CorelDRAW Graphics Suite Changelog

What's new in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2024 25.0.0.230

Mar 5, 2024

Bring your unique ideas to life in all-new ways with 100 impeccably realistic pixel-based brushes, built on world-famous Corel® Painter® brush technology! Try CorelDRAW’s new Painterly Brushes to see what you think.
Enjoy even more creative freedom with Remote fonts now available in CorelDRAW, and experience less image editing interruptions with a reimagined Effects docker/inspector, providing a consistent, hassle-free workflow across CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
Deliver winning designs faster thanks to improved stability, performance, and refinements to your most-used features.

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2022 24.0.0.301 (Mar 9, 2022)

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2021.23.1.0.389 – Update 1 (Jun 16, 2021)

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2020 22.0.0.412 (Mar 13, 2020)

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 21.0.0.593 (Mar 22, 2019)

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 19.0.0.328 (Apr 11, 2017)

LiveSketch tool:
Sketch and design on the fly! LiveSketch is a revolutionary new tool based on the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Free form sketching converts into precise vector curves on a touch-enabled device.
Enhanced vector previews, nodes, and handles:
Edit objects and effects more efficiently using enhanced previews, nodes, and handles that don't get lost in the background colors of your design
Prominent interactive sliders:
Easily work with object fills, transparencies, blends, extrusions, drop shadows and contours thanks to more prominent interactive sliders
Custom node shapes:
CorelDRAW 2017 simplifies shaping curves and objects by assigning each node type a unique shape, making it easy to identify smooth, cusp, and symmetrical nodes. You can also choose the node shapes that best suit your workflow.
Touch-friendly user interface:
Tablet Mode support makes it easy to create quick adjustments using touch or a stylus. The new Touch workspace maximizes the size of your drawing window by displaying only the tools and commands used most often, plus you can pan and zoom with a single gesture.
Powerful stylus enhancements:
Enjoy a more natural drawing experience and achieve more expressive results with the native support for Microsoft Surface, and advanced stylus support. A redesigned UI gives instant access to relevant controls and the ability to quickly choose which stylus properties to leverage. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 has been enhanced so you can take advantage of pressure, bearing, tilt, and rotation of your stylus to control a variety of tools and effects
Import legacy workspaces:
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 lets you seamlessly import CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT workspaces that were created in versions X6, X7, and X8. You have the flexibility of importing some workspace elements and excluding others. You also have the option of adding them to your current workspace or creating a totally new UI configuration. And choosing which workspace elements to import or export is faster than ever
Microsoft Surface Dial support:
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017 offers native Microsoft Surface Dial support on Windows 10. Use the CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT applications in the suite, to experience one of the most unique ways to create and interact with technology.

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 18.0.0.450 (May 25, 2016)

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 17.4.0.887 (Apr 14, 2015)

