CorelDRAW related Press releases

Corel Wins Award of Excellence from Society for Technical Communication (STC)

Kelly Manuel — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

CorelDRAW® Handbook: “Insights from the Experts” Honored in International Technical Publications Competition

Ottawa, ON – May 28, 2009 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE) today announced that its documentation team has been recognized with an Award of Excellence from the Society for Technical Communication (STC). “The CorelDRAW® Handbook: Insights from the Experts” won top honors in the International Technical Publications competition receiving praise for its appealing and inviting design, as well as its effectiveness in strengthening readers’ connection to the product. “Insights from the Experts” is essential resource material included with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4.

The STC International Technical Publications Competition recognizes and encourages excellence in communication through printed media. Each entry is evaluated for qualities including production, design and typography, copy editing, content and organization, and graphics.

“Visually, this publication is dramatic, attractive, and appealing. Its concept is interesting and from a marketing standpoint, very effective. The testimonial approach and the contributors’ sharing of their expertise provide new users with a powerful message about the product’s capabilities and potential,” said the STC judging panel. “The writing is conversational, leading readers to view the contributors as providing one-on-one training - a very effective approach.”

The CorelDRAW Handbook: “Insights from the Experts” shares the insights of graphic design experts who use CorelDRAW Graphics Suite in their professional workflow. The contributors come from around the world, reflecting CorelDRAW’s international appeal and impact with graphic design professionals in fields as diverse as engraving, sign making, airbrushed mural creation, vehicle illustration, magazine layout and fashion design. Each tutorial reflects the creative precision, imagination and passion that the artist brings to their respective projects.

“We are honored to work with such a talented documentation team, whose passion and commitment to our users is reflected in the high quality materials that they consistently produce,” said Gérard Métrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. “We’re delighted that the team has been recognized for their tireless work on this important publication.”

About Corel
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

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© 2009 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, Painter, Paint Shop Pro, VideoStudio, WinDVD, WinZIP, WordPerfect, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in Canada, the U.S., and/or other countries.. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel Launches International Design Contest and Special Anniversary Edition to Mark 20 Years of Design Innovation with CorelDRAW®

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:12:00 GMT

Corel Launches International Design Contest and Special Anniversary Edition to Mark 20 Years of Design Innovation with CorelDRAW®

Ottawa, ON – February 3, 2009 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE) today introduced an International Design Contest and special anniversary edition of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 to mark 20 years of design innovation with CorelDRAW. The contest is open to current and new CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users around the world at www.corel.com/coreldrawdesigncontest and closes on May 31, 2009. The special anniversary edition of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite will be available in nine languages worldwide, including English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, and Russian.

"CorelDRAW 1.0 revolutionized graphics on the Windows platform, providing many more people around the globe with a new avenue to express their creativity," said Gérard Métrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. "Our community of CorelDRAW users has continued to grow and flourish over 20 years marked by exciting new breakthroughs in functionality, expansion into new international markets and a continuing commitment to delivering a superior graphics experience on the PC. The developers, designers and product managers behind CorelDRAW are continually inspired by the insights and contributions of CorelDRAW users around the world. It is our users' passion, energy and ingenuity that motivates us to continually deliver products that open up new design possibilities."

The International Design Contest features six entry categories including:

• Advertising/Marketing;
• Promotional/Personalization
• Vehicle Wraps
• Textile/Fashion Design
• General Illustration and Fine Art.

There is also a separate category for student submissions. Winners in each category will receive a prize pack, and the overall grand prize winner will receive a Roland® VersaCAMM™ VP-540 printer/cutter (approximate retail value: $21,995 USD). The winning entries will be announced in July 2009 and displayed on www.coreldraw.com, the CorelDRAW community site.

The special anniversary edition includes CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, a Wacom® Intuos®3 A6 Wide (4x6) pen tablet and new Corel® Painter™ Sketch Pad sketching software in one complete package. With this package, users can lay the base for amazing designs using the pen tablet and sketching software, then apply professional illustration, page layout, photo editing and tracing by opening files in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. The special anniversary edition is available globally online in limited quantities at www.corel.com and through channel partners such as www.amazon.com in North America.

For more information about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw. To learn more about how CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is used worldwide, please visit www.coreldraw.com.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

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© 2009 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Corel DESIGNER, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, VideoStudio, WinDVD, WinZip, WordPerfect, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel and Wilcom Announce Immediate Availability of Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5

Kelly Manuel — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:14:00 GMT

Ottawa, ON/Sydney, AU – January 22, 2009 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), and Wilcom International today announced the immediate availability of Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5,a powerful graphics and embroidery software that enables users to easily produce multi-decoration pieces using screen, embroidery, laser etching, rhinestone, laser cutting, and other techniques.

Combining CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 with Wilcom’s innovative stitch processor, lettering, monogramming and appliqué tools, Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 enables users to effortlessly combine embroidery and print, moving seamlessly between vector art and embroidery elements while keeping everything in one file for production purposes.

"We’re thrilled to be able to provide embroidery users with a high-quality program that simplifies the learning process while also providing a well-rounded mix of essential tools and functionality," said Martin Kristiaman, CEO of Wilcom International. "The new features and resources we’ve added to DecoStudio e1.5 allow our users to achieve a higher quality result than ever before."

"Our focus for this release was to look for new ways to simplify the workflow for users and provide them with even more precision tools," said Gerard Metrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. "We incorporated better text character conversion when moving from vector to stitch and have given users access to the new and enhanced features available in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4."

