Corel Anmeldelser 

Made the mistake of buying a bundle of Corel products from Humble Bundle (great site btw!) At least I didn't pay much. BUT WOW! Corel's persistent and horribly aggressive marketing is borderline harassment. Every installed product by default pops up a desktop ad DAILY and loads into an ad screen, AND exits with an ad. UNBELIEVABLE! You can turn some of this off but if you buy the software, you shouldn't have to. Why don't you work on creating great software, not how to harass and upset your customers with a constant bombardment of ads. I may have been interested to purchase an upgraded version if the advertising was not soooo aggressive. At this point I'm about ready to uninstall and never look back.

COREL. This company is an absolute nuisance and a menace for bombarding you with unwanted ads. Buy one of their products and from that point on they abuse your privacy with pop-up ads for their products. Asking them to respect your privacy makes not the least difference; they continue to be arrogant with the adds. Other companies respect your privacy. Companies such as Corel that relentlessly send out unwanted ads to private individuals who have been stupid enough to buy their product should be banned from the internet. Ask anyone who has bought a Corel product and they will tell you exactly the same, unwanted ads are the norm with Corel. There are a growing number of people I hear from who say the same thing; the ads are a menace and they would never buy from Corel again on account of this.

Con mia moglie siamo clienti di Corel da più di 10 anni. Tra Coreldraw e Painter, Paint Shop Pro e Video Studio i nostri pc hanno sempre avuto i loro programmi installati. Ora abbiamo avuto un problema con un servizio che hanno scelto per gestire i loro pagamenti e che ha prima bloccato e dopo sbloccato uno dei nostri due accont Corel per verifiche, non senza ulteriori problemi e disagi che abbiamo subito senza averne la responsabilità e che non sono stati risolti e ci lasciano per questo motivo sfiduciati. Nonostante sia avvenuto lo sblocco dell'account e abbia potuto effettuare il pagamento per un acquisto successivo, questo risulta completato con successo ma ancora acquistabile e presenta un problema nella fase di scaricamento: non solo non funziona ma non parte neppure e forse non lo farà mai. Mia moglie ha scritto più volte al supporto tecnico, ha avuto chat dal sito, ha provato a telefonare al numero indicato nella pagina dell'assistenza e risulta essere stranamente non loro ma della Tim. Insistendo è riuscita ad aprire una pratica e dal supporto avanzato avremmo dovuto ricevere notizie a breve. Non è stato così e non è stato inviato neanche il link per cui ci è stato detto che era stata fatta la richiesta in modo da scaricare il prodotto manualmente. Sono sempre gentili, non risolvono nulla. Dopo aver più volte mandato la prova di acquisto e la schermata del problema e spiegato di aver disinstallato e reinstallato cancellando tutte le cartelle e i file temporanei, allora ci hanno chiesto se avessimo riavviato proprio come se non avessimo mai scritto!

CorelDRAW 2021 crashed two weeks ago and I am still waiting for help from Tech Support. I got an email from Paul Garcia ages ago about sending information about my computer, which I did. A live Chat appointment and a remote access attempt to restore the program but now I can't get a reply from Corel at all.

Der größte Müll stürtzt immer ab Software an sich ist fast lächerlich könnten wir wahrscheinlich mit 4 Freelancern und 20k besser Programmieren, weniger Hass eigentlich fast nur noch Mitleid gegenüber dem Unternehmen und der Software... :)

2021 - Oct 9
All I wanted is that the Log On screen did not pop up every time I used CorelDRAW or CorelPAINT. I do not want my usage data collected, I do not want Corel to track my every move, I just simply wanted to use Corel also offline.
13 emails from Corel, all with the wrong information including several links to change my password.

NONE OF THEM addressed my concern.

For thirty years I use Corel, so I do not want to switch, but this is pushing me over the edge.

28 Oct 2021 Another bizarre response from Corel Customer support Vimala. After sending this message;

Ho utterly BIZAR! Did you not read my message????

I DO NOT WISH INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO CHANGE MY PASSWORD. I WISH TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THE LOGIN SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Corel Support responds with;
I apologize for the inconvenience.

Please note that we can confirm that the license is working since we have tried from our end with out secured portal, we will be unable to use the license for security reason, just can check if it is working.

So, with the email xxxAxxxxxx.com.au and the password XXXXXXX, it is working.

I request you to check signing with this email and change the password from your end.

Please let us know if that works. I am trying my best to assist you from our end.

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2021 Nov 03
After some 17 email messages, I finally get one that addresses my request. It is straight to the point and simple; Corel with stop working unless I log on! This means Corel can continue to Spam me with their pop-up messages and track my usage.

