

Switching the color of your stroke to your fill or fill to your strokeīeing able to paste clipboard selections into objectsīeing able to make duplicates of an object by resizing its bounding box DrawPlus: Yes, but it only works on single objects or groups.Illustrator: No, but there is one for InDesign?.CorelDRAW: Yes, but not as simple as Designer.

Illustrator: Yes, but it takes far too long to load depending on the size (sometimes 5 minutes)Ĭreating round corners to a single corner as oppose to all corners of a shape.Illustrator: No, They take far too long to load depending on the amount (sometimes 5 minutes).Designer: No, but it will be added in 1.6Įffects such as inner and outer glows, shadows, feathers, and blurs.Illustrator: Yes, but sharp corners or sensitive handling will cause the shape to delete or change form.DrawPlus: Yes, but sublayers cannot be added, and paths and groups cannot be hidden or lockedīeing able to continue a path from its end point with the pencil tool.Illustrator: Yes, but sublayers will cause each layer to be expanded when the file is open (CC1 & below).Layers that can be expanded to reveal the paths within The overall canvas which can be resized manually or multiplied Illustrator: Yes, but fills cannot be added to weight variations, brush strokes, or effects.Here are 26 I came up with.īeing able to add fills to unclosed shapes (overlapping regions) I will explain why I prefer certain programs and why I don't prefer them with the features that I find most or partially helpful. There are things I like about each and things I do not like. Onur has decided to help out in giving me background to CorelDraw since that is one I am unfamiliar with. A lot of you might be unfamiliar with one or more of the programs. As a user who experimented a lot with vector graphics over the years, I find it might be helpful for others for me to share the differences between Illustrator, DrawPlus, Designer, and CorelDraw.
