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USING PHOTOSHOP AS A BITMAP EDITOR FOR COREL DRAW

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USING PHOTOSHOP AS A BITMAP EDITOR FOR COREL DRAW

Hi folks, I've been really looking for such a thing over the years but thankfully I've finally found it now on www.cdrpro.ru. Photoshop is now just a click away from Corel Draw. So let's see how it works.

Download this Zip File

  • Extract it to a suitable location.
  • Go to your Corel Draw's GMS Folder (where all your pre-existing macros are lying)
  • Right Click in the blank area, Point to NEW, and select Text Document
  • Rename your newly created file to something like Photoshop.gms
  • Click Yes on the rename prompt.
  • Run CorelDRAW. Open the VBA Editor (Alt + F11).
  • Find GlobalMacros (Photoshop.gms) in the list of macros on the left of your screen.

  • In the context menu on right mouse button, select the Import File.

pointing to one of our extracted files..

  • Do the same for the second file.
  • With your macro still highlighted, go to Tools Menu and Click References

  • In the Dialog Box find and tick Adobe Photoshop (your version) Object Library

  • Click OK
  • Click the Save button on the toolbar, just in case.

Now return to corel draw, and in Customizations drag the two files EditInPhotoShop and UpdateAfterEditInPhotoShop to any were you like in your workspace, ideally in the context menu for Bitmap or in the property bar for Bitmap and OLE Objects, that's totally your choice.
Here's mine:

2577.PS Macro.zip 

Recent Comments

By: vedavyas Posted on Sun, Dec 5 2010 8:32

We don't know but I think this collection has to be there if you have photoshop put in. That version associated with Illustrator do you have by the way in which?

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By: Pam Posted on Mon, Dec 20 2010 14:39

the file is opening in Photoshop fine but after I make revisions and save the file,  I get what looks like giberish to me when I use the ExImPhotoshop button.  This is the first line in the file within the photoshop.gms:

'Ôóíêöèÿ îñóùåñòâÿþùàÿ "ýêñïîðò" âûäåëåííîãî ðèñóíêà â PhotoShop.  There is alot of this and English.

Please help

By: monographix Posted on Tue, Jul 19 2011 5:02

X5 & CS4 here. (although i have CS5 installed too but there is no Photoshop CS5 library entry in the list of libraries ...)

This works once, allows me one update. It won't update the file after a second save. it gives an unreadable message. (russian?) And also fills the C:\Temp directory with temp psd files.

By: n3v Posted on Mon, Jul 25 2011 10:02

wow excellent thanks for this, I must admit though the instructions are a tad hard to follow since I've never used macros before

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