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CorelDRAW is a Vector Graphics Editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation of Ottawa , Canada . It is also the name of Corel's Graphics Suite. Its latest version, named X3 (actually version 13), was released in January 2006. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS CorelDRAW was originally developed for Microsoft Windows and currently runs only on Windows 2000 and newer versions. The current version is X3 (actually version 13.0.0.739) an update on the original January 2006 version making it Windows Vista compatible. Versions for Linux and Mac OS and Mac OS X were at one time available, but due to poor sales these are now discontinued. The last version for Linux was version 9 (released in 2000) and the last version for OS X was version 11 (released in 2001). Also, up until version 5, CorelDRAW was developed for Windows 3.1x and OS/2 . DEVELOPMENT HISTORY In 1985, Dr. Michael Cowpland founded Corel to sell Intel-based Desktop Publishing systems. In 1987, Corel hired software engineers Michel Bouillon and Pat Beirne to develop a vector-based illustration program to bundle with these desktop publishing systems. That program, CorelDRAW, was initially released in 1989. The program was well received, and Corel soon focused on software alone. CorelDRAW came into its own with Microsoft's release of Windows 3.1 . The inclusion of TrueType in Windows 3.1 transformed CorelDRAW into a serious illustration program capable to use system-installed outline fonts (it included its own proprietary outline font system) without requiring third party software such as Adobe Type Manager . CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES Several innovations to vector-based illustration originated with CorelDRAW: a node-edit tool that operates differently on different objects, fit text-to-path, stroke-before-fill, quick fill/stroke color selection palettes, perspective projections, mesh fills and complex gradient fills. CorelDRAW differentiates itself from its competitors in a number of ways. The first is its positioning as a graphics suite, rather than just a vector graphics program. Second, the package consistently includes a large collection of fonts and clip art. The biggest improvement with CorelDRAW over other graphic software programs is its ability to edit Bitmap s. A full range of editing tools allow the user to adjust contrast, color balance, change the format from RGB to CMYK , add special effects such as Vignettes and special borders to bitmaps. Bitmaps can also be edited more extensively using Corel PhotoPaint , opening the bitmap directly from CorelDRAW and returning to the program after saving. CorelDRAW's chief competitor is Adobe Illustrator . Although they are both vector-based illustration programs, the user experience differs greatly between the two. For instance, CorelDRAW can work with multi-page documents directly; Illustrator only offers a single-page layout view, but it will allow you to divide that large layout in the print options so that it prints on multiple pages. While Illustrator will read CorelDRAW's native file type and vice versa, the translation is almost never perfect. CorelDRAW can open Adobe PDF files: Adobe PageMaker and InDesign, Microsoft Publisher and Word, and several other programs can print documents to PDF using the Adobe PDFWriter printer driver, which CorelDRAW can then open and edit every aspect of the original layout and design. CorelDRAW can also open PowerPoint Presentations with little or no problem. CORELDRAW GRAPHICS SUITE Over time, additional components were developed or acquired and bundled with CorelDRAW. The list of bundled packages usually changes somewhat from one release to the next. There are several mainstays that have remained in the package for many releases now, however: PowerTRACE (a bitmap to vector graphic converter), PHOTO-PAINT (a bitmap graphic editor), and CAPTURE (a screen capture utility). The current version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, X3 (actually version 13), contains the following packages:
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