Posted: 2006-07-29 08:27am
Oh forgive me for not being an Illustrator fanboy. 
Seriously, though, being able to zoom to over 400,000% is extremely useful when designing letterforms. You can zoom in to such a degree, you could literally encode secret messages in your work that would be indetectable (not saying that I've done that, mind you). Also, the multi-page functionality represents a huge leap over Illustrator in versatility (especially useful for double sided business cards).
My only real gripe with Corel is the annoying manner in which things tend to get messed up when you import from Corel into other applications. In particular, there seems to be a major glitch when it comes to getting Corel vectors into Fireworks, but additionally, you have to be careful when integrating Corel with Illustrator. I've had plenty of hair-pulling moments. I put up with it because of Corel's feature set, extreme precision, and rock solid stability.
Seriously, though, being able to zoom to over 400,000% is extremely useful when designing letterforms. You can zoom in to such a degree, you could literally encode secret messages in your work that would be indetectable (not saying that I've done that, mind you). Also, the multi-page functionality represents a huge leap over Illustrator in versatility (especially useful for double sided business cards).
My only real gripe with Corel is the annoying manner in which things tend to get messed up when you import from Corel into other applications. In particular, there seems to be a major glitch when it comes to getting Corel vectors into Fireworks, but additionally, you have to be careful when integrating Corel with Illustrator. I've had plenty of hair-pulling moments. I put up with it because of Corel's feature set, extreme precision, and rock solid stability.
