CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Review

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(More customer reviews)CorelDraw was my first foray into vector graphics back when version 3 showed up on my desk at the small "Mom and Pop" screenprinting shop i worked at. Back then, Corel came with OODLES of free fonts, clipart, manuals ... not to mention FREE technical support via a toll-free number.
i stayed with Corel exclusively until version 10 ... enduring countless patches, bugs and the dreaded "odd-numbered" curse (if you tried version 5 or 7, you feel my pain). Adobe Photoshop was always my photo-editing program of choice ... CorelPhotoPAINT just never quite "did it" for me.
Industry demands eventually delegated that i delve into Adobe Illustrator. Being already familiar with Adobe Photoshop's features, tools and "look and feel", Illustrator didn't present a huge, overbearing learning curve. In Illustrator, i found the same robust features as CorelDraw ... which wasn't what impressed me about Illustrator. Adobe's intuitive programs, and their ability to interact with one another ... seamlessly ... THAT is what won me over to Illustrator. Illustrator's ability to edit/create PDF's in their native format? WOW! Exporting LAYERED vector files to Photoshop ... with layers INTACT??? WOW!!! (i could go on)
Now, that being said ... there are STILL things that i prefer in CorelDRAW compared to Illustrator. The EXTRUDE function in corel is MUCH easier to utilize. The PowerClip function is more user friendly than Illustrator's "make clipping mask" function. The ability to customize/edit/add shortcut keys is an amazing feature. (again ... i could go on) (EDIT: i learned this IS possible in Illustrator CS2 via the EDIT/Keyboard Shortcuts, or Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K)
In regards to importing and exporting files from other applications, CorelDRAW wins, hands down. It boasts a ROBUST set of import and export filters, my favorite being the .eps import filter which lets you import an .eps while converting the fonts to curves DURING the import. This is a MUST HAVE if you work with an .eps file created on another computer whose fonts you lack. If i had a dollar for every .eps that pulls into Illustrator with fonts blown out ... i'd be independently wealthy. WHY Illustrator has never implemented this is beyond me.
So, to sum it up ... CorelDRAW is a great program ... but i can't imagine it being my ONLY vector drawing program. Just like in real life, you need a great team. This program, paired with Adobe Creative Suite, meets my needs perfectly.


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Whether they are design professionals on deadline or small business owners creating their own marketing materials, customers will enjoy a significant productivity boost from CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3. The suite simplifies the design process for projects of any scale, including logo creation, professional marketing brochures, and eye-catching signs. Customers choose CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 because it delivers a combination of superior design capabilities, speed, ease of use, and affordability that's unmatched in the graphics software industry.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 Student & Teacher Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)If you are accustomed to using other versions of CorelDraw, you may not want this version. Fact is, they have made many so-called "improvements" which I find are incompatible with other software that I have used in the past. It does not convert to encapsulated postscript (eps) files properly, and will crash programs that traditionally work well with eps figures. By contrast, CorelDraw 11 worked well. Hence the "improvement" has rendered the software a nuisance. If you are accustomed to pasting figures into other software, forget it. CorelDraw X3 will not retain the integrity of the original figure, and it will look distorted and crummy. Any prior version of CorelDraw worked well. Again, the "improvement" has made the software a nuisance. On top of that, it crashes a lot.
I contacted their "customer service" about a year ago when I first discovered these differences. I was assured that they knew about the problems and were working on them. Well, a year later, with no patches to correct these differences, I am now being told that it is everyone else's fault (software manufacturers) that CorelDraw is not compatible. I was also told that they have no intention to correct these problems because they do not consider them problems. There is an example of their customer service for you.
I have been using CorelDraw for a long time, starting with 6, then 9, then 11. This is the worst of the bunch by far. I am going back to a previous version.

