.cdr files to be converted before moving to Affinity?

[Grant]

Hi,

 

My subscription for Corel Draw is up for renewal in 5 days time and I really keen to move over to Affinity Designer but one thing is holding me back and its the .cdr file issue.

 

I have a promotional clothing company and a clothing brand with all my designs in .cdr format. Most of these designs are also saved in .png format.

 

If I move to Affinity Designer do I need to convert all my .cdr files to another format so that when these files are opened in Affinity Designer all my layers, artwork, fonts etc are intact? 

 

This is a major concern for me....any hep would be greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

Grant

[Callum]

Hi Grant,

 

Welcome to the forums!

 

You will need to convert your files to use them in Affinity I recommend converting them to PDF's or  SVG's

 

Thanks

C

[Grant]

Wow, that's an awful lot of work to be done. I would have thought there would have been an easier way?

 

Thanks for such a quick response"

[John Rostron]

I had this problem a while back, though with only a small number of .cdr files. I found that for some objects .pdf worked best, and for others, .svg. However, between them I got what I wanted.

John

[Grant]

ok great thanks for the advice- appreciate it

 

[Petar Petrenko]

You can try this:

 

https://www.zamzar.com/convert/cdr-to-pdf/

[Grant]

Thanks Petar, I'll take a look at the link.

[000]

Here's another converter. Haven't tried it but it looks decent: http://blue-tail.com/coreldraw-file-batch-converter/

[Grant]

Hi,

 

Thank you, I will look into this possible convertor.