Forcing vector elements to grayscale
You can use CorelDRAW's Find & Replace function to convert vector elements to grayscale.
click on the image below to see the steps.
You need to launch the function twice: once for fills, and again for outlines.
click on the image below to see the steps.
You need to launch the function twice: once for fills, and again for outlines.
posted by Jeff Harrison at
11:26 PM
2 Comments:
Or you coudl just select everything, Effects>Adjust> Hue/Saturation/lightness, and set the sat to -100
Works nost of the times
ToasterX
(Ivan)
Hi Toaster,
Desaturating gives the "appearance" of grayscale, but is not always the best solution for technical reasons IMO.
Why? The job might separate to CMYK instead of K only. This means uncessary film/printing plates created, or massively increased cost when run on a digital color copier.
The best route IMO is for all users to ensure that items will separate to the K plate only, no matter how they do it. :-D One thing to watch for: desaturated RGB bitmaps.
I'm sure we agree that all uses should get into the habit of either checking separation preview, or noticing how many plates will be generated based on the artwork.
FWIW... I use a macro to take care of all this stuff - since it can convert numerous bitmaps, and all vector elements in one shot. It's part of the upcoming PreFlight macro for CorelDRAW.
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