Jika anda seorang design grafis,
tentunya sudah paham betul tentang CorelDraw. Tapi sudah tahukah Anda Sejarah
Awal Mula CorelDraw?. Untuk melengkapi pengetahuan anda tentang CorelDraw
berikut ini awalmula.com berbagi informasi tentang sejarah dan perkembangan
CorelDraw. Coreldraw merupakan software editor grafis berbasis vector,
dikembangkan dan dipasarkan oleh Corel Corporation yang berbasis di Ottawa,
Kanada. Yang kemudian menjadi nama paket editor grafis Corel. Versi terakhir,
sampai artikel ini dibuat adalah Versi X5, diluncurkan pada pertengahan April
2010.
CorelDraw sejak awal dikembangkan
untuk Windows dan saat ini dapat berjalan pada Windows 2000 dan versi
selanjutnya. Versi untuk Mac OS dan Mac OS X ada awalnya juga tersedia, namun
dihentikan karena minimnya penjualan. Versi Mac OS hanya berlanjut sampai versi
5.0. Versi terakhir untuk Linux terakhir dibuat tahun 2000. Corel pada Linux
tidak berjalan langdsung di atas platform, namun harus menggunakan Wine,
semacam crossover seperti yang digunakan untuk meng-install Photoshop pada
Linux.
Pada 1985, Dr. Michael Cowpland
mendirikan Corel untuk menjual sistem desktop-publishing berbasis Intel.
Pada 1987, Corel merekrut beberapa pengembang software
(programmer) untuk membangun sebuah software grafis berbasis vektor untuk
dijadikan satu dengan paket desktop-publishing Corel. Program itu, yang
akhirnya diberi nama CorelDraw, pertama kali diluncurkan ada 1989. Programitu
diterima luas oleh masyarakat dan pada akhirnya corel hanya focus pada
pengambangan software.
CorelDraw dibuat utk Windows bersamaan dengan diluncurkanya
Windows 3.1. dengan dimasukkannya TrueType ke dalam Windows 3.1 menjadikan
Corel sebagai program ilustrasi yang mampu menggunakan fonts yang ada tanpa
membutuhkan software tambahan seperti Adobe TypeWriter.
Beberapa inovasi untuk ilustrasi berbasis vektor pada
CorelDraw : Note-edit tool, stroke before fill, mesh fill dan sebagainya.
CorelDraw memiliki perbedaan
mencolok dibandingkan kompetitornya. Yang pertama bahwa CorelDraw adalah suatu
paket software grafis, bukan hanya sebuah editor gambar berbasis vektor.
Peralatan – peralatan yang ada memungkinkan penggunanya untuk mengatur kontras,
keseimbangn warna bahkanmengubah dari mode RGB (Red Green Blue) menjadi CMYK
(Cyan Magenta Yellow). Khusus untuk gambar bitmap dapat diubah dengan Corel
PhotoPaint.
Pesaing utama CorelDraw adalah Adobe Illustrator dan Xara
Extreme. Meskipun mereka semua juga program editor gambar berbasis vector,
namun pengalaman pengunanya dapat menghasilkan perbedaan yang mencolok.
Features by version
Ø Ver. 2 (1991): Envelope tool (for distorting
text or objects using a primary shape), Blend (for morphing shapes), Extrusion
(for simulating perspective and volume in objects) and Perspective (to distort
objects along X and Y axes).
Ø Ver. 3 (1992): Included Corel PHOTO-PAINT*
(for bitmap editing), CorelSHOW (for creating on-screen presentations),
CorelCHART (for graphic charts), Mosaic and CorelTRACE (for vectorizing
bitmaps). The inclusion of this software was the precedent for the actual
graphic suites.
Ø Ver. 4 (1993): Included Corel PHOTO-PAINT*
(for bitmap editing), CorelSHOW (for creating on-screen presentations),
CorelCHART (for graphic charts), CorelMOVE for animation, Mosaic and CorelTRACE
(for vectorizing bitmaps). Multi-page capabilities, Powerlines, support for
graphic tablets, Clone tool, elastic node editing, Envelope tool.
Ø Ver. 5 (1994): This is the last version which
was made for, and works on Windows 3.x. Corel Ventura was included in the suite
(and then sold as a separate program). It was a desktop publishing application
akin to PageMaker, Quark Express, or InDesign.
