Corel Corporation Announces the Launch of CorelDRAW 7.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996--COREL CORPORATION (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF) Corel Corporation and its subsidiaries celebrated the launch of CorelDRAW(TM) 7 today at the Ottawa Congress Centre. Scheduled to begin shipping by mid-November, CorelDRAW 7 will carry a suggested list price of $695 US. Designed for Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT(TM) 4.0, the latest version of Corel's award-winning graphics package is feature-enriched and optimized for productivity, power and precision. The three main applications - CorelDRAW(TM), Corel PHOTO-PAINT(TM) and CorelDREAM 3D - all rank in the top of their categories and together make a complete graphics solution. "By creating a revolutionary user interface that provides intuitive access to unparalleled power, along with improved memory handling and faster file open, save, import and redraw To redisplay an image on screen whether text or graphics. The concept is that the first time elements are displayed, they are "drawn," and if something is changed, they are "redrawn." Applications often have a Refresh command that redraws the screen. , the development team has produced an elite package for any discerning graphic designer," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "New Internet graphics support, including the ability to create image maps and publish to HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , round out the package like no other." "I've been working at Corel since version 1.2 and this is the most excited I've been about releasing our flagship graphics product," said Leah Hayman, product manager for CorelDRAW. "This is, without a doubt, the biggest leap ahead of any CorelDRAW upgrade." Aside from the three main applications, CorelDRAW 7 also includes the following supporting utilities: -Corel MULTIMEDIA MANAGER(TM) 7: a visual file manager utility that helps users to easily organize and manage graphics files. -Corel OCR-TRACE(TM) 7: an enhanced optical character recognition/raster to vector conversion utility. -Corel TEXTURE(TM): a procedural texture generation program that allows the creation of simulated natural textures like marbles, woods, stones, clouds and metals. -CorelSCAN(TM): a wizard-driven scanning utility which includes preset processing options. -CorelDEPTH: an easy-to-use utility that facilitates the creation of 3D logos and text. -Corel CAPTURE(TM) 7: an advanced screen capture utility used to capture all or custom areas of a screen. -Corel SCRIPT Editor(TM) and Corel SCRIPT Dialog Editor(TM): scripting utilities that facilitate the creation of add-on utilities for CorelDRAW and Corel PHOTO-PAINT through OLE 2 Automation. -CorelMEMO(TM): an OLE compliant utility that allows users to attach notes to their drawings or documents without altering the original graphics or text. -Plug-Ins: PhotoShop(R)-compatible plug-in filters, including Kai's Power Tools Kai's Power Tools are a set of API plugins created by Kai Krause that were designed for use with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Photopaint. Kai's Power Tools were sold to Corel when MetaCreations was closed. The phrase Kai's Power Tools is often abbreviated to KPT. (R) 3.0 SE, Extensis Intellihance 2.0, Cytopia PhotoLab, Digimarc PictureMarc, and AutoF/X's Photo/Graphic Edges(TM) can be used in conjunction with either CorelDRAW or Corel PHOTO-PAINT. -Kodak Digital Science(TM) Color Management System Software that translates the colors of an original image into the truest representation obtainable on the output device. Color management works from a profile of the output device, typically a digital printer or offset press, and works backward to the source of the material such as a : a system to ensure accurate color representation during scanning, display and printing. -32,000 clipart images and symbols -1,000 Type 1 and TrueType(R) fonts -1,000 + high resolution photos -250 + 3D models -400 + CorelDRAW and PaperDirect(TM) templates -floating objects, tiling textures and more CorelDRAW(TM) 7 The draw component of CorelDRAW 7 has been fully optimized for speed with faster file open, save, import, export and redraw capabilities. An innovative and context-sensitive Property Bar is the key to the streamlined interface and changes depending on the tool and objects that the user selects. Extensive drag & drop, right mouse button support and interactive cursors have all been added _ all in the name of convenience and increased productivity. A careful streamlining of menus, dialog boxes, toolbars and the Toolbox have also provided a more intuitive interface. Now, for example, text formatting options can be found in one dialog as opposed to three. This comprehensive vector-based drawing application contains the following new features: -Interactive Tools: Fills, transparencies and blends have been made completely interactive and corresponding functionality may be accessed directly from the Property Bar. Simply click and drag Using a pointing device, such as a mouse, to latch onto an icon on screen and move it to some other location. When the screen pointer is over the icon of the object, the mouse button is clicked to grab it. The button is held down while the object is moved ("dragged") to its destination. on the object with the tool selected