This document describes the export filters available for use in Corel GALLERY™. Windows Metafile (WMF) Drawings are saved in a vector, line art, format that allows for printing to both PostScript and non-PostScript printers. Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft Word are popular programs that read WMF files. WMF File Complexity WMF files can be very large if your graphic contains a lot of curves or text. This can cause problems in programs such as Corel VENTURA™ and Adobe PageMaker, which impose limitations on the size of imported files. Image Header When exporting to WMF format, you have the option of including an Image Header. This makes it possible to view the contents of the file in programs such as Adobe PageMaker, Corel VENTURA and Microsoft® Word, however, this header will also make the WMF file impossible to read by applications not designed to handle an Image Header. Adobe Illustrator (*.AI, *.EPS) This filter saves drawings in a vector format that many MAC-based programs like Adobe Illustrator can read. When exported in to this format, clipart can be printed to a PostScript device only. AutoCAD DXF (*.DXF) Saves drawings in a vector format accepted by CAD/CAM programs and devices, such as AutoCAD and certain computer-driven sign and glass cutters. Only the outlines of objects are exported. Computer Graphics Metafile (*.CGM) Saves drawings in a vector format for use in desktop publishing programs, such as Corel VENTURA or Adobe PageMaker. GEM file (*.GEM) This filter saves the drawing in a vector format for use in GEM Artline, and Corel VENTURA. Notes: • Breaks in the flow of the lines may sometimes occur where outlines come to a point. Whether this is noticeable or if it even occurs will depend on the size of the objects, the thickness of the outline, and the angle at which the outline meets at the point. • Colors in the exported file are matched to the 16 colors GEM supports. • GEM format limits the number of objects per file, this poses problems if the original Corel • GALLERY file contains many complex objects. If the limit is exceeded, a less-than-complete image may come into GEM Artline. • If you load the file into GEM Artline, objects that appear to be individual are actually groups of smaller objects. HPGL Plotter File (*.PLT) Drawings are saved in a vector format used primarily by computer-driven sign and glass cutters. Only the outlines of objects are exported. Colors HPGL files contain pen numbers that correspond to the drawing pens available in a plotter. These pens are installed by the user and can be any color. The pen numbers and color assignments selected in Corel GALLERY 's HPGL Pen Color Selection dialog box should be paired with the pen assignments in the plotter. When the file is exported, the colors it contains are analyzed for their CMYK content. They are then matched as closely as possible to the pen number and color definitions in the [CorelHPGLColors] section of the CORELFLT.INI. As many as 256 pens can be defined, but most plotters use eight or fewer pens. For this reason, the initial configuration of Corel GALLERY only defines the eight most-widely used pen colors as follows: [CorelHPGLPens] [CorelHPGLColors] P1= Black Black=0,0,0,100 P2= Blue Blue=100,100,0,0 P3= Red Red=0,100,100,0 P4= Green Green=100,0,100,0 P5= Magenta Magenta=0,100,0,0 P6= Yellow Yellow=0,0,100,0 P7= Cyan Cyan=100,0,0,0 P8= Brown Brown=0,50,100,25 Objects which are not outlined Since this filter deals with outlines only, any filled objects in your Corel GALLERY file that have no outlines will have an outline appended to them in the HPGL export process. IBM PIF (*.PIF) Drawings are saved in a PIF format which can then be converted to GDF format for use by IBM mainframe programs. Limitations • Colors in Corel GALLERY are color-mapped to provide the best possible match to PIF's sixteen color palette. • Because of the limited number of colors in PIF, fountain fills will usually look poor. MAC PICT (*.PCT) Saves drawings in PICT2 (color) format for use in many Macintosh graphics programs. Objects with Fills and Outlines: Filled objects with an outline export as a group of two objects. One object will be the outline and the other the fill. Outlines on text will export, provided the text is converted to curves prior to export. Convert the text by choosing the Convert to Curves command in the Arrange menu. Text converted to curves cannot be edited. Colors: The colors available on the MAC are device-dependent, varying with the type of display you're using. If you have a display that uses 8-bit color, you are limited to a total of 256 colors. The colors in your Corel GALLERY file will be matched as closely as possible. A display that uses 24-bit color will display colors that are virtually identical to the ones you used in Corel GALLERY . Matrix \ Imapro SCODL (*.SCD) This filter saves the drawing in a format which can be processed for output to non-PostScript devices such as ink-jet printers, thermal printers and film recorders. WordPerfect Graphic (*.WPG). Drawings are saved for printing on a non-PostScript printer from WordPerfect Version 5.0 and later. Colors: Options in the Export WPG dialog box control how colors in the Corel GALLERY file are exported: 16 Colors - Matches colors in the Corel GALLERY file to a standard set of 16 colors. Choosing this option usually yields acceptable results on a VGA display. 256 Colors - May yield a more accurate representation of your Corel GALLERY file, but because results vary depending on the video adapter and driver used in WordPerfect, colors may appear as shades of gray. If this happens, go back to Corel GALLERY and export the file again with 16 colors selected.