Can't save file in an EPS format

Customer sent us an image as a PDF. I am able to import it into Coral X7, manipulate it, change colors, and apply a contour cut line.

When I try and export it and save it as an EPS file.... Coral shuts down. A box pops up and says "CorelDraw has stopped working"

I can save it as a jpeg and PDF... but not an EPS file.

Also... it shows that the file has been "saved", I can see the saved file, but the size of it is 0 bytes.

Is there possibly some sort of security "thingy bob" in the original PDF file?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,

SP

TheSign Guy over 8 years ago

Hello TeamVallaRacing; Are you asking to save what doesn't go in to a EPS file.......

George
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Team Valhalla Racing over 8 years ago in reply to TheSign Guy

If I understand your question correctly... no, I click "Export", name the file, and try to finish the action. Then a box pops up saying Corel has stopped working.

Messing around with it some more... before trying to Export the file, I highlighted the whole graphic and clicked "Convert to Curves". I was then able to export it as an EPS file.

Never had to do that before though.
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chipster over 8 years ago in reply to Team Valhalla Racing

I really think corel has problems exporting files to .eps It is just another glitch that they haven't bothered to fix over the years, I have first brought this up years ago but it is still the same, any files with any sort of complex design does not export as eps so I have to send them to my printer as a high res jpeg which alters colors
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Team Valhalla Racing over 8 years ago in reply to chipster

I ended up solving the problem by clicking on the "convert to curves" option. Everything saved okay as an EPS after that.
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Ronny Axelsson over 8 years ago in reply to Team Valhalla Racing

Would be interesting to see what's inside the file. Would it be possible to share the original PDF and/or the CDR?

FYI, the EPS format is rather "limited" and doesn't support everything that can be done in Draw, and therefore the export filter has to use workarounds to make the file look right. In this case it sounds like something else though.
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