I am working in CorelDraw 10 and I have to send lots of files to printers and other designers that work in the Adobe world (CreativeSuites Illustrator and InDesign). I have Illustrator 7 and have finally figured out a setup that works for both but am running into problems with sending and receiving files that aren't saved low enough from the CS or they need higher versions.
My questions is does anyone recommend a higher version of CorelDRAW and/or a higher version of Illustrator. (without breaking the bank!)
The art I work with can be anything from simple pages of icons to layouts of 16 month calendar spreads and everything in-between.
Thanks!
Hi,I would upgrade to CorelDRAW X4.
amy3 said:(without breaking the bank!)
Thanks for your advice. I'll do some research and upgrade!
CDX4 sounds like quite the upgrade from CD10!
New questions....
Will I need to upgrade Illustrator? (I have AI 7)
What will be the best file format to send to the InDesign MAC users? (ex. calendar layout with 18pgs) ....PDF?
Just want to make the process easier for both users. I'm usually the one trying to figure out the file formatting.
amy3 said:CDX4 sounds like quite the upgrade from CD10!
You will love X4. I once had version 10, but quite a bit of things have happened since then.
amy3 said: New questions.... Will I need to upgrade Illustrator? (I have AI 7)
Let me say like this, I dont see why you should have to. I just finished a set of maps for a client. My client needs everything as an ai illustrator file. The only issue with the file conversion have been with the name of the streets on these maps. All names of the streets needed to be converted to curves. There are several things we can do in this case. Useally you can just select the word and press Ctrl+Key on the keyboard, and the text converts to curves. Of some reasons some words at times dont make the best conversion to curves, when saved as/exported to ai illustrator files. Thats when I suggest three ways of doing this. Either of these three will work, but the Weld version have proven to be the best for the text to curves in particular, and works perfect. AND this is when yu save/export to Illustrator. No need when saving internally in coreldraw. Whatever way you use, it makes the conversion to curves.
amy3 said:What will be the best file format to send to the InDesign MAC users? (ex. calendar layout with 18pgs) ....PDF?
amy3 said: What will be the best file format to send to the InDesign MAC users? (ex. calendar layout with 18pgs) ....PDF? Just want to make the process easier for both users. I'm usually the one trying to figure out the file formatting.
Because Adobe dont give Indesign such a basic thing as open a PDF, plug ins are around. I Cant say if these are any good, but here are a link to a company who have such a product/software. http://www. recosoft.com/products/pdf2id/index.htm is about the specific program. And here is a link to the resellers they have in a few countries. http://www. recosoft.com/download/resellers.htm
Stefan Lindblad said: What will be the best file format to send to the InDesign MAC users? (ex. calendar layout with 18pgs) ....PDF? Just want to make the process easier for both users. I'm usually the one trying to figure out the file formatting.
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You can actually "Place" PDF files into Indesign but It will be linked, so if you delete the original file you will end up with problems unless you embed the pdf file into indesign. I'm not a major Adobe user but I have to use Indesign for books....There is a free script for indesign called "PDF Placer" which actually does a pretty good job when placing PDF files.
BTW, I use CS4...so I wont know if it works with older Versions.