CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide part 12. Learn to create outstanding fine art and eye-catching commercial graphics with one powerful tool! CorelDRAW X5: The Official Guide is your comprehensive reference and workbook to get you started designing visually captivating CorelDRAW artwork. Learn, step by step, how to create the illustrations you've imagined, quickly assemble layouts for print and package designs, import and edit photos, master the art of typography and the science of color theory, make 3D scenes from 2D objects, and apply special effects to ordinary pictures. Packed with expert techniques and advice for creating professional-quality art, this. | 74 CorelDRAW X5 The Official Guide Generic bitmaps are imported with no subsequent dialog or options boxes. FIGURE 3-9 The Import dialog might trigger a second options box for additional import features depending on the type of file you want to import. in this box and possibly a subsequent box depending on the file you choose to import. For example at right in Figure 3-9 an Acrobat PDF file has been chosen and after clicking Import in the first dialog a box with options on which page and whether the import should convert Text to Curves appears. Bitmaps such as BMPs JPEG photos PNG files and TIFFs are imported with no further questions asked except about color profiles because these image types are generated by dozens of applications and CorelDRAW understands these data types. The Import dialog looks similar to the Open Drawing dialog but it has a few more check boxes and options that are available depending on the kind of file you are importing. Check For Watermark is a common Import option if you choose this CorelDRAW informs you that the photo has been tagged by its creator. If you choose a file type not supported by CorelDRAW such as an MP3 audio file CorelDRAW lets you know politely that the file format is not supported. If you choose to filter the contents of a folder exactly the same way as when you choose to Open a file covered earlier you not only simplify your search for the file you seek but you also simplify the number of options for importing a specific media type. For getting various file formats into your document CorelDRAW s list of file types is pretty comprehensive. Of the importable file types Corel provides support for all its own formats CHAPTER 3 CorelDRAW s Ins and Outs Importing Exporting and Saving Design Work 75 including CorelDRAW CDR Corel Symbol Library CSL Corel Painter RIFF CorelDRAW Compressed CDX Corel Presentation Exchange CMX Corel ArtShow 5 CPX Corel . CLK Corel WordPerfect WPD and WPG Corel Quattro Pro WB WQ Corel .
