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What is the best way to get artwork designed in CorelDRAW into
FutureRIP SE?
While you can use the FuturePRINT capture driver, it has been observed that
CorelDRAW has a tendency to tile large bitmaps into overlapping tiles.
This can result in an inflated file size
(too large).
If you are using version 9.0+ of CorelDRAW
that allows you to create PDF files, you
are recommended to create a PDF file
from the artwork first. Make sure that you select RGB as the color space (not CMYK).
Once you have created a PDF file, you can use
Adobe Acrobat Reader to load the PDF file, and then publish to the FuturePRINT capture driver from the Acrobat Reader program.
If you are using an earlier version, and are unhappy with the way that
CorelDRAW
publishes the file to the capture driver you can do what is described in the following
Q&A.
When I capture the Artwork,
portions of it are flattened to a raster image, while non-overlapping sections remain as
vectors?
Many graphics programs, such as CorelDRAW
allow you to create effects, such as soft
shadows etc. that can not be easily translated into other graphics formats. When you attempt to export the file, or print to a windows printer driver, these items are flattened into a bitmap. If you find that you have a situation where a vector object is overlapped by a flattened section,
the 2 parts may not appear to join up correctly. The best way to overcome this is to split your artwork into 2 parts. One part for the flattened background, the other for vectors that are on top.
The best way to do this is to create a new page, and move all of the vector objects
onto this page, keeping all of the items that will be flattened on the
original page. You can save the first page as a
Tif file, and use the capture driver for the second page. In
FutureRIP SE SE, simply load the background Tif file as a background image. This image will be displayed underneath the vector layer.
Hint: To ensure that both layers can be resized together, include a white box
(no fill) that encloses the entire page. This will cause both layers to share a common bounding box.
If I have to use a Raster Image, what
dpi should it be?
This will largely depend on the final output size of the
image. As a rule of thumb, you want the raster image to contain between 1500 and 3000 pixels for it's longest dimension. You can then work back to determine the dpi. You would do this, based on the artwork size in the host graphic program, not the size you plan to stretch it to in
FutureRIP SE SE.
For example, say that you have artwork in a particular graphic
program at 8.5" x 11", and
that you plan to print out this file onto a large poster, say 6ft x 15ft. To
achieve the desired number of pixels, you would need to flatten the image to about 180 DPI (i.e.
2000 pixels divided by 11" = 181 Dots Per Inch). Then, when you print this image, it will look
good at any size. This is because the larger you print the file, the further away you would normally be to view the
file i.e. a Bill Board on a highway.
How do I load EPS and Postscript Files?
FutureRIP SE SE does not currently ship with a postscript
interpreter, but you can easily download a
FREE one from the following link: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
Using this program (Ghostscript), you can load PS and EPS files, and then convert them to PDF files, which can
easily be published to FutureRIP SE.
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