| CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 [DVD] | ![CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VF4KhO7lL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Corel
Category: Software
List Price: $429.00
Buy New: $299.07
You Save: $129.93 (30%)
New (31) Used (2) from $149.45
Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 303
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8.1 x 3.1
MPN: CDGSX4ENPC
Model: CDGSX4ENPC
UPC: 735163119206
EAN: 0735163119206
ASIN: B0012KZKZC
Release Date: February 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 An excellent product with one drawback November 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Writing this review has been on my to-do list for a long time. That's because this is a wonderful product, with one big drawback. I've been hoping either to find other drawbacks that could justify a less enthusiatic review, or a solution to that one flaw.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite will do everything you want it to do, whether you're creating brochures or websites or scrapbook pages. The learning curve is no steeper that it has to be for a product with this robust a range of options. The images and fonts included will come in handy over and over.
The only problem is: everyone else you work with will probably be using Adobe. You will have issues when you collaborate with others, you won't find tutorials that work for you, you won't be able to swap tips at the water cooler.
If that doesn't matter to you, then this is pretty much the perfect graphics package.
 An amateur's perspective October 16, 2008
I'm no artist. I want to be. But, I'm not. I do, however, have a need to create and customize graphics, especially for websites now.
So, I picked up a copy of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4.
I've used Adobe Photoshop in the past, and although I know it is the industry leader among graphics software, I find it difficult for a novice like myself to learn.
When I call myself a novice, it is strictly in the realm of computer artistry. I'm very adept technically, and work in the IT industry as a senior systems engineer. I know software.
I figured that with the tutorials and help system in the CorelDRAW software, I should be able to easily learn what I needed to know. Corel didn't disappoint me.
Not only are the commands a bit more intuitive than those in Adobe Photoshop, but the help system has quickly answered all of my questions so far regarding how to do anything I've needed. Watching the video tutorials has helped teach me graphics concepts that may never have occurred to me to explore on my own.
The tools in this suite have aided me in creating custom banners, graphics, and editing pictures. I've found the process to be easy and fun.
The program is a bit slow to open, even on a PC with a 3 GHz processor and 2 GB of RAM. Once open, however, it responds very well. The slowness to launch seems to be standard with such programs, however, so I am not sure it is really a fault with the software or if it is simply the nature of the beast.
There you have it - an amateur's perspective. I'm not knowledgeable enough with graphics to review every little nuance, but for those of you who hope to be able to muddle your way through graphics creation, as I hoped, you will find this a useful and informative tool.
CorelDRAW GS X4 October 11, 2008
I've been a CorelDRAW owner since version 1. V100 camee on one floppy. This product is a serious 2 DVD set. I love it.
 Very good product but it's not Adobe. September 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The product offers similar features to Adobe's Illustrator but lacks in special effects such as easy type warping and 3-D objects. It did not allow me to save as a pdf file. This software was easy to use even for a beginner. It has some of the same tools you would find in a vector program i.e. pen, line, shapes, selections, etc. Building new color swatches was a snap too. When you needed to look for a feature or option, they were also easy to find, and you did not have to waste a lot of time digging. Overall a very good product.
Startlingly Good September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Long-time Photoshop user here, and I have to tell you that I am impressed with how far Corel has brought its suite of graphics software in the few years since I've used it. In spite of it being a suite, it isn't bloated with a lot of specialized applications. You get a good, solid image handling program, a vector-based drawing program and a screen cap one. No website builders, 3D stuff or video applications which are likely to take up a ton of space on your hard drive and never be used.
In many ways I find the drawing program better than anything I've seen from Adobe. The controls are far more intuitive. And in fact, since one of the ways I judge how well a program performs is by how easy it is to get it up and running at a basic level without reading any of the manuals, I'd have to say that in many ways the whole suite is as good or better than Adobe's offerings in the intuition department. If you can handle Photoshop, you can certainly learn Corel fairly quickly.
There's a lot I could say, but I'd prefer to recommend that you check the program info on this page and see if it sounds like something you can use. I don't think you'll be disappointed in the quality, nor do I believe you'll be defeated by the learning curve. I think you'll find this suite well worth having either on its own or as an addition to the graphics programs you already use.
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