Hi everyone :)

I'm running Corel11 on my imac. I need to generate an svg file for a client. 

The svg filters in C11 are quite old - the files it produces have trouble being read in more current programs.

I've tried opening the svg files in Inkscape and resaving as svg - but half the file is missing. Grouping/locking has no effect.

Has anyone got a solution to this please? Any nifty file conversion software you might know about?

cheers,

Fiona

Yes, it's true that Corel Draw sucks at SVG. The SVG files it produces are not very valid, and it does not support the basic filters that the SVG standard offers (like for example the amazing Blur effect).

I use Inkscape a lot, and when it comes to SVG, Inkscape is the best instrument you can probably find today. Its support of the SVG specification is the most complete (it is not 100% yet, but it's develloping really fast) but it produces valid SVG.

So the only solution I can propose right now is simply to create the SVG file in Inkscape. If you want to import something form Corel into Inkscape, I believe the best way is to use PDF as the intermediary format. Inkscape has a robust PDF import and Corel's PDF export is very good too. Don't use the Corel SVG export. it is simply too bad...

Once you have imported the PDF into Inkscape, you'll certainly have to recreate things like gradients and/or transparency though...

BTW, take a look at www.openclipart.org, it is a repository of Public Domain (so completely free) SVG clipart. The majority ot them are created in Inkscape, some of them are quite professional.

:)

Thanks very much - that worked extremely well!

I intend to learn how to use Inkscape - but needed a quick fix for an urgent logo.

I appreciate your comments on Inkscape - I'll spend the time now to work it out - I'm just a die-hard Coreldraw user since version 1.

A solution after 2 days of trying just about everything - I cannot tell you how much I appreciated your reply.  :)