Pricing and Availability

Available in English, DecoStudio e1.5 may be purchased through www.corel.com and selected distributors worldwide.

Existing users of DecoStudio e1 may register their product to receive the update to DecoStudio e1.5 for only $25USD shipping & handling. Users will be sent a voucher in order to redeem their update. This update will include new software and allow their current hardware key to be used with the new version. Update kits will be available in the early part of 2009.

For more information about Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5, please visit www.corel.com or www.wilcom.com.au, or visit the Wilcom at booth #1547 at the Imprinted Sportswear Show (ISS) in Long Beach, CA, January 23-25, 2009.

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

About Wilcom

Wilcom delivers sophisticated CAD, CAM, machine control and business solutions for customers who specialize in embroidery, rug & carpet design and manufacturing. Over the past 28 years the company’s innovative software and hardware solutions have set the standard for design creation, visualization, management and production of textile and custom goods.

Today, Wilcom is present in over 70 countries with products in more than 12 languages. The company is committed to pursuing new and enhanced design tools, streamlining business operations, improving productivity, facilitating closer global supply chain network and opening new possibilities in creativity.

Wilcom is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and has development and manufacturing facilities in Australia, China and Belgium. Wilcom’s sales and support centers are located in Australia, America, China, Japan, Belgium and England, with representatives in almost every country of the world. A complete company history and product suite is available at www.wilcom.com.au.

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© 2009 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, WinDVD, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel Releases Update to CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4

Kelly Manuel — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Community feedback reflected in latest enhancements to award-winning graphics suite

Ottawa, ON – January 15, 2009 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE) today released a new service pack for the award-winning CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4. Reflecting the top requests from the CorelDRAW user community, the service pack includes expanded RAW camera support capabilities (including support for Nikon D90 and Canon EOS 1000D/50D), improved Drop Shadows functionality, and enhanced visual feedback for specific suite functions.

“Our CorelDRAW user community is a highly valued source of ongoing feedback and inspiration and we are pleased to deliver an update that addresses their top requests,” said Gerard Metrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. “Our community site, CorelDRAW.com, is a meeting place where CorelDRAW users from around the world can interact together, exchange ideas, and communicate directly with Corel’s development and product management teams, and continues to experience steady growth, month after month.”

Since its inception in June 2007, CorelDRAW.com has been a meeting place for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users who are passionate about their work and are eager to interact with other users. The site has attracted more than 1.2 million unique visitors from over 220 countries and now has more than 20,000 registered members. In response to community feedback, the site recently added a new wiki engine, enhanced image galleries and forums, and new friends and conversations tools. To learn more about the CorelDRAW community, please visit www.coreldraw.com.

The new service pack for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 is available to current users in all languages through the auto-update mechanism in the welcome screen which shows up when users open any of the applications). The service pack can also be downloaded from http://www.corel.com/support. For more information about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, visit www.corel.com/coreldraw.

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© 2009 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Painter, WordPerfect, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel and Wilcom Introduce Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e1.5 and Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:00:00 GMT

New products to be unveiled during industry’s first global online launch event

Ottawa, ON / Sydney, AU – September 9, 2008 – Corel Corporation, a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, and Wilcom International, a leading developer of embroidery and decorations technology, today introduced the newest products resulting from their partnership: Wilcom EmbroideryStudio (ES) e1.5 and Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5. Both products are based on the award-winning CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite technology and will be introduced during the industry’s first global online launch event, taking place today from 9 a.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET at www.wilcomdiscovery.com.

Designed to address the evolving requirements of the multi decoration and embroidery industry, EmbroideryStudio e1.5 and DecoStudio e1.5 offer both new and experienced designers in-product guidance to accelerate productivity. The software intelligently recommends underlay settings, pull compensation, and other parameters to the user depending on the fabric selected. As a result, experienced designers can more quickly and easily test designs on different fabric samples. For new users, this process dramatically reduces the learning curve and enables them to produce high quality results with minimal training required.

“By combining the strengths of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 and the expertise of Wilcom, we are able to provide users in the embroidery and decoration market with an intelligent, integrated solution that will be a valued addition to their design workflow,” said Nick Davies, Senior Vice President, Graphics and Productivity of Corel. “We’re pleased to expand our relationship with Wilcom in order to provide the embroidery industry with world-class solutions that enable users to pursue their creative ambitions and new revenue streams.”

New Releases Enable Faster Design and Production

Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e1.5 is the advanced product in Wilcom’s new Elements product range for professional multi-decoration. Building on ES 2006, the product features full integration with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, streamlining the embroidery workflow. Acclaimed as the professional embroiders’ choice, this new generation of EmbroideryStudio offers superior stitch quality, providing digitizers with a dynamic and fluid way of creating, visualizing and producing multi-decoration design.

Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 integrates CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 with Wilcom’s renowned stitch processor, lettering, monogramming and applique tools to create a complete graphics and embroidery software solution. Wilcom ES 21 L, 21 E and 21 E+ have now been combined in DecoStudio e 1.5. DecoStudio users can also upgrade seamlessly to higher levels of EmbrioderyStudio. In addition, DecoStudio e1 customers are eligible for a free upgrade to DecoStudio e1.5 (excluding shipping and handling fees).

“Wilcom is continually undertaking extensive research, looking at current industry trends, how our customers use software and the requirements for each different type of embroiderer and decorator - be it someone just getting into the industry, or someone who’s been a professional digitizer for many years,” said Martin Kristiaman, CEO of Wilcom International. “It was very clear that CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is by far the most popular graphics tool, and we feel that our new generation of software in partnership with Corel is truly the next milestone in embroidery history.”

