Even after Service Pack 3, bump map still crashes Photopaint instantly.
KuttyJoe said:Even after Service Pack 3, bump map still crashes Photopaint instantly.
not here... it should work. Ensure you have this ver #
I'm aware that it's working for some people after the last service pack. It also worked for me when I tried it immediately after the service pack. But last night it crashed immediately.
KuttyJoe said:But last night it ...
That's a possible clue.
If the problem reliably persists after a reboot, then a windows system restore to a couple of days ago may fix it.
No, after a recent reinstall of the entire system, I find that not only is bumpmaps crashing, but messing around with the effects in general is both buggy and causes a crash quickly, just like it has done for past decade. This program still remains in the top 3 most buggiest programs I've ever used.
KuttyJoe,
Have you tried cleaning up your system with a good registry cleaner? Most of the time...computers crash because your computer is full of junk(unlinked or missing registry entries) which conflict with your software applications.
9 out of 10 chances...this is what causes the majority of the software crashes in everyday computing.
How many times have you defragged your computer in the last 6months or so? Alot of times computer crashes are due to bad user maintenance.
I have a registry cleaner called "Max Registry Cleaner" and the first time I used it about 2 years ago it found over 2,000 missing registries from programs that I had uninstalled, or deleted on my windows XP computer. I also have it installed on my new Windows 7 64bit computer with 4gigRAM and Intel i5 processor.
I defrag my computer around once every 3 months or so. And clean my registries once a month and clean my temporary file constantly.
I haven't had a single crash on my computer since I can remember...not even with coreldraw X3,X4 or X5 or Photo-paint. I also have Photoshop and Illustrator installed and neither of them ever crash even when I have them running simultaneously.
I try to keep my computer sqeeky clean on a current basis.
Give it a try. It might help minimize your crashes
It's usually not the software.....it's your system.
Juan
Juan M. Guillen said: KuttyJoe, Have you tried cleaning up your system with a good registry cleaner? Most of the time...computers crash because your computer is full of junk(unlinked or missing registry entries) which conflict with your software applications. 9 out of 10 chances...this is what causes the majority of the software crashes in everyday computing. How many times have you defragged your computer in the last 6months or so? Alot of times computer crashes are due to bad user maintenance. I have a registry cleaner called "Max Registry Cleaner" and the first time I used it about 2 years ago it found over 2,000 missing registries from programs that I had uninstalled, or deleted on my windows XP computer. I also have it installed on my new Windows 7 64bit computer with 4gigRAM and Intel i5 processor. I defrag my computer around once every 3 months or so. And clean my registries once a month and clean my temporary file constantly. I haven't had a single crash on my computer since I can remember...not even with coreldraw X3,X4 or X5 or Photo-paint. I also have Photoshop and Illustrator installed and neither of them ever crash even when I have them running simultaneously. I try to keep my computer sqeeky clean on a current basis. Give it a try. It might help minimize your crashes It's usually not the software.....it's your system. Juan Quick Reply
Sorry Juan, but somebody has sold you some snake oil. You only need to consider defragging if your computer is suffering from a performance loss. My current machine which is only a month old and the OS was freshly installed a week ago on a brand new drive, is the fastest machine I've ever had. It doesn't need registry cleaners and it doesn't need defragging. If it did, none of that would specifically target products made by Corel would it? LOL
I'll give you some advice. When a lot of programs start crashing on your computer, then you should consider that the problem might be the computer. When only one program is consistently crashing for 17 years while others run well, then you should consider that the problem is that one program. It would be kind of silly to start messing with a system which would run flawlessly, just by uninstalling the program that crashes.
And none of my programs have crashed either.
Even on my new computer which is a couple of months old as well.
And my old one which is a decade old.
How do you answer that question KUTTEYJOE!!!!?????
Speaking of bugs, I just found a new glitch in Corel Draw this time. I swear, to use these products is to find bugs. One doesn't happen without the other. A great feature in Corel Draw is node tracking while using brushes. The problem though, is that it's so buggy that I can't tell if it's an actual feature that's malfunctioning, or it was never a feature bug sometimes you can grab notes and move them out of luck. After screwing around with it, I found that I could create a stroke with the brush at which point, only the anchor points on the very end are visible, but can't be edited while still using the brush tool. Then if I click on the desktop, then back on the stoke, maybe do that a couple times, suddenly, I see anchor points along the path of the stroke, and they can be grabbed/edited with the brush. So are we supposed to be able to use node tracking while using brushes, or is it a glitch that hints at what would be a good feature if it worked consistently??? Oh, I should add that the nodes at the very end of a stroke can't be moved at all, only those along the path of the stroke.
Hmmm.