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
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ver. 11 (2002): Symbols library, image slicing (for web design), pressure-sensitive vector brushes, 3-point drawing tools.
- Ver. 12 (2003): Dynamic guides, Smart Drawing tools, Export to MS Office or Word option, Virtual Segment Delete tool, Unicode text support.
- 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.
- Ver. X4 (2008): Whatthefont font identification service linked inside CorelDraw, ConceptShare, Table tool, independent page layers, live text formatting, support for RAW camera files.
- 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.
- Ver. X6 (2012) : mbrace the design power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X6, offering you content-rich images and fonts, professional graphic design tools, photo-editing capabilities and website design software. Plus, the enhanced speed of 64-bit support allows you to quickly process larger files and images. Show your true design style!
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