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CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8
Graphic design software
Comprehensive graphic design software
Combine your creativity with the unparalleled power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X8 to design graphics and layouts, edit photos, and create websites. With advanced support for Windows 10, multi-monitor viewing and 4K displays, the suite lets first-time users, graphics pros, small business owners and design enthusiasts deliver professional results with speed and confidence. Discover high-caliber and intuitive tools within your graphic design software to create logos, brochures, web graphics, social media ads or any original project. CorelDRAW your way.
What's Included
Main Applications
Supporting Applications
Content*
Documentation
Training
System Requirements
CorelDRAW your way
Jump in
Whether you're a first-time user or an experienced designer, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 makes it easy to get started. Learn the basics with this graphic design software or see what's new with a Startup tour, and be productive immediately with a workspace that matches your workflow needs. Benefit from high-quality content and versatile in-product learning resources to enrich your projects. Take advantage of the added power from Windows 10, multi-monitor viewing and the new 4K displays support.
Craft
Make the most of your design dexterity with the high-caliber, yet intuitive, features of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8. Quickly find fonts for any project with the enhanced font search and filtering feature. Work faster with the enhanced Knife tool that helps you split vector objects, text and bitmaps along any path. Refine your photos with the Healing Clone tool in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X8 and correct perspective distortions in the enhanced Straighten Image dialog box.
Personalize
Feel right at home with all of your favorite graphics software tools! Adapt your design space to your needs with the updated interface and custom icon size, desktop and window border color. Explore and organize fonts for your projects with the help of the new Corel Font Manager X8, plus expand your collection of creative tools by purchasing apps, plugins and extensions from within the application.
Delight
Deliver professional-quality output that will make a lasting impression across any medium: from distinctive logos and signs, to striking marketing materials, web and social media graphics, billboards and more! With its industry-leading file format compatibility and advanced color-management tools, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 provides the flexibility and accuracy you need for all types of projects. Discover a vibrant and inspiring community of CorelDRAW users to assist you along your creative journey.
Top new and enhanced features
Compatibility
Get the power and stability you need with full support for Microsoft Windows 10 and discover how its innovative features can augment your graphic design experience, plus enjoy existing support for Windows 10. 8.1, and 7. Expand your design program's compatibility options with the latest file formats, including AI, PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, DWG, DXF, EPS, TIFF, DOCX, PPT and more.
Multi-monitor, 4K and Real-Time Stylus support
Take advantage of the new multi-monitor viewing and 4K displays support. Work quickly and efficiently with the added control from the Windows Real-Time Stylus pen-compatible tablets, such as the Microsoft Surface, in addition to the Wacom tablet and devices.
Corel Font Manager
Explore, handle and organize fonts with the new Corel Font Manager to satisfy all your typeface needs. Manage your typeface and font collections with ease, and use fonts without having to install them. We've got you covered for every profession that uses fonts daily, from graphic design, publishing and illustration, to package design, sign making, advertising and website design.
Font filtering and search
Save valuable design time with the enhanced font filtering feature. Quickly find the specific font you need without spending time searching in multiple folders. For example, if you're looking for a typeface that has a handwritten appearance, you can do a quick search for “script fonts.” The font list will automatically update to show all the fonts on your machine that match that search.
Show Objects
You asked for it, and we listened! Take advantage of the new important design features that we created based on feedback from CorelDRAW users. Manage complex projects with ease by using the new Hide and Show Objects feature that lets you hide individual objects or groups of objects on a layer without hiding the entire layer.
Top rated features by users
Redesigned, fully customizable interface
Our flexible tools and settings reflect your natural workflow, so everything is right where you need it, when you need it. Choose between Lite, X6 Inspired or the Default workspace to get started smoothly, then use the new quick customize feature to tailor your toolbox and property bars to suit your needs.
Specialty workspaces
Several pre-defined workspaces are available to help keep all the tools specific to your industry organized and easily accessible. Choose between Page Layout, Illustration, or set your workspace to look like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator to help ease the transition from Creative Suite.
Total control over fills and transparency
We've created our most powerful fill engine ever, giving you complete control over your fountain, bitmap pattern and vector pattern fills. Create elliptical and rectangular fountain fills, control transparency within the individual colors of a fountain fill, repeat a fountain fill within an object and more.
Easy font preview and advanced character tools
Find the perfect font for any project. The Font Playground lets you preview and experiment with different fonts before bringing them into your design. Plus, the revamped Insert Character docker automatically shows you all the characters, symbols and glyphs associated with your font, making them easier than ever to find and insert.
Special effects and advanced photo editing
Explore special effects, including four new pressure-sensitive Liquid tools—Smear, Attract, Repel and Twirl—and new camera effects—Bokeh blur, Colorize, Sepia toning and Time Machine—to create unique images in Corel PHOTO-PAINT X8. RAW file support for over 300 types of cameras gives you even more ways to enrich your images.
