Corel Draw vs. Illustrator: Which is the best?

I use Photoshop so I’d go for Illustrator. You can actually drag images between the two. Saves a lot of time.

pinaka the best tlaga ang Illustrator when it comes sa vector designs..

@Glenn I agree with you.

i cannot install photoshop and illustrator together.
why?

Both are powerful programs but Illustrator is touted as “the Standard” by graphic designers all over the world just because it has the ADOBE name attached to it. Speaking of monopoly.

Now digging deeper into the programs itself, one can easily see the huge difference between the two in terms of ease of use, learning curve, file handling and price. Of course Adobe is a giant that nobody would dare question the claim of being the “Industry Standard”. Sorry but I have to disagree here. Though I love Photoshop above all other paint programs out there, with vectors CorelDraw and other vector programs out there simply outrun Illustrator.

Ok I can’t elaborate much here but here are a few links to explain why: http://lifeonthec-bus.blogspot.com/2007/09/smackdown-illustrator-vs-coreldraw.html , http://www.esotropiart.com/blog/blog.php?end=430&fetch=1

Ok, then why does Illustrator still dominates the market? Bacause of the following reasons:

1) Most if not all graphic companies would insist to only use the “Industry Standard” that is Illustrator.
2) A highly skilled designer/Artist may be discounted and ridiculed if he/she insists on using “substandard” software that is Corel and all the others out there that is not labelled ADOBE. It is much like being a respected scientist and not believing the evolution..lol… You’d be booted out by your peers from their circles in no time, discredited and your work regarded as nothing serious.
3) Adobe has monopolized the graphics industry so much that they made it very difficult for other programs to keep up with handling file formats between competing products. Like you use Corel and your clients would only submit Illustrator files or your printing company would only accept Illustrator format. Corel can convert into such formats but Adobe made it very difficult that the resulting file would have compatibility issues and a hell lot of other problems.
4) It’s just like Windows – Machintosh battle… There was a time when most of our favorite softwares and games were only available in Windows so almost everyone was forced to use Windows.

This was how an artist summed it all up:

While Illustrator has some nice features, overall it’s depressingly difficult to use relative to the speed and intuitive nature of CorelDRAW. The bottom line:
no matter how “good” someone becomes with Illustrator, they’ll never be faster than a skilled CorelDRAW user.

It all boils down to the user. True, CorelDraw is easy to grasp, but the functionality of AI to Photoshop tandem is quite handy.

Note lang: Hehe, when you compare two, you use “better”.

Lalo has a point, my brother is like, lightning quick when doing something on CorelDRAW, actually seems like he’s typing,, now I haven’t seen an experienced Illustrator user in action so I don’t really have a point of ref, I’m just saying.
Our business relies heavily on CD(something to do with decals/stickers if you’re wondering), and at times, most of the time actually,, customers do line up, so the ease of using CD really does come in handy.

CorelDraw is much easier to work for vector editing. I try AI but it was too much hard to edit nodes. But in color management, AI is better than Draw.  AI was called "industry standard" depends on what industry "you are in." Industry seems to refer to "DTP" or Pre-press industry. Then AI was the standard in that industry. But in the sign making and fashion design industry, CorelDRAW is the standard.  

Nobody knows the site to learn about Adobe Illustrator for beginners?

I am an art director having more than 7 years of exp. in the international industry. what i found is almost 95% of professionals are using Illustrator. their reason to use the same is 1) a blind devotion to name Adobe. 2) illustrator offers more ready made designs as well as plug ins. but from my own experience, a good designer can create with Corel draw something more than what illustrator offers. but he should have enough patience to do. one more advantage is there in this. that is the design will be his OWN creation in every meaning. I dont believe to claim the authenticity of a creation by using templates of ready made features.
by all these reasons i strongly support CorelDraw

Illustrator is very easier than corel.
in printing field designers r use apple machines.
bcoz of that they cnt use corel.adobe soft works fine in apple.
bt corel dosent wrk
corel color management is worst.
output is not same as 2 the input

even in crop marks.
where is the corels crop mark.
we hav to put it manually .
finally i have 2 say one thing. corel has one adavantage .do u knw wat is dat? that is planning. illustrator hasnt planing side. we hav to do it on adobe acrobat.

once if you expertise in corel draw, then the color management will be more friendly and better than illustrator. and the new corel draw X4 is giving almost complete facilities of illustrator and more

Yo
I am using illustrator because of industry standard only.
Corel is much easier, especially bezier curves and nodes and has a dimention tool that is automatic, great for plans, signs and manufacturing.

i think illustrator is easier than corel

I prefer CorelDraw as oppose to Illustrator because its just more simple that way, however i think that Illustrator has the edge on Corel when it comes to effects.  As it relates to Photoshop and Photopaint, Photoshop rocks if your into to photos but on a graphic scale and creating separations for printing Photopaint has the edge.

I'm a professional Graphics & Art  Director, I.ve been here for 20 years already. As I see it Corel Draw has an edge over Illustrator when it comes to vector graphics, it's very handy & user friendly. but when it comes to photo effects adobe photoshop is the preffered choice of the press industry.

Well there’s a thin line between Illustrator and Corel Draw in term of vector designs. Illustrator has a slight advantage when exporting Vectors to Photoshop

As someone who's starting to move to illustrator after years in Corel Draw, I find that it is frustrating, especially when it comes to making transparent gradients/fades. Corel's interactive Transparency tool wins me over, since it gives me a very high degree of control over the look of gradients. the handles that Corel has for this job is definitely faster to use than Illustrator's dedicated transparency and gradient box. Add to the fact that Adobe does not have a transparent swatch!
Geeze, I wonder why adobe hasn't picked up on this! That single lack for me is really the flaw in Illustrator that bogs it down. And I'm sure other designers out there have the same problem. If adobe adds that small update, then their system would be closer to perfect.

Adobe illustrator is the best vector based graphic software compared to corel,  AI is easy to use and has many effects.