Graphics Suite V.X5 Limited Edition

Reviewer’s Guide [ 20 ]
Summary of New and Enhanced Features
The following is a list of the new and enhanced
features offered by CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5.
Connect to your content
• Quickly find the perfect complement for a
design with the new Corel
®
CONNECT, a
full-screen browser that lets you search a
computer, local network, or external storage
device for content.
• Take advantage of the wealth of supplied
digital content, including clipart, bitmap and
full-color vector fills, customizable templates,
fonts, and more.
• Confidently exchange files with customer and
colleagues, thanks to enhanced support for
more than 100 file formats, including JPEG,
PNG, TIFF, RIFF, AI, PDF, PSD, EPS, CGM,
AutoCAD DXF, PLT, Visio, DOC, DOCX, RTF, and
many more.
• Exchange files with ease, thanks to enhanced
support for the latest Adobe
®
Illustrator
®
,
Adobe
®
Photoshop
®
, and Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
products.
• Import or export EPS files with enhanced
support for PostScript
®
3, which preserves
color integrity of RGB objects.
Get going quickly
• Learn from other users and get inspired to do
more than you thought possible with the new,
visually rich guidebook.
•Enjoy the new video tutorials, which provide
a fast and fun way to learn how to get the
most out of the suite.
• Create new documents faster by using the
presets in the New Document (CorelDRAW)
and New Image (Corel PHOTO-PAINT) dialog
boxes.
• Convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics
and achieve smoother curves and more
accurate results with the enhanced
Corel
®
PowerTRACE
™
.
• Get helpful, easy to read information about
each tool with the enhanced tooltip
formatting.
Create with confidence
• Design multi-colored filled objects with fluid
color transitions by using the vastly improved
Mesh Fill tool.
• Create diagrams and charts with a collection of
new drawing tools, including a B-Spline tool,
an Object Coordinates dockers, Connector
tools, and scalable arrowheads.
• Draw continuously with enhanced Curve
tools that prevent accidental selection of the
bounding box.
• Create, organize, and show or hide both
default and custom color palettes with the
enhanced Palette Manager.
• Design for the Web and view actual pixel units
with the new Pixels mode.
• Use the enhanced Rectangle property bar
to create chamfered, scalloped, or round
corners, which won’t distort if the rectangle is
stretched.
• Navigate the workspace by using finger
gestures thanks to new support for
Windows
®
7 touch.
• Achieve greater workflow efficiency with the
improved Objects docker, which enables
hierarchical organization of design elements
and makes commonly used features more
accessible (Corel PHOTO-PAINT).
• Experiment with exciting new photo effects
for modifying your photos, including Vibrance,
Grayscale, and Photo Filter effects.
• Achieve greater control with the new Convert
to Grayscale dialog box, which lets you
choose the range of colors used in the
conversion (Corel PHOTO-PAINT).
• Take advantage of new support for
Microsoft
®
Visual Studio
®
Tools for
Applications to create macros and add-ons.