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With this comprehensive graphics suite, students and teachers can confidently deliver graphically rich school projects, personalizing their work and transforming ideas into professional results -- fast! CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 delivers the ultimate combination of design capabilities, ease-of-use, speed, and affordability that cannot be matched by any other graphics software.
Included Applications
CorelDRAW X3: An intuitive graphic design and page layout application that meets the demands of today's busy design professionals and occasional business users. It delivers results fast, whether you're creating a company logo or working toward demanding production schedules.
Corel Photo-Paint X3: A professional image-editing application that lets users quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos. It is specifically designed for use as part of a graphic workflow.
Corel PowerTRACE X3: Professional designers often receive poor-quality bitmap images from clients and face the challenge of turning these into high-quality vector images for business cards, brochures, promotional items, or signs. The new Corel PowerTRACE solves this problem by letting users quickly and accurately convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics.
Corel Capture X3: A one-click screen capture utility that lets users capture images from their computer screen.
Pixmantec RawShooter essentials: This raw workflow tool provides the highest-quality output and fastest conversion time of any raw converter on the market today. It gives designers and business users excellent results with minimum effort.
Content: More than 10,000 clipart and digital images individually selected to meet the needs of design professionals and business users; 1,000 OpenType fonts, plus 35 Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4) fonts; and 100 creative templates.
Quality Layout Results CorelDRAW X3 provides significant improvements to text handling that make it easier for users to select, edit,and format text. New controls have been added for alignment, drop caps, tabs, bullets, and columns. For more flexibility and accuracy in design, users can now specify text size in inches and create hyperlinks for specific characters. In addition, the application works better with text from other sources.
The new Character Formatting docker makes formatting artistic and paragraph text easier than ever before. Thisconvenient new docker includes easy-to-use controls for adjusting kerning, changing the angle of selected characters, and applying character effects, such as Underline, Strike-Through, Uppercase. Meanwhile, an enhanced Interactive Fit Text to Path tool now makes it easier than ever to attach text to a path with precision. A common effect for creating logos and signs, this new tool lets you interactively control text placement in order to get your desired results.
New Tools for Illustration With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3, designers can take advantage of tons of new tools and features that increase their productivity without compromising on their creativity and flexibility. For instance, the new Star tool lets users quickly and easily draw perfect stars, while the new Complex Star tool makes it easy to create complex stars that have intersecting sides and produce unique results with an applied fill. You can also specify the number of points and can sharpen the points of a complex star.
A significant time-saver, the new Crop tool quickly lets you remove unwanted areas in objects and imported graphics -- both bitmap and vector. This handy addition to the CorelDRAW X3 toolbox eliminates the need to ungroup objects, break linked groups apart, or convert objects to curves. Meanwhile, the unique, new Smart Fill tool lets you apply a fill to any enclosed area by creating a new object from an enclosed area. Unlike conventional fill tools that fill only objects, the Smart Fill tool detects the edges of an area and creates a closed path so that the area can be filled. For example, the Smart Fill tool can fill the loops of a freehand line that crosses over itself. The Smart Fill tool creates a path around the area, so the filled object can be moved, copied, or edited.
Powerful, Accurate Tracing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 provides a more streamlined, integrated tracing solution that delivers accurate and optimized bitmap-to-vector tracing results.
Integrated with CorelDRAW X3, the new Corel PowerTRACE allows users to quickly and easily convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics. Design professionals typically face the challenge of turning bitmap images into high-quality vector images to create logos for business cards, brochures, signs, and promotional items. For control and flexibility, Corel PowerTRACE generates a color palette that lets you easily pick which colors appear in the traced result and quickly convert them to the appropriate color mode, including spot colors. You can also choose from several preset tracing styles, color modes, and background options. With three different preview modes -- Before and After, Large Preview, and Wireframe Overlay -- Corel PowerTRACE makes it easy to analyze the result and adjust the settings used to trace your image.
Efficient Photo Editing CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 puts the focus on providing design professionals with more efficient, intuitive, and accurate photo editing.
Corel Photo-Paint X3 is now significantly faster when working with large images and applying photo effects, resulting in better real-time feedback and improving overall workflow efficiency. Improved object handling gives designers more precise control in rotating, skewing, or distorting objects. For large images, improved use of image cache provides significantly increased response time for previewing most effects and for manipulating objects.
The new, integrated Image Adjustment Lab saves designers valuable time and is accessible from both Corel Photo-Paint and CorelDRAW. Design professionals often work with files that have poor color balance and contrast, and they need to use multiple tools to make adjustments. The Image Adjustment Lab addresses this problem by uniting a number of manual and automatic controls for common color and tone corrections, providing an intuitive and fast way to achieve professional image adjustments. The Image Adjustment Lab also lets users create snapshots of their adjustments with just one click. The snapshots appear below the working preview, which lets users easily compare each snapshot against the original and choose the best result.
Built on the power of Corel KnockOut, the enhanced Cutout Lab includes new controls to simplify the process of cutting out image areas and to improve accuracy. The new Add Detail and Remove Detail tools make it easy to refine the cutout area. For easy reference when defining the cutout area, users can preview their cutout against the original image, or transparent, white, gray, or black backgrounds. For maximum flexibility, users can choose to save the cutout object and discard the original image, save the cutout object and keep the original image, or save the cutout object as a clip mask added to the original image. In addition, the Cutout Lab includes Undo and Redo buttons to quickly correct any mistakes.
Enhanced Compatibility CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 provides enhanced compatibility for more than 100 commonly used file formats, including Adobe Illustrator, Photocells, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Office, JPEG, and PDF. Users can now seamlessly edit and exchange files in those formats. Outstanding support for spot colors has been added for Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop, and PDF.
Student and Teacher Edition Purchase Information To purchase education versions of shrink-wrapped software, purchasers must be: accredited schools, faculties, full- or part-time registered students, academic supervisory organizations, hospitals, libraries, museums, and nonprofit charitable and religious organizations.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Upgrade Review

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(More customer reviews)I come from the sign industry and a lot of sign shops use CorelDRAW. However, it would be NICE if Corel realized that they have such a following in that niche and would optimize DRAW for vinyl cutting. Phew! I've always wanted to get that off my chest.
Having said that it was worthwhile upgrading from version 12. I'm not sure that upgrading from X3 would have been worthwhile.
CorelDRAW's interface, particularly in editing bezier curves, has always made it my choice. I used Illustrator every single day at work but I have yet to figure out curve editing on it. :-P
Corel still does not match Adobe in the colour management area. They need to take this a little more seriously!
Corel needs to stop buying up companies and trying to market their products. Why did they buy Paintshop? They should have just continued to update Photopaint. Paintshop is just a drag on their developement resources and takes their programing team away from their core products.
Also, Corel is not taking website design integration seriously. They need something to compete with Dreamweaver. "Get with it guys! It is not just a print world anymore!" Also, why the devil did they stop developement of RAVE??? It disappeared a couple incarnations ago and doesn't look like it'll return.
Having said all that CorelDRAW X4 is a great vector illustration program and I can still do professional raster image editing with Photopaint. Their bitmap to vector tracing module can't be beat. All for much less than Adobe products.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Education Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)I use Corel as a replacement for AutoCAD. It can open and work on .dwg and .dxf files. It's easy to learn and you can do so many different things! PhotoPaint is included and it's capable of almost everything that Photoshop can do.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Education Edition (Not for Commercial Use) lets you tackle creative graphics and design projects withconfidence. New tools make it easier and quicker than ever to deliver any creative project, fromlayout and photo editing, to illustration and bitmap-to-vector tracing. Powerful text and layoutenhancements give you the look you want plus market-leading file compatibility makescollaboration easy. Updated high-quality content, a step-by-step Hints Docker and new tutorialswritten by experts get you started fast. Professional and aspiring designers along with anyonewho needs to express creative ideas will be able to turn their ideas into professional results: fromdistinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials and eye-catching web graphics.

