CorelDRAW Graphics Suite September 2022 Subscriber Update

New and enhanced! Support for the Google Web Picture (*.webp) file format

CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT now offer support for the Google Web Picture (*.webp) file format. This open standard format developed by Google provides lossless and lossy compression for images designed for use on the web. WEBP lossless images are smaller than PNGs, and WEBP lossy images are smaller than JPEG images. You can import WEBP files as you would any other supported files. When you export a file to the WEBP format, you can choose from several presets to suit your needs, or create a new preset and save it for future use. Advanced settings, such as quality and compression ratio give you flexibility and control over the compression factor for RGB channels and the ratio between encoding speed, file size, and quality, respectively. Image transparency is maintained on both import and export. For more information, see Google Web Picture (WEBP).

New and enhanced! Practice projects

Practice projects are collections of CorelDRAW (CDR) and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) files that you can download to use for learning, training, or demos. You can take advantage of these new in-app tutorials to practice basic concepts and refine your skills. In addition to the completed version of the project that you can consult for reference, each CorelDRAW tutorial comes with a partially completed version enriched with step-by-step instructions to make the experience interactive and help you complete the project successfully. You can access and browse practice projects on the Explore tab of the Learn inspector. Complete the user profile survey to get recommendations for practice projects that match your needs. For more information, see Practice projects.

New and enhanced! Create a New Document dialog box

The Create a New Document dialog box in CorelDRAW has been redesigned to provide a central location for starting drawings. The dialog box now has two tabs, Document Settings and Templates, so you can switch between views with ease.

On the Document Settings tab (File New), you can start a blank drawing by specifying document settings or choosing a preset. CorelDRAW lets you search and browse a wide selection of print, web, device-specific, and social media presets. Presets include predefined settings for page size and orientation, primary color mode, units of measurement, and resolution. For example, the LinkedIn Cover preset from the Social category uses pixels instead of inches, landscape orientation, RGB color and has the dimensions required for a LinkedIn cover image. To find presets more easily, CorelDRAW lets you filter them by category and page type and sort them by name, date, and page size. For more information, see Start and open drawings.

On the Templates tab (File New from Template), you can start a drawing from a template. The interfaces for filtering and sorting templates and accessing local and network folders have been reorganized to help you quickly find the templates you need. For more information, see Find templates.

New and enhanced! Scale tools

CorelDRAW lets you easily scale a portion of an object or image to a specific size. The time-saving Scale portion tool lets you resize a portion of an object to fit a desired dimension. For example, if you need a door to be seven feet tall, you simply specify that value and then drag vertically along the door to scale it. You can also use the interactive Fit to Reference tool, which offers greater accuracy when resizing an object to fit into another object. For example, this handy new tool lets you simultaneously scale and move a screw to fit perfectly into a specific nut. For more information, see Size and scale objects.

New and enhanced! Cropping artwork to page boundaries on export

Now when you export files to the PNG, JPEG, and GIF formats in CorelDRAW, you can crop your artwork to the boundaries of the drawing page to remove unwanted objects and reduce file size.

Enhanced! Export inspector

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite September 2022 Subscriber Update introduces a range of features and enhancements to the Export inspector to improve your workflow. Assets and pages can now be exported to three additional formats: Adobe Illustrator (AI), AutoCAD Drawing Database (DWG), and AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format (DXF). For your convenience, assets and pages can be renamed directly in the Export inspector. Plus, the Export button is grayed out when there are no items selected.

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