Case Study

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite supports
landscape specialist Jirího Prouza inplanning garden designs
Overview
Name: Jirího Prouza
Company: Prouza-zahrady
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Industry: Gardening and landscape designs
Product: CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite
Fig. 1: Projection view of a garden design created in CorelDRAW“I looked at the possible products in detail and, in theend, opted for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite because it isversatile and offers a comprehensive, functional range ata very attractive price” – Jirího Prouza
When it comes to professional gardening and landscapedesigns in the Czech Republic, Prouza-zahrady is theleading company. Since 1998, independent, Prague-basedarchitect Jirího Prouza has created and implemented
garden designs for his clients, and additionally has had
his designs published in renowned lifestyle magazines.

such as trees, shrubs and garden furniture. CorelDRAW Graphics
Suite X4 integrates the desktop search capabilities of WindowsVista®, making it easy to manage designs and objects. Its shortlearning curve also weighed in its favor.
“With the Welcome screen in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, thecomprehensive user manuals and the Insights from the Experts
handbook, people can quickly learn the product instead ofexperimenting for hours, which will save them money and time,”
Mr. Prouza said.

The landscaping industry is nowadays placing increasing
importance on graphically rendering designs, rather than drawing
by hand. Any companies considering a computer-based solution
need to find one that is flexible, versatile and easy to deploy.
When making his transition, Mr. Prouza chose CorelDRAW®
Graphics Suite as his computer graphics tool of choice.
“Up until now, most garden designs have been drawn manually.
As I publish my designs regularly in architecture and landscaping
magazines, I needed a professional graphics tool that would saveme time, could be used for different purposes and was not only
able to show details in high resolution, but was also capable ofoutputting in many printing formats,” he explained.
“I am a long-standing user of Corel PHOTO-PAINT® and therefore
it was obvious that CorelDRAW would make it into the shortlist,
together with Adobe® Photoshop®, Turbocad and 3DStudio. I
looked at the possible products in detail and, in the end, optedfor CorelDRAW Graphics Suite because it is versatile and offers acomprehensive, functional range at a very attractive price,” hesaid. “Additionally, Corel PHOTO-PAINT (included in CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite) includes camera raw support, which makes thesuite even more interesting.”
Another requirement was that his tool would need to let him
easily create and manage a database of commonly used objects,Fig. 2: Final design for the front page of the OBI catalogue.

Having used CorelDRAW since version 8, the garden professional
impresses customers with his detailed and professional designs,
which are often the deciding factor in him being commissioned
work. The first big project for Prouza-zahrady with CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite X4 was to create the front page of a spring catalogue

Case Studyfor home improvement store chain, OBI. With his sophisticateddesign skills, Mr. Prouza impressively illustrated a plan for an“ideal garden”. This plan served as a template for a number ofgardens for OBI customers.
Now, Mr. Prouza has 20 projects planned with OBI. As part of alarge-scale campaign, he will use CorelDRAW to design gardens
for customers to implement at home. CorelDRAW will makeamateur gardeners aware of new ways and possibilities forplanning gardens.
Mr. Prouza also has several large-scale projects for private gardens
in the works. He has indicated he would like to use CorelDRAW
Graphics Suite for all of his projects, and believes the suite could
also be leveraged by civil engineering architects, who need tostage their designs in attractive ways.
In sharing his design methods with magazines and for company
case studies, Mr. Prouza has made more people aware of how
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite opens up many design possibilities
around the home and in design-related professions.

Fig. 3: Project based on technical drawings.

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