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CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 Review

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(More customer reviews)First, the disclaimer. Yes, I received this via Amazon Vine and received it for free. I review all my items via Vine as if I actually purchased them myself.
CorelDRAW Premium Suite actually contains 3 separate software packages. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5, Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 and WinZip 14 Plus (Standard). It actually contains WinZip 14.5 but the Plus is the only equivalent I could find on Amazon's website.
After reading my review, if you are still undecided, Corel is good enough to actually offer a 30 day free, fully functional trial which you can download over the Internet. Just do a Google search(or your preferred search engine) for CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 and you should be taken to the Corel X5 website where you can download the free trials. Just a warning though, the download sizes are pretty large.
My first advice, once you've decided on purchasing the software, is to be careful what you click on while installing or opening an application for the first time; ASSUMING YOU DOWNLOAD IT (if you don't download it, ignore the following as it doesn't happen on the disc version). They ask during installation to install Google Chrome/Google Toolbar, neither of which will do anything for the included application suite. You can install them if you want, but it kind of annoys me that a person would be expected to spend upwards of $650 (Corel's MSRP) for the software, only to also have Corel include the added revenue stream of advertising for Google. That's just a pet peeve of mine and your mileage will vary.
Included in Graphics Suite X5 (the main part of the application) are:
Corel Capture X5 - This program is pretty cool. It takes a little learning, but it allows you to capture all sorts of different inputs. You can perform simple screen shots, do a screen capture of a small area of the screen and even create video files of animation. The latter would be useful for creating say, documentation for a process on the PC that is perhaps easier to show than to explain. Very nice indeed!
Corel Connect - This is a tool that will search your hard drive for content that can be used in any of the Corel Suite applications. It can be as limited or robust as you want it to be in terms of thoroughness of the search. Once you find the content you want to use, you drag and drop it to the bottom of the screen and you can choose which Corel Suite application you want to open it with from there.
Corel Photo Paint X5 - Wow. This is Corel's answer to Adobe Photoshop CS5. Having never actually used the latest version of PhotoShop CS5, I can only compare the power of Photo Paint X5 to my copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 [OLD VERSION]. And it definitely blows that out of the water with ease in terms of features and capability. The only other Photoshop I've used is version 6 and this easily bests that as well... but it SHOULD because it is almost 10 years newer than that version of Photoshop.
With Photo Paint X5 you will, if you've used any flavor of Photoshop new or old, have to get adjusted to terminology differences. Instead of layers Corel calls them "Masks." There are similar differences throughout; perhaps Adobe has copyrights on those terms? I don't know.
Of all the applications in the Suite, this is by far my favorite. It allows you to make all sorts of edits to photographs, add endless effects to it, touch up photographs and anything else you could possibly want to do with a photo editor. If you're just a beginner or hobbyist, this might be too much for you starting out, which is why the video tutorials Corel includes are AWESOME additions to the set. I'll get more on that later on down the review.
Corel Draw X5 - Again; wow. This is Corel's answer to Adobe Illustrator CS5. I've personally never used Illustrator for anything other than one off playing and can't do a real hard comparison for you on this; hopefully someone else can do this for readers?
In terms of what Draw X5 does, you can create just about any graphic your heart may desire (assuming you have the skill, which sadly, I do not). This program allows you to do vector illustration, page layout, tracing and Web graphics with ease. It is feature rich and the quick start option you receive when first opening the application is rather helpful in trying to explain how to get to work. Also really helpful for the beginner is the inclusion of the Hints bar on the right side of the screen, which provides links to the things they believe you will want to know while creating your graphics.
Duplexing Wizard - this is just a tool to help you duplex (double sided printing) on printers that don't offer that option in hardware. It has a use, but as my printer does hardware duplex printing, I don't have much use for it. If you don't have that luxury though, setting up manual duplex printing with this application is pretty simple. A nice addition that you may or may not find a use for. If you already know how to do manual duplex printing with your printer, then it probably doesn't have much use at all.
Corel Video Studio X3 - This is the one "disappointing" piece in this Suite. This would be Corel's answer to, I believe, Adobe Premiere Elements 9 (Win/Mac). It doesn't seem to be as feature rich as the Draw and Paint applications. It is useful, but not as robust, in my opinion, as what is offered in Paint and Draw. That's why it's disappointing, not because I think it is a bad application. Just more basic than the other pieces in the suite.
What Video Studio X3 does is allow you to edit video and turn them into just about any output you can imagine. You can output to DVD, Blu Ray, YouTube, Vimeo and even export to "Mobile Device" (iPod, PSP, Mobile Phone and Windows Pocket PC). This is a nice option as you can also use X3 to convert home videos to use with your mobile device.
You can import from several devices, such as a digital camcorder and you can even import from DVD (assuming it isn't copy protected).
One thing missing from X3 is the Hints bar that both Draw and Paint include, which is disappointing. It isn't entirely intuitive. You won't be installing this and getting off to a running start, unless you have previous experience with another Video Studio version.
WinZip 14.5 - what can I say, it's a program used to create Zip files. Most PCs come with the capability to create them right out of the box. So what does this offer that your host operating system may not? Well, it is more fully featured. It has a drag and drop style interface and can also more highly compress, supposedly, whatever content you throw at it... assuming you are willing to use the zipx format instead of zip. The problem with the zipx format is that if you send a file to someone with say, Windows 7, they will need something other than the built in zip file feature to open it (probably need a copy of WinZip, of course). This can be kind of annoying if you frequently share compressed Zip files with people.
You can also, if you so desire, encrypt your zip files (can't do that out of the box in Windows for sure), create self extracting zip files (useful for those people above who don't have zipx file opening capability), multipart zip files (multiple zip files that you can set the maximum size of each part of the file; this was useful when we had only floppy discs but in the era of the ubiquitous DVD/CD burner or USB storage device, the usefulness is limited) and you can choose the level of compression.
WinZip is nice, but it's not something I'd buy separately in all honesty. Especially with an MSRP of $50. $10? Sure. $50? No way.
Swish MiniMax2 - create Flash video animations. It's simplistic and doesn't come with a huge host of information. I don't have much use for Flash video creation so I didn't spend much time with it.
Website Creator - Another simplistic offering, but sort of useful if you have to build a functional, basic site from "scratch" quickly. It is functional, and it seems to offer a large amount of customizability, but it isn't easy and intuitive to setup quickly. At least it wasn't/hasn't been for me.
Swish Max 3 - A fuller featured version of Swish. There are a couple of examples of what you can do with it, but it seems focused more on banner ads than anything else. I'm not good at using it, so I can't make more comment than this. It doesn't seem to be intuitive, which is why I didn't get up and running right from the start, which is kind of disappointing. In the scope of the package though, at best this and Swish MiniMax would drop the value of the package by a miniscule amount; you don't buy this suite for Flash video creation.All of the above being said, another very, very nice feature included with this package is video tutorials for Paint and Draw. If you've ever wanted to know how to use a feature in a program but have a difficult time following text based instructions, you'll enjoy this feature immensely. Just about every feature in Draw and Paint have video tutorials available. I don't know if Adobe offers similar options with it's current packages, but back in the day this is the type of thing Adobe would have charged extra for and it...Read more›

