CorelDRAW is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Corel Corporation
of Ottawa, Canada. It is also the name of Corel's Graphics Suite, which
bundles CorelDraw with a bitmap image editor, Corel PhotoPaint, and
other graphics-related programs (see below). The latest version is designated X6 (equivalent to version 16), and was released in March 2012.
History
In 1987, Corel hired software engineers Michel Bouillon and Pat Beirne to develop a vector-based illustration program
to bundle with their desktop publishing systems. That program,
CorelDRAW, was initially released in 1989. CorelDRAW 1.x and 2.x runs
under Windows 2.x and 3.0. CorelDRAW 3.0 came into its own with
Microsoft's release of Windows 3.1. The inclusion of TrueType in
Windows 3.1 transformed CorelDRAW into a serious illustration program
capable of using system-installed outline fonts without requiring
third-party software such as Adobe Type Manager; paired with a photo
editing program (PhotoPaint), a font manager and several other pieces of software, it was also part of the first all-in-one graphics suite.
The first book devoted to CorelDRAW was Mastering CorelDRAW by Chris
Dickman, published by Peachpit Press in 1990, with a contribution by
Rick Altman. Dickman also founded and published the independent
Mastering CorelDRAW Journal publication, and created and ran the first
site dedicated to CorelDRAW, CorelNET.com, from 1995 to 1997.
X3 Features
Double click Crop tool (the first vector software able to crop groups of
vectors and bitmap images at the same time), Smart fill tool,
Chamfer/Fillet/Scallop/Emboss tool, Image Adjustment Lab. Trace became
integrated inside Draw under the name PowerTRACE.
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