Humble ReBundle: Dec 2020: ACID Music Studio 11 / Video Pro X11 / Sound Forge Audio Studio 13 ect..

[Dirtgrain]

Many thanks for that information.

[Psuper]

As an alternative, I've read that Gimp is good. I've just been looking into this, as my son wanted something to make memes with. I was leaning toward Adobe Photoshop Elements and also Premiere Elements (for movie editing), as it seems they aren't subscription, and they are supposed to be nice to use. Then I see the Humble Bundle, and I wonder.

Gimp has an entirely different workflow than photoshop, but its the best open source alternative out there by miles - use gimpshop if you're used to photoshop.

[pekbro]

Hmm cool bundle, not sure I want to upgrade to painter 2020 though, it's all in app purchases now.
The rest of the stuff is ok, great deal though, if you're not set with anything else. Professionally,
I would say that painter is the only thing worth getting from Corel, for everyone else though
*Be warned, they are much like MAGIX when it come to soliciting you via email.
*Maybe the CAD thing, I dunno, personally I like AutoCAD.

[THE INTRANCER]

As an alternative, I've read that Gimp is good. I've just been looking into this, as my son wanted something to make memes with. I was leaning toward Adobe Photoshop Elements and also Premiere Elements (for movie editing), as it seems they aren't subscription, and they are supposed to be nice to use. Then I see the Humble Bundle, and I wonder.

I've a vast sub-section of free creative software I've listed on my site Intrancersonic-DS much of it free including that of which is online browser based. The site recently had a big update in navigation.

[Dirtgrain]

Nice. I'm reading up on it now. Thanks.

[pekbro]

So I bought this as well for the upgrades. FYI these are the last versions that will support Win 8 and 7 probably. There are 32 bit versions as well. "Corel Bundle"

*Corel Cad is not bad actually, similar to AutoCad, just not as good. Reminds me of AutoCad 14 or so.
Just remember that the space bar is the key to execute commands. If you are into 3D it should be
pretty useful for modeling buildings, parts and crap. Pretty basic solid modeling is available,
the good thing about drafting software for 3D graphics is that you can precisely draw stuff in 2D
and then just extrude it or whatever. E.g. you can create a large urban or industrial type
environment pretty easily.

*Bear in mind these are gonna be pretty crappy models, because they are polygonal and triangulated,
still, perfectly usable.

*Pretty good for 3D printing as well, say if you wanted to design and print your own eurorack case or something.

[bungle]

Corel suite is extremely slow nowadays, Affinity is vastly superior (For the packages they cover) no dealings with Corelcad, may be worth it for that alone, no idea.

[THE INTRANCER]

I thought I was imaging things but, it looks like they have added more brush packs, but they didn't specify what ones having looked at their FB page as of 3 hours ago... In regard to the CAD 2019 software, the upgrade is over £200 it would seem from looking at this review I found on the site below. Humble Bundle would probably be classed as NFR, but I'm not 100% sure on that if one wanted to upgrade to CorelCAD 2020 which is £799. https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/corelcad-2019

Affinity Designer is something I use occasionally and is really good replacement for the old Illustrator CS2 I've had since 2006 (Production Bundle Premium). For myself the need of CAD software, really comes into focus when used with traditional 3D modelling software because one is using more precise measurements and models that can be carried over, like for vehicles for instance.

There are many free CAD alternatives I've listed, so it will be interesting to test out the trial of CorelCAD to compare how easier or more advanced it might be.

[pekbro]

The best thing for drafting tools incorporated into 3D graphics software IMO is formZ. Not cheap though. FormZ is one of my favorite modelers, hands down. Rhino is also good, and better when it comes to nurbs. CorelCad is certainly worth $30, the upgrade to the new version, not so much I think. Unless you are working in drafting regularly, and if you are, likely you are not using CorelCad. The updates to the solid modeling are useful, but not overly significant I think.

[THE INTRANCER]

So I bought this as well for the upgrades. FYI these are the last versions that will support Win 8 and 7 probably. There are 32 bit versions as well. "Corel Bundle"

*Corel Cad is not bad actually, similar to AutoCad, just not as good. Reminds me of AutoCad 14 or so.
Just remember that the space bar is the key to execute commands. If you are into 3D it should be
pretty useful for modeling buildings, parts and crap. Pretty basic solid modeling is available,
the good thing about drafting software for 3D graphics is that you can precisely draw stuff in 2D
and then just extrude it or whatever. E.g. you can create a large urban or industrial type
environment pretty easily.

*Bear in mind these are gonna be pretty crappy models, because they are polygonal and triangulated,
still, perfectly usable.

*Pretty good for 3D printing as well, say if you wanted to design and print your own eurorack case or something.

The best thing for drafting tools incorporated into 3D graphics software IMO is formZ. Not cheap though. FormZ is one of my favorite modelers, hands down. Rhino is also good, and better when it comes to nurbs. CorelCad is certainly worth $30, the upgrade to the new version, not so much I think. Unless you are working in drafting regularly, and if you are, likely you are not using CorelCad. The updates to the solid modelling are useful, but not overly significant I think.