Availability
Both Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e1.5 and Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5 (English versions) will be available in the coming weeks. DecoStudio e1 customers are eligible for a free upgrade to DecoStudio e1.5 (excluding shipping and handling fees).

Companies Host Online Launch
To learn more about these new releases, please join Wilcom and Corel as they host the industry’s first global online launch event beginning at 9 AM Eastern today. To access the launch event, please click on the event URL: www.wilcomdiscovery.com.

For more information on Wilcom, please visit www.wilcom.com.au. For more information about Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

About Corel
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

About Wilcom
Wilcom delivers sophisticated CAD, CAM, machine control and business solutions for customers who specialize in embroidery, rug & carpet design and manufacturing. Over the past 28 years the company’s innovative software and hardware solutions have set the standard for design creation, visualization, management and production of textile and custom goods.

Today, Wilcom is present in over 70 countries with products in more than 12 languages. The company is committed to pursuing new and enhanced design tools, streamlining business operations, improving productivity, facilitating closer global supply chain network and opening new possibilities in creativity.

Wilcom is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and has development and manufacturing facilities in Australia, China and Belgium. Wilcom’s sales and support centers are located in Australia, America, China, Japan, Belgium and England, with representatives in almost every country of the world. A complete company history and product suite is available at www.wilcom.com.au.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel and Wilcom Announce Global Online Launch of Wilcom EmbroideryStudio e1.5 and Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5

Kelly Manuel — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:28:00 GMT

Ottawa, ON / Sydney, AU – August 15, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, and Wilcom International, a leading developer of embroidery and decorations technology, today announced an online event to launch the newest products from their partnership, Wilcom EmbroideryStudio (ES) e1.5, and Wilcom DecoStudio© e1.5, a CorelDRAW® product. An industry first, the live online event will take place on September 9, 2008, from 9 a.m. EST to 4 p.m. EST at www.wilcomdiscovery.com.

A global team of industry experts will offer a live guided tour, featuring the following highlights:

•    Global launch of Wilcom EmbroideryStudio (ES) e1.5
•    Discussion of what’s new in Wilcom DecoStudio e1.5
•    Advice on purchasing embroidery and printing software
•    Inspiration, ideas, tips and tricks for producing decorated goods
•    An opportunity to ask questions of industry experts
•    Show specials, competitions, and more

Pre-registration for the event is now open at www.wilcomdiscovery.com. For more information about Wilcom, please visit www.wilcom.com.au. For more information about Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

About Corel
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada, with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

About Wilcom
Wilcom delivers sophisticated CAD, CAM, machine control and business solutions for customers who specialize in embroidery, rug & carpet design and manufacturing. Over the past 28 years the company’s innovative software and hardware solutions have set the standard for design creation, visualization, management and production of textile and custom goods.

Today, Wilcom is present in over 70 countries with products in more than 12 languages. The company is committed to pursuing new and enhanced design tools, streamlining business operations, improving productivity, facilitating closer global supply chain network and opening new possibilities in creativity.

Wilcom is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and has development and manufacturing facilities in Australia, China and Belgium. Wilcom’s sales and support centers are located in Australia, America, China, Japan, Belgium and England, with representatives in almost every country of the world. A complete company history and product suite is available at www.wilcom.com.au.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 Now Available in 17 Languages Worldwide

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Ottawa, ON – August 12, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 is now available in 17 languages worldwide, including English, German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Finnish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. This wide availability enables CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 customers to work natively in their local language, while also providing them with the flexibility of a multilingual product that helps them compete in a global marketplace.

“Offering CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 in 17 languages secures our position as a truly global graphics solution,” said Gérard Métrailler, Senior Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. “This powerful suite meets the linguistic requirements of users working around the world, while also offering the flexibility necessary to address the needs of both small businesses and large corporations.”

Corel also recently released a service pack for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, which is already included in the Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean and Japanese versions. The service pack includes support for more than 25 new camera RAW formats and addresses the major issues reported by the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite user community – providing an even more comprehensive solution to simplify the creative process and optimize the graphic design workflow. For all other language versions, the service pack is available via an in-product auto-update or download at www.corel.com.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 provides users with the tools, resources and confidence to tackle a wide variety of projects – from logos, Web graphics and multipage brochures to high impact signage and digital displays. The trusted choice of millions of professional and aspiring designers worldwide, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 remains the only professional-level graphics suite Certified for Windows Vista® and offering full support for Windows® XP.

Availability
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 is now shipping in 17 languages worldwide. For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite or to download a free, fully featured trial, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw. To learn more about the CorelDRAW user community, please visit www.CorelDRAW.com.

About Corel
Corel is one of the world’s top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world’s most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, VideoStudio®, WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office and WinZip®. Our global headquarters are in Ottawa, Canada with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan and Japan.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, WinDVD, VideoStudio, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel Unveils Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4

Kelly Manuel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Newest edition of award-winning suite unmatched by any other technical graphics suite

Ottawa, ON – July 16, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today unveiled Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4, the latest version of the company’s award-winning technical graphics software. Created specifically to address the technical illustration workflow, the suite enables users to create technical documentation, instructional manuals, maintenance references and technical diagrams with exceptional precision and speed. Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 is now available in English, French, and German.

Unmatched by any other technical graphics package, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 provides industry-leading file compatibility, including 3D design formats and AutoCAD® DWG and DXF™, while delivering award-winning precision tools for illustration, bitmap-to-vector tracing, and professional photo editing. This comprehensive suite also offers an optimized workflow, multi-language support, and easy network deployment, making it the trusted choice of companies known worldwide for technical design excellence.

“Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 was developed with the needs of technical illustrators in mind. The integration of professional illustration, photo editing, and bitmap-to-vector conversion tools in one package provides technical illustrators with the most comprehensive solution for completing complex projects with greater precision and efficiency,” said Klaus Vossen, Product Manager for Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite.

Customers Benefit from Intuitive Tools and Precision Controls

Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 continues to offer the industry’s most complete and affordable technical graphics package. The latest version of the award-winning suite includes Corel DESIGNER X4 for precise technical illustration and layout; CorelPHOTO-PAINT® X4 for professional image editing; Corel® PowerTRACE™ X4 to convert bitmaps and legacy paper documents into vector graphics; Right Hemisphere® Deep Exploration™ 5.5 CSE to convert 3D CAD models into accurate 2D graphics; and Corel CAPTURE™ X4 to create screen captures, an integral component of many technical documents.

In addition to these core applications, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 offers more than 80 new and enhanced features designed to streamline the creation of technical illustrations. With intuitive diagramming tools, and professional photo-editing, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 offers features unmatched by those in any other technical graphics package.

Access Technical Design Assets

• Access 3D CAD data directly with the new, integrated 3D CAD import application
• Quickly unlock data in legacy blueprints by using centerline tracing in the new Corel PowerTRACE
• Leverage RAW camera files from more than 300 camera models with interactive controls to preview adjustments in real time
• Enjoy seamless compatibility with commonly-used and industry-standard file formats, including new and enhanced support for AutoCAD® DWG and DXF, PDF 1.7, PDF/A, as well as Microsoft® Office Publisher and JPEG 2000
• Take advantage of the enhanced Windows Vista® integration to easily organize projects and search for files

Create Better Technical Diagrams

• Communicate more effectively with clearer visual pieces created with new and enhanced diagramming tools
• Import the latest Microsoft® Visio® formats to ease collaboration with colleagues and clients

Streamline the Technical Illustration Workflow

• New technical drawing tools make it easier to identify curves and connector lines and add precision and clarity to illustrations
• Create custom dimensions and dimension styles with advanced control for clearly readable illustrations
• Draw, size, and rotate shapes and lines with precision using the Object Coordinates docker

Discover Advanced Image-Editing Features

• Achieve professional-quality color and tone correction with the new Image Adjustment Lab
• Gain control, improve accuracy, and simplify the process when cutting out image areas with the enhanced Cutout Lab
• Preview image-editing changes in real-time by using histogram feedback available with more features than ever before

What’s Included?
In addition to the key applications, Corel DESIGNER X4, Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4, Corel PowerTRACE X4, Right Hemisphere Deep Exploration 5.5 CSE, and Corel CAPTURE X4, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 includes: Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications 6.4; barcode and duplexing wizards, ANSI, DIN, ISO, engineering and architectural templates; and comprehensive symbol libraries containing over 4000 manufacturing, electrical, and architectural symbols.

Availability
Starting today, customers can download the free multi-lingual (English, German and French) trial version from www.corel.com/designer.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.
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Corel Introduces Update for CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Service Pack for Award-Winning Suite Delivers Key Enhancements to User Community

Ottawa, ON – June 24, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today introduced an update to the award-winning CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4. This service pack includes support for more than 25 new camera RAW formats, and addresses all of the major issues reported by the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite user community, providing an even more comprehensive solution to simplify the creative process and optimize the graphic design workflow.

“The CorelDRAW Graphics Suite team is in constant dialogue with our user community and we take their feedback into account each time we deliver an update or introduce a new product,” said Gérard Métrailler, Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. “With this service pack for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, we have focused on addressing the major feedback provided by our users. We know our software plays a key role in their creative workflow and we believe this service pack will provide them with an even better user experience.”

The service pack will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Russian. Forthcoming Asian language releases will include this update without users needing to apply the service pack.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 provides users with the tools, resources and confidence to tackle a wide variety of projects - from logos and Web graphics, to multipage brochures, to high impact signage and digital displays. The trusted choice of millions of professional and aspiring designers worldwide, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 remains the only professional-level graphics suite Certified for Windows Vista® and offering full support for Windows® XP.

“I’ve been working with the new CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 since its inception and this program rocks! ” said Bob Friedman, CEO of Pams Press Graphic Design. “Most importantly, this service pack has addressed the areas that were most important to my business workflow. It’s my pleasure to continue to work with Corel software because the company is always on top of its game in producing tomorrow’s technology today.”

Current CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 users will receive this service pack via an in-product auto-update or via download at www.corel.com. For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite or to download a free, fully-featured trial, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw. To learn more about the CorelDRAW user community, please visit www.CorelDRAW.com.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world's most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel's software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel's leadership in software innovation, design and value.

Corel's products are sold in more than 75 countries through a well-established network of international resellers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, online providers and Corel's global websites. The Company's headquarters are located in Ottawa, Canada with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China and Japan. Corel's stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CREL and on the TSX under the symbol CRE. www.corel.com

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Corel and Right Hemisphere Partner to Bring Complete 3D Technical Illustration Solution to Market

Kelly Manuel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Next Edition of Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite will Enable Users to Leverage Existing 3D Assets and Speed Up Content Production

Ottawa, ON and Pleasanton, CA – June 4, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced a partnership with Right Hemisphere®, the leading provider of visual communication and collaboration solutions. Corel will incorporate a special version of Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration™ Standard Edition software into its next release of Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite. The addition of Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration software will give Corel users the ability to quickly and easily transform 3D CAD models and publish them into accurate 2D graphics without having to purchase additional CAD software.

