Which One Should I Buy – Adobe Photoshop® or CorelDRAW®?
For any design student wishing to really create the best pieces of work, you are really spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing the right software to complement your work; be it with illustration, Web graphic skills or photo editing.
Two pieces of software that will most certainly be top of the list will be CorelDRAW®and Adobe Photoshop®.
For some guidance on the specially discounted software for pupils and teachers here is a list of features and benefits of both packages:
Why CorelDRAW®?
A professional suite loaded with graphics and tools to enable the creation of anything from t-shirt designs to cards and flyers or logos and Web graphics. The in-built search tool enables you to find content quickly and provides useful tutorials which ultimately helps to speed up the learning process.
Components of CorelDRAW®:
Design & Illustrate
This component allows you to design and illustrate for the purposes of print and Web using the instinctual drawing tools. To give your reports and essays an added edge you can insert unique graphics and use creative text. The Design and Illustrate component allows you to invent unique page layouts that are perfect for creative designs such as magazine pages and newsletters.
Create
With the tutorials and templates available you will never be short of ideas for designing flyers and cards, print ads and even illustrated reports. Even more creative items such as t-shirt designs are easy.
Photo Edit
Retouching and adding special effects is easy with the innovative image editing tools. Cutting is simple so you can re-use certain parts of an image in other areas of your design and perhaps most impressively you can quickly straighten images that may have been scanned or photographed at an angle; a very useful tool to have.
Trace
With only a few clicks, create drawings and line art from scanned images. Also converting bitmap images into smooth and aesthetically pleasing vector graphics that look great regardless of size is simple.
Included in the CorelDRAW® Home and Student Suite X5 is: CorelDRAW® X5, Corel CAPTURE™ X5, Corel®PowerTRACE™, Corel® CONNECT™, Corel® PHOTO-PAINT and PhotoZoom Pro 2 (upon registration). On top of this, there is also 2 hours’ worth of training videos, a PDF guidebook and printed ‘Getting Started Guide’ all to help you fully understand the package.
Although this package sounds excellent, why not also consider the benefits of having Adobe® Photoshop® on your computer before making your decision?
Described as ‘the ultimate playground,’ Adobe® Photoshop® CS5 Extended Student and Teacher Edition really helps bring your digital images to life with the facility to stretch your imagination and showcase your talents in extraordinary ways.
Compatible for Windows or Mac, the CS5 Photoshop Extended Edition allows you to fully enjoy the state-of-the-art editing, painting and compositing facilities. Fast performance due to the cross-platform 64 bit support allows for smooth work sessions. Below lists some of the features of Adobe®Photoshop® CS5:
Components of Adobe® Photoshop®:
3D Extrusions
Create 3D logos and artwork using the Adobe Repoussé technology. Explore your creative talents in new directions.
Motion Content Editing
Edit over multiple frames, clone add text and paint using your favourite tools from Adobe® Photoshop® to your imported videos.
Extraordinary Creative Tools
By having the function to mix colours on canvas and create natural brushstroke effects you can achieve realistic looking painted images.
Image Analysis
Extract quantitative information from your images by using counting and measurement tools.
Automated Compositing Tools
To smoothly blend a series of images into one single shot this tool allows for different focal points to be merged using colour and shade blending and allows for extending the depth of field.
Enhanced Powerful Printing Options
An easy to navigate print dialogue box allows outstanding print creation in less time with the help of automation and scripting.
Advanced 3D Editing
This powerful 3D editing tool enables you to create masterpieces in 3D and even allows you to paint directly onto a 3D object.
State-of-the-art Photography
With more precision and power than ever before the photography feature allows the merging of multiple exposures to encompass the dynamic range further than previously possible.
If you still cannot decide which package is right for you, as they both have excellent features, then perhaps it will all come down to price. Make sure that when checking online you do not pay over the odds for your product. Leading software suppliers such as Phoenix Software Student Store can save pupils and teachers up to 90% compared to typical high street prices.