Ø Ver. 6 (1995): This is the first version
which was made exclusively for 32-bit Windows. New features were customizable
interface, Polygon, Spiral, Knife and Eraser tools. Corel Memo, Corel Presents,
Corel Motion 3D, Corel Depth, Corel Multimedia Manager, Corel Font Master and
Corel DREAM (for 3D modelling) were included in the suite.
Ø Ver. 7 (1997): Context-sensitive Property
bar, Print Preview with Zoom and Pan options, Scrapbook (for viewing a
drag-and-dropping graphic objects), Publish to HTML option, Draft and Enhanced
display options, Interactive Fill and Blend tools, Transparency tools, Natural
Pen tool, Find & Replace wizard, Convert Vector to Bitmap option (inside
Draw), Spell checker, Thesaurus and Grammar checker. The suite included Corel
Scan and Corel Barista (a Java-based document exchange format).
Ø Ver. 8 (1998): Digger selection, Docker
windows, Interactive Distortion, 3D, Envelope and tools, Realistic Dropshadow
tool, interactive color mixing, color palette editor, guidelines as objects,
custom-sized pages, duotone support. Corel Versions was included in the suite.
Ø Ver. 9 (1999): Mesh fill tool (for complex
color filling), Artistic Media tool, Publish to PDF features, embedded ICC
color profiles, Multiple On-screen Color Palettes and Microsoft Visual Basic
for Applications 6 support. The suite included Canto Cumulus LE, a piece of
software for media management.
Ø Ver. 10 (2000): CorelR.A.V.E. (for vector
animation), Perfect Shapes, Web graphics tools (for creating interactive
elements such as buttons), Page sorter, multilingual document support,
navigator window. Open, save, import and export in SVG format.
Ø Ver. 11 (2002): Symbols library, image slicing
(for web design), pressure-sensitive vector brushes, 3-point drawing tools.
Ø Ver. 12 (2003): Dynamic guides, Smart Drawing
tools, Export to MS Office or Word option, Virtual Segment Delete tool, Unicode
text support.
Ø Ver. X3 (2006): Double click Crop tool (the
first vector software able to crop groups of vectors and bitmap images at the
same time), Smart fill tool, Chamfer/Fillet/Scallop/Emboss tool, Image
Adjustment Lab. Trace became integrated inside Draw under the name PowerTRACE.
Ø Ver. X4 (2008): Whatthefont font
identification service linked inside CorelDraw, ConceptShare, Table tool,
independent page layers, live text formatting, support for RAW camera files.
Ø Ver. X5 (2010): Built-in content organizer
(CorelCONNECT), new color management, web graphics and animation tools,
multi-core performance improvement, digital content (professional fonts, clip
arts, and photos), object hinting, pixel view, enhanced Mesh tool with
transparency options, added touch support, and new supported file
formats. It has developed Transformation, which makes multiple copies of a
single object.
Read/write support
CorelDRAW
version |
Supports reading files
from version |
Supports writing files
for version |
Designed for Windows
version
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2.1 (1.2 also for
Win30)
|
2
|
1, 2
|
1, 2
|
3.0
|
3
|
1, 2, 3
|
2, 3
|
3.0, 3.1 (preferred)
|
4
|
1, 2, 3, 4
|
3, 4
|
3.1
|
5
|
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
|
3, 4, 5
|
3.1
|
6
|
3, 4, 5, 6
|
5, 6
|
95
|
7
|
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
|
5, 6, 7
|
95, NT 4
|
8
|
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
|
6, 7, 8
|
95, NT 4
|
9
|
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
|
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
|
95, 98, NT 4
|
10
|
10 †
|
10 ‡
|
98, Me, NT 4, 2000
|
11
|
11 †
|
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
|
98, Me, NT 4,
2000, XP
|
12
|
12 †
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12 ‡
|
2000, XP
|
X3 (13)
|
X3 †
|
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
X3
|
2000, 2003, XP
(32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit only)
|
X4 (14)
|
7 to X4 †
|
7 to X4
|
XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
|
X5 (15)
|
7 to X5
|
7 to X5
|
XP, Vista, 7 (32-bit,
64-bit)
|
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