.ai to .cdr ( illustrator file to corel draw file)

I work in illustrator but my client needs file in coral draw how can i convert an .ai (adobe illustrator) file to .cdr (Coral Draw file)

all effects like gradients, … and the like will be rasterized -- they will no longer be editable.
I do not completely agree with that statement. Draw's .ai import filter has been pretty smart for a long time.
For example, Illustrator gradient fills are usually converted to editable gradient fills in Draw. Even Illustrator gradient mesh objects can be imported as Draw's equivalent mesh objects, still editable.

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I use Adobe Suite CS5 and a client supplied me a Corel Draw cdr. file, so i need to bring that into Illustrator CS5 and i have no idea of which version of Corel Draw was used to save the file, and i have no more details about the file. Does anybody have a solution?

Like AI files, Draw files can be saved with our without compression. AI cannot open compressed .cdr files. This is a very common situation among AI users who think that AI cannot open their Draw files, because the collections of kazillions of clipart files which always ship with Draw are saved with compression.
So get your client to check whether he saved the file with compression turned on. If so, ask him to send it again, but without the compression option.
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Can somebody help me out? I need a Corel Draw (.cdr) graphic converted to Illustrator

I'm trying to get a logo from brandsoftheworld.com but the one I want is in .CDR. I don't have Corel Draw (who does anymore) but I see that Illustrator 6 can open it. Unfortunately, I'm still on CS5.5. Can somebody help me out?

Send it to me. I'll save it as an EPS file for you.
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What is the best way to save an ai file so it can be opened in corel draw

I have an ai file that needs to be opened in corel draw by a client. It needs to remain editable all paths and colors ect.
Whats the best way to save it so it can be.
yes I know corel is not as good as Illustrator but its what they have.

Moving files back and forth between Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW is tricky. There's quite a bit more to it than knowing what version of CorelDRAW the client is using. If the artwork is fairly simple then there shouldn't be any problem with transferring the artwork into CorelDRAW. If the artwork has gradients, transparency effects, a lot of clipping masks, etc. then it's going to be a lot more dicey getting it to import into CorelDRAW properly. In addition to the .AI file you provide, you should give the client a PDF they can view in Adobe Reader or Acrobat so they can proof how the artwork is really supposed to look.
I use Adobe Illustrator CC and CorelDRAW X6 in my work. I've used both applications for over 20 years. I don't consider either application better than the other. They both have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. I'll do a good bit of creative work within CorelDRAW to use certain features Illustrator either lacks or just doesn't do as well. Or I may need to design a really big project at full scale and Corel has a much bigger art board than Illustrator. Most of the time I move a lot of the stuff I created in CorelDRAW over to Illustrator for further refinement or moving it into Photoshop as paths or smart objects or just getting it ready to print (I don't like Corel's color engine even though it has improved in recent years).
Like others have said, you need to know the basics of what the user has -mainly which version of CorelDRAW. The newer versions like the one I'm using can open Illustrator CS5 files. For older versions, you may have to save down to CS2 or even really old versions like Illustrator 8.
CorelDRAW will not support certain Illustrator-dependent effects. For instance, if you apply a gradient to an object outline it will be lost when opened in CorelDRAW. A lot of other effects won't be maintained when opened in Corel unless they are flattened/expanded. Some effects may even have to be rasterized, and that can create other issues. Out of effects that are maintained, some may have to be adjusted. CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator handle things like gradient fills differently and don't understand how to portray gradients from their rival application accurately. Some nice fill that was created in CorelDRAW may have to be tweaked or completely rebuilt when opened in Illustrator.
I get a lot of customer files in CorelDRAW and also a lot in Illustrator. That reason alone makes it necessary for me to have both CorelDRAW and Adobe Illustrator running on my computer.

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I would like to know if anyone knows of a way to import corel draw 10 files into adobe indesign

Can't edit.
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Can InDesign CS3 open Corel Draw files?

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A marriage made in Heaven..Illustrator & Corel Draw.

