I am using CD2018Suite on a 2018 Microsoft Surface Pro with the i5 and 8GB of RAM. I have used CorelDraw since version 3 and have not had many issues. 2018 seems to have an issue with Powerclip. When I go to edit the clip (embed an image into a shape) and then when I finish editing, Corel takes an excessive amount of time to finish and allow me to do my next task. It takes roughly 20 seconds after clicking the Finish Editing icon. This is extremely frustrating as I have not had this issue with CDX7. Is this a bug in the 2018 version?
Is this when you're first creating the powerclip or if you're editing the powerclip.
Hi David,
Either way. It's when I click on the "Finish Editing" button and it's "saving" the changes within the powerclip. It takes 15-20 seconds to finish what it's doing before I can do any other task.
Did you try my suggestion to edit via Alt+click?Are there many other objects on the same page as the powerclip you are editing?I.e. are there a lot of objects that are rendered semi transparent while editing?
Hello Ronny,
actually yes there are a lot of other objects/images that are on that page the do go transparent when I edit a power clip in that file. I wonder if I should give Draw more RAM to work with within the program settings?
Maybe you could add more RAM to your system, but I don't think it is possible to dedicate a specific amount of RAM to a program in Windows any more.Regarding the transparent objects, there is one thing you can try if you feel comfortable playing with the Registry settings:Close Draw 2018.Open regedit.exeLocate \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\CorelDRAW\20.0\Draw\Application Preferences\PowerclipThere should be two strings in the pane to the right, (Standard) and ShowEmptyContainerX.Right click on an empty area in that pane and select New > String.Name the new string EditDisplayWithPageContext and hit Enter.Double click the string and type 0 (zero) in the Data field, click OK.This will prevent surrounding objects from displaying when editing a powerclip. Open Draw and see if it makes a difference.In previous versions this string was present by default, as well as a few others that allowed us to adjust how much "white" there should be in surrounding objects, but these strings have been removed in version 2018 for some reason.
Hello Sir,
There is no Powerclip Key after below address. I am using CorelDraw 2018
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\CorelDRAW\20.0\Draw\Application Preferences
Try making a change in one of the Powerclip settings inside Draw's Options first, close Draw and then check the Registry again.Not sure but I have a vague memory that these keys are not created until you make a change from Draw.