I created a plain text sign (all vectors) in SignLab and exported it as an eps file and also a pdf file. I tried importing it into Corel and it imports fine with either extension but I can't ungroup the lettering or shapes at all. It says the image is on layer 1. I tried converting to curves and tried moving it to different layers and still I can't ungroup the letters or any part of the sign! All I can do is resize it. Why is this happening?
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
Well Corel just crashed. So I start it up again and now I can edit my sign just fine. Crazy stuff...must be picking up my stress.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
why didnt you just create the text in corel to begin with?
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
I find SignLab to be a better program for laying out basic text signs. I like the way the fonts work and you don't have to worry about being on the active page layer BS as in Corel. I'm just more used to SL and can work quicker there. I also like the way the fonts are segregated in SL so I can quickly find a script for example without having to scroll through all my fonts. Although Corel does have some features that I wish SL had like being able to grab the horizontal and vertical ruler lines and dragging to position.
Posted by Nevman (Member # 332) on :
Been a long time since Corel 7 for me...does SL have an AI export feature and will Corel import it? Might give it a shot.
Or maybe convert to curves in SL, break apart, combine multiple shapes of letters (B,R,A etc.) then try export.
Good luck!
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i have used signlab a little. it HAS GUIDE LINES like corel)))) work the same way they do in corel, just catch the edge of the horizontal or vetical work page.....and drag it... the only thing i really liked in signlab...was how esay it is to NODE EDIT.....
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Any time I took a Corel file and imported into Illustrator all the letters got divided into segments. They do not play well together.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
its because you didnt "convert to curves" before you exported......doing this makes the fonts.."objects" rather then a font.
Posted by Jean Shimp (Member # 198) on :
OP - I'm using SignLab 9.1 and I can't grab the vertical and horizontal guidelines and drag them like Corel. BTW - I am using Corel X7, not 7.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i had older versions of sign lab to work on...like 5-6-7........
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
I didn't forget anything Joe. Every object, circles, squares, letters were all divided into segments.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
simply group all objects.....THEN CONVERT TO CURVES......before export. this way everything in that is vector......so when its brought into any other graphic program.......it works.......
Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :
Look Joe, I know how to work with vectors. Maybe things are better now. This was at least 10 years ago. I don't have a need to work with Corel files anyway so it's no big deal. As painful as it is to admit, AI files are pretty much the norm in the graphics world.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
10 yrs ago???that woulda been COREL 4, 5, 6........they were not that great.compared to todays x3, x4, x5,6,7. nobody is diagreeing with the fact AI/EPS are the industry standard vector. corel will export these properly if you convert to curves all objects on whatever your trying to export. IT NOT ME......only who will tell you this. SUPER SIGNS, 365 SIGNS...... in there order forms or if you speak to someone there .....will tell ya IF it is a corel .cdr it must be converted to curves befor sending it off. I have been using the .CMX extension with no problems. its a newer export format corel came up with in i think 10-12.
[ January 28, 2016, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Awww come on Joe, you can remember back better than that!
CorelDraw 4 came out 23 years ago!!!! That is almost a quarter century ago!!! I started with ver. 2..Gawd has it been that long????
It was X3 that was released 10 years ago.
And X3 was, at the time, the best version ever. I had to update to X7 because X3 didn't play nicely with Win 10. Now, after 6 months with Win 10 and CorelDraw X7, I think they are as good as it gets.
I don't use X7 for business purposes but I probably spend an average of 4 hrs/day using it. Lately vectorizing vintage vehicles. Just for my own entertainment.
Kinda like Rusty has been doing with his Photoshop paintings recently.
[ January 28, 2016, 11:45 PM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
i dont which version davie had......i know 5-6 was the worst version of corel ever made. 7.0 WAS THE BEST REAL COREL. after that it was an incorporation of COREL & XARA. still is. i still work outa X3, have X7 but dont see much better then X3. do stuff in X3 if i need to send out to other sign makers...as some dont have X7......and X 7files wont work backwards
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Hey Joe...This is the stuff I currently enjoy vectorizing. I like doing it.
[ January 30, 2016, 12:26 AM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
dave......nice work......if it was visible)))
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
I just added a link since the image didn't appear Joe!!!! Gimmee a break, I'm old. LOL And I wanted it to be PDF instead of JPG. PDF retains the vectors.
[ January 30, 2016, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
That's terrifically well done, Dave!
Posted by Don Hulsey (Member # 128) on :
Pretty cool Dave! I like it!
Posted by Bill Masters (Member # 851) on :
Very nice Dave.
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Thanks guys...
I don't pretend to be a talented artist like Grandpa Dan, Bill Reidell, Rusty Bradley, the Diaz family or the many others that live here. My area of knowledge is in vectorizing.
I truly wish that I had had the time to pursue the intricacies of CorelDraw's abilities when I was working, but, unfortunately I was just too busy using it cranking out the jobs that earned money.
Now, I am as happy as a clam experimenting and playing with Draw's capabilities. Keeps this old mind active. (also helps that I am currently playing with Draw while in bare feet, shorts and a T-shirt at the end of January!!! LOL)
(I'll post a couple more images on the portfolio page tomorrow, where they actually belong)
[ February 01, 2016, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: Dave Grundy ]
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