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Corel Draw 9 for Linux Needs Beta Testers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-art-stuff-for-Linux dept.

Frank249 writes "Corel Draw 9 for Linux appears to be on or ahead of schedule. They are currently advertising for beta testers. This is a good sign and confirms what was reported in today's ZDNet Linux article, that the wine libraries are close to production quality."

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  1. Corel Draw != The Gimp by LordNimon · · Score: 5
    I want to post this before people waste their time wondering why someone would buy Corel Draw when Gimp is already available for free.

    Corel Draw is illustration software, and The Gimp is image manipulation software. CD is for artists to draw images - you can draw circles, lines, curves, etc, and they're all resolution independent. Gimp lets you modify a bitmap - it's heavily resolution dependent.

    Corel Draw is like Adobe Illustrator, and The Gimp is like Adobe Photoshop. Of course, CD and Illustrator do have bitmap capabilities, but nowhere near as powerful as PS or Gimp.

    The idea is to use both together.

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