Most new and enhanced features included with the X7.4 Update are available only to CorelDRAW Premium Members. Performance improvements are available to all CorelDRAW members.
New and enhanced features:
AfterShot, CorelDRAW Edition: Control every aspect of your photo workflow with the power of AfterShot, CorelDRAW Edition. It's an all-inclusive RAW converter with a non-destructive photo editor and high-speed photo manager. Make detailed adjustments to a single photo or batch process multiple RAW images.
Shadow capabilities: Create a realistic shadow effect using drop shadows with Gaussian Blur feathering.
Support for pressure-sensitive devices: Get exceptional control and performance with support for the Real-Time Stylus (RTS) interface. Use the pressure and tilt of your RTS-compatible pen tablet or device to control brushstrokes in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
Font list box: View, filter and find fonts easily with the new Font list box in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Filter fonts based on weight, width, supported scripts, and more. The font search has also been enhanced to allow a keyword search for fonts.
Premium fonts: Choose from 32 additional fonts to add effective, visually appealing text to your designs.
Additions to the tutorial series Insights from the Experts: ◦(Updated) Producing a realistic drawing with CorelDRAW by Hugo Hansen
(New) Architectural design by Jeff Livingston
Performance and stability:
The following areas feature performance improvements (formerly released in service packs).
Document:
You can save and close large documents while other tasks are running in the background.
CorelDRAW maintains custom color swatch names when opening files that were saved in version X4.
Enabling the Enable background tasks check box on the Global page of the Options dialog box no longer interferes with file auto-backup.
Color and Fills:
You can now enter hexadecimal color values in the Color docker.
Fills can now be applied to the entire editable area in Corel PHOTO-PAINT documents that contain masks.
Content Exchange:
You can download vector pattern fills and premium German templates from the Content Exchange without issues.
Effects:
The Brightness/Contrast/Intensity effect can be applied correctly to mesh objects.
Filters:
Importing PDF files: The appearance of skewed and stretched text is preserved.
Exporting Corel PHOTO-PAINT documents to PDF no longer results in blank files.
When a document containing duotone objects is exported to PDF, all document content is preserved in the PDF.
You can open Corel DESIGNER X6 file in CorelDRAW without issues.
SVG import has been enhanced, and several object attributes such as shape, fill outline, and multiline text are now imported correctly.
Objects:
When an object is snapped to a guideline, the overlapping edges appear clearly highlighted.
Connector lines can be edited as expected.
You can copy objects between two instances of CorelDRAW.
The shortcut key for a 0.5-point outline works as expected.
Software deployment and Membership:
In-product messaging now respects the offline setting of workstations on computers with multiple user profiles.
Signing in to your account no longer requires the use of TLS 1.0 (an obsolete protocol).
Text:
When different formats of the same font are installed, text that uses this font is now displayed correctly.
Certain glyphs in some Type1 fonts were not displayed correctly; this issue has now been corrected.
Tools:
You can configure and use the pressure sensitivity of a Hanvon pen tablet to control brushstrokes.
In Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can now use pressure sensitivity with the Eraser tool.
You can select node control handles by using the Shape tool.
You can access locally copied tutorials from the Insights from the Experts series.
Printing:
CorelDRAW files that contain cropped bitmaps can be printed without shifting of content.
Documents that contain monochrome bitmap masks are printed correctly to GDI printers.
No black outline is added to imported and rotated JPG bitmaps when the document is printed.
You can print multiple CorelDRAW documents without omitting a document.
When previewing print jobs (File > Print Preview), you can now change the page range by clicking the Print Options button and specifying values in the Pages box.
You can view all documents selected for printing in Print Preview.
Stability:
The following actions no longer cause CorelDRAW to stop responding: ◦setting outline properties in certain files
selecting all nodes of a traced bitmap with the Shape tool
pasting text from Internet Explorer into a text frame and undoing the operation
adding a diacritic to specific Arabic characters
using pen tilt with the Smudge brush tool
unchecking the Photo edges check box and clicking different previews in the Time Machine dialog box (Bitmaps > Effects > Camera > Time Machine).

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 17.3.0.772 (Apr 14, 2015)

New and enhanced features:
CorelDRAW Premium Members can take advantage of the following features:
With the revamped Knife (Premium) tool in CorelDRAW, you can split vector objects, text, and bitmaps. You can split single objects or groups of objects along straight, freehand, or Bézier lines.
The new Border and Grommet dialog box in CorelDRAW lets you add borders and grommet markers to prepare banners for printing.
With the enhanced Straighten Image dialog box in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, you can correct perspective distortions in photos that have straight lines and flat surfaces such as architectural photos and photos of buildings.
The Gaussian Blur special effect in Corel PHOTO-PAINT is available as a lens that lets you blur images non-destructively.
The CorelDRAW X7 User Guide and Corel PHOTO-PAINT X7 User Guide are now available as eBooks. Published to the EPUB and MOBI file format, the eBooks bring the most comprehensive and up-to-date information about product features to your eBook reader.
Additional Premium content (photos, templates and fonts) is provided.
The following features are available to all CorelDRAW members:
The Welcome screen in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT gives you quick and easy access to the Discovery Center, which offers a wide variety of creative and instructional content.
The Insights from the Experts series features the new tutorial Visual Branding by Joe Diaz.
Performance and stability:
The following areas feature performance improvements (formerly released in service packs).
Document:
In CorelDRAW, using the Crop image option in the Straighten Image dialog box no longer leaves white areas around the image.
Fills:
The Fill picker remembers the last selected fill category when you apply fills from the Content Exchange.
Filters:
Curves in imported AutoCAD files are no longer converted to circles.
Exporting to PDF: ◦Ellipses with transparencies applied no longer appear clipped in the exported PDF files.
When you export CorelDRAW X6 files to PDF with CorelDRAW X7, transparencies are fully preserved in the PDFs.
In the Export to PNG dialog box, objects with spot colors and tint applied no longer appear with a checkered pattern.
PDF files generated with Cairo open properly in CorelDRAW.
Fountain fills with spot colors are exported correctly in PDF and EPS files, and when printed to PostScript.
Effects:
You can now browse your Users\Public\Documents\Corel\Content X7\Photo Frames folder and apply photo frames to bitmaps from the Frame dialog box in CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT.
PowerClip effects that contain transparencies appear correctly when you export or print the document.
When you convert to curves objects with envelope effects applied, the Envelope tool and property bar remain active.
You can apply envelope effects to objects that were converted to curves.
Objects:
In Corel PHOTO-PAINT, the Object> Rotate > 90˚ Clockwise and Object> Rotate > 90˚ Counterclockwise commands work as expected.
When you edit table borders, only the selected borders are modified.
Text:
The Automatically adjust frame width option in the Column Settings dialog box works as expected when you change the number of columns in text frames.
When working with Arabic or Hebrew text, you can use Ctrl + Shift to switch text direction from left to right and vice versa.
Tools:
Using the Shape tool, you can select a node handle and then move it with the arrow keys.
The Pen and Bézier tools no longer freeze momentarily when you place nodes while drawing.
Workspaces and customization:
A script error no longer occurs after you start and close the application several times.
When you open legacy files, any custom swatch names for process colors are preserved.
You can use the Enter key when changing settings in the Color dialog box.
The workspace no longer shifts slightly while the application is performing a task.
The in-product messaging service respects the offline status of workstations.

