.cdr - .ai - need to open - how?

[Manores]

Hi all

I have a problem.. One of our customers have brought a cd in which he said there are the images.

there are ones with .cdr and .ai extensions..

I know (if not wrong) .cdr is CorelDraw and do not have any idea about what .ai is..

What I want to learn is, is there any utility that opens these pictures, and I can take a screen shot (worst case) of the pictures and edit them..

Any idea?

[greg.harvey]

.ai is Adobe Illustrator -- Flash will probably open these if you don't have Illustrator. Freehand might too.

.cdr files are indeed CorelDraw, and I think you're stuffed if you don't have it! Sorry .... give your client a slap from me! It's a Mikey Mouse format!!

[Manores]

no viewer? I do not need to edit them in those programs..

[greg.harvey]

There, there. The Columbus Viewer looks promising ....

[Manores]

Downloading it greg!

I hope it works

And if it works, I will owe you a great favor

(the most I hate about my english is my weakness in expressing my gratitude )

[greg.harvey]

I hope it works too -- it's a hefty download!

[sowen]

tyrael

If the viewer doesn't work just email me the files and I will save them in a format you can view (as long as there's not 100's )

And Greg - don't you be dissin' CorelDraw . I've been using it over 10 years now to produce artwork for print and web. It's feature packed and cheaper than Freehand or Ill.

nuff said

[Manores]

Originally posted by sowen
tyrael

If the viewer doesn't work just email me the files and I will save them in a format you can view (as long as there's not 100's )

That's a great favor sowen!

Thank you very much for the support! I will try to accomplish it by myself, time is the least we all have and I just don't want to take much time of any of you..

If I can't manage to do it, I'll email you.

Again thanks a lot!

[greg.harvey]

Sorry sowen! I guess I'm spoiled nowadays!

Haven't used Corel since Corel 6 (before I came across Adobe products). Can't use it here though cos no one else in the industry uses it ... kinda throws a spanner in the works!

[creole]

Corel's not a bad program. In fact, it's got some features that Adobe has copied. It just doesn't have the name power like Adobe.

[greg.harvey]

Most importantly for me, it doesn't have the compatibility with other formats -- as tyrael's problems are nicely highlighting ...... unless they've added more export filters since I last looked at it ............