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The earliest computer graphics images were literally programmed. But writing code just to draw an object is pretty time consuming, hence the reason why we have a variety of different computer graphics programs equipped with visual user interfaces, tools and all sorts of goodies to design...

The best art schools tend to have instructors who are actively working professionally in the specific field they teach (graphic design, illustration, type design, cartooning, etc, etc). The best schools also spend nearly all of the time teaching in cerebral side of things. The instructors are...

Thanks! I scrolled through both the calligraphy section at DaFont and the Handwriting section at Google Fonts and overlooked it!

I've seen this script before but can't place where. The "T" is very unique. Thanks in advance for help identifying the typeface.

I think formal graphic design education is important for anyone who intends to do graphics work for a living. A person can improve his/her talents only so much going the self-taught route. With that being said, virtually no schools teach graphic design as it relates to outdoor advertising and...

Hey, Smarta$$, how about YOU go back and re-read my post? The first sentence to be exact. I ASKED which RIP was being used. I only offered up what was happening with VersaWorks as an example of what can throw contour cutting operations off kilter. I did not suggest that the flaw worked the same...

Which RIP is being used for the printing & contour cutting? We previously used VersaWorks (with our now-retired Roland printer). If I fed VersaWorks an EPS file that had Photoshop-oriented raster objects in it (stuff with layers, alpha channels, etc) it would refuse to see the contour cutting...

The only alternative to upgrading is getting someone who has a copy of CorelDRAW 2019 to open the file and save it down to an earlier version. Other programs that have CorelDRAW .CDR import capability typically lag behind at least a couple or more versions (if not several).

If anything, I think the post I wrote above shows fairly clearly that it's silly for anyone to be an all-or-nothing fanboy of a given graphics program or operating system. Various applications and operating systems have dominated specific categories of the graphics industry only because they...

I had all but forgotten about Micrographx Designer. That was among a slew of other applications (such as Deneba Canvas) that competed directly with CorelDRAW in the 1990's. Yeah, Corel eventually bought out Micrographx and, over the long term, killed Designer. At least Corel didn't eliminate it...

Go back and read what you wrote. Your comments about the iPad Pro and using it for drawing purposes were clearly dismissive. "When you're used to a 27" QHD it's on the small side of things." That sounds like enough of a dig against the iPad to me. You didn't say anything positive. Accusing me of...

I'm looking at the situation from the perspective of the paying customer. If the product that is being sold does not meet user expectations and is sluggish, buggy garbage the customers should have ZERO obligation to buy it. Even if the company is giving existing users an ultimatum to upgrade or...

Software developers are supposed to get the kinks out in the beta cycle. I think the bean counters at Vector Capital and perhaps Corel itself rushed the software to market before it was ready. It reminds me how Macromedia rushed Freehand 10 to market just to be the first drawing app made for...

I have certain run into some issues bringing CorelDRAW-generated artwork into Adobe Illustrator. For porting to Illustrator I get the best results by exporting the artwork from Corel as Illustrator CS6 files (exported via CorelDRAW 2018). Illustrator won't open/place recent version CorelDRAW...

No, it's not the same when it comes to Adobe. That would only be the case if CorelDRAW had an equal share of the professional graphics market with Adobe Illustrator. It doesn't. The lock-in issue with Adobe is more severe because many national companies build up their brand assets in Adobe's...

Corel doesn't have as much "Vendor Lock-In" hanging over its user base as it might think. Corel needs those users far more than the users need Corel. The important thing is no CorelDRAW user is under any obligation to keep upgrading to the latest version. They can keep using an old version, even...

If the sale of Corel from Vector Capital over to KKR goes through the end result will likely be Corel having over a $1 billion worth of debt added to its balance sheet. And that will give the new owners (another "vulture capital" company) more incentive to try various, possibly destructive...

I never said Adobe Illustrator was more customizable than the Windows version of CorelDRAW. But the fact remains you can add or remove many palettes and/or tools in a given workspace. Plus Illustrator has 9 different pre-set workspaces you can choose as a starting point. One thing I don't like...

Attitudes of Apple fans/snobs in 2002 was an external factor, a serious one, but still external. I was only referring to issues with the actual CorelDRAW application. In 2002 it certainly didn't help Corel any to release a crudely ported Mac version of their program into a platform with a lot...

The Mac version of CorelDRAW 11 (2002) suffered from different issues than the new Mac version of CorelDRAW 2019. The big criticism of CorelDRAW 11 back then was the application was nothing more than a crude port of the Windows program over to OSX. CorelDRAW 11 is one of the versions I skipped...