CorelDRAW compatibility 1

[bgdesign]

I've been using corel draw graphics suite programs for a long time. It seams that these programs are compatible with each other. Colors in files exported from corel draw are completely different in other programs (windows, acdsee, all adobe and macromedia). I tried everything with “color management” and absolutely nothing changed. Transparency also can’t be exported even in one of the suite’s programs (photo paint). These are really big problems, and I can imagine anyone using corel for anything professional.
Did anybody notice this problems and how did you solved them?

 

[attrofy]

I had a similar problem. I turned off color correction on exports. Any program I export a CDR file to, I allow that program to perform its own color correction on import. This has avoided the most problems. I had a real issue with trying to match a service breau for color, and no matter what I tried, I couldn't get an acceptable match. Only when I turned off the import and export color match did I have any success.

I am not sure about the transparency issue. My guess is that a bitmap was node edited to only show a portion of the image, then never cropped to border - but I could be wrong.
I have not had many issues going between Draw and Photopaint. The biggest issue I seem to have is with drop shadow density.

However, transparencies in other programs usually stem from an incompatability issue with Corel's export function. Just as the text never seems to align properly in an exported document, the transparencies have similar issues. I find my only suitable work around is to export to a non-native language of either program, then allow the importing program to translate it to its native language. I seem to have the best luck using PDF and EPS when exporting for an Adobe product. IF possible, .jpg of high resolution or Tiff work equally well for programs that don't need to manipulate the vectors.