When we e-mail designs/logos to other companies, some require EPS, AI, CDR files etc. I just experimented with exporting a file out of Sign Wizard (a vector image of our logo), using the software to convert it to various file formats, to my desktop and back again. Of course JPG, PCX, wouldn't work but AI, EPS, DXF, and DWG worked fine. What file formats do others use when sending and recieving vector images over the internet? Thanks.
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Posted by Sarah Clark (Member # 413) on :
A lot of your eps and ai formats saved in one program wont open with another. However the old ai1.1 and ai88 are very universal formats that will open with almost everything. They cant save the newer fancy fills and such but are fine for line drawings and flat colors. The best thing is to send one made with same program the other person is using. Corel can open a lot of eps by using the postscript interpreted option.
All depends on what's wanted/needed for each job. I prefer to recieve eps or ai unless I know the file was created in corel then I prefer the cdr with embeded fonts because most of the time they'll forget to convert to curves. DXF sucks because it turns all the curves to a million tiny lines (crazy amount of nodes and never a smooth curve) ... but that is what the tool shop that makes our dies likes so that's what I send. It all depends ... but I do know I HATE quark files (damm ad agencies)
We have found that with corel and a pc to Mac file program such as conversions plus we can send and receive eps and illustrator 88 (an eps format) files to everyone. Usually the Mac people say we're incompatible but that's just because they have an attitude or are too lazy to send a disk over, wanting us to recreate their artwork. As for email I have had great luck sending files of illustrations to a book writer using Quark on the Mac using the Corel eps export filter in version 7- it even translated the fills and custom line types from corel.
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Posted by Rick (Member # 373) on :
So, if I have a MAC using ai. and I want to send a file to a PC by e-mail, I should send it in ai1.1 or ai88? that will open on most windows applications?
Rick... Don Coplen, who uses a mac, and I who uses a PC, send files back and forth regularly via the internet. NO PROBLEM!!! No conversion utilities or anything needed. AI and EPS will open in both platforms. In fact Don tells me that his Mac with Illustrator will open Corel CDR files too. As Sarah mentioned above AI 1.1 is a pretty universal format. But the latest versions of PC and Mac graphics software are pretty much compatible as long as you are dealing with internet transferred files. You only need a conversion utility if an actual disk is being supplied because of the difference in formatting of the disk.
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Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :
WMF works well in a lot of cases but I've always had the best success with ai. dxf is ok but you need to be specific with a couple of options during the exporting ie curve resolution. David
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Posted by Alan Dearborn (Member # 1461) on :
I work out of Corel 9 and for sending proofs by email or disk, the best way is to use the pdf format(Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format). This is very simple. I just shrink a copy of the layout to fit a normal printed document size, then go to the File menu and click on "Publish to PDF". Then just email the file to customer, designer or whoever. This does require that the receiver has a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, but it is free to download from Adobe, and well worth the few minutes required. As far as I can tell, pdf files come in with all line segments seperated, and so are not fit to cut directly, but they are great for proofing or to use as templates if locked as a background image.
Sorry for the longwindedness!
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Posted by Bill Biggs (Member # 18) on :
I have recieved a few pdf files, and they are crap to try to plot with.(excuse the expression) I too, like Sarah and Don And Ap prefer the ai1.1 or 88 format, but I want a jpg too to be sure I get what they sent. make them a jpg and send for color and shape. Also, sometimes mac ai files that still have text in them will come into corel all jumbled up and bigger than they are supposed to be, so convert all text to graphics. AI 1.1 is basd about slicing up the graphics into smaller pieces too, in signlab and corel you can just weld it back together without a problem. if you are plotting with the file Don Coplen has uncompressed mac files for me that were sent as sea files, he uncompressed and sent to me as ai files, I opened in corel and did the jobs, with some minor tweaking. WMF files work good from microsoft stuff, like powerpoint and publisher. clp files work sometimes bettern anything, just copy your file and then pull up clipboard viewer and create a clp file. I find that signlab will take corel files that way, and vice versa, also word clipart will go into corel with clp files. I wish they all would get together just a little more, LOL. Bill
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