Hey all, been a while....
Can X4 natively export to PDF?
kumorigoe said:Can X4 natively export to PDF
Yes and there are issues for different work flows. For example power clipped duotones shift to RGB, native color PDF creates a color shift to RGB when output to Onyx and VersaWorks RIPS. Metadimentions has trapping issues with transparency when published from Corel but not from Distiller.
Also, you can't use te imposition and other features of the Print preview for create a PDF using Publish to PDF. If you need it, you must create a Postscript file and convert to PDF using Acrobat Distiller
To all those who have posted here, I have written extensively on PDF output for CorleDRAW in the CorelDRAW Pro magazine and have professional level tutorials. I have been using exclusively PDF work flows for years, PDF, portable document format, means what it says if your using Corel published PDF you have a limited work flow, it works some places and not others. If you're serious about a PDF work flow you will need to use Distiller published PDF. You will also need to create your file in a postscript compliant manner, that definition changes with the quality of the RIP being used. However creating universally compatible PDF files from CorelRAW using Distiller is quite possible.
David, Yes it's possible, as you say, to print with distiller, but trying by myself with Acrobat 9 Distiller, here is the result :
Distiller or Publish to PDF, it's completely the same problem.Maybe some options that I don't know in Distiller can avoïd this? Unfortunately, I don't know them...To bring a correction as I told before that X3 had'nt this problem with PDF/X-3, in fact it has!
Olivier Fournier said:Maybe some options that I don't know in Distiller can avoïd this? Unfortunately, I don't know them...
The problem is most likely that you're using non-postscript compliant file creation techniques. The transparency bounding box may be the issue. Please e-mail the 40 sample to davidmilisock@comcast.net I'll play with it and send it back.
Hi, Finally, I found what's wrong with CorelDraw X4 ! Searching and playing with powerclips and bitmaps, I found!Bitmap Objects that contain transparencies make aliasings (or holes along the edge if you prefere) when placed inside a powerclip and exported in PDF filter X-1a, X-3, and A-1b. The solution is to flaten the bitmap and thus delete the transparency (note that a bitmap can contain a transparency that you don't see) the only way is to flaten the bitmaps that are in Powerclips.To understand better the different PDF formats, I could advise you to see the FAQ of the the Ghent PDF Workgroup:http://www.gwg.org/content/downloads/whitepapers/PDF/GG_FAQ_PDFX_EN.pdf
For my side I think that PDFexported from CorelDraw can make big troubles with colors, depending of the specifications of the printer, press desk, software that is received it, and depending a bit of my unknowledge too ;) Working with multiple colorimetric spaces, it can be hard to provide a compatible PDF.I'm trying currently Pitstop from Enfocus, to verify and certify the PDF I make with CorelDraw. I do test with it and it's rather good because it prevents you of errors and can replace the colorimetry...
Hi O,
I see so many people struggle with this stuff. Flattening solves almost every postscript related output problem, and it takes only a few moments.
The result is a smaller and more reliable file. Of course, I leave vector text on top.
Having numerous layers of elements, in various transparencies etc... fine for design stage, but I never expect it to output properly "as is", with any software, based on 10 years of experience. Unpredictable output? I have no time for it. Flattening always works.
Olivier Fournier said:The solution is to flatten the bitmap and thus delete the transparency (note that a bitmap can contain a transparency that you don't see) the only way is to flaten the bitmaps that are in Powerclips.