objects. Visually identical to the ai files.
- step & repeat feature?
- page sorter view - easily manages multipage documents
Move, resize, flip orientation with ease.
- What the Font?! - font name recognition!!
- Interactive, Mesh Fills, Smart Fill, Smart Drawing.
- Virtual segment delete?
- Bezier and Shape tools: rotate and skew nodes?
- Photopaint: cutout lab?
- Easily create new menus/flyouts with existing commands.
PROBLEMS & QUESTIONS: still can't seem to change the default
'new' size of the document. I remember being able to do this
in v9 whereby I could start a document and it would automatically create an A4 with mm units (without having to change it manually).
- Auto centres powerclips - still have to go Tools>Options>Edit to change it.
- Double click to edit in Photopaint now an option command. Off by default.
- If you draw (eg) a rectangle with no fill, it now defaults to selecting the whole object even if you click in the middle of the object. No control panel button to turn this on/off like there used to be. Hope Corel hasnt done away with it completely!!!