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!
Hugh Johnson said: okay Stefan, just to clarify, exactly how much do you love X4?
okay Stefan, just to clarify, exactly how much do you love X4?
To find out, fly to Stockholm and start visiting all of the coffee shops around town. When you find one with a person sitting in front of his laptop, with a Wacom tablet next to it and a cup of coffee in his hand........
[/quote]Hugh, you know me I will post a new photo you know where ...
ok....another angle on the Corel vs Illustrator question... since I end up having to save all of my individual art files to AI when sending to printers/designers, should I upgrade my Illustrator 7 (after upgrading to CD X4). Will AI 7 be compatible with X4. This cross platform/programming can be very overwhelming. I used to work in the mac world and mac to mac was so much more simple.
One more thing...I have Acrobat 4.0 and have updated Adobe Reader 9. I'm pretty sure Acrobat 4 was installed with the CD 10 way back when.... what is the update that I need to make to Acrobat. That might be one of the problems I've been having with the pdfs the other designer has been sending me.
amy3 said:I have Acrobat 4.0 and have updated Adobe Reader 9. I'm pretty sure Acrobat 4 was installed with the CD 10 way back when.... what is the update that I need to make to Acrobat. That might be one of the problems I've been having with the pdfs the other designer has been sending me.
Just so we talk the same language. Once Acrobat was called that: Acrobat. Now its Called "Adobe Acrobat", with which you can create PDFs, to say it very simple. For this you can easaliy use CorelDRAW and Corel Photo-Paint. Adobe Reader 9 on the other hand, which was once called Acrobat reader, is the free program in which you can read all kind of PDFs, made with all kind of programs that allow you to save a document as a PDF. So if we are talking about the same thing, the Reader, then yes. If your clients have been making PDFs in newer programs, then those newer programs save documents to newer kind of PDF files. So for this its always good to download the latest Adobe Reader. Today the Adobe Reader 9.
amy3 said: ok....another angle on the Corel vs Illustrator question... since I end up having to save all of my individual art files to AI when sending to printers/designers, should I upgrade my Illustrator 7 (after upgrading to CD X4). Will AI 7 be compatible with X4. This cross platform/programming can be very overwhelming. I used to work in the mac world and mac to mac was so much more simple.
amy3 said:Will AI 7 be compatible with X4. This cross platform/programming can be very overwhelming. I used to work in the mac world and mac to mac was so much more simple.
amy3 said:Will AI 7 be compatible with X4
thanks... I was refering to the writing of the PDF- Adobe Acrobat and just read that with X4 it has Adobe Acrobat 8. Since the other designer is using CS3 I'm sure her version of Acrobat is much more up to date than the version I have that came with Corel 10 (Acrobat 4).
Regarding the files being sent to clients as AI files I always like to open them in Illustrator to make sure things are correct. I know that AI likes to mess with the outlines sometimes from Corel. I have a pretty good setting now that so far has eliminated that problem.
I don't do much with EPS files anymore...I haven't had much luck with eps files in corel (ex. saved from Photoshop always get errors). Tiffs usually work best for me. The transparency option works great with tiffs too. Most of the files like I said are saved as AI files.
I appreciate all of your advice and you sharing your knowledge with me.
so here is one more question...should or can I upgrade (free) my Adobe Acrobat 4 in the meantime while I wait to get X4...if so, to what version?
amy3 said: thanks... I was refering to the writing of the PDF- Adobe Acrobat and just read that with X4 it has Adobe Acrobat 8. Since the other designer is using CS3 .
amy3 said: Since the other designer is using CS3 I'm sure her version of Acrobat is much more up to date than the version I have that came with Corel 10 (Acrobat 4).
amy3 said:Tiffs usually work best for me. The transparency option works great with tiffs too. Most of the files like I said are saved as AI files.
amy3 said:so here is one more question...should or can I upgrade (free) my Adobe Acrobat 4 in the meantime while I wait to get X4...if so, to what version?
I create many many pdfs... I have been trying to open a pdf in corel or Illustrator from the other designer (the one using CS3 - and file corrupt) and thought that maybe I should update my Acrobat 4 to whatever the highest free upgrade is for working in CorelDRAW 10. My X4 upgrade probably won't happen right away. Just trying to find a fix for an immediate problem! I need the art to be vector. It's hard because I'm not there saving the file that is being sent to me!!! - wish I was though!!!
amy3 said:... I have been trying to open a pdf in corel or Illustrator from the other designer (the one using CS3 - and file corrupt)
They are saving it from InDesign on a MAC. I've asked her to save it back to AI 7 but she said the only options are versions 8 and 3. (3 didn't work...it filled in all open spaces with black!) I just asked her to save it from Illustrator CS3 instead of ID like you recommended. I think she is getting frustrated with the incompatibility issue! It's a major licensing company for us so it's pretty important that we get this figured out!! (Like you said before...I need to upgrade to X4!!!) - looks like the sooner the better.
I'll let you know if she sends the file and if it works....keeping my fingers crossed!
thanks again!
Here is the email I just received from the other designer...she sent me a version 3 illustrator .eps that when I opened it with my v. 7 all the open spaces in the art were filled black.
her email to me................ "OK, I can only save down to CS2, CS, 10, 9, 8 or 3. I can’t save down to v. 7, which is why I had initially saved to 3. I also do not get the option to save it as a PC file, at least not when saving an .ai document. Additionally, when I save down to any lower version it does not allow me to choose any options at all, so I cannot turn off the compression option."
I'm totally frustrated!!! I asked her if she was saving it from ID or Illustrator but didn't get that answer...I've put in a call to discuss it voice to voice instead of thru email...maybe that will help. Makes me wish what I did could be done with Illustrator but Corel is so much faster and easier to get around and I know it so much better. ARGH!!!!!!
Stefan...you'll be happy to know that I just ordered CorelDRAW X4 upgrade!