#Notice from Corel
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Pat,
I saw a msg. from someone implying that Corel has a video available. How
do I order it?
* — Blaise
If you have a legal copy of CorelDRAW, you already have the video. It is
included in every package sold.
Eldor,
Oh, I thought it was a pre-sale video, not an instructional video. I don't
have CorelDraw. I'm evaluating a couple of different graphic programs.
Arts & Letters had a pre-sale video offer which helped tremendously in
learning what the product is capable of. Much more informative than a
brochure.
Of course, the reviews of CorelDraw make it a very strong contender. Is
there anything in particular a prospective buyer should know?
* — Blaise
What you should know about Corel is that they offer what is just about the
best support in the industry. They're also very responsive to their users,
and are constantly working on improvements. CorelDRAW is extremely
powerful and intuitive. You'll probably get up to speed with it faster
than with other programs.
Text support features are superb and many people buy it for that alone –
not to imply that other features are less good – the program is overall
excellent.
There are other good programs, and each has certain strengths. Perhaps if
you tell us what your main use will be, we'll be able to give you specific
recommendations, but I personally use CD for just about everything,
including designing business cards, forms, single-page flyers, etc.
Oh, about the video, they MAY have a pre-sale video, but I don't know.
Hopefully one of their people will see this and reply to you.
Regards…
Eldor,
Thanks for the information. Corel is _very_ high on the list. Does any
clipart come with the basic system, or do you roll your own? Arts &
Letters comes with 3,000 clipart images.
* — Blaise
Blaise,
Corel comes with lots of clipart. I don't think its 3,000 images but all
of it is very good. If you have time go to a dealer that has an open box
of CD and inside you'll find a catalog with reproductions of the clipart.
Costas
Costas,
Thanks for the info on the images. Some included clip art makes a drawing
program much more useful for those of us w/out art skills. If I can modify
an existing drawing I can get into the program a lot faster.
Your idea of finding a dealer with an open box of Corel is also good. I'll
definitely look into it.
* — Blaise
Best of luck.
Costas
Have you seen the clipart that comes with A&L? Although there is alot of
it, none is of the quality that comes with CorelDRAW. The CD stuff is very
well done, but there just isn't enough of it. What they've done is put
together some samples from different companies, sort of to show you what
could be done or purchased. They include useable samples (and phone
numbers and prices) from several companies.
I guess it depends on what you're looking for.
Personally, (and actually in the opinion of most of our clients) the
clipart that comes with A&L isn't worth going out and buying the program
for.
Eldor,
Thanks for the info. You're right about the quality of the art begin
important. Of course, we'd all like multi-megabyte hard disks so we could
store them all <grin>. I can't wait until they have an affordable read/
write CD (read compact disc) so I can store lots and lots of clip art.
* — Blaise
Eldor,
Thanks for the info. You're right about the quality of the clipart being
important. I'd rather have a few good pieces than millions of not quite as
good images. I can't wait until they have affordable read/write compact
disc (CD) technology so I can store lots of these images and retrieve them
quickly.
CorelDraw looks more and more like the way to go.
* — Blaise
Hi Blaise, Yes we do have a pre-sale video and yes Corel DRAW! does come
bundled with clipart to the tune of 6.5 meg worth. For the Video just call
613-728-8200 and ask for customer service. They will fill you in on the
details.
Shawn or Andrew,
I called in for the video and some dealer info. Naturally, all the sales
staff had left for the day, boff
ut I hope to hear from someone tomorrow.
Thanks.
* — Blaise
Why don't you tell us what type of work you do and what type of work you
may do in the future and your printer and pc type please?
Manny of us have and use both the Editor and CD and thus could give you a
more accurate recomendation. Please be as specific as possible as well as
any future plans and the resolution of your camera ready job. Each program
has it's respective strengths and different intended market contrary to
what you may think.
Steve
Steve,
Actually I have a pretty generalized computer consulting practice. I
research, recommend, purchase (if requested by client), install, configure
(hardware/software), train, troubleshoot, program, handhold, advise, and
manage.
That sounds like a lot of ground to cover, but I do most of the stuff on
the software side. Hardware repair I leave to others.
As it happens, I just like graphics software. I do use it in creating
brochures, flyers, announcements, etc., but any important design stuff I
leave to a "real" designer. I've fooled around and have been told I have a
good eye, but don't do anything really serious. I'm just fascinated with
the technology and being able to edit and refine an image without erasing
and redrawing is, for me, a more beautiful form of the text edit functions
a computer has.
Besides I used to do print brokering way back when, and my father was a
commercial artist for 30+ years. My sister is currently a commercial
artist, so I guess the interest runs in the blood. So I understand a good
deal of the lingo for camera ready work. Right now, though, I'm looking
for something better than PC Paintbrush that comes with the Microsoft Mouse
so I can hone some skill at this. It never hurts to know how these things
work in case a client asks. And someday soon I want to self-publish a
limited edition book.
* — Blaise
Yo, Blaise, Our Customer Service group (for videos, flyers, etc.) are
available 9am-5pm EST Monday thru Friday. Tech Support is available from
8.30am-6pm EST Monday thru Thursday (we are actually here 'till 7pm EST
but, you can dial in ONLY 'till 6pm EST and 9.30am-5pm EST on Friday. The
later start on Friday is because we meet to exchange problems/solutions we
have found during the week. -Andrew
Andrew,
You watch too many Rocky movies, or do you come from NY <grin>?
I'm glad to see you guys are such hard workers. My hours are 00:00 to
00:00 (midnight to you), M-Sunday, 360 days of the year.
Seriously, tech support is one of the most important aspects of a company.
It's usually an afterthought with clients, but when they need help they
really love ya!
* — Blaise