converting an image to cmyk bitmap increases its initial size. it's happening in corel x4 only.... is this a bug?
It is not only in X4. CMYK will always be bigger than RGB encoding. You get a wider range of colour using CMYK. CMYK is 32 bit where RGB only goes up to 24 bit, resulting in a bigger file.
i was not referring at the file size. i was referring at the bitmap dimensions in mm.
hunter, i'm sorry but i`m using coreldraw from version 12. i know what's dpi, what is an inch and a mm and all that.. but all of my work is done for print (not for web) so i never used and i`ll never use pixels as a unit of measurement for bitmaps.
if you could just try what i've said earlier this day and i think i was making myself pretty clear... you will see that there is this bug that i'm talking about.
pick any kind of bitmap/jpeg/tif/whatever you want and import it in x4. convert it to bitmap at 72/100/150/200/300/600 DPI or any other print resolution and you'll see that the bitmap increases its dimensions.
anyway, this thing above all the other very very serious and BIG bugs is enough.
one more thing i discovered, the coordinates do not update after moving an object, you have to reselect that object to see the right coordinates. i'm just tired of seeking solutions, cause i think it's useless, x4 it's just way too buggy and i decided to skip this release.
one thing i just don't get and i'll never understand is how (how??!) the developers released this as a final version product with so so so serious bugs :( i mean before releasing this kind of program, (or any other program as a matter of fact), don't you guys test it first? i mean basic tests, because having it crashed each time i work with paragraph texts is unacceptable for such a program! totally unacceptable!
how can i work with pixels if i want my image to be exactly 7/10 cm when printed? i'm working with milimeters. i design brochures/flyers/posters in milimeters not in pixels. why convert pixels to mm?!? i'm sorry i think i'm not yet understood here. maybe it's my english or something
just tried with PIXELS.. totally useless but just for you to know: SAME PROBLEM THERE! bitmap increases its size... but now IN PIXELS!