$600+ price tag and they track usage and send annoying pop-up spam advertising while you are using Corel products.

WHY CANT I LEAVE A NEGATIVE STARS?! WE HAVE BEEN USING COREL FOR YEARS BUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE PRODUCTS CONTINUE TO DECLINE. STAY AWAY FROM COREL UNTIL THEY FIX THIS!

I've given this review 1 star just because the software actually works but thats where it ends.
I've set up my preferences so I don't recive any adverts for Corel products but I constantly get adverts at the lower right of my PC screen which don't full load, while this happening I'm unable to close it down or use any other programs on my PC for up to an hour, I've ended up purchasing a cheap laptop to use while my desktop start up each day.
This was reported back in June (and the year before) and I was given a ticket number, since then I've written in for updates and been given a new ticket number which gets cancelled the next day asking me to reply to the first ticket number which Corel never reply to, I've phoned and reached an offshore support agent and been promised a resolve within 24 hours and a call from a supervisor and here I am still waiting.
I've written to the CEO, emailed the COO and to date still no responce, my only option now is to remove the software from my PC and hope this also removes the adverts, I would never buy a Corel product again as their customer service is the worst I've ever come across and I don't believe anything they tell me.

Corel's products may be good, although I havent used all their products. Their customer service is so bad, I will NEVER buy from them again. Time after time, with every issue imaginable, their customer service is slow, kicks you out after being on hold for hours (not exaggerating), and they just dont seem to care about your issues. I'm currently on hold with them now while I'm writting this review, it's been over 2 hours, and I've been kicked out of the system 3 times. If you buy products from Corel, I hope you either never have an issue, or you have all the time and patience in the world.

I will never buy this product again. IT IS THE WORST! NO SUPPORT. INSTEAD OF CONSENTRATING ON BEING CREATIVE, YOU HAVE TO FIGURE HOW TO GET THIS MESS WORK. TOOLS STOP WORKING REINSTALL AFTER REINSTALL, NO SUPPORT. ON HOLD HOURS AND HANG UP. SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE, DON'T BUY CORELDRAW. I AM PERSONALLY GOING TO SAVE DESIGNERS THE FRUSTRATION THIS SOFTWARE. AFTER YEARS OF USING THIS THEY ONLY WORSEN THE PRODUCT CHANGING INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A BETTER AND EASIER TO USE THEY JUST CHANGE WHAT ONCE WORKED

Install a licence program on your computer that then pushes adverts direct to your desktop without permission or easy way to stop. "Corel License Validation Service V2, Powered by arvato" Who knows what information they're sharing with arvato...I hate companies that do this it's disgusting.

The words “customer service” are in no way applicable to this company. Literally months of frustrating phone calls, a letter to the CEO, finally a promise of a refund that never materialized… run, do not walk, away from these con-men and thieves.

Awful customer service. As a traveller who spends 3-6 months in Africa & 6-9 months in the UK, I was told that I needed to buy 4 licences for a single user. I have a Windows desktop in each location, and a MacBook Pro. When I'm not in Africa, the desktop is switched off, the same with the desktop in the UK when I'm not there. Apparently I need a licence for each location for each device because the Mac version is a different product? Who does that? Not at all accommodating, borderline rude and said there were no options to discuss this with someone else.

The most recent version of Corel 2021 is one of the most unstable and slow drawing platforms I have ever worked on. A few versions back, the software was fairly stable and didn't crash all the time. I have lost so much time with this software its unbelievable that Corel wouldn't fix the lagging and crashing issues. This used to be a great platform for architectural sign design.

If I could leave a no star review I would
Tried contacting them several time via phone and you can never get a representative that speaks English or have no issues with understanding English
Sad since Corel is based in Canada but yet they are now outsourcing their call center
I wanted to outright purchase the corel suite but had very specific questions I needed answered as the application I’d be using it for was for a plasma table !
I even tried to initiate a chat but instead of chatting they had yet again two very hard to understand reps call me instead and when I asked my questions could not answer them all because of a language barrier and not understanding my questions
Shame too as I was prepared to buy immediately
I’m a long time Corel user but my current version was too old to accomplish what I needed
Poor customer service caused you to loose a sale

WATCH OUT FRUDULENT!!! I just got charged $ 39.99 for I don't even know what this company sells and never went to there site.

Worst customer service in the world, your lucky if you can catch someone that accually speaks English.