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 17.0.0.491 (Mar 31, 2014)

Redesigned, fully customizable interface:
We've streamlined our tools and settings to reflect your natural workflow, so everything is right where you need it, when you need it. Choose between Lite, Classic 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.
Advanced workspaces:
Several new 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.
Vector and bitmap pattern fills:
Now you can search for, preview, apply and transform both vector pattern and bitmap pattern fills using enhanced controls in the Object Properties docker. You can also save fills you’ve created as the new FILL format, to use them later or share them with other users.
Easy font preview and advanced character tools:
Find the perfect font for any project. The new 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 all-new 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™ X7. RAW file support for over 300 types of cameras gives you even more ways to enrich your images.
Precise layout and drawing tools:
Make sure every element on the page is right where you want it with enhanced layout features. The new Alignment Guides help you position objects quickly, appearing on the fly with suggested alignments to other nearby objects. New Outline Position options let you pick whether an outline is positioned inside the object, outside the object, or an equal combination of both.
High-resolution and multi-display support:
Moving your work across multiple screens doesn't need to be a headache with new multi-display support. Now you can undock your project, dockers and toolbars and drag them outside the application window. Plus, all of the suite's applications have been optimized for high DPI displays, so the interface will appear crisp and legible on high-resolution displays.
QR code generator:
Create and add unique QR codes as a mobile marketing tool on your designs. Add text, images and colors to your codes to make them standout, or blend in—the options are endless! Built-in validation ensures your QR code is fully functional and can be read on major smartphones and scanning apps.
Built-in Content Exchange:
Explore the new Content Exchange, an online repository that's fully integrated with the suite's applications. Share fountain, bitmap pattern and vector pattern fills with our community of users from right within CorelDRAW. Get inspired, showcase your handiwork and upvote the ones you like best.
Learning materials and expert tips:
Whether you're a seasoned graphic professional or an aspiring designer, you may want to learn a new trick. We're here to help with our growing library of dynamic learning materials, including video tutorials, webinars and insights from the experts. Plus, our CorelDRAW Hints offer training videos and tips from right within the application.
Easy color harmony editing:
The enhanced Color Styles docker makes it easier than ever to view, arrange, and edit color styles and harmonies. You can now specify the brightness value, and preserve saturation and hue while adjusting a color. New harmony rules let you snap all colors in a color harmony to a rule-based system, so you can modify those colors while preserving the color harmony.
Easy, professional website design:
Corel® Website Creator continues to make website design easy for everyone. With dozens of new templates and SiteStyles, enhanced support for CSS3 and new HTML5 capabilities, you can quickly design, build, and maintain interactive and eye-catching websites without learning how to code.
Compatibility with the latest file formats:
No matter what kind of file format you're working with, we've got you covered. Featuring support for more than 100 file formats, including the latest AI, PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, DWG, DXF, EPS, TIFF, DOCX and PPT formats, plus extensive RAW file support for over 300 types of cameras.
Royalty-free, quality content:
Keep your designs fresh with more than 10,000 royalty-free clipart and digital images, 1,000 fonts, 350 templates, 800 frames and patterns, and more—all included with this graphic design software.
Exciting mobile apps:
Available for free for iOS devices, the new Patterns app creates seamless bitmap patterns from your digital photos. Save your pattern using the new FILL format to use in CorelDRAW, or share your creation via email or Facebook. For Windows 8 users, the new app Designs offers an easy way to find and share the perfect image. Use it to search for images on iStockPhoto, fotolia, Flickr and the galleries on the CorelDRAW.com, then save your favorites for quick reference, reuse and sharing.