| Feature | CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 |
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Support for UltraHD 4K displaysAn updated interface and support for 4K displays let you comfortably view the applications on even UltraHD (ultra high definition) monitors. |
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Advanced multi-monitor supportCorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT? function reliably across multiple monitors of varying DPI, on all supported operating systems. |
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Optimized for Windows 10 supportWith support for Windows 10, you can confidently use CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 on the latest Windows operating system |
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Customize Desktop colorYou can change the color of the desktop, the area surrounding the drawing page in CorelDRAW or the image in Corel PHOTO-PAINT to suit your documents |
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Fully scalable and customizable UIYou can adapt your design space to your needs with the updated and fully customizable interface. Newly designed icons allow scaling up to 250%. You can lighten or darken the application background by choosing a theme. |
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WorkspacesChoose from a variety of workspaces designed for different proficiency levels and specific tasks: Page Layout and Illustration, a Classic option for longtime users, a Lite option for new users, and workspaces with the look and feel of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator |
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Customize color of window bordersYou can customize the color of window borders in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT to match your personal preference |
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Simple customizationTailor the toolbox, dockers, and property bars to suit your workflow using the new Quick Customize buttons. |
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Overflow buttonsFor tablet and mobile device users, overflow buttons indicate the presence of additional tools, dockers and controls that don’t fit within the workspace. |
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Multiple document interfaceWork with multiple documents in a tabbed view. |
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Undocking documentsDrag a document outside of the application window to undock it when working with multiple documents |
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Windows Touch supportNavigate with your fingertips with support for the latest touch-screen technology from Windows. (Touch-screen computer required). |
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Welcome ScreenThe new Product Details page in the Welcome screen is your one-stop source for the latest on the suite and your user account. Learn about your product or subscription, account status, product updates, available resources, workspace selection and the new Upgrade Program |
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Support for Real-Time Stylus (RTS)You can now take full advantage of the pressure and tilt of your RTS-compatible pen, tablet or device to control your brushstrokes in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. |
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Hide and display objectsCorelDRAW allows you to hide objects and groups of objects, helping you edit objects in complex projects and experiment with your designs more easily. |
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Copy curve segmentsCorelDRAW lets you copy and cut curve segments, and then paste them as objects, making it easy to extract subpaths or create adjacent shapes with similar contours. |
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Select adjacent nodesCorelDRAW offers enhanced node selection. You can now select adjacent nodes on curves by using the Shape tool while holding down Shift |
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Edit Fill dialog boxThe Edit Fill dialog box in gives you more efficient access to all available fill controls, and provides a real-time preview as you make adjustments. |
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Fill PickerWith both CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, the Fill picker makes browsing, searching, previewing, and selecting fills quick and easy. The Fill picker also provides access to both locally stored fills and those available in the Content Exchange. |
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Fill creationInstantly create and save bitmap pattern and vector pattern fountain fills from selected objects in your workspace. |
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Smoothing vector objectsRemove jagged edges and reduce nodes in curve objects with the Smooth tool |
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Fountain fillsCreate elliptical and rectangular fountain fills, apply transparency to individual fill color nodes, repeat a fill within a filled object, adjust a fill's angle of rotation and smooth the blend transition of a fountain fill. |
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Smear, Twirl, Attract and RepelExplore creative options for refining your vector objects. |
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Coordinate drawingPrecisely specify both the size of a object and its location on the page with the Object Coordinates docker. |
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Vector and bitmap pattern fillsPreview, apply, and interactively transform both vector pattern and bitmap pattern fills using enhanced controls in the Object Properties docker. You can also save fills you've created or modified using the new .FILL format. |
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Enhanced Knife ToolThe enhanced Knife tool lets you split vector objects, text, and bitmaps. You can split single objects or groups of objects along any path. |
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Mesh FillDesign multi-colored filled objects with more fluid color transitions. Reveal objects behind individual nodes with a transparency option. |
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EyedropperUse enhanced Eyedropper and Paintbucket tools to efficiently copy color, object properties, effects and transformations from one object to others. |
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Smart Fill ToolApply a fill to any enclosed area quickly. (Only applies to vector) |
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Curve ToolsCreate smoother curves, using fewer nodes than previously, with the B-Spline tool. |
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Dimensions & CalloutsFind improved dimension tools together in one convenient flyout. |
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Connector linesEasily create diagrams and flowcharts with a new Connector Line tool that dynamically updates your chart so that lines remain connected as you reposition your boxes. |
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Font ManagerCorel Font Manager lets you easily handle, organize, and explore your typeface and font collections by giving you tools to control every aspect of your typography workflow. |
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Font list boxWith the new Font list box in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can view, filter, and find fonts easily. |
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Font PlaygroundBrowse, experiment, preview and choose the perfect font using the Font Playground docker |
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OpenType support for Asian textApply advanced OpenType typography features, such as widths, forms, vertical metrics, kana glyph alternatives and rotation to Asian text. |
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Special characters, symbols, and glyphsThe revamped Insert Character docker presents all characters, symbols and glyphs associated with a selected font, making it easier than ever to find these items and then insert them into your documents. |
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Advanced OpenType supportTake greater advantage of advanced OpenType typography features, such as contextual and stylistic alternates, fractions, ligatures, ordinals, ornaments, small caps, swashes, and more. |
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Complex script supportEnsure proper typesetting for glyphs used by Asian and Middle Eastern languages. |
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Font embeddingEmbed fonts when you save CorelDRAW documents so that recipients can view, print, and edit the document exactly as designed. |
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Correct perspective distortionsYou can now correct perspective distortions in photos that have straight lines and flat surfaces such as architectural photos and photos of buildings. |
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Healing CloneThe new Healing Clone tool in Corel PHOTO-PAINT lets you fix imperfections seamlessly by painting with sampled texture that matches the color of the surrounding area. |
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Gaussian Blur effectThe Gaussian Blur special effect in Corel PHOTO-PAINT is available as a lens that lets you blur images non-destructively |
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Liquid toolsIn Corel PHOTO-PAINT, four pressure-sensitive Liquid tools—Smear, Attract, Repel, and Twirl—offer fresh creative options for retouching photos. |
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Unsharp Mask LensSharpen photos by increasing the contrast of adjacent pixels while preserving both high- and low-frequency details, such as edges and large structures. |
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