Schousda Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello, i used CorelDraw X7 until now. I know, there are different ways to export files to edit them in Affinity Designer. I'm having a problem importing text. Some text is importted as text, but other parts are imported as vectors. This means, i can't edit this text any more. This happens in any file format like PDF or SVG. Any idea, how i can import all text as text? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderings Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 do you mean text inside of a Corel document or importing an entire Corel document in Affinity? If just text I would think you could just select in Corel>copy>Paste in Designer. If you want to open native Corel files in Designer I don't think that is an option and would not hold my breath for that feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schousda Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I try to import the whole document. For this i export it in CorelDraw and then i import it in Affinity Designer. Direct import of .cdr files is not supported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Are you exporting from Corel as pdf or svg? When I moved from Corel Draw to Designer many years ago I found that neither pdf nor svg gave an ideal transfer, but between them I managed. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schousda Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 I tried exporting both ways. PDF and SVG. But it didn't work. How did you manage to export the best way? I also could export to AI, but these files are empty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Schousda said: How did you manage to export the best way? I loaded the pdf export and the svg export as two separate documents and then picked whatever layer gave the best result and combined them in the final designer file. It was a long time ago and I was using Corel Draw X7 (vintage 2015). The most problematical was text on a path. The text tended to get fragmented John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Schousda said: Some text is importted as text, but other parts are imported as vectors All is only text, or some effects (blend mode, gradient,....?)? Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schousda Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 I did some tests. Looks like it happens, if the text has a border. This is the import of one PDF file with two lines. One with border and one without: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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