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. :(
GB
Jed Hunsaker said:I can see it now, "CorelDRAW X6: No new features, just way less bugs."
LOL It shouldn't be a new version update, it should be one of their service packs. Just bug fixes. Lots of bug fixes.
To answer the original question, yes Corel Photopaint is a seriously unstable application for me. Always was, as far back as I can remember. Draw too. Same bugs, year after year. It's too bad.
I agree that it "shouldn't be a new version update," as you say; however, if that's what it takes to get rid of these "same bugs, year after year" then I'm all for it! I would rather they focus their efforts on the bugs than the new features. That's all I'm saying. Because it's most likely not the developer's fault, right? They are given a job and they do what they are told. They are given a time frame to complete whichever goals to which they are assigned. The *problem* is that they aren't being assigned these crucial bug fixes. Instead, I'm sure marketing is at their back asking them to push out these new features so they can hook the customers for the next version. I'm a developer so I know what it's like. It's too bad they aren't more concerned about the stability of the product. New features don't mean crap if they don't work properly, but they sure look nice on the box!
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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GB1, you bring up good points. I can't imagine how stressful it is in the commercial domain either. Everything I've worked on is much smaller-scale than that. Also, I'm not too keen on fixing bugs either, unless they are from my own code, in which case... there are no bugs! O_o haha, j/k.
I still don't see Corel concerting efforts on bugs though. It seems that CorelDRAW has kind of a cult following these days and very few people seem to know about Corel PHOTO-PAINT that aren't passionate about CorelDRAW.
I will say this though. I'm in China right now and there are TONS of people out here using CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT. I wonder if they're paying for it though.