to perform any of these activities quickly and easily. -Internet: CorelDRAW 7 now allows users to assign URLs to any object and publish documents to HTML, GIF GIF in full Graphics Interchange Format Standard computer file format for graphic images. GIF files use data compression to reduce the file size. The original version of the format was developed by CompuServe in 1987. , JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. or Corel Barista barista Noun a person who makes and sells coffee in a coffee bar (TM). Barista is the technology Corel has developed which allows users to create documents based entirely on the Java(TM) Language without any programming requirements. Netscape Navigator(TM) and Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer color palettes are included to provide the user with accurate color selections for the Web. There is also a direct link within the Help menu in CorelDRAW 7 to Corel's home page. -Drawing and Editing Tools: The pan tool allows users to display while panning by simply clicking and dragging to move about the design. The Natural Pen tool can be used with a pressure-sensitive tablet to create curves of varying thicknesses and smooth calligraphic cal·lig·ra·phy n. 1. a. The art of fine handwriting. b. Works in fine handwriting considered as a group. 2. Handwriting. effects, which is great for artistic sketching. Spirals can now be drawn logarithmically log·a·rithm n. Mathematics The power to which a base, such as 10, must be raised to produce a given number. If nx = a, the logarithm of a, with n as the base, is x; symbolically, logn a = x. , allowing users to draw them more naturally. -Text Controls: A Single Text tool for creating both artistic and paragraph text provides the user with greater productivity. With the text tool selected, the user can click on any path and automatically fit text to that path. New writing tools from Corel(R) WordPerfect(R), including a spell checker, a thesaurus and a grammar checker, have also been included, as has Bitstream's TrueDoc font embedding technology. This allows users to maintain the visual integrity of their documents. -Document Management Tools: Color Styles allows the user to create linked color relationships to provide quick editing of illustrations. Document Info, Object Manager, and Find and Replace are excellent tools for managing work or troubleshooting problems. -Effects and Enhancements: New effects that will help produce creative illustrations include accelerated blending, beveled bev·el n. 1. The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°. 2. Two rules joined together as adjustable arms used to measure or draw angles of any size or to fix a surface at an angle. extrusions (both depth and angle can be affected), color adjustment of bitmaps and vectors, built-in bitmap effects, and support for Adober PhotoShop-compatible plug-ins. -Improved Connectivity and Enhanced Color Support: Import and export filters have been improved upon, and the ColorSync 2.0-standard color management system has been licensed from Kodak to ensure accurate color representation during scanning, display and printing. -Ease of Use: A Scrapbook A Macintosh disk file that holds frequently used text and graphics objects, such as a company letterhead. Contrast with "clipboard," which is reserved memory that holds data only for the current session. enables quick and easy access to CorelDRAW clipart, photos, user designs, favorite fills and outlines. Professionally designed templates, many from PaperDirect(TM), are ready-made and just a click away. CorelTUTOR offers step by step instructions on completing 50 CorelDRAW tasks and a reference manual provides information on all applications and utilities in the box. Corel PHOTO-PAINT(TM) 7 This paint and photo retouching application also benefits from the CorelDRAW 7 team's focus on streamlining the user interface. The Property Bar is key and a new, totally customizable Status Bar has been added. Additions to the Options dialog such as virtual memory management, Super Nudge and Backup setting improve the functionality of the application. New internal memory management has also been added for fast loading, saving and editing of large image files. New enhancements include an Object Transparency tool which allows interactive on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. adjusters to change the transparency of an object, and a repeat stroke tool to paint images with a saved brush stroke. An Interactive Gradient Fill tool provides on-screen drag and adjust to apply gradient fills to any image, while an image sprayer can paint a series of realistic images, such as leaves, butterflies and various types of fruit, onto any Corel PHOTO-PAINT document. More power is obtained through such enhanced operations as transformations, a new methodology that significantly improves the rendering of objects during multiple transformations. Tag WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. , found in the Object menu, adds to the power by allowing users to hyperlink objects for Web images. Other new/enhanced features include: -New transparent layer mode allows for more flexible image compositing and new bitmap creation. -Improved Image Editing tools such as Enhanced Level Equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. , Sample/Target Balance, Tone Curve, Read-only Histogram