Corel has announced CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, an all-new, graphic design software suite built specifically for Apple’s macOS.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 delivers the heart and soul of CorelDRAW in a new experience built specifically for Mac.
• Complete, Professional Design Toolkit: Explore an expansive toolbox of versatile, intuitive, and integrated applications to express your unique style and impress your audience. Take advantage of CorelDRAW for vector graphic design, illustration, and page layout, Corel PHOTO-PAINT for photo editing, Corel® Font Manager to index and organize font libraries, AfterShot™ 3 HDR for RAW processing, the new CorelDRAW.app to access graphics tools virtually anywhere, and much more.
• Leading-Edge Technology: Discover a revolutionary new vector drawing experience that replicates the feel of pen and paper with LiveSketch – the industry’s first vector graphic design tool powered by a neural network. Watch as hand-drawn strokes are intelligently interpreted, adjusted, and combined with existing vector curves, making it simple to sketch and draw complex vector shapes on any pen-enabled device.
• Unique Experience for macOS: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac offers native Mac applications that reflect elements users love most about their favorite platform, including menus, windows and views, fields and labels, and buttons. Support for macOS Mojave Dark Mode and Touch Bar on MacBook Pro add to the suite’s unique look and feel.
• Easy to Learn & Use: Don’t fear the blank canvas – jump in and start creating! This powerful collection of applications is loaded with intuitive tools, learning materials, and sample projects to get started easily and create great designs sooner.
Included in the Mac suite, CorelDRAW.app enables you to be more productive and creative on the go. Rounding out the graphic design workflow, use the new web app to access CorelDRAW files stored in the cloud, add annotations and design elements, or start a new project from any device.
Choices for purchasing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019:
• Perpetual license: One-time payment for a permanent license with no extra monthly or annual cost.
• Subscription license: Pay a low annual fee with the flexibility to cancel if your software needs change. Get access to the latest version as long as your subscription is active.
To learn more about everything included in the suite, visit www.coreldraw.com/mac/.
Source: Corel Corporation
MacDailyNews Take: As Architosh notes, Corel “had a macOS version nearly 20 years ago with the last version supporting Apple’s platform being version 11 released in 2001, but the application was never truly tailored to maximize the best of what macOS had to offer.” Now, “CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac is a ground-up re-write that makes the most use of Apple’s macOS platform including advanced support for Apple’s Touch Bar in its professional laptops.”
Wha?!
What you talkin’ about Willis?
Corel? Didn’t know they still existed.
For those wishing to use a DRAWING program rather than PhotoShop, try Inkscape. It’s free!
Layers?
Photoshop isn’t a drawing app. Illustrator is a drawing app.
Of the raster paint programs, I use Photoshop the most but I may get Affinity Photo so, if I were to get a new paint program, I wonder which one of the two is easier and more capable, Corel Paint or Affinity Photo?
MS Paint is the best choice for you, Dingles, it’s perfect for your skill level
Once bitten, twice shy.
Photoshop is still the best but I don’t do subscriptions… Affinity and Pixelmator don’t compare, but alas, that’s what I am stuck with.
Seems to me that Pixelmator is many steps down from Photoshop, but I read that Affinity Photo’s quality comes close, and Corel Paint, I read, used to be tops compared to PS, but it looks like one has to pay for the whole suite at about $555 so that’s a no.
I expect most MDN followers to know much about the Corel Suite, especially Corel Draw, but as a long time Mac Devotee and long time Corel Draw user, I’m truly excited. I am in the Awards and Engraving business and have been using Corel draw with my laser engraver for over 25 years, having to use Win machines. Corel Draw is a fantastic vector/bitmapped drawing program that IMHO, that beats the pants off Illustrator. If you need this type of program suggest trying the demo. The Corel Paint is also very effective over Photoshop. The autotrace function in draw has proven is weight in megapixels to my business. Very very production oriented. These two programs have been the mainstay in many vertical markets, including the sign industry. Please give it a try, you won’t be dissapponted.
So now you will use Macs, or use them more, or what?
When was the last time you used Illustrator?
I like this a lot. April fools day is earlier this year. 699 Euro or 20 Euro per months. Very funny pricing. Corel has not seen Affinity coming. For 99% of regular users, their apps are perfectly fine, including Affinity Publisher (still in free Beta). Or, if professionally needed, Adobe. Sure they cost 50 Euro per month, but deliver much more for the money then Corel.