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 16.0.0.707 (Mar 26, 2012)

New! Advanced OpenType support:
Create beautiful text with advanced OpenType typography features, such as contextual and stylistic alternates, ligatures, ornaments, small caps, swash variants and more. Ideal for cross-platform design work, OpenType offers comprehensive language support, allowing you to customize characters to suit the language you’re working with. Control all your OpenType options from a centralized menu and make contextual changes with interactive OpenType features.
New! Custom-built Color Harmonies:
Easily create a complementary color palette for your design. The new Color Harmonies tool, accessed from the Color Styles docker, combines Color Styles into a Harmony, allowing you to modify colors collectively. It also analyzes colors and hues to deliver complementary color schemes—a great way for you to satisfy clients with variety!
New! Multiple trays in Corel CONNECT X6:
Instantly find images on your local network and search iStockPhoto, Fotolia and Flickr websites. Easily access your content, using the multiple trays now available within Corel CONNECT. And organize content by type or project in trays that are shared between CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and Corel CONNECT for maximum efficiency.
New! Creative vector shaping tools:
Creatively add effects to your vector artwork! CorelDRAW X6 introduces four shaping tools that provide new creative options for refining your vector objects. The new Smear tool lets you shape an object by pulling extensions or making indents along its outline. The new Twirl tool lets you apply twirl effects to objects. And you can use the new Attract and Repel tools to shape curves by attracting or separating nodes.
New! Document styles:
Manage styles and colors easily! The new Object Styles docker centralizes style creation and management, featuring all the tools you need in one location. Create and apply Outline, Fill, Paragraph, Character and Text Frame styles to your objects. Group your favorite styles together in Style Sets, allowing you to format many objects at once for speed and consistency. Or let Default Style Sets remove the guesswork and save time.
New! Page layout tools:
Reserve a place for text or graphics using new empty PowerClip frames. Use the new Placeholder Text command to mock up a page layout and get a good sense of how the text will look. Plus, easily add page numbers with the Insert Page Number command.
Enhanced! Complex script support:
Guarantee the proper typesetting and appearance of Asian and Middle Eastern languages. Complex script support acts the same way as OpenType fonts, modifying characters as you type to deliver contextual accuracy.
Enhanced Speed! Native 64-bit and multi-core support:
Enjoy the speed of multi-core processing power and native 64-bit support. The enhanced speed allows you to quickly process larger files and images. Plus, your system will be more responsive when running several applications simultaneously
New! Bitmap and vector pattern fills:
New support for transparent backgrounds in vector pattern fills! We've introduced a collection of fills, including new bitmap fills and, for the first time ever, vector pattern fills with transparent backgrounds.

New in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 15.0.486 (Mar 11, 2010)

New! Built-in Content Organizer
Speed up your workflow with Corel CONNECT, a built-in content organizer that helps you find graphics, templates, fonts and images instantly on your computer. Your selected content is stored in the tray that is synchronized between CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT, giving you instant access to your content.
New & Enhanced! Web Graphics and Animation Tools
Create Web graphics and animations more efficiently than ever with new features, such as a Pixels mode that shows exactly how your content will display online, and a new Web animation tool. Plus, a new Export Dialog box now lets you compare file formats before export, so you can optimize your settings to achieve the highest file quality.
Enhanced! Corel PowerTRACE
Convert your bitmap images into high-quality vector objects with even more precision and smoothness, thanks to the greatly enhanced Corel PowerTRACE. This version of PowerTRACE provides the best tracing results yet.
Enhanced! Optimal Speed and Performance
Complete your tasks faster with powerful performance enhancements that leverage multi-core processing to maximize your computer’s power. This latest edition is optimized for Windows 7 and offers new touch-screen support, as well as support for Windows Vista and Windows XP.
New! Completely Re-designed Color Management Engine
Control color consistency across different media and generate a distinct color palette for each document. A new color management engine introduces greater color accuracy, plus support for new color profiles from PANTONE. Minimize your ecological footprint and reduce costly reprints by knowing that your colors are accurate before you print.
New & Enhanced! Visual Communication Tools
Create compelling print and online materials with a powerful set of new and enhanced drawing, bitmap-to-vector tracing, diagramming, artistic media and text tools. It’s all the graphics software you need for effective visual communication.
Enhanced! Market-leading File Compatibility
Re-purpose and share your creations anywhere with broad file compatibility. Dozens of supported file formats, including PDF, JPG, PNG, EPS, AI, TIFF, PSD and DOCX, let you import and export files with other graphics software efficiently.
New & Enhanced! Responsive Drawing Tools
In response to user feedback, we’ve introduced the option to lock toolbars in place, expanded your printing options, and made improvements to the Eyedropper, Mesh Fill and other popular drawing tools.
New & Enhanced! Expert Insights and Engaging
Learning Materials
Get more design insights with new and updated video tutorials, engaging learning materials and a visually rich, online guidebook that contains new articles from experts. (A hard cover, full-color, printed guidebook is available with the box version.) Be inspired to do more than you thought possible!
New & Enhanced! High-value Digital Content
Enrich your designs with over 1,000 professional fonts, including Helvetica, Garamond and Frutiger fonts for the first time ever. Plus, take advantage of high-value digital content, such as premium clipart, royalty-free photos and vehicle templates. Give your work a professional finish without spending extra time and money— you’ll find all the graphics software and resources you need right here!