Re: [artworks] Exporting to the outside world
- From: Peter Burt <asg@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 21:21:17 +0100
On 8 May 2012, at 17:41, Kell Gatherer wrote:
> I have a complicated Artworks file with many layers that I'd like to hand
> over to someone else, for, as one might say, posterity....
>
> It's a map of Soho, central London, with 150 or so streets, showing one way
> streets, parking, underground stations etc.
>
> There's a project I'd like to become involved in, and although I could carry
> on altering the original, and exporting as a bit-map, I'd prefer to be able
> to hand over a version that others could edit in... what? Adobe Illustrator?
>
> Is there an export route that will preserve layers? For example, if I
> purchase Corel Draw, would it be able to import my file, and then export it
> in an editable form?
>
> Advice greatly appreciated.
>
> Kell
>
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>
> Hi, Martin is right, PDF is better, both illustrator cs2 and corel draw x4
> can import a multi layer PDF from Artworks, but flattens it to a single layer,
> however text is editable although a font substitution will happen.Nodes are
> also editable. Graduated tints and transparency are preserved.
Hope this helps.
Peter Burt
Art Sign & Graphics
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