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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Personalise Your World with CorelDRAW® “That’s A Wrap!” Contest Show off your CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 Design Skills and See Them Brought to Life with Corel’s “That’s A Wrap!” Contest Maidenhead, UK 30 September, 2010–Today Corel Corporation launches a vinyl design contest entitled “That’s A Wrap!” to give participants the chance to win fantastic prizes worth over £2,000 (GBP). To enter the contest participants need to use an existing version of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5 or download a free 30-day trial version of the software available at http://www.corel.com or alternatively use the 30–day trial version available with Computer Arts magazine, issue 181 on sale the 21st of October. Participants are invited to get creative and create a vinyl design that is reflective of themselves and their “world”. Corel has selected three categories for participants to enter: 1. Partial Wrapping: Vehicle wrapping is fast becoming a huge styling phenomenon, so why not create your very own eye-catching design. Entrants are invited to create a partial vehicle wrap by making use of one of 2,000 vehicle templates available in CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X5, to find one that fits their vehicle. Add vector graphics or clipart to your design to make your vehicle stand out; 2. Wall Wrap: Use any of the creative vector illustration tools to create a vinyl wrap design for a wall in your home or office. This could be a scene of your favourite beach, a secret garden or anything which reflects yourself and your world; 3. Monument Wrap: Design a creative wrap for one of your favourite monuments or buildings. This could be ivy growing on the Big Ben in London or a car race on the Brooklyn Bridge. Your imagination is your only boundary! Corel will provide a First, Second and Third Prize for each category. The First Prize for the Partial Wrapping category is a vinyl wrap of the design created using the CorelDRAW vehicle templates; for the Wall Wrap the first prize is a professional print of the wall wrap and for the Monument Wrap, the first prize is a gift voucher of five hundred pounds (£500) to spend on Lastminute.com to put towards a trip to the city where the chosen monument is located. The Second Prize for all categories is one year subscription to the English edition of Computer Arts magazine and a goodie bag of Corel products worth over £830 and includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Premium Suite X5, Corel®PaintShop Photo® Pro X3 Ultimate and Corel® VideoStudio® Pro X3. Third Prize for all categories is a goodie bag of Corel products. Corel is excited to announce partnerships with both Computer Arts magazine and Roland DG to assist and guide participants throughout the contest and bring their creations to life. Computer Arts magazine, the world’s best-selling magazine for digital artists and designers published by the special-interest media group, Future, will publish a fantastic tutorial showing readers how to create a wall wrap with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 in its October issue 181, and publish the contest results in the December issue 183. Roland DG, world class manufacturer of computer peripherals will print the winning Partial Wrap and Wall Wrap entries. Roland will provide winners with professional and high quality printings created with its large format printers especially designed for sign, graphic arts, fine art, photography, engraving and 3D modeling industries. To enter the contest, go to http://www.thats-awrap.com/ and follow the instructions on the website. The contest is open to residents of United Kingdom, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Poland, Spain and Russia only, from 10AM GMT on 30 September until midnight GMT on 30 November. About Corel Corporation Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value. Our award-winning product portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized and popular software brands, including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel DESIGNER® Technical Suite, Corel® PaintShop Photo®, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WinDVD®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® and Corel® Digital Studio™. © 2010 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, Corel CONNECT, Corel DESIGNER, CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT, Digital Studio, PaintShop Photo, Painter, PowerTRACE, VideoStudio, WordPerfect, WinDVD, WinZip and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Note to Press: For more information about this press release please contact: Maria Di Martino EMEA PR Specialist [email protected] +44(0)162 858 9848 About Future Future plc is an international special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests. We hold strong multi-media market positions in games, technology, film, music, cycling, automotive and crafts. Our biggest-selling magazines include Total Film, T3, Classic Rock, Digital Camera, Guitar World, Official Xbox Magazine, Official Playstation Magazine, Nintendo Power, Maximum PC and MacLife. Our websites include gamesradar.com, bikeradar.com, techradar.com, musicradar.com and photoradar.com. Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month; we attract more than 27 million unique visitors to our websites; and we host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition, Future exports, syndicates or licenses its publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines. For more information Will Guyatt, Media Relations Manager, Future UK 01225 822517 or 07788 576505 About Roland DG Roland DG is a world class manufacturer of computer peripherals especially designed for sign, graphic arts, fine art, photography, engraving and 3D modeling industries. Our mission is to provide the world with solutions that "Transform Imagination into Reality" and to open the door to a new world of creativity. Ever since Roland DG Corp. was established, the primary concern has been to find a faster, easier, and better ways to produce computer peripherals with the most advanced digital technology available. Amidst a major revolution in Information Technology, the current work definition within the manufacturing industry is changing. Roland DG Corp. is creating a digital workflow environment to meet these changes. In such key markets as Color and 3D, Roland DG Corp. continues to pursue better quality and higher resolution to transform imagination into reality. For more information visit www.rolanddg.com. .