PDF export bugs - Started posting videos of bugs not sorted by Corel for Years

FYI, when publishing to PDF with the "Selection" setting enabled, there is a 0.35 mm border added around the objects.
Not sure why but it is as designed (and most likely for a reason) and not a bug.
If you want the page to be an exact size, set the page size in Draw first and then export with "Current Page" setting enabled instead.


When you publish a Powerclip to PDF, the clip has to be converted to a new bitmap since PDF doesn't support Draw's powerclips.
The conversion may cause a slight pixel shift because the clip container is a vector object and it doesn't always match the pixel grid of the bitmap inside. So Draw converts the bitmap and then masks off edges that are not full pixels.

I seriously doubt that this small drift could be a problem when doing a 2.5 meter large format print.
IF you want every pixel to be in exactly the right place, you must probably work in Pixels mode, then make sure the bitmap pixels fit to the pixel grid, then Crop the bitmap to the exact number of whole pixels, then publish.

Ronny Axelsson said:

Not sure why but it is as designed (and most likely for a reason) and not a bug.

Come on man, do you actually read yourself. I love Corel Draw as you do, no reason to defend bugs (confirmed by Corel staff) without arguments.

If there is no reason for white spaces around then it should not be there, no other software does it. Setting up page size each time hoping for corel to chop the artwork to its size would be a nightmare as one of the main reason I like and we use Corel Draw is the open space that can accommodate big projects with different large size panels in one view. And in case someone says that the tiny space around each pdf doesn't matter, and can't cause a problem then well... Try to print hundreds of copies exported from Corel and printed as straight flush layout panels only to discover there is a small double line or double cut line between the copies which mean double cut or sometimes re-print as trimming off a tiny gap like this is difficult, even if you wanted rectify it.

Ronny Axelsson said:

I seriously doubt that this small drift could be a problem when doing a 2.5 meter large format print

If it was a pixel I wouldn't bother contacting support, writing posts and making videos. This comes with long gathering frustration and big losses. Maybe my example only shows tiny shift but it is bigger in different situations (probably when the bitmap inside is stretched slightly, not sure). It was often 4mm shift when my employees where splitting large display systems, which is enough for the client to reject, because the letters are not matching.

1 - One little question: are you using "Object hinting" enabled on both situations?

2 - Could you please attach (or send me to ariel.garaza@gmail.com) any file sample to test it?