I recently have been having this problem publishing a Corelx8 file with a gradient fill to Pdf.
The fills after exporting are ALOT of vector solid fills getting lighter to darker like an eps.
It used to turn gradients into a bitmap, I know that setting is in the export settings, but clicked on or not it turns my gradient fills to ALOT of vectors.
I reset back to default and it still does this. What has changed?
I had to re do my art over and over and i did get it one TIME to export it as a bitmap, second, third, fourth,....... 40th try all vectors.
I can't figure out the rhyme or reasoning for this. I tried, all the configurations PDF x-1a. PDF x-3 i lowered the resolution to 72, I raised the resolution.
Still can't get it to publish as a bitmap like it used to do.
Any help would be greatful.
NUTTZ
OK, It got even more weird.
I have 3 computers with Corelx8 {64 Bit}, all i7's,ssd drives.all updated drivers all win10, 64 bit
Comp1: AMD graphics card {no issues with speed}
Comp2: Ndvia GTX9xx
Comp3: A BEAST!!!{my gaming rig} Ndivia Ti1080i, 4: 1 Teribyte SSD drives, 12 core i7 8650, Liquid cooled 64gigs ram.
ALL Comps have corelx8 {yes i bought more than one} ALL corelx8 set the same, the "publish to PDF all set the same.
Published the same CDR file to desktop on each comp. Then clicked on the pdf file and " open with" Corelx8 , wire frame view,
and the PDF changed the gradient fill to a TON of vector strips to simulate the gradient fill on comps 1 and 2. Corelx8 will barely move
takes 3-4 minutes to open, once open, you have so much delay... even to zoom in takes minutes, or locks up completely, have to task manger out of corel. BTW the CDR and the pdf files are only 800k'
NOW,Comp 3 the gradient fill was a bitmap. opens quick, no issues.
If i click on the setting in the PDF export to change fills to a bitmap, MAKES NO DIFFERENCE in any of the comps,
Checked on or off in Comp 1 and 2 its still vectors it..
Checked on or off in Comp 3 it Bitmaps it.
YES i F8'ed Corel to factory, Yes my SSd drives are barely filled, Yes, i CCleaner everyday.,YES i have no viruses. Yes drivers are up to date.
Problem is Comp 3 is my Gaming rig at home.
I NEED the 2 computers at work to work this way like they used to, I have been sending artwork out to my Paper and vinyl printers FOR over 20 years this way and now all of a sudden I have problems.
Yes, i did buy 2 Corel2018's {got them today }
But i cannot install them until they and graphtec can read each other.
NUTTZ33 said:The fills after exporting are ALOT of vector solid fills getting lighter to darker like an eps.
It seems that you're using compatibility with an old version of Acrobat, such as PDF X/1a or PDF X/3
Try using "compatibilty" with Acrobat 8.0 or higher
It might be the selection used for control points also. There is an issue with that in I believe X8
David, I was going to go into that as well. Seems if the control points are anything other than 50% this would happen. After testing again I couldn't get the gradient to show with the thousand lines. Might be worth a look.
Myron I'm old and brain dead, I no longer have X8 working but I believe my wife does. This was logged a while back and fixed I believe it was in 2017 or possibye a very late X8 patch. In printing it never affected output just if you sent the PDF to another application for editing.