There was a time when CorelDraw was the preeminent graphic application. Ever since the Corel lost it’s focus and ventured into an assortment of dead-end ventures like Wordperfect and the Linux-based OS, CorelDraw has been eclipsed by Adobe Illustrator. Under new management, CorelDraw X3 was released two years ago and seemed to be focused on becoming a serious contender once again. Now, the inevitable CorelDraw X4 has been released. Is it good? The company claims that the software has 50 new features or enhancements. We were at a lost as to what these could be. What we did find were some pretty good additions.
- CorelDraw X4 finally rids itself of its ugly interface. This is a new beginning for the old-timer.
- A new improved PowerTrace means faster output. It’s still underwhelming though, compared to Live Trace.
- More clipart! (Yeah, bet you didn’t expect that?)
- A nice and useful dedicated function for interactive tables. So useful for making tabular data. And since CorelDraw is used by many office users, this feature makes sense.
- Raw support and new filters.
- Many more…
Not exactly a groundbreaking release, but a very solid one nevertheless.
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