Is anyone else experiencing a very large number of crashes in Photo Paint X5? I am running it on a brand new Windows 7 64-bit computer with AMD X6 chip, 8 GB of Ram, etc, etc.
Photo Paint is simply crashing too often! I am losing work sometimes stuff that I just put a lot of time and effort into. When I try saving it, the Save button (or Export button) simply doesn't respond. I can't save the work, and soon afterward it crashes. Sometimes I get an 'out of memory' error.
Other times, if I have several images open at the same time, zooming produces a blank screen, like it is out of memory and can't render the image. This usually means it will crash soon, too.
Getting exasperated here ... The new Service Pack 1 that automatically downloaded and installed had my hopes soaring, but it appears to have done little to solve Photo Paint's problems. It may have mostly been for Draw. I am nearing the point where I reinstall my X3 and give up on X5, at least until Corel fixes these problems. I can't keep losing my work. :(
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PP won't save either for me on Win7(64), I first have to close and restart before it works normally.Other workaround: run it in XP compatibility mode.I haven't experienced those crashes, but maybe that's because I never worked long enough with PP under Win7.In fact I've given up on the combination of PP X5 and Win7, and returned to WinXP ..
Good news - I am running PP in XP compatibility mode, and so far, no problems. I also loaded it on my work laptop with XP to see how it goes; it seems to run OK though I haven't tried much at this point, but it does open just normal 1000 pixel wide JPG files incredibly slowly, taking somewhere on the order of 5+ seconds from the time you select the file and click the Open button.
Jed, I'm also a software developer so I too know the emphasis on new functionality. I work in DOD, and imagine it's even worse in the Commercial domain. I've seen it on both sides of the developer-management world though; some developers are just more enthusiastic developing new capabilities than fixing bugs.
All that being said, I would gladly pay for a bug-free version of the Corel Suite. Yes, imagine how well they could get this s/w humming if they dedicated all their efforts to bug fixing and optimization for a year!
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