: Tools for applying professional gradients, textures, shadows, and transparency to vector shapes. Precision Drawing
The year 2001 was a turning point. Shortly after Version 9 hit the market, purchased Micrografx. micrografx designer 9
In the late '90s and early 2000s, the graphic design world was a battlefield: CorelDRAW vs. Illustrator, with FreeHand lurking in the shadows. And then there was — the weird, middle-child vector editor that nobody talked about, but some old-timers still swear by. Designer 9 (released around 2000–2002) was the last real gasp of a once-proud software house before it got swallowed by Corel. : Tools for applying professional gradients