The most recent Illustration articles from Computeract!ve

Review: Coreldraw Graphics Suite X4 design software

Anthony Dhanendran — 2008-04-29T15:26:00.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 15:26:00

Easy-to-use but powerful drawing software

Coreldraw has a long history as a drawing tool, having been around for nearly 20 years. It's aimed primarily at illustrators, but it's easy enough to use that home users...

Review: Serif DrawPlus 8 design software

Simon Williams — 2006-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Simon Williams, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 11 April 2006 at 00:00:00

Serif adds natural media brushes to its budget drawing and design program, but is it still one of the best around?

Serif DrawPlus is probably the best-known drawing program for under £100 and its functions stretch across illustration, design and web graphics....

Fasttrak 800 Thousand Clip Art

Tim Smith — 2005-04-01T09:55:45.000Z

Tim Smith, Computeract!ve, Friday 1 April 2005 at 09:55:45

More clip art than you'll ever need

Clip art is not something that normally excites us. However, the 800 Thousand Clip Art proved to be a pleasant surprise because of its good search software.Rather than forcing you...

Xara X1

Anthony Dhanendran — 2004-10-14T15:52:09.000Z

Anthony Dhanendran, Computeract!ve, Thursday 14 October 2004 at 15:52:09

A much-needed update to an old drawing stalwart

Unlike some graphics programs that work with pixels to create images, vector-drawing programs such as Xara X build up images as collections of mathematical formulae representing lines and shapes.Although this...

Focus Multimedia Create Your Own Stationery

Mark Walsh — 2002-09-30T13:46:10.000Z

Mark Walsh, Computeract!ve, Monday 30 September 2002 at 13:46:10

Excellent value program for producing personalised stationery.

The Create Your Own series also includes Greeting Card, Calendar and Label titles, all of which have very similar functions....

Focus Multimedia Create Your Own T-Shirt Designs

Mark Walsh — 2002-09-30T13:42:03.000Z

Mark Walsh, Computeract!ve, Monday 30 September 2002 at 13:42:03

Offers far more features than you'd expect for a tenner.

Creating your own T-shirt may at first seem like an enjoyable and simple prospect; just create your design, print and transfer onto cloth.But getting the design from the transfer paper...

Carlton Cards CreateaCard 5 Gold

Mark Walsh — 2002-09-20T11:45:49.000Z

Mark Walsh, Computeract!ve, Friday 20 September 2002 at 11:45:49

Creates posters and banners as well as the usual array of business and greeting cards.

CreataCard 5 is a slimmed-down version of Crafts 2 and sticks inevitably with greeting card construction.The major complaints against the software still apply....

Procreate Painter 7

Andrew Sayers — 2002-09-19T15:11:31.000Z

Andrew Sayers, Computeract!ve, Thursday 19 September 2002 at 15:11:31

A fully featured image handling, creative design, painting and drawing program.

Procreate Painter 7 is the newest version of a product previously known as Corel Painter. It's a massive piece of software that aims to satisfy pretty much all the painting,...

Microsoft Greetings 2000

Mark Walsh — 2002-09-17T10:09:50.000Z

Mark Walsh, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 17 September 2002 at 10:09:50

More than two million greeting possibilities.

As you might have guessed from the title, this package allows you to create your own greetings cards.A series of pop-up screens lets you decide on the size and shape...

ProActive Productions CRE:8 Multimedia

Julian Prokaza — 2002-02-27T12:07:58.000Z

Julian Prokaza, Computeract!ve, Wednesday 27 February 2002 at 12:07:58

Create a multimedia business card of the future in a matter of minutes.

Business card envy is just one of the many work-related conditions to affect the white collar professional. The quest for the crispest card is never ending and print shop professionals...

Corel Draw 10 Graphics Suite

Kyle MacRae — 2001-01-04T24:00:00.000Z

Kyle MacRae, Computeract!ve, Thursday 4 January 2001 at 00:00:00

Three powerful and complementary applications come together to make creative desktop design, publishing and animation as flexible and painless as possible.

If you've already checked the price, you'll appreciate that this isn't your average impulse buy. Rather, what we have here is a fully-fledged and featured suite aimed squarely at the...

Adobe Illustrator 9.0

Jonathan Parkyn — 2000-08-22T23:00:00.000Z

Jonathan Parkyn, Computeract!ve, Tuesday 22 August 2000 at 23:00:00

The heavyweight graphics package heads webwards for its latest version.

It's worth emphasising from the start that Adobe Illustrator was never intended for casual users. The latest version of the famous vector graphics design package has just hit the streets...

CorelDraw 9 Office Edition

Kyle MacRae — 2000-02-10T24:00:00.000Z

Kyle MacRae, Computeract!ve, Thursday 10 February 2000 at 00:00:00

If you need the power of a big graphics package, but without having to pay for all the extras you never need, CorelDraw 9 Office Edition may be for you. It is ideally suited to small businesses, whatever their DTP requirements.

CorelDraw 9 has been around some time, but this Office Edition is new. It is for anyone running a small business, from the office or home, and is an illustration...