Corel Draw graphics is now used by over 100 million people in 75 different countries

Are you an aspiring designer or a professional thinking about buying new graphics software? Before you rush off to the usual suspects you might want to consider Corel Draw, says John Hillman, after all, 100 million satisfied customers can’t be wrong.

Corel Draw, the graphics software made by Canadian based technology company Corel, is now being used by more than 100 million people in over 75 different countries.

It is quite a monumental achievement when you consider the usual dominance of Adobe in these classic design areas. Corel’s continued growth marks a step in a new direction for design software and, of course, competition can only be a good thing in such an industry.

The versatile graphic design software has gradually built a solid reputation amongst design professionals for offering a solid platform for delivering ideas across multiple media.

The news comes on the back of a good week for Corel after publishing giant Autotrader was fined $400,000 after it was discovered that employees had been using unlicensed software in their offices, a practice that costs the software industry over $2 billion every year.

Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 has been designed for both aspiring and professional designers and provides users with a fast and intuitive platform capable of delivering vector illustration, page layout, photo editing, tracing, web graphics and animation.