

For these images, you can load an image palette to decrease the image’s color depth to 256 colors (8-bit). In the My palettes folder, right-click a custom palette, and click one of the following: Images with a color depth of 16 million colors do not have an image palette because they can contain all the colors your computer can display. If you want to move a custom color palette, drag it to the new folder. To create a folder for storing custom color palettes If the custom color palette (.xml) was saved to the My palettes folder, you can open it by clicking Window Color palettes and choosing the custom palette from the list. The XML version is stored in the x:\Documents and Settings\your name\My Documents folder, and also appears in the My palettes folder in the Color Palette Manager. When you open a legacy custom palette (.cpl) file, it is automatically converted to the XML format (.xml). If you want to open a color palette (.cpl file) that was created in a previous version of CorelDRAW, select Legacy custom palette (*.cpl) from the Files of type list box. If you want to set a custom color palette as the default palette, click the custom palette flyout button, and click Set as default.Ĭhoose the drive and folder where the custom color palette is stored. In the My palettes folder, click the Show or hide icon beside the custom palette name. To open the Color Palette ManagerĬlick Window Dockers Color palette manager. For more information, see Displaying or hiding color palettes in the Palette libraries. However, you can create a custom color palette by copying a color palette from the Palette libraries folder. You cannot edit any of the color palettes that are found in the Palette libraries. The Palette libraries folder of the Color Palette Manager contains collections of preset color palettes from which you can choose colors. You can open and control the display of all color palettes.

You can also copy a color palette or move it to a different folder. You can add folders to store and organize your color palettes for different projects. You can use the My palettes folder to store all the custom color palettes that you create. The color palettes in the Color Palette Manager are divided into two main folders: My palettes and Palette libraries. The Color Palette Manager is a docker that lets you quickly access the available color palettes, including the Document palette and the Color Styles palette, and create custom color palettes. To copy a palette from the Palette libraries for editing To display or hide a custom color palette Layer the objects to the front of the page, and save as an EPS file.Quick links to procedures on this page: Now just copy the shape that you want to cut and fill the copy with the “cutcontour” swatch. Just click open and you should see the palette on the side of the screen. ****** Note You MUST HAVE SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS Selected in folder options under Tools in My computer ****** Open the palette editor and click on save palette on the upper right hand side.
#CORELDRAW COLOR PALETTE LOCATION ON COMPUTER WINDOWS#
In windows 98, Me, you will need to save the palette in order to find the location on the c: drive. Select Color Palettes, Then select Open Palette I.Ĝhange the name of the color to “CutContour”į. Select the new color in the palette editor window Select add to palette on the bottom left hand sideĮ. Select the Custom Spot Colors Palette at the top of the screen I’m banging my head on my desk, the wall, the floor. Opening the EPS file in CorelDraw, the previously tagged outline shows up as “unnamed color.” It used to show up as “Magenta” until I changed the build from C=0, M=100, Y=0, K=0t to C=0, M=99, Y=0, K=0 Only the “magenta” outline show up in the RIP Software. In exporting, the check box, convert Spot Colors to CYMK is UNchecked. The color is built as C=0, M=99, Y=0, K=0 and has a little dot in the swatch displayed in the CDR palette and it’s labeled CutContour. However, when exporting to an EPS for Print and Cut using VersaWorks it doesn’t show up. It opens fine with new CDR documents and is labeled CutContour in the swatch menu. So I saved it as the default palette (Palettes are stored in a folder on a shared hard drive for multiple computers). How do I make a spot color in CorelDraw X3.

Okay, it’s time for CorelDraw 101 for Dave.
