AboutNeal Ziring Expertise Experienced user of versions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and X3 mostly for
web page graphics, some photo retouching, some technical document
illustration. Right now I only have versions 12 and X3 available to me,
so I'll be best at answering questions about those.
Question This is a Corel Draw question, but I'm hoping you might help since you know Photo Paint
I have vector images that use CMYK colors which include Fountain Fills - is there an easy way of converting all colors into RGB while keeping the image in vector format.
the vector images are way too complicated to do it once by one. Thanks
Mark
Answer Mark,
Color management is a very complex topic. CorelDraw has a lot
of color handling features, but there are some things that it
doesn't do because (1) they aren't needed or (2) they don't fit
the model of how Draw works with color internally.
Your question falls into (2). There is no easy way to convert
all the colors in your vector drawing from CMYK model colors
to RGB model colors. (You can do the objects one at a time,
of course, but in a large graphic that will take a great deal
of time and effort.) I think CorelDraw does not have this feature
because the developers didn't see how it would be useful.
Internally, CorelDraw handles every color in some color model.
It then uses a conversion process to display the colors, and
then uses a color profile to adjust how the colors appear on
your screen.
Now, it sounds like you used CMYK colors to select the start
and end values for a fountain fill. That doesn't hurt anything.
As long as you edit the file within CorelDraw you can preview
the image in RGB, simulated CMYK, profile-adjusted RGB, or
a variety of other ways.
When you export the file to another format, such as PNG or PDF,
you can choose a color conversion at that time. Similarly, when
you print you can choose color adjustments then too.
If you really hate CMYK color, there is a trick method to convert
all colors to RBG. But it only works well for simple designs.
Save the file as SVG format, then load it back in. SVG only
support RBG colors, so the save-as step forces the colors to be
remapped to RBG. However, complex objects (such as lens and blend
objects) are destroyed by this round-trip process.
