InDesign or Quark – or Ventura by Corel
Among many in the Corel community there is a huge support for Corel´s own DTP program, Corel Ventura 10. There is some criticism in the community for not making a new updated version. But most of all the silence from Corel about Ventura seem to be what makes people the most irritated. In the Corel Ventura community they say that Corel Ventura, 10 at the moment, is so good and so much ahead of InDesign and Quark, its a shame that Corel don’t update Ventura. One said that if nothing, just updating a bit here and there would make Corel Ventura to still be the number one choice.
In Sweden Corel Ventura seems unknown, why I don’t know, but I guess its because of Corel´s lack of advertising Ventura in Sweden. Everyone makes their own choices, and below are some info on Corel Ventura, and links to more reading about it.
I wrote this because its interesting and good to know that there are more choices out there, and not only what the mainstream media choose to write about, and what the big shopping mall shop shelves promotes. If you have any insights on this topic please drop a comment on this blog. Or why not go the Ventura forum on www.coreldraw.com
Rikk Flohr the photographer helped me with the screenshots of the Ventura 10 interface. If you like to look at great photography got to Rikk Flohr´s website >>
Here is a link to the official Corel Ventura forum on CorelDRAW.com http://coreldraw.com/forums/104.aspx
Below are some links to old reviews.
Corel Reviewers Guide http://www.corel.com/futuretense_cs/ccurl/Reviewers_Guide,4.pdf
http://designer-info.com/DTP/ventura.htm
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1152105061811
http://www.unleash.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=190
http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000001049,10002307,00.htm
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/33968/corel-ventura-10.html
http://www.creativepro.com/article/corel-ventura-10-powerhouse-publishing-for-pcs
Stefan Lindblad
Illustrator & artist
