Image
What is a .cdr file?
A .cdr file is a CorelDraw Drawing (version 2020). This is an image format — a picture, drawing or graphic. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 31 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
31 different formats have claimed .cdr over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2020 · fmt/1931
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 4.0 · fmt/465
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X7 · fmt/1926
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 9.0 · x-fmt/374
- UDF-ISO 9660 Bridge DiscNo version recorded · fmt/1739
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 6.0 · x-fmt/29
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 7.0 · x-fmt/291
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 11.0 · x-fmt/378
- UDF Disc ImageNo version recorded · fmt/1738
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 1.0 · fmt/467
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2018 · fmt/1929
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 8.0 · x-fmt/292
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X6 · fmt/1925
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 8 Bidi · fmt/1924
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2019 · fmt/1930
- Apple Partition Map ISO 9660 HybridNo version recorded · fmt/1741
- Apple Partition Map Disk ImageNo version recorded · fmt/1740
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 5.0 · fmt/464
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 10.0 · x-fmt/375
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X8 · fmt/1927
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X4 · fmt/429
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 3.0 · x-fmt/379
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2022 · fmt/1933
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2017 · fmt/1928
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2.0 · fmt/466
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 12.0 · fmt/427
- ISO 9660 Disk Image FileNo version recorded · fmt/468
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X3 · fmt/428
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion X5 · fmt/430
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2021 · fmt/1932
- CorelDraw DrawingVersion 2023 · fmt/1934
How to open a .cdr file
- GIMP (free) and IrfanView open a very wide range of image formats, including obsolete ones.
- XnView MP is the best bet for unusual or legacy image types.
- Your operating system's built-in viewer may work for mainstream formats.
The registry records this extension against CorelDraw Drawing, CorelDraw Drawing, CorelDraw Drawing and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .cdr file
- Open it in GIMP or XnView and export as .png (lossless) or .jpg (smaller).
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .cdr.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2020 | — | fmt/1931 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 4.0 | — | fmt/465 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X7 | — | fmt/1926 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 9.0 | — | x-fmt/374 |
| UDF-ISO 9660 Bridge Disc | — | — | fmt/1739 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 6.0 | — | x-fmt/29 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 7.0 | — | x-fmt/291 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 11.0 | — | x-fmt/378 |
| UDF Disc Image | — | — | fmt/1738 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 1.0 | — | fmt/467 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2018 | — | fmt/1929 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 8.0 | — | x-fmt/292 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X6 | — | fmt/1925 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 8 Bidi | — | fmt/1924 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2019 | — | fmt/1930 |
| Apple Partition Map ISO 9660 Hybrid | — | — | fmt/1741 |
| Apple Partition Map Disk Image | — | — | fmt/1740 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 5.0 | — | fmt/464 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 10.0 | — | x-fmt/375 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X8 | — | fmt/1927 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X4 | — | fmt/429 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 3.0 | — | x-fmt/379 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2022 | — | fmt/1933 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2017 | — | fmt/1928 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2.0 | — | fmt/466 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 12.0 | — | fmt/427 |
| ISO 9660 Disk Image File | — | — | fmt/468 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X3 | — | fmt/428 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | X5 | — | fmt/430 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2021 | — | fmt/1932 |
| CorelDraw Drawing | 2023 | — | fmt/1934 |