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Pantone FASHION + HOME FPP100 Color Specifier and Guide, Paper Review

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(More customer reviews)As a creative professional this product is essential for me.
Great Product. Great shipping time. Great Company.

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New single-volume specifier book and companion guide containing all 1,925 colors in a chromatic presentation. Specifier book contains six tear-out chips of each color for easy removal. Fan guide provides a portable, complete palette ideal for sample shopping, client or vendor meetings and on-site reviews. Replacement pages are available for specifier book. Bonus digital color library enables you to directly integrate the PantoneFashion and Home color values from both our paper and new cotton formats into design software programs. Ideal for product development. Combine the convenience of a guide with our new single volume specifier book. Specifier book contains over 1,900 paper chips chromatically arranged by color family in one single volume. New larger size format provides greater visualization for evaluating and communicating. Each color has six perforated paper chips for easy removal. Replacement pages are available. Fan guides provide a portable, complete palette ideal for sample shopping, client or vendor meetings and on-site reviews.

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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Review

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(More customer reviews)The Corel line of graphics software has always carried the burden of being the second choice and often the second experience of Adobe software users. Those who encounter the software after experience with the main Adobe-produced rivals (Illustrator and Photoshop) will experience it very differently than those who are looking to learn professional graphics from the start with Corel.
Though I am a very experienced user of Adobe products, I tried to experience Corel Draw (the vector graphics portion) and Photo Paint (the bitmap graphics portion) with an eye toward evaluating it as someone who wasn't already comfortable with a different interface, but who was interested in a professional level graphics package, as well as someone who may decide to transition away from the pricier Adobe products. I will offer my perspective from both of these viewpoints:
As a newcomer to pro graphics:
There is a lot of power and flexibility. Photo Paint offers alpha channels, lighting effects, masking, and a good selection of filters for those who want to "play" with images. It is able to open and save to a variety of file formats and can rasterize vector images. A lot of functions are quite intuitive (e.g., image straightening, filter effects), though programs with the breadth and depth of a professional program have a great many levels and no one who is new to them can grasp them immediately or without underlying knowledge of what all the terms mean. It's important not to mistake this graphics package as one designed for the hobbyist or person looking to modestly tweak images for web pages. The complex functionality it possesses is to allow folks working in industries that need finer work to get it done and it certainly allows for that and more.
In terms of how easy it is to understand the programs, CorelDraw is definitely a lot tougher to grasp, but that is the nature of vector graphics programs. However, I do believe that the way in which points (which are called "nodes" in Draw) are edited when working with Bezier curves could be more intuitive. Having to select each node and change its type by clicking a button in order to alter the way in which the control handles work is tedious. It'd be much better to have a modifier key to "break" curves where desired.
The help files and tutorials are excellent and I had not trouble tracking down information to help me do what I wanted to do. However, an absolute beginner will likely need to do the video training for more hand-holding than I required. It's hard to get your head around the way computer graphics work, but Corel certainly provides the tools to try if the user is willing to take the time to learn. The software can only take you so far when it comes to something this complex.
Corel also provides a huge variety of templates, clip art and fonts which Adobe does not. This makes the entire package more appealing to folks who work in publishing but do not create custom content and mainly want to tweak clip art or stock images.
As an experienced Adobe user:
One immediately resists every part of the interface which does not conform to what one is used to in Photoshop and Illustrator. This is much more troublesome in CorelDraw since drawing works best when one can use the tools effortlessly to gain the desired result. If you're looking to make the change to break free of Adobe's higher prices, the first thing you have to do is be patient with the interface differences. Some gritting of teeth may be involved. You'll likely find, on the whole, that some things are better in Corel's interface and some are worse compared to Adobe's, though Adobe's interface has a more professional and polished feel. The filters in particular sometimes have a cheesy and clunky feel to them, though they are easy enough to use.
The second thing you have to do is make sure that all of your native file format files (.ai and .psd) have been saved into more universally accessible formats (EPS, TIFF) as neither PhotoPaint nor Draw will reliably open all Adobe native format files. In my tests, native Photoshop files always opened but sometimes with missing layers. When I attempted to open an Illustrator native file, I was told the file was compressed (though it was not) and that it needed to be re-saved in an uncompressed state. Resaving as an EPS file fixed the problem.
Conclusions:
* If I wanted to prepare myself for work in the graphics industry and wanted something less expensive than the Adobe CS package, I'd not hesitate to buy this suite to learn the ins and outs of professional graphics, particularly if I were planning on working freelance. However, I'd keep in mind that most publishers will work in Adobe software and I may need to learn their software eventually if I were to pursue office work.
* If I were working in a publishing industry which did small amounts of editing of vector and bitmap images and needed to do color adjustments for professional printing, I'd seriously consider the Corel Suite though I'd investigate how effective the color separations worked for my particular needs. However, I would not rely on it for layout work (nor would I rely on Illustrator or Photoshop for layout) unless I only worked with flyers, brochures, posters, or other very short documents.
* If I were an Adobe user looking to break free of the expensive shackles of Adobe software, I'd have to think long and hard before making the change as there would be some productivity loss getting acclimated to the interface and some differences in functionality that I may not want to accept.

