Export to wpg

[P.Jay webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

We have a fairly simple object filled with a linear gradient fill which we wish to use as a logo.

The image exists as a Freehand 8 document but we need to convert this to Windows Metafile to use in Word/Publisher etc.

Freehand's WPG exporter makes quite a mess of it as does it's EMF exporter. Each line of the fill ends up as a seperate object.

Does anyone know of a way of successfully exports to WMF/EMF from Freehand 8? Alternatively, is their an effective way of transfering from Freehand 8 to Corel Draw 7 which usually does a better job of producing windows metafiles? I've had most success using FH8's Adobe Illustrator 88 exporter but although I end up with a correctly filled object the colour are wrong. I also have access to Canvas 7 but again, getting the image out of Freehand is problematic.

Thanks for any thoughts,

With Kind Regards,
Paul.

[P.Jay webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Sorry, I should have titled the thread "Eport to wmf"

:-(

With Kind Regards,
Paul

[darrel]

> We have a fairly simple object filled with a linear gradient fill which we
wish to use as a logo.

AFAICT, WMF files are crap for anything but the most basic of vector images.
They just don't handle gradients well at all.

I'd suggest just saving it out as a TIF and using that. Or, remove the
gradient from the logo (gradients in logos can be tricky anyways when you
need to start printing it professionally)

-Darrel

[P.Jay webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks for taking the time to reply Darrel. I'll give those ideas a go.

Thanks again,
With Kind Regards,
Paul