u/FantasticMud6339

Need to generate 4k individual .CDR files in 3 days any automation/AI workflow?

I have to create around 4000 individual CorelDRAW (.cdr) files before sunday and doing it manually is impossible 😭

The design layout is mostly the same, but the text/data changes for each file. I already have the data in sheets. I’m trying to figure out the fastest workflow possible.

Is there any:

AI tool

CorelDRAW automation

VBA macro

CSV/data merge method

batch generation workflow

script/plugin

that can help generate separate editable .cdr files automatically?

Even PDF/SVG automation that can later be converted to CDR would help.

Would really appreciate any suggestions from people who’ve handled bulk print/design work before 🙏

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u/FantasticMud6339 — 13 hours ago

Hi I am 19F, From the last few months, I’ve been struggling financially more than I expected. Being a student, expenses just kept stacking up and I didn’t want to keep depending on my family. I tried part-time work, but it barely covered anything.

Out of desperation, I did something I never thought I would. I started selling pictures online. Nothing with my face, I made sure of that. At first it was just supposed to be temporary, just enough to get through a rough phase.

There was this one older guy who kept coming back. He paid well, didn’t make things complicated, so I stuck with him. It felt transactional in the beginning, like I was just doing what I had to do.

But somewhere along the way, it stopped feeling like just survival.

I got used to the attention, the control, the way I could decide what to share and what not to. And yeah… I hate admitting it, but a part of me started liking it. Not just the money, but the whole dynamic. It made me feel wanted in a strange way, even if I know it’s not real.

Now I’m in this weird headspace where I don’t even know if I’m continuing because I need the money anymore, or because I don’t want to give up that feeling.

I keep telling myself I’ll stop soon, but honestly… I don’t know if I actually will.

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u/FantasticMud6339 — 16 days ago