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FLOW CHARTS AND MORE Review

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(More customer reviews)FOUND PROGRAM TO BE VERY UNSTABLE AND CRASHED LOSING ALL DATA.

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ANIMATIONS AND MORE Review

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(More customer reviews)The name of this product is a complete lie! There are no animations or graphics included in this software - not one. This is merely software that allows you to "grab" animations from the internet. I have never been so completely disgusted with a software program in my life. I am not a novice computer user. I carefully checked all portions of the software. Don't buy this product!


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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 Review

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(More customer reviews)If you are still running Vista, this release is WAY too slow out of the box, so buy a previous version. It's perfectly speedy on Windows 7.
I'm a professional freelance graphic designer with an illustration background. Having used both Illustrator and CorelDraw for well over 15 (close to 20?) years, here's my position:
- Professional graphic designers must own Adobe's Creative Suite. Anyone who tells you that CorelDraw's suite is a substitute for CS doesn't know what they are talking about. You're already not using a Mac, the industry standard hardware... don't isolate yourself further by not using the industry standard software.
- For non-professionals or office workers who need to create basic reproducible design work, this suite is easier to use than CS. Anything you create you can publish to PDF for printing, and any issues related to effects, etc. can be resolved by converting to 300dpi bitmaps as needed. Anyone who tells you that this is not the case ALSO doesn't know what they are talking about. Any printer who can print a photo can also print anything CorelDraw can generate, period.
- I need and use CorelDraw for this reason: it's simply a better, faster, easier, more natural and more convenient vector drawing tool than Illustrator. Hands down. With plugins installed, Illustrator improves, but it's still a giant pain compared to CorelDraw. Illustrator has a few features I like. When I need them, I just export the result to EPS and bring it over to Draw.
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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is a versatile graphic design software suite that helps you creatively and professionally express ideas for any media. Illustrate, lay out, trace, design Web graphics and photo-edit with this complete solution for visual communication. Easily import and export content with leading file compatibility. Get going faster than ever with new, professionally designed templates and compelling learning materials. Create with confidence, everything from distinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials, Web graphics and animations, billboards, car wraps and more! Offering increased speed, more accurate color control, and new and enhanced design tools, this must-have version helps you create extraordinary designs faster.

