Download I have created a file and and exported it as pdf and when I try to open it in Coreldraw X6, I get a message that the file format is invalid. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached the Affinity file as well as the pdf.
...and if you do not have the source but just have received this kind of an "advanced" PDF and need to place it in CorelDRAW, just "save it as" in Adobe Acrobat or e.g. free PDF/X-Change, and it should open in CorelDRAW. (I suppose this has something to do with compression...)
EDIT: I now also tried re-exporting from the source without using "Advanced" option, and that worked, as well. I used "PDF (for export)" preset which does not by default have the advanced option turned on, and which does not change the document color mode.
Thank you Lagarto for your assistance. I have tried numerous pdf export settings as well as "saving as" in Acrobat and it still reads as Invalid in CD. I have also tried opening your files in CD X6 and I still get the same message.
Instead of exporting to PDF try copying the group and pasting into CorelDraw, this works on Mac into CorelDraw 2019, if you have text instead of curves it will ask whether you want to import the text as text or as curves. Importing as text is okay but needs adjustment, importing as curves reflects the layout as is.
I just tried to open the three files that I posted above (ones re-exported without "Advanced" setting, and ones saved as from Adobe Acrobat Pro and PDF/X-Change) to CorelDRAW X6 (64- bit) and did not experience any problems:
I use Affinity for my artwork, and though I have CD Essentials X6 (received with a printer I purchased) I do not use it at all. However, the person who prints for me uses CD and I have not been able to send him a file created in Affinity that he can open in CD.
@Kay Jee I would recommend contacting CorelDRAW regarding this as they should be able to confirm for you, however I have found a rather old thread on the CorelDRAW community forums where PDF support in X6 Essentials requires the Service Pack 1 (SP1) update in order to read and export PDF files -
Dear team members. I have printing press. We used coreldraw to design flex designs or graphics designs. So we need a workstation for that. We already tested hp z230 with 8 gb ram, xeon e3 1226 v3 and 128gb also nvidia k600 card. We always got problem our corel draw design got bigger. About 1gb or less. Loading files take too much time.
I've been using corel draw x3 and windows 7 for more than a month. I cannot remember when I last used corel draw x3. Today I've found something unusual. My PC has two account: one with admin rights and another is standard account. Corel Draw X3 runs fine on admin account, but when it is started from standard account (without admin right), it shows the following error:
I could run this product definitely on standard user account last month. But it is not running now. I tried to run it with all compatibility mode: from windows 95 to vista service pack 2. For some mode, it opens and closes immediately after showing the splash screen, and for other mode it shows the above error. How to fix this problem?
Given the new information in that the same error occurs when trying to run as admin, it now sounds like X3 has been corrupted somehow. Could anything you have installed/uninstalled or enabled/disabled in the last month have affected it? Have you tried reinstalling X3 - either a repair or a full uninstall/reinstall?
In Windows Vista extract the file to C:\Program Data\Corel\CorelDraw Graphics Suite X4, which can be seen through WinRar when prompted to extract. Just say yes to replace the existing file and it works!!
