I create various objects in CD X4 and have a dickens of a time exporting them as clean graphics. My printer does not use CD, and I don't use Illustrator and am looking for a format that will fall in between both.
Let me create a scenario. I made a sign in CD, with a background color, text, and a photo. I want to save it in a middle ground format like PNG, but that option is not available to me in CD. So what I have tried is to copy the image and paste it in Paint Shop Pro, my preferred image editing program (one owned by Corel, I might add) and I can save in PNG in that program...but the images are pixelilated and look horrible.
I also created my logo in CD and did the same for my website, and it doesn't look so hot.
How do I perform these tasks, hopefully using the software I already own?
Thanks.
Image below is PNG format. Is it horrible? (RGB/300 DPIs when exporting) - See next post....
How do you access those media types?
When I go to save a file, I only have access to these:
AL, CLK, CDR, CDT, CGM, CMX, CSL, DES, DWG, DXF, EMF, FMV, PAT, PCT, PLT, SVG, SVGZ, WMF, WPG.
I may have typed in a wrong code, but you get the idea. I get to these when I go to save a file, "Save as..."
I have no access to jpg, png, etc. Please tell me how.
For PNG, JPG etc you need File : Export rather than Save As.
But if you are doing any serious printing, you should probably be looking at formats such as PDF which keep your vector objects as vector objects, rather than converting them into bit images.
PDF is a separate command in the File menu; "Publish to PDF...", and the settings (button in dialog) I use are:
General tab: Compatibility Acrobat 6.0. There are also settings for what page range to export.
Objects tab: Compression type LZW (which is a non-destructive compression), No bitmap downsampling (prefer to do that before exporting to have control over the result), Compress text and line art and Export all text as curves are both enabled. The text part is optional, large amount of text is best to send as text to keep the file size down.
Document, Prepress and Security can be set to your liking. I usually leave them as default. The Prepress tab may be something you should discuss with your printer.
Advanced tab: Like the attached screenshot. May also be a thing to discuss with your printer.
Thanks to Jeff, Ronny and Foster.
I had no idea about all this...and I've been using CD for years, but only for very basic functions, mostly making charts and music related simple projects, like chord sheets.
Where do I learn about the settings in PDF? I ran into a similar thing in photos, when I tried to optimize them in Paint Shop Pro. There were all sorts of topics I never did understand, and I couldn't find any solid information about them.
Can you suggest some specific settings I might start with when I export as PNG?