You say you want a big drawing
package? Then chances are you're already familiar with
CorelDraw and you'll want to get to know CorelDraw 7.
Corel has slightly pared down this latest version of its
graphics suite, but it's still packed with all the
graphics you'll ever need.
As with the previous version, the three main
components in CorelDraw 7 are the namesake illustration
and page-layout program, the Corel Photo-Paint 7 image
editor, and the Corel Dream 3D modeler, which is based
on Fractal's Ray Dream Designer. Other bundled utilities
include a visual file manager, a bitmap-to-vector
tracer, a texture generator, a 3-D logo maker, and more.
True to Corel form, there are thousands of clip-art
images, photos, and fonts.
Features/Specifications
Attractive Retail Box
Files open faster and images redraw much more
quickly
The Property Bar is now completely
context-sensitive--its options change with each new
tool you select--and you can anchor it anywhere on
the screen
Layers of dialog boxes have been grouped into one
central box for faster access
Dialog boxes, toolbars, and rulers are smaller,
freeing up working space, and all can be customized
Three "interactive" tools--Fill,
Transparency, and Blend--let you modify or mingle
drawings more quickly and intuitively by clicking
and dragging the tool cursors over objects to
initiate the change
New and improved pan and spiral tools
Natural Pen Tool for use with a pressure-sensitive
tablet
New colour-grouping feature called Colour Styles
lets you link "parent" (dominant) and
"child" (supporting) hues, which can make
recolouring a complex image much faster
Single text tool for both artistic and paragraph
text, support for drop caps, and reference tools
gleaned from WordPerfect
Speed and interface improvements are shared by
Photo-Paint 7
New Web-browser colour palettes for Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer
Ability to define objects as clickable image maps
for Web pages
Corel Dream 3D also gets Net-savvy with a VRML
export function
