See announcement on official Corel web site. :up:
Here is a summary of new and enhanced features in CorelDraw X3 (13):
Illustrate — It’s about Productivity
- Create perfect five-point stars every time with the new Star tool.
- Quickly and easily create intricate stars with intersecting sides with the new Complex Star tool.
- Use the unique, new Smart Fill tool to apply fills to any enclosed object area, such as the loops of a freehand line that crosses over itself.
- Save time and steps when removing unwanted object areas with the new Crop tool.
- Create outstanding bevel effects in a fraction of the time with the new Bevel effect.
- Specify the distance between duplicate objects with the new Duplicate Offset dialog box.
- Experience improved spot color support for effects, such as drop shadow, transparency, and mesh and fountain fills.
- Quickly and precisely create a series of objects with the new Step and Repeat docker.
- Easily shape curve objects with the new Fillet / Scallop / Chamfer docker.
- Contour objects with optimal curve results with the enhanced Interactive Contour tool.
- Quickly reduce nodes in existing objects by using the automatic Reduce Nodes button or the manual Reduce Nodes slider.
- Instantly create a boundary around selected objects with the new Create Boundary command.
- Quickly reshape curve objects by using the newly designed control handles for selecting and editing object nodes.
- Use different miter limit settings for text and graphic objects.
- Quickly access the Clone command, which has been added to the Edit menu.
- Get helpful tips on any tool in the toolbox with the new Hints docker.
- Easily discover new and enhanced features added since versions 9, 10, 11, and 12 with the new Highlight What’s New menu command.
- View breathtaking projects and learn from the masters with the new CorelDRAW® Handbook – Insights from the Experts.
- Take advantage of the new CorelDRAW Design Collection, which includes 100 customizable creative templates.
- Leverage extra content for your designs with 10,000 individually selected images, 1,000 OpenType fonts, and 35 WGL4 fonts.
Layout — It’s about Quality Results
- Easily format artistic character text with the new Character Formatting docker, which groups easy-to-use controls.
- Quickly access common settings for formatting paragraph text, such as alignment, word and paragraph spacing, and indents, with the new Paragraph Formatting docker.
- With just three clicks, easily rearrange object stacking order.
- Visually control the flow of text easier than ever before with the new Insert Formatting Code menu.
- Enjoy enhanced text handling, which makes it easier to work with text from other sources, and adjust alignment, bullets, columns, tabs, and drop caps.
- Easily control hyphenation by using automatic and optional settings.
- Experience improved font matching when fonts are not installed.
- Get more flexibility when laying out text by setting using inches to set text size.
- Preview available font types from the enhanced Font list before making a selection.
- Easily create hyperlinks for specific text characters.
- Add text along a path with ease by using the enhanced, interactive Fit Text to Path tool.
- Use the new Enhanced With Overprints viewing mode to preview overprints and output print projects with confidence.
Trace — It’s about Accuracy
- Save time and get more control over bitmap-to-vector conversion with the new, integrated Corel® PowerTRACE.
Photo Editing — It’s about Efficiency
- Enjoy faster response times when adding photo effects thanks to improved Corel PHOTO-PAINT performance.
- Achieve professional-quality color and tone correction with the new Image Adjustment Lab.
- Quickly and easily choose brush shapes and sizes with the new property bar options.
- Obtain excellent results with minimum effort from the new Pixmantec® RawShooterTM essentials when working with digital images in raw format.
- Gain control, improve accuracy, and simplify the process when cutting out image areas with the enhanced Cutout Lab.
- Easily create new spot color channels for any image.
Compatibility — It’s about Seamless Workflow
- Experience enhanced compatibility with commonly used file formats, including Adobe® Illustrator®, PhotoShop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft® Office, JPEG, and PDF.
- New support for password-protected PDFs makes it easy to secure output.
- The enhanced Publish To PDF feature now includes full transparency and spot color support, as well as the ability to convert text to curves.
- Easily output projects with professional results, thanks to the enhanced color management controls that require minimal knowledge of color and color systems.
- Use spot colors with confidence thanks to improved spot color support for effects, import and export filters, and printed output.
- Achieve more accurate PDF output with new support for spot colors and transparency.
- Use more intuitive options when importing EPS files.
- Go to print with confidence by using composite printing, which preserves spot colors, and level settings, and by simulating overprints.
- Use the updated PANTONE® color palette, which now includes transparent white.