Just sayin...
Starting a new job over a year ago, I was forced to do production art in a program called Corel Draw. I was born and raised in Illustrator, and I love so many feature that Illustrator has but..... I have also learned Corel and usig it in print production some of the features just blow away Illustrators version. I got spoiled with the ease of use. Now that my company is trying to switch over to Illustrator we are getting very frustrated. I would love for Corel Draw and Illustrator to get married. Adobe please please please incorporate a tool like the following in next versions of Illustrator
Corels "Power Clip" Vs Illustrator "Clipping Masks"
Corel allows you to put things in a nice clean container. Even in outline view you can not see what is hidden in the power clip. With illustrator in outline view its like nothing was ever put into a clipping mask. I want clean... we put our own printers marks on manually and trying to see through all the scribble it tough.
Better Editing in Corels "Power Clip" Allows you to go in and edit anything from text, color etc. then escape back to your original View. Editing an Illustrator clipping mask is cumbersome to say the least. Lets make it simple please.
Corels "Transform Tools" Vs Illustrator transform tools....
Corels ease of use especially for "step and repeat" is unmached in Illustrator.. Corel is so easy while Illustrator is like driving a semi-truck. Its just plain old clunky!
Don't get me wrong I love Illustrator..... I just wish the two would get married and make the best of both worlds.
Just sayin....

Would like to add Corel's ability to utilize blending modes from Phothsop layers (eg: so Photoshop drop shadows multiply rather than gradiate when placed on top of backgrounds in illustrator).
Illustrator is great, but more competition would be good for the graphics market, so we get the level of software development we had in the past. Where is Kai Krause, we need him.

Corel Draw and Indesign

We would like to import/open directly a cdr file into Indesign instead of making an export into a indesign file from Corel Draw
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Corel Draw vs Indesign. Draw will actually be able to make objects instead of just import them. Indesign is very bad at making objects beyond the simplest geometric shapes. Come on it cant even make a clipping mask and those have been around for how many years now? Indesign will be little smoother on the total text heavy functions i give it that but coreldraw is a better all in one and can actually make your complete project in it not have to make things in photoshop/illustrator and import to indesign when you just need the CorelDraw suite. My favorite function in draw is copy/paste actually pastes it in the exact same spot you copied it from which is such a massive time saver you have no idea. How often do you have to waste time repositing pasted objects when just needed a copy in a slightly different spot from the origin?
CorelDraw can do all the major desk top publishing techniques needed. Tracking, kerning, leading, text styles, master pages, faceing pages, ect. I hate designing in indesign. Unlike illustrator or coreldraw you have a very limited art board space per page and it does not like you moving your screen around to look around and try. You cant really scroll left/right which is dumb.

Necessary to "Update" old illustrator files?

I have tons of files created in old illustrator 6.0 and now that I have a newer version of illustrator, specifically CS2, loaded on Mac OS X it's calling all of my illustrator files "Text Files."
It says, "This file contains text that was created in a previous version of Illustrator. This legacy text must be updated before you can edit it." It asks you to either Choose Update or OK to update later.
Should I take the time to update all of these files now? I'm just archiving them. I have thousands of files and it would take time to open them all and update each one. If I don't update now though, will I be stuck later in years to come, with files that won't open at all, as operating systems progress, etc?
2) If I open a file, hit update and then hit save or save as, Logo A for instance will be renamed Logo A [Converted].ai - My question is should I just leave the brackets and the word converted or should I get rid of it?
3) Also, if I open a file, hit update and then hit save or save as it goes to "illustrator Options". In this dialog box it defaults to "Use Compression". Should I just leave it checked or deselect it? (I'm scared of the word "compression" as I just spent the last several days decompressing old Disk Doubler files using an OS 9 emulator. I was lucky to be able to do this.)
4) In this Illustrator Options dialog box it always gives me two warnings for these old files - The Document Raster Effects resolution is 72 ppi or less. What does this mean? Should I try and change it? If so, how? The other warning is "only fonts with appropriate permission bits will be embedded. What does this mean?
Please keep answers as simple as possible. Thanks so much.

