CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 SP 1 really is out!

June 24th, 2008 Val

The link in my previous post will work to get you there and you can download directly. Here is another link to it. If neither one works for you, follow the instructions below the link.

http://corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321224268?pid=1205332430735

So far on the Corel.com site, you’ve got to go to the Support link, choose Patches and Updates, then scroll down to the “Also available:” and click on the “Full list of updates for all products.” From there you can choose CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 and get the download. You’ll need to do this if you aren’t in the USA as the link above is the USA support link. (I THINK the download is the exact same one for all languages that CDGS X4 is available in currently, but better safe than sorry.)

The Automatic Update probably won’t become active until sometime later this week. For lots of specific information on SP1, I recommend Gérard’s blog about SP 1. (It includes the Read Me notes from the download.)

The official Press Release blog is here but it doesn’t tell you much.

I’m in the process of downloading it myself now, so I’ll let you know what I think when I get a chance to play with it. Unfortunately, as many of you know, I’m also in the process of moving to a new house, so computer time is at a bare minimum. If I see any other reviews of the SP1 pack I’ll let you know that, too.

Have fun!

Val P.

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SP1 available for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4!

June 24th, 2008 Val

If you don’t have auto-update turned on, you may not notice that there is an important update for X4 out. SP-1 is now available and it fixes a lot of the niggling problems X4 has had since it’s release.

Find it here:

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1157481830100?pid=1213733086367

(While you’re there, you’ll notice that they’ve revamped the Corel.com site!)

With SP 1, big improvements have been made in the way CorelDRAW X4 handles layers not only internally, but also when saving back to previous versions. This problem has kept a lot of folks from using X4 professionally, but layer names are now kept when saving to previous versions so long as they are consistent through the document. (Older versions couldn’t really handle layer names changing through the document, so saving back documents with changing layer names on various pages will probably result in lots of layers and loss of the naming scheme. I haven’t tried it out as of this writing as I’m writing before the SP comes out. If you try it, let me know how it goes. I’ll be working on moving this week.)

There are also lots of other improvements including improved TIF export and improved anti-aliasing in bitmap exports.

Corel PhotoPaint has also had some tweaking done, so SP1 will apply to that as well.

Do the update, check it out, and let me know what you think!

Have fun!

Val P.

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