Corel Corporation

Corel Corporation operates as a packaged software company offering products for the graphics and productivity, and digital media markets worldwide. Its graphics and productivity products include CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, a page layout, image editing, and bitmap conversion software suite; Corel Painter, a digital painting and drawing software; CorelDESIGNER Technical Suite, a graphics application for creating or updating technical illustrations; WinZip, a compression utility that reduces the size of computer files for transmission and storage purposes; iGrafx Flowcharter products, which allow enterprises to analyze and streamline business processes; and WordPerfect Office, a software application that features Microsoft compatible word processing, spreadsheet, database, and e-mail, calendaring, and contact management applications.

The company's digital media products consist of WinDVD, a DVD player software; Corel PaintShop Pro Photo that allows users to create, manipulate, and manage digital images with photo editing, digital art, and precision graphic design tools; DVD Movie Factory, a consumer authoring and burning application; VideoStudio, a video editing application; Photo Impact, which combines photo editing, photo projects tools, and digital art to make digital photography and image creativity; MediaOne, a multimedia application that combines digital image and video editing tools, slide show, online sharing, and scrapbook tools; and Corel Photo Album, which allows users to store, organize, share, and manage digital photograph collections. Corel Corporation sells its products through a distribution network, including original equipment manufacturers, the Internet, retailers, and resellers, as well as through direct sales force. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.