histogram or bar graph Graph using vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths indicate quantities. Along with the pie chart, the histogram is the most common format for representing statistical data. , Enhanced Effects Preview, Lighting Effects and full support of the Adobe Format, Acquire, Filter and Export plug-in standards. All help to further enhance images. -More control over the creation of masks with the new Color Mask for previewing multiple mask overlays, and the Scissors scissors Cutting instrument or tool consisting of a pair of opposed metal blades that meet and cut when the handles at their ends are brought together. Modern scissors are of two types: the more usual pivoted blades have a rivet or screw connection between the cutting ends Mask tool for masking areas of significant tonal/color change. Corel DREAM 3D This 3D modeling and rendering application allows users to easily create 3D illustrations with predefined models and surface textures. A new Scene Wizard and object links have been incorporated into this version, along with improved rendering capabilities, camera navigating and object deformation tools, and better Internet connectivity. A new Corel Default workspace includes different views of the 3D scene, while the improved Hierarchy View contains an Effects tab for easier management of the effects. New interactive Dolly, Pan, and Track tools also help make it easier for users to navigate through scenes. New object links including lock, slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. , axis, shaft, ball joint, 2D plane and custom, as well as deformation tools such as Stretch, Shatter, Bend and Twist, and Scale XYZ XYZ interj. Informal Used to indicate to someone that the zipper of his or her pants is open. [ex(amine) y(our) z(ipper).] , allow users to better manage and modify 3D objects. Improvements to rendering include preset render settings, more control over ambient light, new Cloudy Fog Atmosphere and Backdrop. As rendering reduces files from a 3D computer scene to a 2D image, these new features allow users to significantly improve their output. To achieve more realistic rendering effects, reflected backgrounds have also been included. System Requirements Users will require a minimum of a Pentium 60 (Pentium 120 recommended), 16 MB of RAM (32 MB recommended), 40 MB of hard disk space to install CorelDRAW, Help, filters and fonts, a CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). player (double-speed or higher recommended), a Mouse or Tablet, VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. display (SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. recommended) and Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. Users may customize the installation to suit their purposes by choosing options such as minimum or custom install. Pricing and Availability Scheduled to begin shipping by mid-November, CorelDRAW 7 will be available for a suggested list price of $695 US, with an upgrade price of $249 US for users of any version of CorelDRAW from either the Windows or Macintosh platform. Corel VENTURA(TM) and Corel(R) Office Professional 7 users will also be able to take advantage of this upgrade price. Technical Support Policy Corel will offer 90 days of free support on a toll line from the official release date of the product. Thereafter, customers, who do not call within the first 90 days, will be offered 30 days of free support on a toll line from the date of their first technical support call. Corel provides these additional support options: -IVAN: Corel's Interactive Voice Answering Network that provides customers with rapid access to the most current product information. Customers can obtain this service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, on a toll line by calling 613-728-7070. -Bulletin Board Service (BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. ): A 24-hour information resource that lets customers access product information and helpful program files. To contact the BBS, customers may dial 613-728-4752. -Automated Fax System: Customers may obtain faxes of technical information by dialing 613-728-0826 ext. 3080 and requesting document number 2000 for a catalogue of available documents. -CompuServe Information Services See Information Systems. : CompuServer subscribers can access the Corel Technical Support forum by typing GO COREL. -Corel's Home Page: An Internet World Wide Web site with product and technical information. Customers may access Corel's site at http://www.corel.com. Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite 7, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelCAD(TM), CorelVIDEO(TM) and over 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: Windows, 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). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries world-wide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol:COS) and on NASDAQ-National Market System (symbol:COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com. -0- Note to Editors: Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO, Corel VENTURA and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. All products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corporation Sandra Catana, 613/728-0826 Ext. 1488 http://www.corel.com |
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