CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 coming soon

Corel Corporation today announced the upcoming availability of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11, the company`s flagship graphic design suite. Designed to make work more enjoyable, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 delivers powerful software for graphic design, page layout, photo editing and vector animation. Designed for Windows XP and built for Mac OS X, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 will be available across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in September.

With virtually all new features the direct result of customer feedback, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 gives designers a suite of powerful, industry-leading tools that are also intuitive and easy to use. The suite includes CorelDRAW 11, Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11 and Corel R.A.V.E. 2 and is designed to make creating content for print and for the Web more enjoyable.

"We created CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 for designers who want to get more enjoyment out of what they do," said Beverley Rogers, country manager for Corel Products in South Africa. "Creating content can be a complex task and CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 changes that by making graphic design as intuitive as possible, helping designers visualise their ideas and achieve a new level of satisfaction with their work."

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 continues to include user favorites such as interactive tools, extensive customisation capabilities, support for more than 100 import and export filters, as well as colour management tools that are both easy to use and powerful.

Corel will be offering technology protection, which gives customers who purchase CorelDRAW 10 Graphics Suite for Windows and Corel Graphics Suite 10 for Macintosh, between July 1st and September 30th, the opportunity to upgrade to CorelDRAW 11 Graphics Suite for a nominal fee via Customer Services on 0800 23 42 11.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 will be available in August for a suggested retail price (SRP) of R7999.00. Users of CorelDRAW 9 or CorelDRAW 10 Graphics Suite (Windows), CorelDRAW 8 Graphics Suite (Macintosh), Corel Graphics Suite 10 for Macintosh, CorelDRAW 9 Office Edition (Windows), as well as users of Corel DESIGNER 9, can purchase CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 at the upgrade SRP of R3999.00. A competitive upgrade offer will be available at the time of launch.

CorelDRAW 11

CorelDRAW 11 is a graphic design and page layout application that provides powerful creativity features, a wide range of object creation tools, innovative effects and high-quality output features.

* New Symbols support - reduce and reuse the most important elements in your designs;

* New Roughen and Smudge brushes - easily edit curves with these pressure-sensitive tools that feature full tablet support;

* New 3-Point Ellipse, Rectangle and Curve tools - create exact size and rotation of these shapes in two easy clicks;

* Live effects - work freely and efficiently with real-time feedback;

* Enhanced Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support - create data driven, dynamic graphics using SVG;

* Customisable workspace - create a workspace that suits your personal needs;

* New Polyline tool - create curves and lines in one stroke, using one tool.

Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11

* Corel PHOTO-PAINT 11 provides complete image editing tools, letting you retouch and manipulate photographs quickly and easily;

* New CutOut tool - quickly mask complex objects;

* Enhanced Image Stitching - create seamless panoramas with multiple images or objects;

* New Image Slicing - load large images on a Web page faster by breaking them into segments;

* New Rollovers - add dynamic effects to Web graphics;

* New Red-Eye Removal tool - brush over problem areas to correct your photos.

Corel R.A.V.E. 2

* Corel R.A.V.E. 2 is a powerful program for creating Web graphics and animations;

* New Symbols - reduce Flash(tm) file sizes by referencing objects or animated symbols;

* Enhanced Flash filter - produce compact animations for the Web;

* Enhanced Behavior support - add a greater level of interactivity to Flash animations, diagrams, sequences;

* New Animate or Tween - create advanced text transitions and effects by animating text on a path. Plus, tween Perfect Shapes(tm) to create animations using customisable shapes.

Supporting Utilities

* CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11 includes a number of supporting utilities;

* ScanSoft OmniPage SE - allows text in scanned images to be recognised and made editable;

* Bitstream Font Navigator 4 (Windows only) - allows you to manage fonts easily;

* Font Reserve for Mac OS X - allows you to manage fonts easily;

* Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 6.3 (Windows only) - allows developers to build custom solutions using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11;

* CorelTRACE 11 - allows you to trace bitmaps to convert them to vector images;

* Corel CAPTURE 11 (Windows only) - allows you to capture on-screen computer images and record on-screen actions as animation files;

* Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 - allows you to view PDF files;

* QuickTime 5 player - allows you to view QuickTime movies and produce QT files from CorelPHOTO-PAINT and Corel R.A.V.E.

For more information about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11, please visit www.corel.com/graphicssuite11.