Hello all,
I just recovered some old CD-Rs from the dust and they contains my old works done at least 20 years ago.
The file format start from cdr versione 3.0. Unfortunately I only have native cdr files a few PDFs.
Is there a way to open/convert them to current format? I don't mind converting the corel fonts.
TIA
tony
Current versions of CorelDRAW won't open or import CorelDRAW CDR files made prior to version 6. For a long time (going back to the 1990's) various releases of CorelDRAW wouldn't open CDR files made prior to version 3. None of that makes any sense. It just seems like an arbitrary policy Corel chose to code into CorelDRAW.The main rival to CorelDRAW (on the professional end) is Adobe Illustrator. The current version of that application can open any prior version AI or EPS file going back to the late 1980's. The app can even save files down to very early version formats (such as version 3 and 8). CorelDRAW can't do that either.Inkscape can import CDR files made in early versions, such as version 3. But the import results are going to be very unpredictable. I don't know of any other applications off-hand that can import CDR files. Rival applications like Illustrator and Affinity Designer have no CDR import filters.
To me it's not can Adobe or CorelDRAW open and save back to old versions, it's can it be done with 100% accuracy?
If not it's of little value.
Same thing for import and export filters.
Usually any old Corel Draw file can be opened by a newer version of Corel Draw. Of course, newer versions not always are made able to save the files to oldest previous versions. That's all for this concern.
No worries about this concern for me, please...
I don't know how many years you have been doing graphic design work. My experience doing the computer-based stuff goes back more than 30 years. It is most definitely NOT a good thing to see files from the past that you spent a lot of time and effort creating rendered useless.Again, it's worth pointing out Adobe Illustrator does not have this problem. I can open an AI or EPS file created in the early 1990's in the current version of Illustrator and not see any technical problems other that possible issues with fonts. And there are easy solutions to the font issues via font conversion software.
I do not understand about the problem, explanations as above. I think Corel Draw support is still avaiable for Corel Draw users. Thank you.
If you have CorelDRAW CDR files created in versions 5 or earlier you cannot open or import those files into any versions of CorelDRAW released over the past several years. Further, there is very little support at all of the CDR format in other applications outside of CorelDRAW. You cannot import CDR files into Adobe Illustrator or Affinity Designer. Inkscape is the only drawing application I know of off-hand that can import CDR files, but it is very flaky at doing so.
I started working on very old versions of Corel Draw, but I do not remember something like that!