PCH Enterprise unveils CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6

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PC House, the authorised distributors for Corel, has introduced CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6, the newest version of Corel’s flagship graphics suite to the local market. Featuring a completely revamped typography engine, inspiring new color styles and harmonies and powerful shaping tools, the new suite offers graphics professionals its most creative and powerful tools to date.

“We believe that Sri Lanka is home to a highly introspective, talented and artistic community of graphic and web designers, whose demand for excellence and innovation in the software that they use inspires us to provide them with the best design software available in the international market,” said Inthisar Feroz, Head of Sales PCH. “Unique graphic design, layout and content are essential for professional designers to set themselves apart from the rest. The best graphic design software provides compelling tools and features that make the difficult feat of standing out a simpler task to achieve.”

With CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6, graphic/web designers will be able to work faster and more efficiently as the software quickly identifies available formatting options or remove unwanted areas in photos. The styles tool gives a consistent appearance to drawings, documents, and text. The new smart carver tool in Corel PHOTO-PAINT cuts out unwanted objects in your photographs. Designers can also create layouts with ease, with the array of intuitive design tools available to them such as master layer functionality, new temporary alignment guides and new advanced OpenType support. Enhanced complex script support for working with foreign language text makes it easier than ever before to lay out a project. The new placeholder text tool can be used to mock up a page layout and get a sense of how it will look.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X6 also enables designers to showcase theircreativity by utilising a rebuilt styles engine, new object styles docker, new colour styles implementation, new colour harmony functionality and content-ready picture frames. Beautiful text is easy with advanced OpenType typography features, such as contextual and stylistic alternates, ligatures, ornaments, swash variants, and more. “People are looking for software that produces professional results without the complexity. This is especially important for those who rely on graphic software for their business,” said Kathleen Maher, Senior Analyst at Jon Peddie Research. “This is what CorelDRAW Graphics Suite was designed to do, and we see that legacy continuing strong in the new version. Corel has balanced new features that keep the software competitive for experienced designers, but new users can still get up and working quickly.”