[sunra1081]

i need to know how to send designs made in coreldraw to people??? and what format should it be in if the dont have an kind of graphics art software like corel or adobe????

 

[DogPound71]

Unless the other party has Corel their computer will not work. Then you will have to email the image as a JPEG or bitmap. Basically you emial a Corel draw as an attachment

 

[sunra1081]

how do ou email the image as a jpeg or bitmap???

 

[bungy]

What reason to send?
Is the other person just approving artwork or a printer who doesn't have Corel?
If so, within Corel click File then select Publish to PDF, go into settings and select export all text as curves
save as a PDF file.
Then email the PDF file to them.
Add as an attachment to the email.

Most, if not all, people have a PDF reader on their computer.

If they have Corel, then just attach Corel file to the email and send, making sure it is a version they can open.
For example, if you are using X5 and the person you are sending to uses X4 or X3, then save as an X4/X3 file and send that to them.

 

[4taylormadetees]

the way i do it is drag a square over and select whole image then,,,bitmap, convert to bitmap,then right click and save bitmap as ( jpeg ) .this way you can make it smaller or less resolution and people would have to work harder to steal your design and let someone else print them.then it will be in your documents or where you choose to save it.then you go to mail and attach and find it.
, Tim Taylor

 

[johnbol1]

If you want jpegs or bitmaps or pretty much any file except the pdf as above just go file>export then select which type of file you want, save as and then send it in an email as an attachment

good luck
John

 

[bungy]

I use Pudding. FREE --> Pudding Screen-capture & Proof

"Pudding only utilizes screen quality bitmap images - perfectly adequate for most proofs - and no vectors for your competition to extract or use. Additionally, the image can be watermarked to help prevent copying."

 

[spiderx1]

E mail as jpeg or export to pdf. Pdf will maintain vector lines and maintain small file size. Covert fonts to curves. This also makes the file
More friendly to other programs they may use. For large files i use stuff it.

 

[sunra1081]

thank you all!!! i finally sent it by converting to bitmap first then changing to jpeg! peice of cake! it was for customer proofing. but now after reading some of you guys postings im interested in learning more about making it harder for to people to steal my work??? i never even considered that... what are some of the ways that you do that???

 

[CreateTDesigns]

If its just to show others, then export it as a JPG file.
If you going to send it to printers etc, then export it as a PDF file.
Its much more printer friendly and you don't lose resolution quality.

 

[4taylormadetees]

like i said up top,when you save it says resolution bring that down to about 100 or so.you can look at it and see how clear it is.the clearer it is the easier it is to work with.you could also put a ghost image over the top of it.like your company name .(text with a transparency )

 

[ericsson2416]

I know this is an older post but wondering if someone can help direct me in the right direction. I'm trying to send a design from Corel x4 to a customer in a PDF but when I export it the colors are all washed out and different. Is there a way to keep them somewhat normal in the PDF?

 

[MaximRecoil]

I know this is an older post but wondering if someone can help direct me in the right direction. I'm trying to send a design from Corel x4 to a customer in a PDF but when I export it the colors are all washed out and different. Is there a way to keep them somewhat normal in the PDF?

The colors should not change when exporting to a PDF file, unless a different color model is being specified in the PDF file compared to the color model you used when creating the drawing. For example, if you used RGB colors when you created the drawing, and in the PDF Settings > Advanced, it is set to output objects as CMYK, you will definitely get a color change, and it will tend to be a color change that looks "washed out" compared to RGB.

If you are making graphics for direct printing, you should be using CMYK to begin with. RGB is only useful for web graphics, or any other graphics which are only intended to be viewed on a video monitor.

 

[Ripcord]

If you are making graphics for direct printing, you should be using CMYK to begin with. RGB is only useful for web graphics, or any other graphics which are only intended to be viewed on a video monitor.

The weird exception to this is that many inkjet printers seem to do better with RGB images. Of course the printout is CMYK, but I've found that if you send a CMYK image to an inkjet printer sometimes the color is off on the printout. The only reason I can think of is that most people use RGB images (not knowing what CMYK even is) so the printer manufacturers design the printers to interpret RGB and convert it properly to CMYK for the printout. (I could be wrong...I'm kind of a dummy about electronics.)

 

[ericsson2416]

Thanks Maxium and Rip, that makes sense in the PDF output. Sometimes you just scratch your head trying to figure out what the heck is going on in these programs.

 

[Ripcord]

There are different types of PDF files. You'll see several options on your PDF menu. If it's for a customer to look at, select the "PDF for the web" option which should result in a read only file. If it's for a printer, select the option "PDF for prepress." I like to convert all text to curves rather than use the "embed fonts" option. For some reason, I never trusted that, even though it seems to work fine.

 

[MaximRecoil]

For people who don't have the font on their system, embedded fonts work fine for viewing the PDF in e.g., Adobe Acrobat or Reader, but not for opening it up in Corel or Illustrator for editing. Not all fonts allow embedding either. I have a font that I created from letter-shaped vector objects in Illustrator (and then using Fontographer to create the font from them), and ironically, Illustrator won't let me embed that font in a PDF. It says:

"The font EMC1986 could not be embedded in the PDF document because of licensing restrictions. Stroked text will not be visible."

Apparently, unless you specifically allow embedding when you create the font, it defaults to not being allowed, and I never found the option in Fontographer (assuming there is one) to allow embedding, though I didn't spend much time trying to find it.

On the other hand, Corel (12) will embed that same font into a PDF, no questions asked. However, Corel doesn't get along with that font very well (Illustrator has no issues with it at all), i.e., if I type a word, it appears to be working fine, but when I am done typing and deselect the text, the first letter I typed disappears or is replaced with a rectangular outline. It is bizarre. As a workaround, I can make the first "letter" a space, which works most of the time. It is strangely inconsistent with regard to what it does to that first letter and which workarounds will actually work.

I generally convert text to vector objects as well in my final files, just to be on the safe side.

 

[Ripcord]

And converting the fonts also eliminates any chance of someone inadvertently changing any of the text. If one of my files is going to be used by someone else for reproduction, I like to eliminate as many chances for errors as I can.

 

[sarvdeep73]

You can tell them to download inkscape free vector program and mail them in SVG format.

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[Hetzer]

If you send the files to printer, you should send him the file in PSD or AI format. The printer can only work with pdf or jpg format if they are in high resolution. If the file is too large and can't attach to the email, you can send it via DROPBOX.