I have Corel Draw Hone & Student Version X5 and yesterday my PHOTO-PAINT stopped opening my CDR files and i don't know why?
I have searched the internet for answers but to no avail
ive had the programme for 2 years and never had a problem.
I have a Windows 7 version
I AM STUCK AND ABOUT TO GIVE UP AND THROW IT AGAINST THE WALL, PLEASE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
All my files match up to the programmes and I've tried very near tip on the web, I JUST WANT TO OPEN THE FILE FROM COREL DRAW IN PHOTO-PAINT LIKE IT USED TO!
Hello Chrfisdubai; CorelDRAW is a vector program and PhotoPaint is a raster program. They have there own format for files. You can bring a raster into CorelDRAW but not a vector in PhotoPaint. A file can be exported to something that PP will take ( JPG, TIFF, ect. ect..)
George
Dear George,
Thank you for your help, unfortunately, as i am quiet computer illiterate doesn't help me much
I would like to elaborate a little on this issue.
My normal method of using this programme is to open Corel Draw - Design my image i wish to use, save it as a CDR file and then open this file in PHOTO PAINT from the file have just saved or pick up the CDR file from my saved documents/pictures.
this then asks me for a size, which i pick and then it opens, and i save it as a JPEG through the PHOTO-SHOP.
Now what is happening is that PHOTO-PAINT tries to open the file and thinks for a moment or two and then says the file is a invalid file format.
i took the file to my friend and it opens perfectly on his.
have i done something or is there something i am not doing right? this is starting to take up my days and driving me a little insane as i cannot see the problem.
From what you describe, I think you can do the same by opening the file in CorelDraw.
From the menu, use file > export and select the file type JPG.
You should then get a settings screen where you can choose the size of the jpg. You may need to change the dropdown to pixels instead of inches or mm and then you can choose the jpg size in the same way as you could in photopaint.