Re: [Gimp-user] Opening .cdr and .cpt
Jon Winters wrote: > Be prepared to lose your text layers... I don't think there is anything in > the Linux world that can edit a text layer from another application. That's the show stopper for me then. It's the text layers I need. The non text layers don't need to be modified. In that case I'll just redo the images in Gimp as .xcf and chalk it up as a learning experience. > Photoshop .psd files are proprietary as .cdr and .cpt so you'll eventually > have trouble with them. Its always advisable to save important files in > non-proprietary file formats. Agreed. My entire move to Linux is so I can escape proprietary file formats and closed source apps while I still can. A couple more years and Microsoft, Corel, et al would have had me completely Borged. Thanks everyone for your advice. -- Warren Post, Voluntario Naciones Unidas Departamento de Informática Municipalidad de Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://www.santarosahistorica.net/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Opening .cdr and .cpt
On St, 2002-09-25 at 18:23, Warren Post wrote: > Jon Winters wrote: > > > If possible save the corel files in a non-proprietary format like an > > uncompressed TIFF. ImageMagick has conversion tools for just about any > > image format out there... http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > > > Being able to do everything that you need to do is an important step in > > converting to Linux. > > Thanks, but I get the same result as with .psd format: the image is flattened. All >objects are merged with the background. I can open it in Gimp but there are no >objects to edit. > > > Any other ideas? I'd prefer to avoid having to remake almost from > scratch some 150 files that are now in Corel formats. The problem must lie in the Corel Photopaint PSD exporter, since GIMP's PSD import plugin works with multilayered images fine. Unfortunately I have no idea how to solve your lock-in problem without considerable effort :/ On a related note - you can get rid of that Windows partition by using the linux port of Photopaint ;) http://linux.corel.com/products/pp9/download.htm -- Jakub Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Opening .cdr and .cpt
Jon Winters wrote: > If possible save the corel files in a non-proprietary format like an > uncompressed TIFF. ImageMagick has conversion tools for just about any > image format out there... http://www.imagemagick.org/ > > Being able to do everything that you need to do is an important step in > converting to Linux. Thanks, but I get the same result as with .psd format: the image is flattened. All objects are merged with the background. I can open it in Gimp but there are no objects to edit. Any other ideas? I'd prefer to avoid having to remake almost from scratch some 150 files that are now in Corel formats. -- Warren Post, Voluntario Naciones Unidas Departamento de Informática Municipalidad de Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras http://www.santarosahistorica.net/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
