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The Import dialog includes options for cropping images, provides details about images, and offers ICC color profile options

CorelDRAW X4 features a comprehensive selection of import filters for getting various file formats into your document Of these, Corel provides support for all its own formats, including CorelDRAW (CDR), Corel Symbol Library (CSL), Corel Painter (RIFF), CorelDRAW Compressed (CDX), Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX), Corel CMX Compressed (CPX), Corel RAVE (CLK), Corel WordPerfect (WPD and WPG), Corel Quattro Pro (WB, WQ), Corel/Micrografx Designer (DES, DSF, and DRW), Corel Picture Publisher (PP5, PP4, and PPF), Corel Paint Shop Pro (PSP), and Corel PHOTO-PAINT (CPT) You ll also find filter support for importing files from third-party products such as Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Adobe Illustrator (AI), Adobe Acrobat (PDF), Macromedia Freehand (FH), Visio (VSD), and other Microsoft Office products Other filters support popular PostScript, CAD, bitmap, text, and word processor file formats, and a selection of specialty file formats

While you re visiting the Import dialog, certain options may become available in the dialog when you select a file for import Basically, the options pertain to how the file will be handled by the import filter that will be used to import the file; you may have more success with one filter over another For certain file types and requirements, these options will significantly affect how your resulting file is handled The following brief definitions will help in determining which options to choose:

Crop, Resample When importing a bitmap image, you have the Crop and Resample choices available from the drop-down menu Link Bitmap Externally Choose this option when importing bitmaps to create a filename and a path link to the imported file without embedding the file in your document By default, this option is not selected This option is significant because externally linked bitmap files cannot be altered in any way, such as applying CorelDRAW bitmap effects Linking keeps file sizes small, but limits what you can do in CorelDRAW with the bitmap

If you want to use almost any of Corel s commands on the Bitmaps menu, you must break the link first Commands and options for controlling externally linked bitmaps, including breaking links, are found in the Link Manager docker You can also select the bitmap with the Pick Tool and then choose Bitmaps | Break Link from the menu

Combine Multi-Layer Bitmap Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop both write image files that can contain layers When you re importing bitmap file formats, choosing this option automatically combines (flattens) image data on all layers of the imported bitmap By default, this option is not selected If you leave this option unchecked, you can ungroup the layers of such a composite bitmap and work with each layer separately You can also reorder the layers in the Object Manager docker and perform many other editing options on the file as a whole, or just individual layers Extract Embedded ICC Profile Choosing this option saves a copy of any ICC profile contained in the image to the Documents and Settings\UserName\ Application Data\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4\User Color folder on the drive where Windows is installed Check For Watermark By default, this option is not selected DigiMarc watermarks can be embedded directly in CorelDRAW X4 by selecting the bitmap, choosing Bitmaps | Plug-ins | DigiMarc | Embed Watermark, and entering specific creator and/or date information in the dialog that appears The Status Bar displays a symbol in front of a selected imported bitmap s filename when the bitmap contains a DigiMarc watermark

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Do Not Show Filter Dialog For a few import file formats, a secondary dialog may appear, offering further options for handling inherent properties in the imported file Choosing this option kills the display of this secondary dialog and is particularly useful for uninterrupted importing of multiple images By default, this option is not selected Maintain Layers And Pages If the file you are importing contains multiple pages and/or multiple layers, this option becomes available By default, this option is selected As the file is imported, additional pages are automatically added to your current document and/or layers are automatically added Layers are controlled using the Object Manager docker Link To High Resolution File For Output Using OPI Although this option seems relegated to the opposite corner of the Import dialog, it involves a complex and powerful capability that can be used to link specially prepared TIF or CT files to your document using OPI (open prepress interface) technology The skinny on this technology is that it creates placeholder low-resolution images that contain internal links to high-resolution digital separation files When printed, these external separations can be set to replace the imported placeholder The goal is to offer you the option to incorporate high-resolution images into your document while maintaining reasonable document file sizes By default, this option is not selected

You can import multiple files if they are stored in the same folder Click one of the files you want to open, and then hold the CTRL key while clicking additional files You can open an entire folder s contents: click the first file, then hold the SHIFT key, and finally, click the last file in the folder The OPI option flags an image as a low-resolution OPI image The high-resolution image doesn t even have to be on your computer When you print the file, OPI comments get injected into the PostScript printing data stream The high/low resolution swap happens on the OPI server