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[Jack Davenport]

Hi people: In my haste to get everthing started at once I bought Corel version 12 and installed it, now the learning curve, how can I tell if I installed the image library or not, I dont think that I recieved that cd, how can I tell if I have it on my pc? Thanks Jack D.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi Jack

Normally the clipart/image library comes on a seperate disk, but I could be wrong there.

Generally clipart/image library falls into 2 catergories. Free and professional. Professional you pay for.

Free........you can access the Microsoft clipart on the internet http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-au Most of it is school project, church newsletter or christmas card quality. Very usefull in those areas. Not much use for engraving. The Corel clipart/image library is very similar.

Professional..........www.istockphoto.com is an excellent pay site. Type in "scroll" in their search engine and see what comes up. Most images are $1-$6 each. Vector art galore that can be imported into Corel & PhotoShop and is of a very high standard that is suitable for engraving purposes. You'll see what I mean when you have a look at the web site. This is also a good site for animal pictures etc. and everything is generally royalty free. But of course read the fine print.

The old story of "you get what you pay for" is as true today as it ever was.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Jon C. Dake]

Jack, if you don't already have it and want a good tutorial on Corel Draw order the DVD on the seminar that Andrew gave at FEGA on using Corel Draw. I have mine ordered but have not received it yet, however I was there in person and there was a lot of very useful informtion perternient to engraving provided by Andrew. He appears to know just about everything there is to know about the program. I have been waiting to jump into Corel Draw until I got my DVD, as the seminar covered a lot of ground in a rather short amount of time and I just couldn't assimilate all of the information in one setting.

 

[monk]

i bought a laser machine and corel v11 came with the laser. there were several disks. one for fonts, one for clipart images. included was a booklet that showed thumbnails of the images on the disk. i gotta think that your package included clipart, but i'm not going to bet the farm !. hay, even if it wasn't, there's tons of clipart for pay or even for free. you can drown in the stuff if you're not carefu. to see if you have it, go into your corel directory and take a peek at what's there.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Thanks guys I found both of whice you speak.

 

[mdengraver]

Not much talk about using Illustrator and Photoshop for designing in this forum, especially Illustrator.
Why don't more people use Illustrator over COREL DRAW. I'm under the impression COREL DRAW is easier to learn but Illustrator I think is much more powerful for one who is willing to learn it. Any reactions to this comment would be welcomed.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi mdengraver

I use Photoshop a lot and Corel Draw and a couple of other signwriting specific programes. I'm not sure really if it comes down to "ones better than the other". It probabley has more to do with what you want to use it for. Each programe has it's quirky ways of dealing with things. Some become industry standard like Photoshop.

In my case it's what I'm used to. I've used both for a long time now and I have reached the stage where I just can't be bothered switching programes unless there is a compelling reason to do so. And it would have to be really compelling!!!! Gone are the days where I choke my computer (and brain) up with the latest "must have" software.

But your right. Any of the higher end software in both raster and vector will do the job perfectley fine. At that level they are all fairly similar. All of them are bigger than Texas and probabley do more than we will ever use.

I'm hanging out for a decent graphics programe that will make me a cup of tea or pour a cold beer whenever I click the mouse. Now that would be really useful.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Neo Dutch]

You use what you know. I've used Corel almost everyday since 1996. It does everything I need and haven't found anyone that can show me that Illustrator is better. And I'm positive that I'd have the feeling about Illustrator if I'd started with it instead.