Interestingly, formZ is one application I've yet to try out, and I just discovered that there is a free version of it. Tonight I downloaded Corel CAD 2020 which does feel a bit of an awkward shift away from my world of Cinema 4D which I first started out on 25 years ago and a reminder of using a CAD program on the Atari Mega ST I once had back in 1992/93.

The GUI's of these apps do look pretty similar, from the screenshots, but Corel CAD 2020 does feel like there is a quite a steep learning curve before you really begin making anything worthy with it. When I was 15 I use to draw racing bikes with aerodynamic shells over them like that of a jet fighter has with CAD on the ST computer, so with that in mind and given that I made Tron inspired film last year...the use of using a CD program to help in that process for something in the future is definitely interesting.

From my initial play around, drawing shapes and having lines and points snap, it does feel more similar to using the bridge tool between points in C4D, but not being able from my play with it so far, is not being able to navigate around in 3D space of the objects in view. As someone that uses traditional 3D apps as ZBrush 2020 as well, in that way it's not natural. I might be missing something to enable that ability in Corel CAD 2020.

Corel Painter 2020, does feel the most compelling application that one would buy all this bundle for, in addition to the brush additions which are included. As a user of Photoshop CS6, and with cross compatibility support including PSD format, these two applications should work hand in hand I think, aIthough as someone that really focuses on interface development, it's hard to envisage how Painter would provide any real practical uses for that. Having said that, I've still to download the demo of Corel Painter and to give it a whirl again, although I'm not expecting the speed level of what Photoshop provides.

I've updated the title so those people know from the outset the end date.

[pekbro]

Interestingly, formZ is one application I've yet to try out, and I just discovered that there is a free version of it. Tonight I downloaded Corel CAD 2020 which does feel a bit of an awkward shift away from my world of Cinema 4D which I first started out on 25 years ago and a reminder of using a CAD program on the Atari Mega ST I once had back in 1992/93.

The GUI's of these apps do look pretty similar, from the screenshots, but Corel CAD 2020 does feel like there is a quite a steep learning curve before you really begin making anything worthy with it. When I was 15 I use to draw racing bikes with aerodynamic shells over them like that of a jet fighter has with CAD on the ST computer, so with that in mind and given that I made Tron inspired film last year...the use of using a CD program to help in that process for something in the future is definitely interesting.

From my initial play around, drawing shapes and having lines and points snap, it does feel more similar to using the bridge tool between points in C4D, but not being able from my play with it so far, is not being able to navigate around in 3D space of the objects in view. As someone that uses traditional 3D apps as ZBrush 2020 as well, in that way it's not natural. I might be missing something to enable that ability in Corel CAD 2020.

Corel Painter 2020, does feel the most compelling application that one would buy all this bundle for, in addition to the brush additions which are included. As a user of Photoshop CS6, and with cross compatibility support including PSD format, these two applications should work hand in hand I think, aIthough as someone that really focuses on interface development, it's hard to envisage how Painter would provide any real practical uses for that. Having said that, I've still to download the demo of Corel Painter and to give it a whirl again, although I'm not expecting the speed level of what Photoshop provides.

I've updated the title so those people know from the outset the end date.

CorelCad has a 3D viewport, not a super good one, but it's there, you can orbit and whatnot if that's what you meant.

Regarding Painter: It's good for painting, the brush engine is one of the best, if not the best. So there's that, as well as the paint/paper engines which work like the real thing, of course I haven't tried it yet. It cost me a few hundred bucks when I bought it, so $30 is a killer deal.

For everything else, it has no real advantage over Photoshop or the like. Many artists simply prefer it for painting over PS and vice-versa.

[Orbit-50]

Are these perpetual licenses in this bundle?

[Milkman]

Just wanted to throw this in here -- gimp is awesome, and it you know photoshop then gimp becomes even easier. The open source community is very helpful and can help you with any and all questions. I've been using gimp for about 12 years now. I don't need any costly subscription-model 'app' nonsense.

[chk071]

Are these perpetual licenses in this bundle?

Yes. Edit: All except CorelDraw actually, which seems to be a half year subscription...!

Also just pulled the trigger on the 25,43 € package, to check out CorelCad... I absolutely detest Blender, so, I hope that is an easier entry to the world of 3D.

[Orbit-50]

Are these perpetual licenses in this bundle?

Yes. Edit: All except CorelDraw actually, which seems to be a half year subscription...!

Also just pulled the trigger on the 25,43 € package, to check out CorelCad... I absolutely detest Blender, so, I hope that is an easier entry to the world of 3D.

Thanks man. I didn't see anywhere that said it. Dude, secretly between me and you...I'm an idiot when it comes to this "Humble Bundle" thing. How the hell does this actually work? I mean like, it's one of those things where "if it seems to good to be true, than it usually is". I'm having trouble digesting this to the point of being paralyzed when it's time to put something in a cart, or offer anything etc... How does this actually work?