Available in two versions, Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration is a client software application that allows its users to automatically transform, author and publish lightweight 2D and 3D product graphics using existing engineering CAD design data and other digital content. The Deep Exploration Standard Edition version automatically translates, optimizes and repairs a variety of popular 3D graphics file formats. The Deep Exploration CCE version offers support for over 80 file formats, including all of the major CAD applications such as CATIA®, Autodesk® Inventor®, Pro/ENGINEER®, SolidWorks®, and Unigraphics® NX, as well as the ability to publish 3D interactive Adobe® PDF files.

“Corel has had a long and distinguished history of providing enterprises with leading graphics solutions for technical illustration work,” said Michael Lynch CEO of Right Hemisphere. “Right Hemisphere’s technology is a natural complement to the features and functionality in the Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite. With our 3D format support and our automatic transform and publish capabilities integrated into this next version of the product, Corel DESIGNER users can look forward to getting even better leverage out of their existing 3D assets and spend less time and money creating their 2D technical illustrations.”

Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite is the software of choice for businesses that rely on technical illustrations and diagrams to quickly and effectively communicate the strengths of their products and services. Unmatched by any other technical graphics package, the suite provides industry-leading file compatibility while delivering award-winning precision tools for illustration, bitmap-to-vector tracing, and professional photo editing. Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite also offers an optimized workflow, multi-language support, and easy network deployment and is trusted by companies known worldwide for technical design excellence.

“We are pleased to partner with Right Hemisphere to offer Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite users another important tool to streamline their technical illustration workflow and complete projects more efficiently,” said Nick Davies, Vice President and General Manager, Graphics and Productivity for Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite. “By combining the ingenuity behind Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration with Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite, Corel is able to continue its commitment to offering the most powerful, precise and comprehensive technical illustration suite on the market.”

To learn more Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite, please visit www.corel.com. To learn more about the pre-release public technology preview of the next version of Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite please visit www.designer.com/preview. For more information about Right Hemisphere, please visit www.righthemisphere.com.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel’s leadership in software innovation, design and value.

Corel’s products are sold in more than 75 countries through a well-established network of international resellers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, online providers and Corel’s global websites. The Company’s headquarters are located in Ottawa, Canada with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, Taiwan, and Japan. Corel’s stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CREL and on the TSX under the symbol CRE. www.corel.com

About Right Hemisphere
Right Hemisphere is the leading provider of enterprise visual product communication and collaboration solutions enabling manufacturers to optimize their global product development, launch, and support processes. Right Hemisphere maximizes knowledge transfer efficiency of product information to downstream stakeholders by automatically publishing product information readily available in CAD, PLM, and ERP systems into common document formats and business applications. Over 500 innovative manufacturers, including five of the top six automotive OEMs and nine of the top 10 U.S. aerospace and defense contractors rely on Right Hemisphere to dramatically accelerate time to market, increase product and services revenues, and lower product communications costs. Founded in 1997, Right Hemisphere is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley and Auckland, New Zealand. For more information please visit www.righthemisphere.com.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Natural-Media, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

Corel Announces Pre-Release Public Technology Preview of Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Ottawa, ON – June 2, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced a pre-release public technology preview of Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite X4 at the 55th Annual Society of Technical Communicators (STC) Summit in Philadelphia, PA- Booth #408. Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 provides businesses with the ability to quickly and effectively communicate the strengths of their products and services through precise technical illustrations and diagrams.

A comprehensive technical graphics suite, Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite provides industry-leading file compatibility, including 3D CAD and AutoCAD®, while delivering award-winning precision tools for illustration, bitmap-to-vector tracing, and professional photo editing. The trusted choice by companies known worldwide for technical design excellence, the suite also offers an optimized workflow, multi-language support, and easy network deployment.

“Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 was engineered to meet the specific requirements of technical illustrators, whether they are working in a small business environment or a larger enterprise,”said Klaus Vossen, Product Manager for Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite. “We are pleased to offer our community of dedicated users a sneak preview of what Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 will have to offer when it is released later this Summer.”

The pre-release public technology preview of Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4 is available beginning today from www.designer.com/preview to registered members of the CorelDRAW.com community.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel’s leadership in software innovation, design and value.

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Corel Experts to Headline First CorelDRAW® Unleashed User Conference

Kelly Manuel — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:12:00 GMT

The ultimate educational conference for CorelDRAW users enables graphics professionals to harness the power of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Ottawa, ON – May 14, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that the company will be participating in the first CorelDRAW® Unleashed User Conference 2008, to be held at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, AZ July 9 - 12, 2008. The company will deliver two keynote addresses, as well as provide several expert sessions to discuss the new features of the recently launched CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. In addition to the Corel sessions, the conference will also include more than thirty educational tracks featuring top CorelDRAW experts speaking on a range of topics designed to showcase the power and versatility of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. Topics include:

•    Designing high impact logos
•    Creating dynamic Web graphics
•    Incorporating custom graphics into stylish apparel
•    Preparing photos for laser engraving
•    Designing custom vehicle wraps
•    Building and applying textures using Corel PHOTO-PAINT®
•    ...and much more!

