ai file conversion
ABC Graphic Design
so simple if the conversion to ".ai" was reliable.
Is there a way to "convert to curves" so that the text does not distort.
or that any critical drawn elements in the file are not also badly
"re-drawn" in the conversion to ".ai"
Also, is there a "Freehand" filter?
Tom.
Michael Cervantes
good to AI, but fonts in Mac and PC are different. PDF keep internal PC font
information and print fine in a Mac system.
Now you need Distiller to distill the PS to PDF, or you need to send the PS
straight to the imagesetter.
Some CDR native tools do not translate fine to AI, because it has not the
capability to reproduce them, so you need to simplify your file. You can
convert Artistic Text to curve by selecting it, and press Ctrl+Q, or
Arrange/Convert to curve. There is a limitation with Paragraph Text. It
can't be converted to curve, you should convert it to Artistic Text first
(Text/Convert to Artistic Text), but you will lose some paragraph
properties.
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Michael Cervantes
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ABC Graphic Design
Thank you, but that does not help very much.
We have to send files to various Printing houses about the country and abroad, not of our choice but by the request of our various clients. Those printing houses do not have time or sometimes the facility to play with "pdf" files etc. and it is they who will be processing through their image setters.
Most mac operators will be happy to insert text with the "ai" file as specified. If they have that font "onboard".
If the font is not available to the printing house then the file has to be, therefore, converted to curves.
Converting to curves is no problem or handling paragraph or artistic text.
The problem is the awful job that Corel does to text when it "converts to curves".
Is the answer to abandon Corel 8? or is there an update.
Regards,
Tom.
Michael Cervantes
curves".
Did you print those awful texts? Try printing them to a laser printer, and
tell me if still they are awful. What you are looking in your monitor may
be, it is not what you will see when printed.
ABC Graphic Design
Thank you for your further comments. I think you have missed the point of my original message - unless I didn't make it clear.
We, no doubt as most people are, very familiar with "converting to curves" and the difference between the "onscreen" rendering and "printout" - very basic stuff. We currently have full colour digital laser print facility and am very familiar with print and text output.
The original question was the conversion by Corel 8 (PC) to an Adobe Illustrator (AI) file and the way in which it deals with text and vector lines when converted to curves in the "save as....."or export..... ".ai" process.
Some client preferred printing houses would like to receive files in
the Adobe Illustrator format and do not have Corel.
When the printing house does not have the specified font - "convert
to curves" makes life easy for us all.
But Corel 8 V .433 does not convert text in a fit state when it processes an Adobe Illustrator ".ai" file - period!
Please try it for yourself.
Regards............Tom
Michael Cervantes
Adobe Illustrator ".ai" file - period!
Please try it for yourself.
I don't have Corel 8 installed, but I use it extensively time ago. I don't
remember having problems converting Text to Curve. When I need to send an AI
file, I export from Draw and I open it in Illustrator. I double check, and
perform some fix if it is needed, and I send it. If you said the text-curve
is wrong, I believe you, but I don't remember having this problem.
Are you using TrueType or Type1 fonts? I always use Type1 and they convert
with less amount of nodes than True Type. Could be this part of the problem?
Did you try converting Text before exporting? Are you converting Paragraph
Text to Artistic text before exporting?
Let's way to see if another user stop by. I will send a note to Steve
Rindsberg a C-Tech who own an SB to see what he has to said. He will help
you a great deal.
Regards
ABC Graphic Design
Thank you, I think you are understanding the problem. Note..Corel converts text
to curves correctly. Only after it passes through the save as... ".ai" that the
graphic gets "chewed up".
It is an interesting point about tt and t1. fonts although the particular
problematic graphic has both types ie. "microgramma" and "century gothic"....and
both faces don't look too good after the conversion. (The printing house only
uses mac and does not have "century gothic" installed, hence the "curves"
conversion!)
I look forward to Steve Rinsberg's comments.
Thanks,
Regards...............Tom
ABC Graphic Design
No reply as yet from Steve Rindsberg....our problem hasn't gone away.
Any chance of sending him another note?
Thanks......Tom
Michael Cervantes
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Strange........is.......Steve Rindsberg uninterested?....still haven't had a
reply!
........Tom