Expert: Ran - 5/24/2010

Question
Hello Ran!

I am using CDR 12 and would to import the image from another application, Photoshop. Let me know what kind of extension I must save to maintain the best quality as it is in Photoshop. I usually save it as Tiff Image.

Another is how many solutions must I apply when imported to CDR 12? Is the resolution in Photoshop effective in CDR 12?

Sorry for long questions.

I please thank you very much and may you get well with s.th!

I am looking forward to your replies!

Yours sincerely,


TOUCH-LUCK

Answer
Hi Touch

If you want the "best" quality you must save the image as .tif. This is because a .tif file is saved exactly as you see it in Photoshop.

.jpg files are smaller because the .jpg format uses fractal algorithms to save disk space and give a smaller file, but the quality is the trade-off. You can decide how much quality to keep when you save as .jpg in Photoshop and on the quality:maximum setting it will look very nearly as good as the .tif. I usually use .jpg because the maximum image quality is plenty good enough.

You should choose your resolution and stick to it. I use 300dpi because it is enough. CorelDraw respects the document size measurements from Photoshop, so if you import a 600dpi image it will stay at 600dpi in CorelDraw. I recommend that you import your image from Photoshop of the correct size that you want, but if you need to make it smaller then remember to resample in CorelDraw to 300dpi. If you don't do that, your file will be large and your work will be inefficient!