The CorelDRAW Unleashed User Conference was developed by and is dedicated to graphics professionals who make their living using Corel’s graphics products. The conference provides attendees with the opportunity to interact with some of the world’s foremost CorelDRAW experts in order to develop new skills, enhance their productivity and share creative approaches and successes. The conference also features an Output Center, where attendees will be able to see the various outputs possible for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite art, including laser engraving machines, rotary engraving machines, wide format printers, embroidery machines. Garment printers, sublimation printers and presses, vinyl cutters and a digital printing press.

Tony Severenuk, one of CorelDRAW’s senior User Experience Designers, will deliver the conference’s keynote address and two session tracks focused on the suite’s top technical features and tips and tricks for maximizing productivity with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. John Falsetto, Product Manager for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, will deliver a keynote address entitled “The World of CorelDRAW,” aimed at providing attendees with a comprehensive overview of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite activities over the last year, and what they can anticipate in 2009 and beyond.

“We are excited to have this opportunity to reach out to the CorelDRAW user community and update them on the latest product innovations and news, as well as gain their insight and feedback on how they use CorelDRAW Graphics Suite and how they would like to see the product evolve in the future,” said Falsetto. “This is a valuable opportunity for users to hear from CorelDRAW Graphics Suite experts from a wide range of industries. Corel is very pleased to have this opportunity to interact with our community of users and share in their ideas and perspectives.”

Who:     John Falsetto, Product Manager, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
              Tony Severenuk, CorelDRAW User Experience Designer

What:        Corel representatives will host in-depth working sessions during the conference, providing expert insight and advice on how to drive even                               greater productivity by using CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. Sessions will include:

            Thursday, July 10, 2008
            8:30 a.m. – Keynote: Tony’s Top Ten New Features in CorelDRAW X4 by Tony Severenuk

            Friday, July 11, 2008
            2:00 p.m. – Tony’s Top Tips with Tony Severenuk
            This session will feature some of Tony’s favorite tips for working even faster in CorelDRAW.

            Saturday, July 12, 2008
            8:30 a.m. – Keynote: The World of CorelDRAW with John Falsetto
            9:45 a.m. – Tony’s Got More Tips, Tony Severenuk
            This session will feature more of Tony’s favorite tips for working even faster in CorelDRAW.

When:    July 9 - 12, 2008

Where:    Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, AZ

For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite or to download a free, fully-featured trial, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw. To learn more about the CorelDRAW Unleashed Conference, visit www.coreldrawunleashed.com/conference.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world's most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel's software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel's leadership in software innovation, design and value.

Corel's products are sold in more than 75 countries through a well-established network of international resellers, retailers, original equipment manufacturers, online providers and Corel's global websites. The Company's headquarters are located in Ottawa, Canada with major offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Taiwan, China and Japan. Corel's stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CREL and on the TSX under the symbol CRE. www.corel.com

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 Now Shipping Worldwide

Kelly Manuel — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:30:00 GMT

Award-Winning Suite Now Available in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese

Ottawa, ON – February 12, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that its award-winning graphics suite, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4, is now shipping. The latest version of the suite is immediately available for purchase around the world in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

A comprehensive suite of intuitive page-layout, illustration, photo-editing, and bitmap-to-vector tracing applications, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite includes new features designed to fuel the creative process, simplify project management and optimize the graphic design workflow. Additionally, it is fully integrated with Bitstream's WhatTheFont™ service and CorelDRAW®ConceptShare™, two leading web applications that accelerate the design process by providing users with easy online access to font identification and client feedback. In addition, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite remains the only professional-level graphics suite Certified for Windows Vista® and offering full support for Windows® XP. The latest version of the suite continues to offer the industry’s best combination of usability, performance and price.

“Our goal with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 was to deliver a superior user experience through improved usability, enhanced interactivity and a streamlined workflow,” said Gérard Métrailler, Director, Product Management, Graphics at Corel. “Since we first announced the new suite last month, we have received an overwhelmingly positive reaction from users and we look forward to the international response now that the suite is widely available.”

For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 or to download a full-featured, free trial version, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel’s leadership in software innovation, design and value.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, PowerTRACE, Corel CAPTURE, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 Takes Design Online

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:49:00 GMT

Company Expands Partnerships with ConceptShare and Bitstream, Enabling Users to Consult, Collaborate, and Create Online

Ottawa, ON – January 29, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that the newest version of its award-winning graphics suite, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4, is now fully integrated with Bitstream’s WhatTheFont™ service and ConceptShare™, two leading web applications that accelerate the design process by providing users with easy online access to font identification and client feedback.

In December 2007, Corel and ConceptShare Inc., an emerging leader in online collaboration, announced the launch of www.CorelDRAWConceptShare.com, a site where CorelDRAW users could share designs online and collaborate with clients and colleagues. With the launch of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, the two companies have taken the partnership one step further, introducing the new CorelDRAW ConceptShare™ docker, a powerful online collaboration tool that is fully integrated within CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. With the new CorelDRAW ConceptShare docker, users can share their designs with colleagues and clients in real time directly from within CorelDRAW. Available in multiple languages, this innovative online tool enables users to create multiple workspaces, upload their designs and invite others to provide feedback or submit their own ideas online, simply by accessing the convenient docker within CorelDRAW X4.

“When developing this suite, we worked closely with our customers to make sure we were delivering the best possible solution to address their specific needs,” said Gérard Métrailler, Director of Product Management, Graphics for Corel. “Increasingly, our customers are looking for ways to take advantage of Web applications that streamline their workflow and enable quick and easy collaboration. Through our expanded partnerships, we are able to provide our customers with an improved user experience while helping them to be even more productive.”

