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When sending art elements from Adobe Illustrator to CorelDRAW I typically save it in Illustrator 8 legacy format. I usually have various elements organized on their own layers, which Corel will preserve. One annoying glitch I see when sending .AI artwork to CorelDRAW: compound paths will...

According to this page, Corel is going to make its upgrade policy more restrictive. Basically they're going to adopt a two versions back approach. If you just have CorelDRAW X3 you might not be able to upgrade to version X6 after the 90 day X6 release introductory period expires. This isn't...

Got another e-mail where Corel extended the $300 off discount until April 29. The screwy thing is when you click the "buy now" link it merely brings up the "upgrade" tabbed page for CorelDRAW X6. It doesn't say anything about the $300 discount from the full version plus free shipping if the...

I received the same e-mail. It's an "exclusive e-mail offer" slashing $300 off the $499 full version price. $199 plus free shipping. The offer expires April 14.

Corel is currently offering a $300 discount on Corel X6 (some sort of exclusive offer for people on the Corel e-mailing list). Basically they're offering the full version of Corel X6 at an upgrade price of $199. Plus they're including free shipping as part of the deal. The offer expires...

You know the old saying: "it takes two to tango." That holds true with the behavior of the media. They do the kind of tactless reporting they do because so much of the American public absolutely LOVES the stuff. Basically we get the media we deserve. The vultures aren't going to change their...

I personally don't have any stomach for Tony Bennet's plea to legalize drugs. First of all, who said Whitney Houston bought her prescription drugs illegally on the street? It's pretty clear any celebrity can find a "Dr. Feelgood" physician to dole out a smorgasbord of pills. Substance abuse is...

That's true in principal. However, there is absolutely no such thing as a single graphics program that can "do it all" and do so correctly. Any serious artist who works with computers isn't going to mess around with a very impractical application like MS Paint. Photoshop is great for editing...

Illustrator and InDesign are governed by the same color engine. Illustrator can also bring in layered Photoshop artwork; although I sometimes have to print such artwork using PDF rather than EPS. Roland VersaWorks supports that. I would only use InDesign for a vehicle wrap if the wrap had text...

In an attempt to push this thread in a good direction (as opposed to the previous 8-page thread) here's a partial list of unique strengths/features in CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator. Some strengths and unique features CorelDRAW has over Illustrator: • Larger 100' x 100' workspace. Most...

I use both CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator. Years ago I was even using Macromedia Freehand in addition to CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator. Freehand is now a dead application and Illustrator incorporated enough unique Freehand features to let me live without it. I don't really care about which...

Wow. They trim hair and female genitalia. Kinda makes me wonder what sort of hair they're cutting. Design wise, I'm not fond of the layout. Stark white background and not so great use of negative space. But the prismatic effect on the "Mega Cutz" letters looks decent since the effect is...

Inkscape is a possible alternative to all the form field stuff in Acrobat. The vector drawing program is open source, so it's free for any customer to download and install. The only trick is getting artwork originally created in Illustrator or CorelDRAW to import without any glitches (or fix...

I don't have as much a problem with the diamond-plate background (probably Alien Skin filter generated) as I do the horrid composition of type. Very bad use of space. I'm not even all that bothered by the cheesy inner bevel effect. At least the "designer" didn't run the bevel all the way to the...

It took me a few moments to get used to how Windows 7 installs True Type, Postscript Type 1 and Open Type fonts. One big plus: Win 7 can provide thumbnail views of typefaces that are not installed in the OS, regardless of whether the typeface is on the local hard disc, on an external drive or...

The average person is smart enough to understand the difference between a fast food joint and a real dine-in restaurant. However, that understanding of differences often does not extend to customers buying signs or vehicle wraps. They just want the cheapest price regardless when they're...

I think most typeface designers are using FontLab Studio now. For those who prefer Fontographer, FontLab also develops and sells that. The version 5.0.4 (PC) and version 5.1 (Mac) releases are the first upgrades Fontographer has received since the mid 1990s. Regarding DTL Font Master, the...

Our company has backed off doing wraps to a certain degree. For the amount of design time and labor that goes into producing a wrap the profit side of it kind of sucks. Wrap projects can be a real time vampire, especially if you want to do the job right. Too many companies got into doing wraps...

Here's a couple good ones: Hoefler & Frere-Jones http://www.typography.com FSI FontShop International http://www.fontfont.com

Typeface design is much easier said than done. I really wish I knew about things like Python scripting, etc. My custom lettering tends to begin and end with custom drawn and vectorized word marks, not entire alphabets with dozens of kerning pairs, much less dozens of OpenType alternatives...