Differences between Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW

Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW have many similarities, which makes it easy to move from one graphics application to the other. After learning Adobe Illustrator it will not be difficult to learn CorelDRAW. Tools that are common to CorelDRAW and Illustrator will not be covered in detail, as you have already learnt them in Adobe Illustrator. Even though there is a similarity in the basic drawing and design capabilities, Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW have some basic differences. Many terms have similar meanings but, are referred to by different names.

 

Adobe Illustrator Term	CorelDraw Term
Anchor points	Nodes
Artwork	Drawing
Compound object	Combine
Gradient fill	Fountain fill
Mask	Power Clip
Outline view	Wireframe view
Path	Curve
Placing images	Inserting images
Rasterizing	Converting to a bitmap
Stroke	Outline
Swatches palette	Color palettes
Unite	Weld

Comparing Tools 

Let’s compare Adobe Illustrator tools and the corresponding CorelDRAW tools. Many of the tools give the

same result but operate differently. This will be useful when you are required to perform a task in CorelDRAW that you have earlier learnt in Illustrator.