It will make a larger file that will take longer to upload, but with smaller files, such as business cards and postcards, the larger size is usually minimal.Ĭheck “Preserve document overprints” Uncheck “Preserve spot colors” Uncheck “Optimized for Web” Under “Color Management” set “Output all objects as” to CMYK Note: If there are complex patterns or fills it is a good idea to Check “Render complex fills as bitmaps”įinal Note: Always compare PDF to original files to be sure that all material translated correctly to PDF.
Note: You can also use ZIP compression because it uses non-lossy compression. Set Monochrome Bitmap Images to 1200ppi In the “Text and fonts” setting check “Export all text as curves”. “Maximum” Set Grayscale Bitmap Images to 300ppi with the compression set to “JPEG” and the Quality set to the “Maximum” Set Color Bitmap Images to 300ppi with the compression set to “JPEG” and the Quality set to the And add this line right under it.AddItem Application. Search for this line.AddItem Application.VersionMajor - 1. Just make a small change in the frmFileConverter code. Note: Having less than 1/8” bleed may cause your order to have delays. Also if you would like to use the built in file converter provided with X5 you can.
(We will be modifying the settings a little).Ĭheck “Include Bleed” and set it to. To start choose the “PDF for Prepress” setting. Step 1: Under the “File” menu choose the “Publish to PDF” option.
For this reason we recommend following this step to reduce the risk of having any transparency issues.Īfter the file has been prepared and simplified, we are ready to save it as a PDF. Note: Corel documents with transparencies often have issues when translated to a PDF. 5 From the Shape recognition level list box on the property. 4 In the toolbox, click the Smart drawing tool. 3 From the Zoom levels list box on the standard toolbar, choose To width. First select any image using transparency and the background art Then under the “Bitmaps” menu select “Convert to Bitmap” Next select CMYK for the “Color” option and 300dpi for the “Resolution” option and click “OK” Tutorial: Creating a logo of 12 CorelDRAW tutorial To create triangles for the background 1 Click File menu New. This will help the file translate better into the PDF. This includes Flattening all transparencies.įlatten Transparency (Optional): The best way to insure that the quality of your images are preserved is to rasterize any artwork that uses transparencies. It is always a good practice to simplify the document before Publishing to PDF. It will also show the best setting to save time when uploading the files to the website. This tutorial is designed to show the best way to save a Corel Draw file to a PDF, for use with our system.