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Is it worth upgrading Corel from X3 to X4?
Hi
I have had a browse reading posts on X4 which seem positive. Anyone have experience of upgrading from X3? People upgrading from 12 and previous versions have noticed big differences.
I have invested in Photoshop and Illustrator on my Mac but I always have to go back to my PC to use Sign Tools 3 on CorelDraw and Mach 3 for my flat-bed plotter. Love my Mac but need to keep Windows software.
Choice, cross-grade Photoshop and Illustrator to Windows or upgrade CorelDraw (?) My gut feeling is to stick with what I know, CorelDraw, although I prefer Photoshop to Corel PhotoPaint for photowork.
Cheers
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I’m a Mac person myself, just installing CorelX4 the now on a virtual windows
Bought Wilcom DecoEmbroidery Studio E1 and got CorelX4 with it
I’ve really only used X3 before so I’ll let you know if I notice that much of a difference
Watched the Corel stand at SignUK and the only thing they were showing that looked new was Power Clipping
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John power clipping was also in x3
Rich -
quote Richard Urquhart:John power clipping was also in x3
RichCheers Richard
Never played with it that much tbh, just messed about with it on someone else’s machine when I was thinking about purchasing it
Just need to learn Corel fully now along with the new Wilcom software
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Cheers so far. Yes I am a Mac person but still have a PC with the serial and parallel ports. I have tried the usb – serial/parallel adapters but they don’t work too good. I prefer the stand alone PC anyway just for work.
I am leaning towards the Corel upgrade if needed, use the Mac for photo work. May not need to spend money after all!
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Does X3 do what you need it to do? X4 does have some improvements, updated filters and also fine tuning stuff which was in X3. If you prefer Photoshop and are familiar with it then stick with it, X3 does import psd files and I believe retains the layers, although if you use features in PS which are only in the new versions they may not come in unless flattened first.
Power clipping has been in Draw for years and is a very good feature and often missed by users. What particular features do you want to use that are not in X3? X4 was not the huge leap over X3 that V12 users saw.
Alan D -
Thanks Alan, I was waiting for a post from the Corel expert 😀
Yes I am happy with X3, that is why I never upgraded last year. Just saw all the blurb about the 20th Century Edition and made me look at it again.
The only thing I can see is the Tracing feature. Has that improved much? I can see centre-line trace has been added. I use VectorMagic anyway so may not be needed. I still use an old program called Acme TraceArt which does a good centre-line trace anyway.
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Certainly the 20th Century edition is a good deal and you won’t lose anything be upgrading. Powertrace, apart from the centre line which was added was improved slightly with more control over what knocked out with underlying objects and accuracy was tweaked.
Alan D -
Doh! it’s just dawned on me… download the demo :lol1: Giving it a try for 2 weeks.
I would have gone for the 20th Anniversary one but I have a bigger Wacom tablet already.
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quote David-Foster-:Cheers so far. Yes I am a Mac person but still have a PC with the serial and parallel ports. I have tried the usb – serial/parallel adapters but they don’t work too good. I prefer the stand alone PC anyway just for work.I am leaning towards the Corel upgrade if needed, use the Mac for photo work. May not need to spend money after all!
I use Fusion running XP in an iMac with a usb->serial cable and it drives the cutter really well.
Sadly the same can’t be said when it comes to finding a driver to do the same thing on the Mac 🙂
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