Hi,
I have both CDGS2018 and CDGS 2019 installed on the same computer. When I am on Coreldraw2018, and I try to edit a bitmap image it now opens Corel Photopaint 2019 instead of the 2018 version of photopaint like it used to. How or what can I do to change this so that when I am in Coreldraw2018, editing a bitmap image opens Photopaint 2018 not Photopiaint 2019? Would appreciate thoughts, tips, suggestions...
I am not ready to move up to CDGS2019 yet and give up my CDGS2018 altogether.
Thks,
huh?
Usually, the latest installed application is the default progam.
You can associate CorelDRAW 2018 to PhotoPaint if you select any CPT file on Windows (under Program Files / Corel you will find some CPT files), right click / open with... but don't select any program. Instead this, go to "use other..." and on the following list choose CorelPhotoPaint 2018 and enable "use this program as default".
Ariel,
Thanks. What you are suggesting is associating a .cpt file to CorelPhotopaint2018. I am talking about editing a bitmap image from within Coreldraw2018 which you have imported. The image may be any file format, e.g. jpg, png,etc., imported into Coreldraw2018 that you may want to "edit" using the Photopaint features and then continue using in Coreldraw2018.
rgds,
No, I talk about the same, but maybe I should explain a little more.
When you import an image (TIF, JPG, etc) to CorelDRAW, and choose "edit" with PhotoPaint, the program will convert the bitmap image to CPT in order to edit it. But it will use the Windows settings
Windows will associate CPT file extension with the latest installed version (unless you change it, as I mentioned)
So, if you installed 2018 first and 2019 later, both versions will use PhotoPaint 2019 (the latest installed version). If you want that the default PhotoPaint was 2018, you must associate the CPT file extension to 2018 version.
Of course, you can also install the version you want to use as default again. For exampe, if you install the 2017 version as a third version, PhotoPaint 2017 will become the default version for edit bitmaps inside all CorelDRAW
You are right. I tried it and it works. However, CD2019 will also open PP2018 unless you change the file association again. I guess its the next best thing that can be done without too much complication.
thanks,
As I said before, those are Windows rules, and this is how it was designed. You can't use a different version for each program for edit bitmaps
That is true just because of the way of the way CorelDraw processes it i.e save image to a temporary cpt file then calls the def program associated with the .cpt file in the windows environment.