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All-in-one professional graphics suite Find everything you need for professional graphics illustration, layout, tracing, photo editing, Web graphics and animation in one complete suite of integrated applications that is easy to learn and use.
Easy to learn and use Start smoothly and learn quickly with built-in learning tools, valuable video tutorials, design insights from experts and a visually rich, online guidebook. (A hard cover, full-color, printed guidebook is included with the box version.)
High-value digital content Enrich your designs with over 1,000 professional fonts, including Helvetica, Garamond and Frutiger fonts for the first time ever. Plus, take advantage of high-value digital content, such as premium clipart, royalty-free photos and vehicle templates.
Precise control and easy sharing Output to a broad variety of media, from distinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials, Web graphics, billboards and car wraps. Export options let you compare file formats before export, so you can optimize your settings to achieve the highest file quality.
Market-leading file compatibility Re-purpose and share your creations anywhere with market-leading file compatibility. Import and export files quickly and easily with dozens of supported file formats, including PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, AI, TIFF, PSD and DOCX.
What's New This is the upgrade you've been waiting for! CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 makes everyday tasks faster and easier, delivering new time-savers that help you create with confidence. Check out the 10 most compelling reasons to upgrade your graphics software today.
New--Built-in Content Organizer Speed up your workflow with Corel CONNECT, a built-in content organizer that helps you find graphics, templates, fonts and images instantly on your computer. Your selected content is stored in the tray that is synchronized between CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, giving you instant access to your content.
New & Enhanced--Web Graphics and Animation Tools Create Web graphics and animations more efficiently than ever with new features, such as a Pixels mode that shows exactly how your content will display online, and a new Web animation tool. Plus, a new Export Dialog box now lets you compare file formats before export, so you can optimize your settings to achieve the highest file quality.
Enhanced--Corel PowerTRACE Convert your bitmap images into high-quality vector objects with even more precision and smoothness, thanks to the greatly enhanced Corel PowerTRACE. This version of PowerTRACE provides the best tracing results yet.
Enhanced--Optimal Speed and Performance Complete your tasks faster with powerful performance enhancements that leverage multi-core processing to maximize your computer's power. This latest edition is optimized for Windows 7 and offers new touch-screen support, as well as support for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
New--Completely Re-designed Color Management Engine Control color consistency across different media and generate a distinct color palette for each document. A new color management engine introduces greater color accuracy, plus support for new color profiles from PANTONE. Minimize your ecological footprint and reduce costly reprints by knowing that your colors are accurate before you print.
New & Enhanced--Visual Communication Tools Create compelling print and online materials with a powerful set of new and enhanced drawing, bitmap-to-vector tracing, diagramming, artistic media and text tools. It's all the graphics software you need for effective visual communication.
Enhanced--Market-leading File Compatibility Re-purpose and share your creations anywhere with broad file compatibility. Dozens of supported file formats, including PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, AI, TIFF, PSD and DOCX, let you import and export files with other graphics software efficiently.
New & Enhanced--Responsive Drawing Tools In response to user feedback, we've introduced the option to lock toolbars in place, expanded your printing options, and made improvements to the Eyedropper, Mesh Fill and other popular drawing tools.
New & Enhanced--Expert Insights and Engaging Learning Materials Get more design insights with new and updated video tutorials, engaging learning materials and a visually rich, online guidebook that contains new articles from experts. (A hard cover, full-color, printed guidebook is available with the box version.) Be inspired to do more than you thought possible!
New & Enhanced--High-value Digital Content Enrich your designs with over 1,000 professional fonts, including Helvetica, Garamond and Frutiger fonts for the first time ever. Plus, take advantage of high-value digital content, such as premium clipart, royalty-free photos and vehicle templates. Give your work a professional finish without spending extra time and money— you'll find all the graphics software and resources you need right here!
What's Included
CorelDRAW X5 Intuitive vector illustration and page layout software
Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 Professional image-editing application specifically designed for use in a graphics workflow
Corel PowerTRACE X5 Bitmap-to-vector file conversion tool
Corel CAPTURE X5 One-click screen capture utility
Corel CONNECT Full-screen browser that lets you search digital content from the suite, your PC or your local network
Supporting applications Barcode wizard, Duplexing wizard, Bitstream Font Navigator, SWiSH miniMax 2*, PhotoZoom Pro 2*
Content 10,000 high-quality clipart and digital images, 2,000 vehicle templates, 1,000 high-resolution digital photos, 1,000 OpenType fonts, including 75 Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4) fonts and 10 engraving fonts, 350 professionally designed templates
Documentation Online guidebook (hard cover, full-color, printed Guidebook available with the box version), Quick-reference card, Help files
Training 2 hours of training videos on DVD
Connect to your content From fonts, clipart and photos to previously created designs or customer files, content is a central piece of any creative design. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 lets you quickly find and re-purpose content to speed your design process. Gather your design assets from every source and swiftly prepare yourself to begin your next project.
New--Built-in Content Organizer (Corel CONNECT) Quickly find the perfect content for any design with Corel CONNECT, a full-screen browser that gives you instant access to graphics, templates, fonts and images anywhere on your computer.
Enhanced--Market-Leading File Compatibility Open, edit and save as more than 100 industry-standard formats, including AI, PSD, DOCX, ODF, EPS (with enhanced support for PostScript 3) and DXF files.
Enhanced--Color Profiles Maintain color profiles when importing files from external applications for a smoother design process. The default setting matches colors on import automatically, while advanced users can explore more options within the default settings.
New & Enhanced--High-Value Digital Content Enrich your graphic designs with more than 1,000 professional fonts, including Helvetica, Garamond and Frutiger fonts for the first time ever. Plus, take advantage of over 2,000 vehicle templates and 10,000 premium clipart images, bitmap and full-color fills, royalty-free photos, vehicle templates, new artistic media presets, and new brush nibs of different shapes and sizes for more versatility when painting.
Enhanced--Support for Adobe Products Import and export PSD files using the latest Photoshop CS 4 file format. CorelDRAW X5 will preserve the appearance of adjustment layers and Masks palette effects, while Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 will preserve editable Vibrance, Grayscale and camera filter lenses.
Get going quickly Whether you're a first-time user or an experienced pro, CorelDRAW makes it easy from the moment you begin. You'll find all the learning tools you need to start smoothly and learn quickly, including built-in learning tools, valuable video tutorials, design insights from the experts and a visually rich, online guidebook.
Enhanced--Templates & Tutorials Get high-quality results quickly with 350 professionally designed templates. Ready-made layouts and designs help you find the right look for any job. You'll also enjoy access to new graphic design tools, industry-specific design tips and step-by-step project creation in newly updated tutorials for CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
New--Video Tutorials Learn from new video tutorials that demonstrate how to successfully complete popular design tasks.
Welcome Screen Begin with the Welcome Screen, a great starting point for finding your content, starting projects, accessing recently used documents, getting instructional information and viewing inspiring designs from other users around the world.
New--Guidebook Learn from other users and experts, and get inspired by visually rich overviews of each application workspace. A hard cover, full color, printed guidebook is available with the box version.
Enhanced--Corel PowerTRACE: Bitmap-to-Vector Conversion Convert your bitmap images into high-quality vector objects with even more precision and smoothness, thanks to the greatly enhanced Corel PowerTRACE. This version of PowerTRACE provides the best tracing results yet.
Hints Docker View interactive hints that get you started quickly and provide step-by-step help on the suite's powerful tools.
New--Customizable Workspace Customize the application's command bars and button arrangements to suit your workflow, or use preset workspaces similar to Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office.
Create with confidence When it comes to graphic design, confidence in your software is paramount. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides new and enhanced graphic design tools to help you achieve the quality you need in the shortest amount of time. With a legacy in design innovation, this trusted graphics suite offers all the support you need to create with confidence.
Enhanced--Drawing Tools Draw and design intuitively with enhanced artistic media and drawing tools that respond to the pressure, tilt and bearing of your pen on drawing tablet.
Enhanced--Corel PHOTO-PAINT: Powerful Photo Editing Experiment with exciting new photo effects, such as Vibrance, Grayscale and Photo Filter. These filters are preserved when you import and export PSD files using the Adobe Photoshop CS 4 file format. Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 also supports RAW format for over 300 types of cameras, giving you greater artistic control and flexibility.
New & Enhanced--Web Graphics and Animation Create Web graphics and animations more efficiently than ever. Optimized filters produce consistent, high-quality Web formats with proper transparency, cropping and browser compatibility. Create your designs in CorelDRAW, then open in new SWiSH miniMax 2 to animate your images. Control motion, draw shapes, edit text and more. The new Pixels mode shows exactly how your content will display online. Plus, a new Export Dialog box now lets you compare file formats before export, so you can optimize your settings to achieve the highest file quality.
Interactive Table Tool Create and import tables to provide structured layouts for text and graphics.
CorelDRAW ConceptShare Get quality feedback on design projects without costly meetings! ConceptShare lets you quickly and easily collaborate online with colleagues and clients in a secure environment. It's packed with tools that let you share, mark up and review designs with others, on your own time.
Live Text Formatting Preview text formatting changes in real time before applying them to the document.
Smart Fill Apply fills to any enclosed object area, such as the loops of a freehand line that crosses over itself.
Image Slicing Slice an image into several smaller files for Web page optimization.
Output to any media Today, you need the export flexibility to output designs to any media: Web banners, Web sites, print ads, brochures, even multiple types of media, such as T-shirts, billboards and digital signs. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 provides extensive file support so you can send your work anywhere.
New--Completely Redesigned Color Management Engine Control color consistency across different media and generate a distinct color palette for each document. A new color management engine introduces greater color accuracy, plus support for new color profiles from PANTONE.
Enhanced--File Compatibility and PDF Support Re-purpose and share your creations anywhere with support for more than 60 file formats, including PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, AI, TIFF, PSD, DOCX and PPT. Password-protect your PDF files to control security and user access when they are viewed, edited and printed by third-parties.
New--Collect for Output Gather fonts, color profiles and other file information with this new output option that makes it easier to share your work with a print service provider.
Print Merge Combine text from a data source with a drawing to quickly create personalized invitations, labels and other personalized projects.
Work faster and more efficiently Complete your tasks faster with powerful performance enhancements that maximize your computer's power. Plus, enjoy more options for recording macros and automating time-consuming tasks.
New--Multi-core Support Work faster with multi-core processing that maximizes the power available in your computer to process your commands more quickly.
Enhanced--Optimized for Latest Windows Platforms Work with ease, whatever your PC operating system. This latest version is optimized for Windows 7 and offers new touch-screen support, as well as support for Windows Vista and Windows XP. Take advantage of the touch technology of Windows 7 to pan, zoom and scroll with your fingertips for a more intuitive design experience.
New--Automation Technology Enjoy more options for recording macros and automating time-consuming tasks. Microsoft's Visual Studio for Applications (VSTA) technology lets you record macros and create third-party add-in solutions to enhance the existing functionality of CorelDRAW.