To save designers even more time, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 also includes WhatTheFont™, the online font identification service from MyFonts.com. WhatTheFont lets users upload scanned images of fonts to its web site, where it then displays the closest match to the font sample provided. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 users can now access this feature from directly within CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT®, and Corel CAPTURE™, accelerating layout and text editing by making it fast and easy for users to quickly identify the font used in existing bitmap designs, artwork or other images received from clients.

“We understand that designers are pressed for time,” said Bernie Aho, Product Manager for ConceptShare. “ConceptShare makes it easy to manage the feedback loop throughout the design process. We’re thrilled that designers can now publish to a collaborative workspace without leaving the CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 creative environment. It’s a seamless fit for millions of designers around the world.”

“The incorporation of access to WhatTheFont from within CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 makes it quick and easy for users to take full advantage of WhatTheFont’s unique font identification capabilities,” said John Collins, Vice President and CTO of Bitstream and head of its MyFonts division. According to Collins, WhatTheFont is one of the most highly praised features of the MyFonts website.

A comprehensive suite of intuitive page-layout, illustration, photo-editing, and bitmap-to-vector tracing applications, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite provides users with the tools, resources and confidence to tackle a wide variety of projects - from logos and Web graphics, to multipage brochures, high impact signage and digital displays. The trusted choice of millions of professional and aspiring designers worldwide, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 continues to offer the industry’s best combination of usability, performance, and price.

To learn more about CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 or to download a full-featured, free trial version, please visit www.corel.com/coreldraw.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel’s leadership in software innovation, design and value.

About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company focused on bringing unique software products to a wide variety of markets. The Company’s core software products include award-winning fonts and font rendering software, mobile browsing and messaging software and variable data publishing and Web-to-print software for personalized marketing. For more information about Bitstream, please visit www.bitstream.com and www.myfonts.com

About ConceptShare
ConceptShare is a world leader in online design collaboration founded in 2006 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada by a team of designers and industry professionals that understood the pains of the design collaboration process. The company has developed a web application that allows users to easily share, discuss and mark-up designs for review over the web.

Avenue A | Razorfish, QUALCOMM, AOL, Monster.com, the National Football League, the New York Knicks and Harvard University are among those on ConceptShare’s growing client list of international marketing agencies, professional sports teams and leagues, large retailers, and internet and software companies.

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© 2008 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, CorelDRAW, PHOTO-PAINT, PowerTRACE, CAPTURE, Paint Shop Pro, Painter, Corel DESIGNER, WordPerfect, WinZip, iGrafx, InterVideo, WinDVD, Ulead, and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.

CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4 Unveiled Today

Kelly Manuel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:29:00 GMT

Newest Release of Award-Winning Suite Delivers Major Workflow Enhancements, Online Collaboration Tools and Expanded Resources to Inspire and Guide Users

Ottawa, ON – January 22, 2008 – Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today unveiled the newest version of its award-winning graphics suite, CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X4. With more than 50 new and significantly enhanced features, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 provides users with the tools, resources and confidence to tackle a wide variety of projects - from logos and Web graphics, to multipage brochures, to high impact signage and digital displays. New text and page-layout enhancements, market-leading file format compatibility, and an expanded collection of high-quality content make this powerful suite the ultimate design partner, helping users turn inspiration into stunning results.

A comprehensive suite of intuitive page-layout, illustration, photo-editing, and bitmap-to-vector tracing applications, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is the trusted choice of millions of professional and aspiring designers worldwide. The latest version of the suite includes new tools designed to fuel the creative process, simplify project management, and optimize the graphic design workflow.

“As we developed the newest version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, we consulted with users from a wide variety of industries. We sat with them to observe how they worked, gathering their feedback on how we could create an even better user experience,” said Gérard Métrailler, Director, Product Management, Graphics at Corel. “The end result is CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 - a suite that provides users with easy-to-use tools that deliver outstanding results, while also having a dramatic and positive impact on their day to day productivity”.

Delivering a Superior User Experience Through Improved Usability, Enhanced Interactivity, and Streamlined Workflow

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 features more than 50 new and significantly enhanced features, including:

• New! Live text formatting: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 introduces live text formatting, allowing users to preview text formatting options before applying them to a document. With this time-saving feature, users can now preview many different formatting options, including fonts, font size, and alignment, removing the “trial-and-error” typically associated with the design process.

• New! Font identification: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 now integrates with WhatTheFont™, the online font identification service from MyFonts.com. Users can save time by quickly identifying the font used in existing bitmap designs, artwork or other images received from clients.

• New! Independent page layers: Users can now control and edit layers independently for each page of a document, reducing the occurrence of pages with empty layers. Users can also add independent guidelines for individual pages and master guidelines for an entire document. This gives users the ability to create different layers on a page-specific basis, unconfined by a single document structure.

• New! Interactive tables: The new, interactive Table tool in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 lets users create and import tables to provide a powerful, structured layout for text and graphics. Users can easily align, resize, or edit tables and table cells to suit their designs. In addition, users can convert delimited text and easily add and adjust images in individual cells.

• Enhanced! Windows Vista® integration: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is the only professional graphics suite Certified for Windows Vista®. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 has been designed to take advantage of the latest innovations from Windows Vista, while still offering a superior experience for Windows® XP users. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 integrates with the desktop search capabilities of Windows Vista directly from within the Open and Import dialog boxes, enabling users to search for files by author, subject, file type, date, keywords, or other file properties. Users can also easily add their own keywords, ratings or other notes when saving files in order to better organize their projects.

