User Guide

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Troubleshooting CorelDRAW files

Requirements for importing CorelDRAW files into FreeHand

• Files must be saved in uncompressed CorelDRAW 7 or 8 for Windows format.

CorelDRAW ﬁles using either Graphics or Bitmap compression will not import

properly; bitmap images are imported as empty containers, but vector objects

are unaffected.

• When opening CorelDRAW ﬁles using FreeHand for Macintosh, the

CorelDRAW ﬁles must have names containing fewer than 32 characters and

must have Corel’s CDR extension.

Guidelines for success

When creating CorelDRAW documents for import into FreeHand, keep the

following in mind:

• On the Macintosh, for faster performance, copy CorelDRAW ﬁles to a local

drive before opening them in FreeHand.

• To open CorelDRAW clip art, stored in the proprietary format (CMX), save

them in CorelDRAW 7 or 8 format and then import them.

• All unsupported CorelDRAW strokes are converted to 100% black strokes

when you import them. Stroked paths with the Scaled with Object attribute

may lose their scaling; arrowheads and calligraphic strokes are not retained;

path direction is sometimes reversed; dashed lines may not appear as speciﬁed.

• All unsupported ﬁlls become 10% gray on import. FreeHand cannot import

colored patterns; PostScript, pattern, texture, and bitmap ﬁlls are not

retained.In addition, graduated ﬁlls are limited to 32 colors and the edge pad is

simulated; clockwise and counterclockwise color sweeps are replaced with

straight-line color transformations; non-50% midpoints are approximated; and

radial ﬁlls are substituted for conical and square fountain ﬁlls.

• Color handling. In a color space other than RGB and CMYK, bitmaps are

imported as X-boxes and vector components are converted to 10% gray. In

addition, non-PANTONE spot colors (Spectramaster, for example) are

converted to 10% gray. Previews of imported documents with Hexachrome

colors do not include the orange and green components, but they will color-

separate correctly. In composite images or when separated as RGB or CMYK

separations, Hexachrome colors reproduce as 100% black. Onscreen color

shifting may occur due to subtle differences in the applications’ color

management systems.