Several people have posted comments on this site asking about the differences betweenAdobe Illustrator and CorelDraw, wondering which one is better. Now you can have your answer… or, rather, answers.
Neither one emerges as the absolute winner, since it truly does depend on your needs and the types of features you like. And people loyal to one brand rarely switch to the other.
To help you make your own decision, however, here’s a comparison of these two graphics software giants:
- Adobe’s CS5 suite targets the corporate graphics market
- Adobe offers four editions of its graphic suite, each one offering graphic solutions for a specific industry:
o Design Premium: for print, mobile, and interactive worko
o Production Premium: for video production
o Web Premium: for website design
o Master Collection: contains all of the tools found in the other three editions - Corel X5 suite caters to the professional market as well, but it also offers tutorials, tips, and templates for amateurs. Its latest suite also includes more file formats and better color control than previous versions.
- Many clothing designers prefer CorelDraw to Adobe, but Adobe Photoshop has trounced Corel’s Photo-Paint in the raster graphics category (more due to its ongoing popularity than the actual features).
- CorelDraw also has a loyal following from when it dominated the vector-graphics market, even though Adobe currently has cornered a bigger share of the market.
- For the non-professional, both Adobe and Corel offer pared down versions of their biggest products for amateur photo editors: Corel PaintShop Photo Professional and Adobe Photoshop elements.
