Corel Designer
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
				
								
				
				
																
				
				
								
				Corel Designer is a engineering and graphic design application which belongs to the Corel Draw Technical Suite. Originally Micrografx Draw, Corel purchased in 2001.
File Identification
Corel Designer 9 was Micrografx last release, Designer 10-12 was based on the RIFF format, while X4-onward is based on ZIP/XML format with X4-X5 wrapped around a .CDR. PRONOM binary signatures needed.
| Format / Version | Ext. | RIFF type | PRONOM | Year | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designer 9.0 | .dsf | n/a | x-fmt/151 | 2002 | 
| Designer 10.0 | .des | DESA | 2003 | |
| Designer 10.5 | .des | DESB | ||
| Designer 12.0 | .des | DESC | 2006 | |
| Designer X4 | .des | DESE | 2008 | |
| Designer X5 | .des | DESF | 2010 | 

