Hello,
First time poster, user since ver. 8.
Having a major issues when I export to TIFF. Basically any time I try to export a 4'x8' it blows the file up to massive size and that's even if it's usable. For years I have battled issues with exporting corel files for large format printers. If I ever have a drop shade effect and attempt to export as an EPS, the drop shadow is printed as a dark rectangle without the desired feathering, the same would happen if I attempt to publish it as a PDF. The one thing I could trust was TIFF. Now a TIFF export is out of the question and Corel has become unusable in our sign shop. In the past when I managed a sign shop for an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler we would print to onyx right from Corel so these issues weren't as big of a problem....except for occasions when I would print a long cooler wrap with drop shades then exporting to TIFF would solve any issues.
Is Corel aware of this issue? This has happened on multiple machines all running Win 7 64-bit. I can attest this IS a bug.
We do the same in our sign shop. I won't ever export as an eps if it has a drop shadow. Always go with a tif. And if doing a pdf convert the drop shadow to raster first then publish to pdf. Significantly reduces the file size. Same with any vector color blends. Always go with tiff. I've also noticed that if you export as tiff and mess around while it's doing it's thing the file won't finish it's compression and will end up very large. I've exported then navigate to the file or check the print que and it'll be like 150MB. Export it again with all the same parameters and it'll be like 5MB.
Hit export set your parameters, hit go and wait, don't do anything else in any other windows etc.
Just my two cents worth.
Myron
Ya, it used to be no problem in X4 and in earlier versions but every 4x8 tiff I have attempted in X7 comes out to 2gb! A 4x8 should be 400mb max. I selected the image and looked under "file" to keep an eye on "export" cause if it is still in the process it is grayed out...it took 20 minutes. Used to take 30 seconds or so.
Did you install the updates to X3? There is one at ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/CorelDRAWGraphicsSuiteX3/ but I seem to remember there ought to be at least another one which Corel seems to have lost.
Oh, just noticed you've using X7. This is the X3 forum
Its also the forum for the suite (Corel's fault not yours, the forum needs better structuring to encourage people to post in either the CorelDraw or Photopaint topic as appropriate).
What are you using? CorelDraw or Photopaint?
We've also noticed a glitch in X7's export dialog. When you change the dpi the actual dimensions change as well. It won't let you stay at 4ft x 8ft AND 150 dpi. But if you select pixels then back to inches it will allow both parameters to be change individually. A 4 x 8 we'd usually send at around 200dpi.