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CorelDRAW Suite X5: Home and Student Review

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(More customer reviews)Beware! The CorelDraw X5 Home & Student version is missing features found in the regular version. A feature I used in CorelDraw X3 is the Print function for guttering, fold marks, and crop marks for card making. These are missing from the H & S version. The Help feature does not account for this and asks you to use features that do not exist in H & S. I did not explore what else is missing. Corel should fess up and provide a feature comparison sheet to show what features are not available in the H & S and Educational versions.

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When it comes to illustration, layout, tracing, photo editing and web graphics, CorelDRAW Home & Student Suite X5 brings out the best in any budding designer. This professional-quality graphics suite is loaded with tools for creating everything from web graphics and T-shirt designs, to logos, cards and flyers. A built-in search tool finds content fast, while helpful tutorials speed up the learning process. Best of all, this pro-quality graphics suite comes at a home and student price!
CorelDRAW Home & Student Suite X5 brings out the best in any budding designer.

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Serif PagePlus X4 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been using Microsoft Publisher for years having upgraded several times. But, Publisher is entirely limited by comparison to PagePlus and the price is right also by comparison. Much more flexible with far more opportunities for creativity. I was so impressed with this product I also purchased WebPlus which is one of the easiest editors to use and one of the most versatile.

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When you create publications, you inevitably do more than just layout and print the page. You write text, design graphics, enhance images, import content, and more, then share your work in print, as PDFs, or as emails. PagePlus X4 makes all this easy, it's a publishing package designed to be as flexible as you are.

All-in-One Desktop Publishing Studio
Unrivaled PDF EditingOpen PDFs and fully edit their contents with PagePlus X4 just like they are regular publications--so you can source and customise designs from almost anywhere. You can also combine PDFs, or pages from different PDFs, even when they've been made by different applications on different computing platforms.
Save time and money editing PDFs in PagePlus X4
Merge PDF files, add and remove pages, change their order
Fully edit text, move delete and reformat page objects
Repurpose deign elements from PDFs into your own designs
Make changes to PDFs you receive before forwarding them
Optimise images and protect content with PDF security

Enhance Images with Built-in Editing PowerInclude photos in your publications and make sure they're at their very best with the all new PhotoLab. Offering over 70 adjustments, corrections, filters and effects, with some incredible instant artistic styles, your images can really stand out from the page. And with a dedicated Image Cutout Studio you can remove photo backgrounds quickly, with no expertise required.
Professionally adjust and correct your photos
Apply adjustments with single clicks
Quickly remove blemishes and scratches
Easily select a specific area to apply changes to
Edit and undo changes at any time, your photo is unharmed

Create Impressive Logos and ArtworkFrom simple attention-grabbing shapes to logos and marketing-quality graphic design, PagePlus X4's powerful drawing tools make it easy to create stunning graphics. And in the Logo Studio, these tools are grouped together in a view that focuses on your drawing or logo without the distraction of seeing the rest of your page design.
Logo Studio offers 400+ ready-made graphics
Gallery has hundreds of other flashes and symbols
Add attractive style presets including glass and metal
Draw and combine shapes with full curve and node editing
Use impressive drop shadows, glows, and bevels
Even create your own effects and surface textures

