Corel Draw

[jennywren]

What version, could anybody recommend . Need to buy this as I am now learning to use a cutter and require it, cheers

[Justin]

X4 for me

[pitkin2020]

X5 for me. Personally I would always go for the latest version you can afford.

[Justin]

I found that the latest version didn't really have anything different that I needed. Probably could have got away with a slightly older version but I guess it all depends on your budget. I would generally agree that latest version is a good option but having used X4 for ages it's tried and tested for me

[jennywren]

Thanks , looking at both now,

[pitkin2020]

I think you make an excellent point justin and if you are used to something it usually needs two updates or more to make it worth while in changing. As I started with X5 I can't compare it with x4 but I doubt I will buy X6 but will more than likely buy X7. Its just like computer OS's TBH most people I know skipped every other one, you had 98, xp, win 7 and skipped millennium and vista (not just because they were shite lol) but its a lot of cash to shell out with very little improvement on the last.

I have the adobe suite aswell went from CS3 to CS5, CS4 had no real benefits over CS3 but CS5 was a good improvement over CS3

[mrs maggot]

im on X4 at the moment, and would not recommend getting earlier, as i know one of the newer things is the mouse zoom function, on older versions you had to zoom in by clicking a size if that makes sense, i know as one of my computers has x2 on it

[John G]

X4, didn't think there was that much difference from version 12, maybe the trace function is better but for artwork, and what I use it for, there's very little difference.

mouse zoom function

I actually prefer clicking on the magnifying glass and then drawing a box around the item I want to zoom in to, I think you have more control doing it that way - or I'm an old fart stuck in me ways. :rolleyes:

[MattP]

I upgraded from V4 to V5 as V4 would not allow me to import some eps files.

[Renniwano]

Still stuck on X3 here