I am a long time user of VideoStudio and PaintShop Pro, 2 "flagship" products from Corel.
I have always had good experiences with both their products and their support.
The only "downside" is an agressive advertising campaign which pushes you to buy an upgrade. Sometimes it feels that they only create upgrades to milk the customer.
But if you don't fall into that trap, you'll enjoy their quality products.

Excellent software
I am a well seeded user of Corel Video Studio (CVS) for around twenty years.

The review concerns Corel Video Studio and no other program it produces.
My review covers Windows and not Mac.
I read a lot of unfair or unecessary comments on CVS..
I read it crashes, Its buggy..

Firstly before any blame have a good look at yourself, your set up, what other programs are running in the back ground, Browsers, Anti virus, Enough Ram, CPU, Graphics card?

Has your pc been updated recently, is the system clean of temporary/cache files.
Has a registry cleaner been used?
Does your PC have all the necessary CODECS installed, do you have a good understanding how a PC works beyond the basics?

I cannot comment about software 2021 as i last upgraded 2020 so anything after this date i cannot comment on.
I have no need to upgrade every year although I have done sometimes.

It is important to upgrade from time to time faster ways of working.

Its just not good enough to blame CVS for the problems your having with their software.
Much and i mean much of the many problems with CVS are nothing to do with the program but more with the user or their machine not understanding specifics involved.
Have had no need for assistance from Customer services in the twenty years I've been using their software.
It does what it does and what it does it does very well.

For the price the software is excellent even the pro's out there are using it of which I consider myself.

Of course there are other programs that might acheive better or quicker results, well be prepared to pay for them $$$$

The program is buggy I read:
I don't think I've ever encountered them usually its something I've done or not done.
More likely you introduce bugs into the system by installing other software that might be buggy (Crap-Ware).

(Crapware) CVS certainly is not and anyone suggesting that I would suggest its more like a (Crap-user)

Sometimes its better to run this software on its own PC because it does tend to run happily than a PC used for every day things.

I would suggest to the many users or new users get some basic and then deeper understanding how this program works.
"HOW DOES A VIDEO FILE WORK"
"HOW DOES MY COMPUTER WORK"
Codecs, Wrappers.
If you don't understand that terminology then you need to educate yourself, get some education on these important specifics because its so easy to blame the program when something goes wrong.

Make sure it has everything necessary to keep it healthy and happy.
A good amount of problems are with Codecs.
If they are not installed then do not be suprised if CVS doesn't see or recognise the file or the file won't play.
My advice try K-Lite Codec pack its free but download from the vendors website only!
Other websites could contain virus's.
I don't post links.
In some cases years ago this helped me with crashes, say for instance open a video file drag down to time line and the program crashes.
A suspect in the file CVS does not read, see, or understand Maybe a Codec?
And yes that was exactly the fault.

Before you attempt to convert the file to say Mp4 that CVS will work with just make sure you have all the codecs in your system.
Its just dumb not to do that.

As for customer services they are not going to respond to everything.
A question that with a little thought you could have solved yourself.
Head up to the forums go look for your problem there and if it isn't there then open your own thread and ask the question.
If you fix the problem make a note of it to yourself for future ref.

Stunning software that I would carefully recommend it to anyone with some education first.

It is what it is, but for what it costs and what you get is exceptional.

I have used higher expensive similar software and even that has crashed on occasions.
A PC is not always stable. Vunerable/Fragile.

CVS crashes and faults are caused by.
PC being updated, Not updated, program been removed, a shared folder has been deleted, a registry change, a new codec, no codec, wrong Codec, corrupt file, System, PC, or corrupt user.
Anti Virus preventing some aspects of the program running (change permissions)
Running pirated software that might have a virus or other bugs.
Microsoft update that is interfering with CVS.

Put the time in to learn about the program.
There are many of us who have been using the software for donkeys years and who know how it works.

A lot of costly work has gone into building this program that you can buy at a fractional price compared to some of the more heavily complex software that there is out there.
The more experience you gain using the program the more you'll engage and enjoy.
Pay attention to the specs the program requires before installing it.
Gaining experience will sometimes fix the fault In half the time.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SOMEONE FINALLY IS GIVING ME A RESPONSE FROM THE AMAZING COREL HELP TEAM.
UNFORTUNATELY I WAS LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION 4 DAYS AGO. I TRIED ANS ASKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR HELP FROM COREL AND EVERY SINGLE ASSISTENT ROM THR COREL HELP TEAM,  JUST KICKED ME OUT WITH NO HELP.
SO I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRING BY MYSELF , AND FINALLY I RESOLVED THE ISSUE .
!!!!!!THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GREAT GREAT HELP. 4 DAYS LATE. COREL  COMPANY. !!!!!!!!!