Lala,
Most of this just boils down to personal preference and/or common sense.
I have tons of files created in old illustrator 6.0 and now that I have...CS2...Mac OS X [is] calling all of my illustrator files "Text Files."...Should I take the time to update all of these files now?
That's just a file-association issue on the OS, mostly for icon and doubleClicking-to-open. It doesn't mean you can't open the file in a later version of the creating program. Here's the main thing: Can you still directly open AI 6 files in the current version of AI (CS5)? If yes (as I suspect), then whether you update all these files before archiving them or not is just a question of what you consider most convenient. Do you prefer to have all your archive files already updated to current-version AI, or do you prefer to update them on an as-needed basis?
Personally, I opt for the as-needed route. I also have thousands of archive files. But I'm not going to open and resave them all (and mess with replacing legacy fonts, etc., etc.) with every new version of the host program. One could make a career of that. (And Illustrator is far from the only program I use.) In my case, the majority of those legacy files will never be needed again. Although I keep good backups, I always make it a point to make sure my clients know I am under no obligation to indefinitely archive my working files for their completed projects. (Anyone who takes on that liability, without being in that business and charging for it is flirting with disaster.) I provide the customer copies of what is necessary for the reproduction and uses he has contracted for, and he bears responsibility for redundant backup security of the files provided if he deems it necessary.
I'm just archiving them. I have thousands of files...will I be stuck later in years to come, with files that won't open at all...?
As long as the current version still supports the legacy format, it still boils down to whether you want to have all your archive files already updated or update them as-needed.
Now, eventually a new version of the host program may completely break backward file compatibility with a legacy format. That actually happened once in the history of FreeHand when a major modernization of the program was done. If a FH user at that time chose not to update their legacy files, then they would have to do a 2-step update, first using the latest version that did maintained the legacy compatibility, then to the current version. Even then, I did not convert all my archives (especially those for long-inactive accounts.)
The potential larger issue in that kind of scenario would be whether the "middle step" version of the host application will still run on the current-version OS. No one can predict that years and years in advance.
(Aside: For that matter, what assurance do we have that the next computer technology that everyone flocks to--say, organic computing with true artificial intelligence--will not break compatibilty with every existing PDF, CD, DVD, hard disk, VHS tape, Flash drive, Zip drive, Syquest disk, SCSI device, and AI file on the planet? On the other hand, I'm still able to use FH11 without a hitch on Windows Vista--haven't tried it yet on Windows 7. I'd love to try a copy of Windows FH 8--that was a clean drawing program--but only have a Mac version.)
It says "This file contains text that was created in a previous version of Illustrator. This legacy text must be updated..." It asks you to either Choose Update or OK to update later.
Fairly recently (much more recently than version 6), Illustrator's very archaic text objects were updated to a...well...less archaic structure. For backward compatibility, Adobe included a "conversion" routine to give you the option of updating the older text objects. Understand, you can still open, work with, and even re-save the file with the legancy text objects if you have need to. So again, do you really want to do this to all your archive files?(Understand, the reason for the warning in the first place is that the changes affect spacing and therefore potentially line wrapping, and other type-specific things; so if you are truly "updating" the file, i.e.; making it Johnny-on-the-spot, ready-to-go print-ready, you may have some re-typesetting to do. Do you really want to do that on all your legacy files right now?)
Logo A for instance will be renamed Logo A [Converted].ai ...should I just leave the brackets and the word converted...?
That's also just up to you. Makes no functional difference. Appending the word "converted" is intended as a mere file naming convenience. (FileMaker does the same thing by default, for example, when opening an Excel spreadsheet and thereby converting it to a FileMaker database.) For one thing, it lets you save the new file to the same directory as the original file without overwriting it. (In the FileMaker scenario, I always delete the "converted" because the .xls and .fp7 file extensions themselves are going to prevent accidental overwrites. In Illustrator, I never keep the multiple-version files anyway, so I also delete the "converted".)
... it goes to "illustrator Options"...defaults to "Use Compression". ...I'm scared of the word "compression"...
I'm not "afraid" of compression, but I never use application-specific file compression. It just creates other inconveniences in collaboration with others. For example, for many years Corel has provided the option of saving Draw files as compressed or not. It is a very common ocurrence for an AI user to receive a Draw file they should be able to open but can't, just because the Draw user forgot to not save it with compression (or didn't know better).
Yeah, Adobe's marketing might like to think I and everyone else in the world uses only its products, but the real world (thankfully) still isn't that close-minded.
The Document Raster Effects resolution is 72 ppi or less. What does this mean?
See online Help for what Document Rster Effects setting is all about. You need to understand it; but it doesn't really have anything significant to do with the question of updating legacy files. 72 ppi is the default, so if you update a legacy file from a version that predates raster effects, that's the setting the new document is going to get. But since there were no raster effects in the old file, it has no real bearing. But that setting is something you should be familiar with regarding any file you are sending to print, regardless of when.
The other warning is "only fonts with appropriate permission bits will be embedded. What does this mean?
You're getting this when converting legacy AI files? An EPS or PDF file may have embedded fonts, but (correct me if I'm wrong) not an AI6 file, unless the "Save with Acrobat compatibility" option was available in AI6.
At any rate, that's nothing new. Some programs can try to embed fonts in a file to facilitate remote printing and display (but not editing) without having to do the old-world "bundle for output" routine. If you happen to be the typeface designer, of course, you may not be too happy about that. So such features have had to provide the typeface foundry an opt-out. Some typeface vendors are almost as piracy-paranoid as Adobe--much to the dissatisfaction of their legitimate customers. So there is a setting in font files that the font creator can set to disallow embedding of the font. One example of particular distress to me is ITC Officina. Nowadays, I make a point to never purchase fonts that can't be embeded in a PDF. So ITC (or whomever actually owns the thing now) has at least one unhappy legitimately-licensed customer who has stopped using one of his favorite fonts and won't buy an updated version unless and until this nonsense is corrected. Again, it's really a non-issue re file version updating. You can't do anything (well, anything practical) about a font that doesn't allow embedding anyway. The warning is just a "reminder"; it's a standard alert whenever saving a file in a format that tries to embed fonts.
JET

