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CorelDRAW X6 does play a little better with Adobe Illustrator than it did in previous versions. But it isn't perfect. One example: gradient fills can still go wonky going from one application to another. It doesn't matter if it's Illustrator to Corel or Corel to Illustrator. Gotta check those...

Yep. I've seen that goof committed at least a few times in recent years. The proliferation of smart phones and the mediocre cameras bundled into them could be partly to blame. The main culprit: lack of fundamental computer knowledge. You wouldn't believe how many people simply don't know how to...

I can't seem to figure out what typeface was used in the attached JPEG sample. I'm sure it's a font since the letter "O" is identical both times it is repeated in the sample. It looks like a modification of Impact.

There are other news reports taking a more positive spin about Adobe's earnings. When Adobe was primarily selling boxed software their revenue would go up and down in fits and starts. With revenue shifting to subscriptions the earnings are lower, but may run at a more consistent level -if...

Unfortunately they're not backing down from the "cloud-only" policy. At least not yet anyway. Perpetual license owners of recent creative suite generations -such as CS5, CS5.5 and CS6 who are running those suites on fairly recently purchased computing hardware have all the leverage they need to...

Bump. Photoshop CC is now available. It has some new features regarding re-sizing images. The "preserve details" option for enlargement delivers some good results. The new image sharpening tools are also greatly improved. Too bad they couldn't have delivered those features in CS6.

Have you checked to see if the company selling the software says it's compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS6? If they do claim it is compatible, under which version of AI CS6 should it run? The 32-bit "x86" version or the 64-bit version? It's possible this software may only run properly under the...

Sometimes I'll use Adobe Photoshop for this sort of thing. I'll lay out the original type as vector artwork (so I can get all my kerning and other anal retentive stuff just right). Then I bring the paths into Photoshop (bouncing them through Adobe Illustrator to do so). In Photoshop there's...

I'm dealing with a really nasty CS6 bug now for the second time on another design workstation. Back in March I was trying to open a CorelDRAW .CDR file directly into Adobe Illustrator CS6 64-bit. Previous versions of Illustrator have had limited CorelDRAW format support and CS6 isn't any...

Only 1 PC per license. CorelDRAW X6 has an activation system. You can't install multiple copies using the same disc as was possible with older editions of CorelDRAW. Further, with X6 you need to create a Corel user account if you don't have one already. They make you sign in when you want to...

Buyers will have to provide the serial number of their CS4 or later product as well as purchase info from the receipt (date of purchase and vendor who sold the software). Corel will then e-mail instructions on how to install the upgrade version of the CorelDRAW X6 suite. Offer expires August...

The problem is CorelDRAW X5 and X3 won't install under Windows 8 Professional. It won't even get into the install process. A message immediately comes up saying "this version of CorelDRAW isn't compatible with Windows 8; a newer version is available." I'm stuck with version X6. The least thing...

Bump. Just applied the latest "Hotfix 1" update to CorelDRAW X6.3. That brings it up to version 16.3.0.1114. Still missing the ability to align anchor points with control over which point stays put. CorelDRAW was able to do this for many years, and long before Adobe Illustrator adopted the...

Great video. Kind of sums up my feelings about it. Well, the software that is. Not the part about invading Russia.

Adobe currently has the discounted first year subscriptions for Creative Cloud available to users of CS3, CS4, CS5 and CS6. It's $29.99 for CS3-CS5 users, $19.99 for CS6 box users. CS5 was never available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription. CC users who have CS6 applications installed...

The GIMP isn't new. The application was first released back in 1996. Inkscape has been around for nearly a decade. Both applications are certainly good enough for casual photo editing and vector object creation. If the availability of those open source applications was going to adversely affect...

Actually, I consider the aspect of thwarting piracy one of the greatest benefits BY FAR of Adobe Creative Cloud. I've been legally purchasing Adobe software for my own freelance use as well as at work for over 20 years. I have no sympathy for the folks demanding cracked, bootleg software. I...

Yeah, in scanning through the "new features" listings for Illustrator CC and InDesign CC it did mention support of TypeKit there. But I wonder if there's going to be some sort of wall that blocks the use of those fonts just for web-based output. In the Adobe Edge based applications, like Edge...

My feelings are pretty mixed about this. On the positive subscribers are getting quite a few new tools not even included in the "Master Collection" creative suite. Services like Typekit cost a good bit of money on their own, but are bundled in a CC membership. That's great if you're building...

I like the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop, particularly its keyboard short cuts. Those short cuts allow Photoshop's pen tool to work faster/better for manual Bezier path creation than the pen tools in Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. Photoshop's pen tool is great for creating clipping paths to...