Fantastic Word ProcessingImpressive text handling is at the very heart of PagePlus, so while you could write in a word processor of your choosing and import text, you can just use PagePlus to write! Enjoy all the usual formatting controls, plus fast-flowing text wraps, hierarchical paragraph and character styles, long document features, and of course the freedom to place text and other objects exactly where you want. Files you can import include Word 2007 & OpenOffice Writer!
Create Virtually Any DocumentCreate a massive range of document types, from regular sheets to folded menus and booklets, from tiny mailmerge labels, to massive posters and banners, from newsletters to newspapers.
Use Tables and CalendarsCreate your own attractive calendars--for yourself, your business, or as gifts for friends and family. Add tables to show data neatly, use formulae, even import data from spreadsheets or databases.
Fantastic Results--Fast
Create Beautiful Documents from TemplatesPagePlus X4 raises the bar once again, expanding the range of ready-made design templates so you can produce stunning documents in no time at all. Now featuring Theme Layouts--sets including business cards, flyers, newsletters and more--allowing you to add your own pictures and words resulting in a professional and polished design in minutes.
Over 2500 templates and ready-made design elements
Design Sets and Themed Layouts are instant stationery
Zoom in on the Template Wizard to see designs clearly
Choose which pages or design variants to start off with
Simply double-click images to replace them with your own
Import Word or other text documents, or write in PagePlus

Learn New Skills with Tutorial Videos and GuidesWe're not the only ones who think PagePlus X4 is easy to use, but If you're new to desktop publishing, new to PagePlus, or just new to this version, you can create fantastic and professional results the easy way using the Learning Zone. Accessible from the redesigned, streamlined Startup Wizard, the Learning Zone gives direct access to online video tutorials and more so you can painlessly improve your publishing skills.
All the Controls You Need Within a ClickThere are so many ways PagePlus X4 makes the design process smooth, you'll hardly realise you're working. Changing font, fill, line style and more is easy using an on-screen Studio that combines content, controls, and guidance. The rest of the interface is smart too--whatever you select on your page, you'll get instant access to the right tools and controls to suit. You can select, edit, resize, move, rotate, set defaults and more without even changing tools.
Customisable Workspace and ShortcutsWhether you like instant access to all formatting controls, or a totally clean design interface with customised keyboard shortcuts to make your workflow quick and smooth, PagePlus works like you do.
Dynamic Layout AssistantsAligning text, artwork and images is easier than ever in PagePlus X4. On top of layout guides, grids, margins and alignment tools, new dynamic guides make being neat a natural and automated process.
Flexible and Versatile Publishing
Press-Ready PDFs and Colour Management Get the best possible results with professional full-colour printing, safe in the knowledge that your ouput will be compatible with any print shop, whether they use PCs or Macs. PagePlus X4 produces PDFs to the industry-recognised PDF/X-1a standard, files containing all your design elements, fonts, and colour information for accurate reproduction.
Save as PDF with industry-standard PDF/X-1a settings
Include press marks, crop marks and bleed area
Add passworded PDF open/edit/copy/print security
Choose PDF display options, include hyperlinks and bookmarks
Manage colour palettes, models, and ICC colour profiles
Design using RGB, CMYK, HSL, Pantone and spot colors

Print Any Size on Any Printer--Even Double Sided Get great results every time--PagePlus can scale designs to fit any size paper, and a Duplex Wizard prepares single-sided printers for double-sided output, saving paper and giving polished results.
Print Special Documents Without Headaches Everyone can print impressive folded, tiled, repeated, multi-chapter and other special documents, effortlessly. PagePlus will intelligently resequence, renumber, and turn 'n tumble pages when needed.
Design PDF Forms and Multimedia PDF Slideshows Take your print designs and give them an entirely new dimension, without leaving PagePlus. You can design corporate or other forms in PagePlus, save as PDF, and have customers or others fill in the form electronically. Serif automatically emails you their responses, free of charge. Alternatively add page transitions to your designs, include audio and video, interactive buttons and more, and save as a multimedia PDF slideshow ideal for business presentations.
Publish Websites and Send Designs as HTML Emails You multitask at work, home, school, and everywhere else, and so does PagePlus. Once you've created business documents or other publications, you can easily incorporate your designs into websites created directly in PagePlus X4's web publishing mode. Extra functionality opens up to give you web-specific tools and controls, so you can create and publish engaging, attractive and efficient web sites that complement your other designs.
Great Compatibility
Import, Edit and Share as PDF Get designs from anywhere, and share with anyone thanks to PagePlus X4's impressive PDF editing power, unrivalled in a desktop publishing program. Being able to open and edit PDFs means you can rework designs made with any other program, from a PC or Mac, then you can publish as PDF for sharing with anyone--whether they have PagePlus or not.
Open and edit PDF files like normal PagePlus publications
Publish as PDF for highly-compatible sharing
Make efficient PDFs for speedy email transmission
Host PDFs online or share with others for remote printing

Word Processor Document Support While PagePlus is more powerful and flexible than the average word processor, you can still import word processed documents with pictures straight into PagePlus designs for speedy layouts. You can import Microsoft Word documents (including Word 2007), Rich Text Format, Text files, and OpenOffice.org Writer files. Plus if you also have Microsoft Word installed, PagePlus can use it as a converter in the background to support even more text file formats.
High End Graphics Compatibility When collaborating with professional designers, you may need to use some graphics like EPS and PSD that usually require very expensive software to open. PagePlus handles these like a charm.
Complex Publishing Made Easy with Data Merge You can create some sophisticated documents very quickly with PagePlus X4 by merging databases and pictures into your designs, bringing data into tables, and using spreadheet functions.
Get Artwork from Anywhere Add popular image formats to your designs; PagePlus supports 28 different file types.
Import Audio and Video Enrich slideshows and websites with embedded media including MP3 and AVI.
Share with Other PagePlus Users Package files with all fonts and graphics, and even share X4 files with X3 users.

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