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can a pdf be imported into siglab or corel please?
Hi folks,
Customer has sent me artwork as a pdf.. I can view it with a free viewer but need to be able to open it in signlab or Corel.. Can it be done?
If not what softwear do i need
Cheers
Ian -
14 Replies
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I always open up PDF’s in photoshop. Not sure if that helps any. I can always open it up for you and re-save if needed. Let me know.
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Adobe Acrobat version 6.0 Standard allows you to manipulate pdf images to an extent.
You can seperate the image etc and export as eps etc.
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Depends how it was created I guess.
In the full version of Acrobat you can save as eps.
Then import into corel draw.
Trouble is so many people dont know how to PDF properly and you dont get vectors as they choose options that creat bitmap images.Tim.
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Signlab 7.1 now has a pdf import filter.
Otherwise you will need to load it into Adobe Illustrator or Corel as PDF and reexport as CMX or AI or EPS.
The new filter in Signlab does a pretty good job of keeping vector as vector,text as text and imports multi page pdf files.frank at cadlink
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I open them up in Illustrator.
Vivid, I know how to work pdfs and I deliberately send artwork to customers in a bitmap option. And a low resolution one at that. 😀
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I export as eps and then import into Corel. I’d be interested how effective Signlab is at importing a pdf fontwise, ie are the lettershapes retained are does it just latch on to any installed font on system?
Alan -
John
My point was some clients not knowing what they are doing and sending in PDF as bitmaps even after explaining what you require to work from.
I understand why you save as bitmap & low res.Why dont you just set security on the PDF John to allow viewing on screen only? Just curious.
Tim.
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PDF imports directly into Corel 11 , if it is vector , it will remain vector , raster will be raster and it might be mixed and be both. Problem will be fonts – if your puter doesnt have a referenced font it will subsitute.
Once in Corel , you can manipulate as you like. -
i have the full version of adobe acrobat 7 so If you email me the pdf file i will export as eps and email it back to you if that will work ?
Dave
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The new Signlab pdf import filter, gives you the option to bring in text as text, or text as graphics.
In either case, it tries to use the correct shape of the letters.
Fonts in Pdf , and others like ai/eps, can either be embedded in the pdf file, or be a referance to an external font.
The import filter will use the glyphs from either embedded or external fonts. So in theory, the only problem will be a referance to a external font that is not on your system. Then signlab will ask you to substitute the font.
Embedded fonts should allways be correct.
However, they are still some issues with multi byte foreign characher fonts if that the correct terminology.Finaly, while there is the concept of Text in AI/EPS/PDF, there is no concept of Begin Paragraph / End paragragh. The new import filters tries as much as possible to bring multilple lines of text in as a paragraph instead of each line or bit of text it finds, as a seperate Paragraph.
It works pretty well in buiding up paragraphs.This is usefull when importing 100+ page PDF manuals instead of 1 page graphics.frank at cadlink
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i import the same as rodney into corel draw 11…i just found this out a couple of weeks ago by accident 😳 works a treat!! 😀
nik
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I agree with nik, corel is one of the best pieces of software for PDF reading and creation. Just make sure that when the customer saves the PDF that they convert the text to curves.
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We have Corel Draw 9 – does this have the facility to import PDFs?
I can copy to the clipboard and paste from there but I then have to trace it and a lot of the clarity is lost.
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Corel 9 is a bit concerning for importing PDF’s or I cant remember.
Corel 10 does it
Corel 11 Is okay and has about 70% success factor
Corel 12 will open the Acrobat 6 format and the newer Illustrator native (PDF format)Adobe Acrobat Professional comes in handy converting to PDF>EPS and that can make it much easy to transfer to Corel (Postscript Import filter)
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