Really frustrating! Okay, I import a bitmap image from a PDF into a Corel Draw file. It looks crappy, pixelated and just not usable. BUT, when I open the same image in Corel Photo Paint it looks perfect. I've tried just about everything as far as changing the size, the resolution and anything else I can think of, but once I save it and return to Corel Draw, the image looks the same as before. How can something look pixelated in Draw but perfect in Paint?
Photo-PAINT opens the image in an image editor at it's native resolution Draw places the image at the placed physical size that may reduce the resolution.
So, is there a way to achieve the native resolution within Draw?
The image when edited in PP should show under the image menu/resample a width, height and a resolution. If your CorelDRAW document operates at the same resolution and the image is placed at that physical size then the image will display very closely
Do you have enhanced view enabled?
Not sure. Within Corel Draw?
Yes within Corel, under the View Menu.
the first question is how did you import the image, specially since PhotoPaint doesn't allows to manage PDF as native. For example... did you "copy/paste"? that could explain why both programs looks different (PhotoPaint use pixels while CorelDRAW will paste the Windows metafile information). it's supposed that you "open" or "import" the PDF with CorelDRAW, right?