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After all as a carpenter you would not only use a hammer but might actually need to know how to use a saw or a screw driver. I guess what I am really trying to put across in my Corel slanted view is choose the tool based on the job. There are very distinct advantages of one over the other as in Corel over Illustrator and vise versa all based on what you are working on. But then I’m back in Corel for the layout and vector work. Why? well simple I just like how a Raster program like Photoshop handles and manipulates things. In Corel I’ll be working full size, I’ll create my shapes and layout my lines and then export direct from corel to adobe photoshop for the filters and other effects.
I’ll work in Corel draw for example on a design for a 45’ Scarab Off Shore boat Hull and Deck. Now as time has gone on Corel has added a tonne of features and for my money can run rings around Illustrator. 1500 for the computer and about 200 for the software. Sign shops gravitated to this application because of it’s low investment needs. Looking at it, it was a blend of CAD tools and basic drawing tools. Now the Corel Corp of Canada… developed Corel Draw for the IBM and other class of PC computers. In swoops the “personal computer” 286, 288’s then the 386’s and so on Sitll in the beginning Adobe held fast to being Mac only, and for those who could not afford the investment were left out in the cold. For most moving to a keyboard was alien and cost prohibitive.
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the printers and publishers had already embraced the concept of technology improving their work flow with stat cameras and film work for producing photo plates etc… But on the sign industry side they were still firmly entrenched in the traditional manual brush and paint skills. Traditional printers and publishing houses and the sign industry. So you had two main industries that needed access to this typ of tec.
Back in the late 80’s you had your choice of Apple or apple or apple if you were doing any form of work that could resemble what is known now as desktop publishing. I have been a Corel Draw user ever since Corel 1.0, hell I was even a beta test on Corel Draw 7.0 ( that and a toonie will get me a coffee at timmies LOL) Anyway think of when and why Corel was created. I actually debated stepping into this conversation.
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