Corel Draw Vs. Adobe Illustrator

All of your questions have been answered. Peter finally breaks the silence on the industry about what software is better for your sign shop. Is it Corel Draw???? or is it Adobe Illustrator??? You're gonna be surprised by some of the answers.

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[baskey]

Corel has been the leader in graphic software since the early 90s and still has the edge over Adobe. All Corel lacks is the Youtube following that adobe has and this is mainly due to ignorance. I think most Adobe users would be surprised at the capabilities that Corel graphic suite has to offer if they took the time to actually learn how to use it. I will say though that Adobe are streets ahead of Corel or any other graphic software company when it comes to extorting money from it's users .

[inlandwraps]

Hey, thanks for the shout out Peter! We do love us some Corel Draw here and are proud of our designs!

[pritamroy]

I'm from India and I can say for me, CorelDraw is the best. Because, its a 360 degree software for us and it is a combination of Indesign, photoshop, ms-word and illustrator.

[marcelaflores]

I have 3 marketing agencies, digital agencies specialist in politics and all the designers prefer Corel Draw, faster and cheaper.

[hsj]

In my 7 years as a graphic designer, I've used both Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. Adobe is big on marketing, but Corel isn't, so many people think Adobe is way better. But once you get to know both, you realize they're pretty similar.

I prefer CorelDRAW because Illustrator can be lazy about making its tools easy to use. They often add fancy new versions of the same old features instead of improving what's already there. Sure, Illustrator has some fancy stuff, but most people never use it.

Both have their good and bad points. I've seen videos where people who only know Adobe say it's the best, but that's not true. The truth is, they're both just okay.

I get frustrated with both Corel and Illustrator. Sometimes I wonder why they don't copy each other's good ideas. But I'm not a software expert, so I can't say.

What matters most is knowing shortcuts and getting your work done fast. Newbies might use the mouse a lot, but pros use shortcuts to speed things up.

People argue a lot about which software is better, but it's not worth it. Just pick one and stick with it. I wasted time switching between them before I realized it didn't matter. Just get good at one and show off your skills with your work.

[SavetheRepublic]

I use CorelDraw after years of using Adobe Illustrator. I find it more straight forward with less confusion. Easier to use as a whole IMO. My main switch was because I could own the program unlike the subscription base of Adobe. It left a bad taste in my mouth. Unfortunately Corel is now doing the same thing. It's a hard pill to swallow but what can you really do about it.

[COREL_]

Im a Corel Draw user, in coreldraw u can assign multiple commands in one "KEY" unlike in AI multiple KEYS in one command, for example in corel draw I assigned my "wireframe mode (MINUS SIGN)" in numeric keypad close to my mouse and the PLUS SIGN as my Enhanced mode and duplicate command. But what I like about AI is the MESH tool gradient and their vibrant colors XD

[BorSam]

In my country, most printing shops use CorelDraw for their design and printing, Illustator is not used often. But in logo design or social media design in general, they use Illstator over CorelDraw. I'm not sure what the difference is because I do most of my vector design in CorelDraw.

[SKMRify]

Three other logo design masters who use CorelDRAW here on YouTube are 'Zaidi Graphics', 'Ahsan Sabri' and 'Deyvi Ayron'.

[randomlyviewing]

I used Illustrator for years and now using Corel because I do not want to pay the fees. Current Corel has the same if not better attributes and tools as Illustrator.

[cavstlt]

i am also a CorelDraw user from day ONE; I have attended Corel conferences on the west coast back when they held them- great groups of professionals there, for sure!!! I also got the very first version of Adobe Illustrator as competitive upgrade back when they had split screen for drawing and viewing (yuck). I was very frustrated back then when print shops and others would only accept Mac Illustrator files (double yuck). At that time, I just felt like the Mac designers were just a snotty bunch! I insisted my local Mac only print and prepress shops to get PCs as there were more business using PCs than Mac and if they wanted my company's business, they will just have to learn to be able to read my files; I was just very tired of converting my DRW files to bad AI files, EPS or dumb TIF for them use.

In the end, slowly but surely, PC versions of graphic software started to catch up with Mac and I was simply ecstatic when cross platforms compatibility became a norm.

Personally, I still preferred CorelDraw for many of the reason you and other users have mentioned. i really, really do loved being able to reassign hotkeys to single keys; I simply never care to do multi-finger dances of CTL/ALT on my keyboard to enable some functions. I also loved the insane zoom in level of Corel too; finally, i still find it kind of hard to click on the exact curve handle point on Adobe illustrator some times, especially when they were close by- the node control and manipulation in Corel were simply much more comfortable and user friendly to work with.

So, in closing, yes, I use BOTH pieces of software for my work too and I would like to consider myself an experience user as I had over two decades of computer graphic designs under my belt; I never got tired of feeling I was being pay to play and draw on computer all day! 🙂

You folks out there, just keep at it and keep creating!

[PuthirVanamU]

Excellent input bro. The best phrase in the video: "...it is not CorelDraw or AI, it is CorelDraw AND AI..". It helped me to start learning both! Tqvm!

[LuisFelipe-yrhl]

Im a coreldraw user and I tell you, this 2 tools in corel ("blend" and "fix text to path") kill adobe illustrator ...

[KuttyJoe]

One thing I would say is that, it's not just a matter of what can be done with tools, it's also about how quickly can those things be done when you're talking about production work. I can achieve a lot of things in various software, but not at the same speed. Here's a real world example. I worked for a garment printer where I used Adobe software while a co-worker used Coreldraw. Our screen maker can use eps, pdf, and interestingly, photoshop .psd files. We worked with color separated files using spot colors and pantone colors. Here's the thing. Coreldraw can create a pdf file and an eps file, but any file created in Photoshop is garbled mess at the rip. So my co-worker would take a purely vector file, convert it to a series of separate raster images, then send those files to the rip as a series of separate files. A 10 color design means 10 separate images. Each image is the size of one composite image. You can see how this is already a mess. The guy running the output would receive this package of images, then he would have to use his imagination when trying to press check them to see if things are correct. OK, from Illustrator, or from Photoshop, I could obviously send that same "art" to the rip as a single composite file. It's of course easy to press check because it's just one file. It gets worse. We often needed to edit the file, or to resize it, etc. So my co-worker would take all of those 10 files, recompile them back in Coreldraw, then resize, then separate them all again, and so on. And the interesting is that Photoshop is so powerful that I could take all of those separate files and batch recompile them back into a single file in 20 seconds. Corel had no such capability. So it time lost at every stage with Coreldraw. So, it was certainly possible to do the work, but not at nearly the same speed. And I'm sure that there are tons of examples like this which are in favor of Coreldraw. I think Coreldraw is definitely the right choice for sign making workflow and other things too.

[m]

Corel is a technical drawing software. If you want to draw an arc of a circle under an angle of 13.25 degrees, you will be able to do it in two movements. Also, working with nodes is far more refined. With Corel you can make any drawing that requires precise and multiple dimensions. I confirm, it's harder on the Mac, but you can draw anything.
Illustrator is exactly what the name says: for illustrations. So it makes better gradients.

[ernestbailey]

It is the user that uses the soft­ware that produces the result.

[hitztrends]

no doubt i love corel simple and straight

[dwwc]

I've been using Corel Draw from the onset of its existence. I like it much better than Adobe Illustrator. However, I love Adobe Photoshop better than the bitmap application in Corel Draw.

[SKMRify]

What about Inkscape and Affinity Designer?

[jameslong]

I do large vehicle wraps at scale when the output file is 4 gigs I haven't found a way for AI or PS to even think about exporting it.