• New! CorelDRAW® ConceptShare™ integration: The new CorelDRAW® ConceptShare™ docker, accessible from within CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, integrates a valuable online collaboration tool directly within the user workflow. In a Web-based environment, CorelDRAW ConceptShare lets users share their designs and ideas with colleagues or clients in real time. Users can easily create multiple workspaces, upload their designs, and invite others to provide feedback or submit their own ideas without
sending large files over email.

• New! File format support: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 maintains its position as market leader in file format compatibility by adding support for Microsoft® Office Publisher. Users can also expect seamless compatibility with Microsoft Word 2007, Adobe Illustrator® Creative Suite® 3, Adobe Photoshop® CS3, PDF 1.7 (Adobe® Acrobat® 8), AutoCAD® DXF™ and AutoCAD® DWG™, and Corel Painter™ X, making it easier than ever to exchange files with clients and colleagues.

• New! Professionally designed templates: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 includes 80 professionally designed and customizable templates, giving users a springboard to the design process. Flexible and easy to customize, the templates are accompanied by Designer Notes that provide information on the design choices made for the template, tips for outputting a design based on the template, and instructions for customizing the template while still adhering to design principles.

• New! Specialized fonts: An extended selection of new fonts in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 helps users ensure their output is optimized for its intended audience. This specialized collection of fonts includes single-line engraving fonts and OpenType® cross-platform fonts, which offer enhanced language support for Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic outputs in WGL4 format.

• New! Welcome screen: With a new Welcome screen, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 provides users with a centralized location to access recently used documents, templates, and learning tools, which include Tips & Tricks and video tutorials. To inspire users, the Welcome screen also includes a gallery that showcases designs created by CorelDRAW Graphics Suite users from around the world.

New Additions to Corel PHOTO-PAINT®

• New! RAW camera file support: Corel PHOTO-PAINT® now includes support for RAW camera file formats, enabling users to import RAW camera files directly from their digital camera. With support for approximately 300 different camera types and interactive controls that provide real-time previews, users can view file properties and camera settings, adjust image color and tone, and improve image quality, all from within Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4 and CorelDRAW X4.

• New! Straighten image: Using Corel PHOTO-PAINT, users can quickly and easily straighten images that were scanned or photographed at an angle. With interactive controls, a grid with vertical and horizontal guidelines, and an integrated histogram that provides results in real time, PHOTO-PAINT makes it easier than ever to straighten crooked images. In addition, users can choose to have their images automatically cropped.

• Enhanced! Tone Curve adjustments: With the enhanced Tone Curve dialog box, Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4 users can adjust their images with greater precision. With an integrated histogram, users now receive real-time feedback as they make adjustments to their images. In addition, the new Eyedropper tool lets users pinpoint specific color locations on the tone curve of their image, as well as select, add, or delete nodes along the tone curve.

“With the release of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4, Corel continues to set the industry standard for graphics power, ease-of-use and productivity,” said Ariel Garaza Diaz, Professor and Expert in Graphic Design and Prepress, Madrid, Spain. “Adding innovative features like live text formatting and providing support for an even wider variety of file formats further demonstrates Corel’s commitment to providing users with superior performance, value and productivity.”

What Is Included with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 continues to offer the industry’s best combination of usability, performance, and price. The latest version of the award-winning suite includes the following core applications and content:

• CorelDRAW® X4: An intuitive vector-illustration and page layout application, CorelDRAW X4 delivers results fast, whether users are creating a company logo or working to meet demanding production schedules.

• Corel PHOTO-PAINT® X4: Corel PHOTO-PAINT is a professional image-editing application that lets users quickly and easily retouch and enhance photos. It is specifically designed for use in a graphics workflow.

• Corel® PowerTRACE™ X4: Professional designers often receive poor-quality bitmap images from clients and face the challenge of turning these bitmaps into high-quality vector images for business cards, brochures, signs, or other promotional items. Corel PowerTRACE X4 solves this problem by letting users quickly and accurately convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics.

• Corel CAPTURE™ X4: A one-click screen-capture utility, Corel CAPTURE X4 lets users capture images from an application or the Internet.

• CorelDRAW® Handbook - Insights from the Experts: The new CorelDRAW Handbook features the designs of accomplished CorelDRAW experts. Providing step-by-step guidance and design insights, experts from a variety of industries demonstrate the power and versatility of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4.

• Training videos: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 includes two hours of training videos on DVD. Topics include illustration, design, and image-editing fundamentals, industry-specific design principles, and output details for various media, such as print or the Web.

• CorelDRAW® community site: Accessible from within the application, the CorelDRAW.com community site gives users a place to meet, share information and learn from other users. Combining forums, blogs, galleries, and other resources, CorelDRAW.com is a valuable source of information and inspiration for professional designers and occasional graphics users alike.

• Increased content with more than 10,000 handpicked, high-quality clipart and digital images: CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 includes 4,000 new images, 1,000 professional, high-resolution digital photos, 1,000 OpenType® fonts - content worth thousands of dollars if purchased separately. The suite also includes a printed User Guide, Digital Content Guide, and a Quick Reference Card to help new users get started quickly.

For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 or to download a full-featured, free trial version, please visit your local www.corel.com web site.

About Corel
Corel is a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software with more than 100 million users worldwide. The Company's product portfolio includes some of the world’s most popular and widely recognized software brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Paint Shop Pro® Photo, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip®, WinDVD® and iGrafx®. Designed to help people become more productive and express their creative potential, Corel’s software strives to set a higher standard for value with full-featured products that are easier to learn and use. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards recognizing Corel’s leadership in software innovation, design and value.

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