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Any company charging that kind of money is not selling to any casual, individual users, unlike Corel. CorelDRAW is more of a mainstream software application. It isn't just for businesses. The vendors selling very high priced niche software are selling to companies who can write off that cost...

Does ambient temperature and relative humidity in the room where the printer is running affect color output? I wouldn't think temperature would make too much of a different considering how hot the printer heats up the inks and media running through it. In one respect I kind of like the heat...

I don't think it's going to cost $300 per year to be able to update a perpetual license of CorelDRAW to its newest version. But it's not completely clear if it will cost $198 per year or $99 per year just to be able to update that perpetual license. Other users here have suggested once you sign...

X5 is missing some features that are deal breakers for me. Lack of full OpenType support is a major shortcoming. For years I had been hopping over to Adobe Illustrator for OTF-centric type features to use in designs. Full OTF support in X6 was very long overdue. Transparency effects among other...

“Pretty soon” customers will only be able to buy CorelDRAW via online download. That will make the activation thing a moot point since there won’t be a way around it. IMHO it just needs to go to a user account based setup just like Adobe Creative Cloud. You just log in and manage activations...

We’ve had some issues printing onto window perf vinyl. The prints would shrink a little bit. That can throw off registration of a store front window wrap design. Onyx Thrive has a setting where you can compensate for shrinkage. I haven’t noticed any problems with color. Just have to use the...

It's one thing if you have only one computer running the software. Multiply the cost to five computers and it becomes annoying. Three of those production computers are running copies 2 or more versions old since it wasn't necessary for them to be running the latest version. Now all of those...

Looks like it's all Letterhead fonts. The biggest type element is LHF Timberlodge (badly squeezed). Mike's Block looks like another one (edit: that's not it after all, it actually looks like the Mad Magazine logo typeface). I'm not sure about the "Next Left" type, although it looks like someone...

I don't think "society" is accepting the situation as an "acceptable norm." I don't think it's fair to blame this on consumers. The real issue is people who depend on this software for their work are stuck with no decent alternatives. The venture capital guys who own many of these software...

Yes. You can install previous versions back to version CS6. In the Creative Cloud app you'll see a list of applications. To the right of each application there is an "Install" button or an "Open" button if the app is already installed. There's a little drop down arrow next to the Open and...

I get why they're moving to a subscription based setup: it potentially creates far more steady cash flow. In the old days if a software company released a turd-quality upgrade that everyone skipped their revenue would go in the toilet. With users on the hook for at least some kind of revolving...

Well, contrary to past publicity statements from the folks at Corel, it's looking like the company is attempting to strong-arm users into a subscription-only model. I say it's "looking like" because some of the statements on the Corel web site and purchase options are a little confusing. One...

It's certainly going to be tough for CorelDRAW to break into existing Mac-based work-flows that are heavily dependent on Adobe software. One thing that might be on their side is not charging a $50+ per month subscription to use the software. But in order to be seen as a worthwhile alternative to...

I think Corel is making a huge mistake by selling the Mac version as an entirely separate, full license-only SKU. I mean it's one thing when it comes to physical boxed software. Not everything can fit into a little retail box these days, so we kind of expect to commit to one platform. Buying...

It was a live webinar at 8:00pm CDT this morning. I can't find any place where they might have posted a recording of it. The CorelDRAW 2019 product pages cover most of the details.

Corel released its "2019" update to CorelDRAW today. They had a webinar this morning explaining what's new. Anyone using a pretty recent version, such as CDR 2018, might not be blown away by the new features. It looks like they've made some performance improvements. Hopefully it will launch...

Interesting. According to the Fonts In Use web site Herkules never had an official digital version. It mentions an "unsatisfying" version created by Dieter Steffmann about 15 years ago. Excalibur Nouveau is an improvement, but I guess it's still something done on spec, maybe by a fan of the...

I was channel surfing and saw the end of this 80's movie playing. The typeface used in the opening titles and end credits of Excalibur seems pretty familiar looking, but I can't seem to figure out what it might be. I'm starting to wonder if it's something I might have seen in an older 70's or...

I sure don't recommend a day care use Disney characters. We had one here locally that had a exterior wall mural with some gorilla characters from the Disney animated movie version of Tarzan. Amazingly somehow Disney found out about it and forced the day care to paint over the wall. This was over...

I'm amazed that some sign companies show little to no hesitation producing graphics that use things like characters from animated Disney movies or other cartoons. I've seen businesses literally incorporate well known national brands into their own logos. Just the other day I saw a roofing...