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You will frequently see pop-ups and in-app advertisements. They also have built-in advertising that can't be disabled. In the more recent versions, most of Corel's products, even after purchasing, you're forced to log into the program each time you use it.While I'm all for having backups in the advent of a crash, you know what would be better than that? Not crashing in the first place! Corel implemented a backup system which attempts to recover some lost work after a crash, but, depending on how frequently it is set to run, crashing still causes you to lose some of your work. I have used several versions as far back as 3, and as recent as X7, and every version has been prone to crashing unexpectedly while performing memory intensive commands.This may have been done to be more stylish or possibly to avoid using a number they superstitiously think of as unlucky, either way, it's dumb.

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It's a quibble, but Corel switched version numbers to a hybrid number plus Roman numerals at version 13.Shockingly, version 2021 still doesn't have WEBP support. Even as late as version 17, there is still poor support for the Web standard SVG format (I use Inkscape to ensure proper handling of the format, and the Illustrator importer is only so-so.You're usually better off doing it by hand.

For example, if an image is using CYMK, and you want to convert it to RGB, you have to go through a tedious find-and-replace wizard twice (once for fills, and again for outlines), and the results may still not be very good. There is no simple way to convert color models for an entire image.

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The interface has adopted the poorly-thought-out Windows 10 scheme making it inferior to earlier versions.

For decades the program has shipped with a hideous and useless default palette, and you can't easily replace it with a useful one.

And, I still much prefer the mouse scroll-wheel zoom over Adobe's unnecessary Macintosh-based CTRL + scroll wheel zoom. Thankfully, most of these quirks can be fixed by adjusting the configuration.

There are several quirks in the program that bother me, like the default zoom's strange function.

Because the program isn't as popular as Illustrator, there are far fewer online tutorials and books available for it, so you won't have as many sources to learn from.

The program is highly configurable, even to the point of letting you reassign hotkeys and redraw toolbar icons.

The program is more cost effective than other similarly-featured vector graphics programs.Each new version usually adds new features while improving existing ones.Some of the tools I find to be much easier to use than Illustrator. The program features a vast array of features and capabilities, so many, in fact, that I'm still discovering new ones after years of use.I own an older version of Corel Draw and have been using it since the early 1990s.

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A decent free equivilant is Inkscape, but I find Inkscape's UI to be a total disaster.

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I admit that it is inferior to Illustrator, but I find Corel's interface to be more intuitive and their software model to be far less invasive than Adobe, but it's still quite pricey. Over all, I find Corel Draw to be a very useful program, and, since I've grown up using it, I'm far more comfortable with it than any other vector art program. I still use the program frequently for graphic creation at work and home.

I generally skip a version or two before upgrading in order to make the new features worth my while, although I'm way behind the curve now. I later used versions 8, 10, 12, X3, X5, and X7. This was the first version where I actually spent a lot of time playing with it, and I used it at my first software development job to make logos and various other graphics for the programs I developed. In high school, my computer teacher allowed me to buy a copy of version 7 at the school's discounted rate. At the time I didn't have much interest in graphic art, but I occasionally played with the programs. My friend Kevin had Corel Draw version 5, and we would often look through the clip art collection. I watched him use the program to create flyers for his church and occasionally used it myself. He had acquired version 3 which could run on Windows 3 and included the early raster editor Corel Photo-Paint. I first used Corel Draw on my uncle's computer in the early 1990s.

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