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Porting
Masked Bitmaps Between Illustration Programs |
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Whereas the best format to port straight vector files
is generic EPS, I have found that the most reliable
format to port a bitmap image with a vector clipping
path or mask is PDF (Adobe®
Acrobat® Portable Document
Format). There is more than one format you can use to
successfully port masked bitmaps between applications
but I think that the format that works most reliably
and consistently between Deneba Canvas, Adobe
Illustrator®, CorelDRAW®
or Macromedia® FreeHand®
is PDF.
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Note:
There is one proviso to using PDF as a means to
port vector images and that is if you are using
the RGB color space, you should use "Save As"
or "Export" from Deneba Canvas Adobe Illustrator,
CorelDRAW or Macromedia FreeHand to create the PDF
file. If you use the "Print" output channel
(such as when using Adobe Distiller®)
all the RGB data may be converted to CMYK in the
process - depending on the version of Acrobat. Refer
to the Adobe technical document number 320683 at
their web site. |
Porting a masked bitmap involves using either File
> Save As (for RGB) or File > Print (for
CMYK) as an output
channel. A PDF file is generated by the File >
Print command where the output is sent to FILE instead
of the printer. These files are then transformed into
PDF format through the use of Adobe Distiller. The PDF
file can then be imported into the target application
where the masked bitmap will be available for editing.
Below is a chart which illustrates the use of the Portable
Document Format as a means to port masked bitmaps between
Deneba Canvas, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW or Macromedia
FreeHand:
Below are the step-by-step tutorials
which outline exactly how this is done:
First setup Adobe Distiller so bitmaps don't get
downsampled:
Prepare - Setup
Adobe Distiller Job Options
Port the masked bitmap as a PDF file:
Part One - Porting
a masked bitmap from Adobe Illustrator 7 / 8
Part Two - Porting
a masked bitmap from CorelDRAW 8
Part Three -
Porting a masked bitmap from Macromedia FreeHand 8
Once the masked bitmap has been ported to a PDF file,
the PDF file can simply be opened in either Deneba Canvas,
CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia FreeHand
using the File > Open command.
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