While experimenting with Corel, I had a hard time just figuring out how to create a spot color swatch and use it to print a separation, whereas with illustrator the color swatch window is very obvious and easy to use. I would have no idea how to merge something like I can with pathfinder, or how to group/ungroup objects. I'm too used to my Illustrator functions and shortcuts.
It may just be the interface but Corel seems very difficult to use, since the tools and shortcuts are all different. I don't care if it's easier or harder, I want to know if there is something that is only achievable with a certain program. I am interested to know if there are any advantages or things that you can ONLY do in Corel as opposed to Illustrator. To me it seems like an antiquated program but a lot of people swear by it. I'm extremely fluent in Illustrator for screen printing, I can create chokes and traps with ease and can always figure out cool new ways to do things to make it friendlier for press on different jobs, but Corel escapes me. What do you use, and what add ons do you use to make your creation process much easier? Some of the features seem to support designing and separating t-shirts than Illustrator. I find the Power Clipping tool to be extremely effective. I have found there to be strengths to Corel even in X3. What's worse is that the company is still using X3 (Upgrading to X6 soon, thank you kind owner!). Initially I disliked it, I was too familiar with Illustrator and found Corel to be clunky and troublesome.
I stumbled badly out of the gate, and when the lead designer quit a couple weeks after I was hired, I had to hit the ground running on learning the program. When I landed this t-shirt job I found out they used Corel Draw, I had never touched it before my first day there. I originally went to school for graphic design, and as we did nothing but Adobe, I became very familiar with it. Corel Draw, or Illustrator for designing t-shirts? I posted a while back asking about CMYK, and I thank you for your feedback, I have another question for you. If your post doesn't post, message a mod.Įvening Redditors and fellow screen printers. Show us your work! Be proud of what you do, showing off your work could easily influence and inspire others! Be warned: pics are fine, but if it's too "spammy" your post will be removed. Share knowledge! Every screen printer does things a little differently share your techniques However, there's nothing wrong with general discussion.Īny links to videos, articles, websites, et. Hey I'm new to this, what type of ink do you guys suggest I start with and what are the differences in types of inks? Please refrain from posts that ask across-the-board questions.
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