Open Corel Draw documents in InDesign?

Hi,
We have numerous documents built in Corel Draw 12 and previous versions. We need to convert them to InDesign CS3 files. Can this be done? If so, what kind of issues would we facing?
Thank you,
Barb

No easy way. You can save them as EPS and open them in Illustrator but
that's going to break the text up into numerous disconnected pieces.
From there you can either place or copy/paste (depending on layout and
what object it is) into InDesign.
Another idea would be to create PDFs and then use PDF2ID from Recosoft
to open those in ID.
Best bet however is to keep using CorelDRAW for the old stuff and create
new pieces with InDesign.
Bob

Printer only uses Freehand and Corel Draw

We want use a printer in China that only uses Freehand and
Corel Draw software (very primitive, I know). Is there a way to
export InDesign files to work in either of those
applications?

It depends what you mean by 'Convert'. If you just want to be
able to import into FreeHand (which version - MX?) you could save
as an EPS. If you want to be able to edit... it could be a
struggle. I tried this: From InDesign - save an EPS. Open the EPS
in Illustrator CS2 and save as an illustrator 8. FreeHand will then
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InDesign CS6 colors to Corel Draw 12

I've designed a logo and stationery for a small business customer. The logo has 2 Pantone colours. The offset printed letterhead has a 7% tint for a graphic element (curved stripes) printed in Pantone #137 (orange) as a large watermark on the page.
I saved the vector graphic element separately as a 7% tint of #137. The files are a two colour EPS file and a PDF for my customer to import and bring into some of his documents. Which he did. He uses Corel Draw and prints on his office inkjet printer.
The final graphic element output has a different tone than the original #137 orange. The printed graphic is pinkish and different than his letterhead.
What's doing that?...
Is Corel Draw changing my file from a spot color EPS to a CMYK file?
I don't use Corel Draw and have no idea what suggestions to make to keep the Pantone orange true. Can I fix it on my end by saving or exporting the file differently, OR can my customer do something in Corel Draw?
Mac OSX10.6.8, InDesign CS6.

How is he getting the EPS into CD? CD can interpret the EPS and convert it
all to CD objects or it can leave it alone, pretty much like placing it into
an ID file
As Bob mentions, CD, upon importing an EPS will give two options. The default is to open the EPS as editable objects, just like AI. This is exactly what you want them to do. Do not that also like AI, the objects will be grouped.
I can gaurantee you that your client does not want to choose the second option in CD, which is to "Place as Encapsulated Postscript." If they do, the entire page size that you had in ID will come in, which is likely larger than the art itself. This same thing happens when placing the EPS in ID.
BTW, the last thing I would even try doing is opening that file Illy. ID
created EPS files don't do well in that situation.
BTW, the last thing I would want to do is to not check the EPS with the tools I have.
And for the PDF, you should be using Acrobat. Which will simply confirm that the Pantones are present at whatever tinit value you specify (which they will be).
Take care, Mike

.ai to .cdr ( illustrator file to corel draw file)

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