Corel Announces Worldwide Preview of CorelDRAW 9 Graphics Suite.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--COREL (Nasdaq:COSFF) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS.) Today at Seybold Seminars Boston/Publishing '99, Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. unveiled a world preview of the beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of its latest graphics suite. The suite, to be called CorelDRAW(R) 9 Graphics Suite, will include CorelDRAW 9, Corel PHOTO-PAINT Corel PHOTO-PAINT is a raster graphics editor created by Corel. The current version is Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3 (13). It is not sold by itself, but instead included with CorelDRAW (CorelDRAW Graphics Suite). Its main uses are image manipulation and creation of web graphics. (R) 9, Bitstream(R) Font Navigator(TM), CorelTRACE(TM), Corel Texture(TM), Corel Capture(TM) and Canto can·to n. pl. can·tos One of the principal divisions of a long poem. [Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle. (R) Cumulus cumulus: see cloud. (R) Desktop. Scheduled to be widely available in North America in May 1999, CorelDRAW 9 Graphics Suite will include the award-winning vector illustration application along with award-winning PHOTO-PAINT 9. This will offer graphic designers an unsurpassed collection of tools for vector illustration and page layout, image composition and natural media painting, as well as industry- leading font and media management. Completing the suite is a collection of professional graphics and high resolution photos for creating stunning content. "With the recent celebration of 10 years of graphics excellence and 10 million copies of CorelDRAW sold worldwide, we are especially excited about the new CorelDRAW 9 Graphics Suite," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer at Corel Corporation. "We look forward to continuing to provide leading edge technology for graphics professionals and enthusiasts worldwide in the coming decade." Development has focused on several core areas within CorelDRAW 9 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9, including color management and professional output. Previous versions included support for industry standard ICC profiles, but with CorelDRAW 9 and PHOTO-PAINT 9 users can now embed ICC profiles from images with embedded profiles that are opened or imported. This provides users with greater control over the entire color management process between applications. CorelDRAW 9 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 will also provide robust PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. support, allowing users to edit and output to PDF format while ensuring tight integration with any design and publishing workflow. Several presets for PDF are included to allow electronic distribution of documents for different destinations: web, press, or other media. Extensive customization of PDF output options gives users the freedom to tailor their output to suit their unique needs. Recognizing that compatibility and integration between applications is crucial to any workflow, Corel has made exceptional efforts to ensure near seamless compatibility with industry standard file formats for press and web output. Over 70 import filters and 40 export filters in CorelDRAW allows easy file exchange with most graphics and desktop publishing applications on the market today. Enhancements were made to EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. export, Adobe Illustrator(R) (AI) support, and Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) multi-layered .PSD (tool) PSD - Portable Scheme Debugger. for compatibility between file formats. Corel PHOTO-PAINT can now also import MetaCreations(TM) Painter(R) files. Support for QuickTime(R) 3.0 VR allows users to create, open, edit and save single or multiple node QuickTime VR Panoramas and Objects. Low-resolution versions of the panorama nodes can be created, opened, edited and saved for optimized viewing over the Internet. Node comments can also be added and file compression defined on export. Both CorelDRAW 9 and Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 incorporate a plug-and-play ixla(TM) Digital Camera Interface for acquiring images from over 120 digital camera models, including Casio(R), Epson(R), Fujifilm, Hewlett-Packard(R), Konica(R), NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. (R), Nikon, Olympus(R), Panasonic(R), Ricoh(R), Sanyo and Sharp(R). Images can be acquired directly from digital cameras, which eliminates the need for third-party interfaces to move images from cameras to computer before editing. In addition, edited image files can be sent back to digital cameras for storage, sharing and review. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. Development of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW(R) line of graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility, value and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R), Linux(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (SM) under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com. Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW and the Go Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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