having a problem with x6 importing Eps as text or curves X6 is a nightmare. have made eps files from pdfs imports fine in x5 opens in illustrator cs6. The files re distill to pdf in acrobat no problem. used corel since windows 286 have finally given up, due to font handling change and plugin issues. on to cs6.
Importing an EPS file is a much harder problem than displaying or printing it, because EPS files are designed for placing, displaying and printing but are not designed for importing.
If you don't need to edit the EPS you should try placing it instead. That is far more likely to work.
Corel does try improve its import capability with each new version. But because EPS (and PDF) are not designed for import, there are an infinite number of new ways that other programs can create EPS and PDF files which display and print, but do not import.
The only way Corel stands a chance of improving its EPS import is if you can upload an example of a file with a problem. But its probably not something that Corel could fix quickly and more likely to come in a future version -- by which time, the company which created the EPS file will probably have changed the way it creates EPS files. Some companies might even deliberately set out to create EPS and PDF files that are difficult to import.
harryLondon said:Some companies might even deliberately set out to create EPS and PDF files that are difficult to import.
Yes, is difficult in CorelDraw but not in Ai.
Thanks harry
I have years of experience with postscript processing 4000 pages a week in prepress corel used to be my swiss army knife. Import, open, place are the same result it is a font handling issue binary or ascii, level 2 or 3 various versions of ghostscript. same file works in cd10 ,x4,x5 but not 6
I just give up
Hi Ross,
Could you please share with us an EPS file that has this problem ( imports OK in X5 but fails to import in X6) so we can take a look? If you can not share the whole file perhaps it would be possible to leave just a text object that gives you a problem. Thank you.
Gennady
Hi Gennady
I'll gather all the variants for you and post a zip file tomorrow. It appears to be a problem in x6 not interpreting fonts that have been embedded in the original pdf properly. I took a quick look at the postscript seems ok is there a change in font licence set up in x6 from x5. I have used ghostscript 8.64 and 9ross.1. The original pdf was saved as an eps out of acrobat 10 pro it does redistill to a pdf no problem in distiller 10 and even in old distiller version 4.
ross