My post Why does Corel Draw Graphics Suite X5 feel more like beta software? explains everything im having an issue with X5. In an effort to log the issues with this software, Im asking that if your an X5 User and are having file corruption, crashes, freezes and other such fun stuff happening to you killing your time and money while in Draw or Photopaint, please post it here.
In order to keep it all clean and easy for someone at Corel to follow, please only list issues for X5 and not turn it into a discussion out of topic.
Please, there is no need to try to defend Corel here as Iv used Corel since version 4 (not X4), so thats a long time using it.
Already exists a post with a list of wishes for a service pack, you don't need to create other, is better to post all on the same list
This is not a wish list. Its pretty obvious that it is not as the word wish was never used and is a Bug Report. Your posts Ariel are not a help.
Pleas list any issues in this post. Thank you.
X5 shuts down on me many times during every work session. Sometimes when I am changing fonts, sometimes when editing bitmaps, sometimes when importing bitmaps, sometimes when applying a transparency. Bang - just shuts down. I can have Corelpaint open editing a bitmap and CD closes underneath it. I can open window to import a file and CD closes as I search the thumbnails. It closes when I click the change page tab.
Doesn't seem to be any specific act or function that closes it - it just shuts down. Gone.
No warning. I lose everything since the previous save. Half the time the working file is corrupted, too, so I can't even restore it. I have to keep numerous versions on disk and use save-as with every save to keep just one alive.
Same exact issue with me. I've used X4 (and other earlier versions) with relatively good functionality. X5 is crashing so much and seemingly so randomly it's maddening at best. The time wasted from lost work, and now trying to find an answer, is setting me so far behind I could scream. I can't believe this is so difficult to address.
Issue(s): CRASHES AT LEAST ONCE DURING EACH WORK SESSION
Solution(s): The old adage "Save early. Save often." has never rang so true as it does with this release. Get used to clicking "Save" after each action (assuming you're lucky enough to open the document) - make it an autopilot response... and pray you weren't distractedly productive enough to forget!
Vista Ultimate 32-bit Service Pack 2, Intel Quad-core 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB (277GB free) HD
If all users have the same program, and some people have problems everyday but most people works fine everyday withouth crashes or other issues... what's the difference? since it's not the computer, I believe is the operating system, or, in other words, how you configure your operating system.
I can say this. Iv tested the X5 issues in Windows 7 64bit, XP SP3 and Vista 32bit on 3 different computers ranging from AMD Athlon64 to Intel Core i7. Same issues without fail. Same crashes and corruptions. 80% of my issues have been with Photopaint so far.
Your Theory is broken for this reason. For many the problems may not exist or crop up all the time since they may not use the programs the same way day to day. They may not use the same tools, open a file, or do the same things that will cause Corel Draw or Photopaint to crash. In my case, I always use the programs the same way and same tools on a daily basis and so they show their faults nearly right away for me. I can crash Photopaint pretty consistently doing not much at all. The same issues show themselves across a variety of setups.
I can say this. Iv tested the X5 issues in Windows 7 64bit, XP SP3 and Vista 32bit on 3 different computers ranging from AMD Athlon64 to Intel Core i7. Same issues without fail. Same crashes and corruptions. 80% of my issues have been with Photopaint so far. Your Theory is broken for this reason. For many the problems may not exist or crop up all the time since they may not use the programs the same way day to day. They may not use the same tools, open a file, or do the same things that will cause Corel Draw or Photopaint to crash. In my case, I always use the programs the same way and same tools on a daily basis and so they show their faults nearly right away for me. I can crash Photopaint pretty consistently doing not much at all. The same issues show themselves across a variety of setups. I had the same problem with PP crashing... and me losing several hours of work. I did some investigating on the number of levels of cache in cpus... P4 has 3, core2duo has 2... regardless... it still seemed to crash like you say for almost no reason. Try this... tools, options, general --> under memory, turn the Cache levels to 1. I think it's default is 4. So far I haven't had a crash since I turned it down to 1. I'm really curious to see if this suggestion works for others. Bugs:- PP dockers keep resizing themselves for unknown reasons. I'll just close and then reopen and when I maximize a docker (from being minimized via that little triangle), it comes up at a completely different size and sometimes it's big and sometimes small with important parts hidden that require me to resize it again (argh).- PP crashes... I have undo levels set at 20 and cache levels at 1 and it *seems* to be working okay for now.- PP: change the fill in the colour docker and it doesn't always update into the toolbar's colour... which makes the new fill colour not work right away.- numerous usability and design issues (see wishlist thread), but they aren't strictly "bugs". Hopefully someone from Corel actually reads these issues we are having. I also agree with the complaint that I shouldn't have to pay to contact tech support when what we are doing is testing the software for them... and then having to pay to help make their product better? I hope there's a service pack to fix this gamma version of X5.
I had the same problem with PP crashing... and me losing several hours of work.
I did some investigating on the number of levels of cache in cpus... P4 has 3, core2duo has 2... regardless... it still seemed to crash like you say for almost no reason. Try this... tools, options, general --> under memory, turn the Cache levels to 1. I think it's default is 4. So far I haven't had a crash since I turned it down to 1. I'm really curious to see if this suggestion works for others.
Bugs:- PP dockers keep resizing themselves for unknown reasons. I'll just close and then reopen and when I maximize a docker (from being minimized via that little triangle), it comes up at a completely different size and sometimes it's big and sometimes small with important parts hidden that require me to resize it again (argh).- PP crashes... I have undo levels set at 20 and cache levels at 1 and it *seems* to be working okay for now.- PP: change the fill in the colour docker and it doesn't always update into the toolbar's colour... which makes the new fill colour not work right away.- numerous usability and design issues (see wishlist thread), but they aren't strictly "bugs".
Hopefully someone from Corel actually reads these issues we are having. I also agree with the complaint that I shouldn't have to pay to contact tech support when what we are doing is testing the software for them... and then having to pay to help make their product better? I hope there's a service pack to fix this gamma version of X5.
In my opinion, CorelDRAW X5 & Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5 have got major compatibility problems with Windows 7 - 64bit!
I have experienced far to many problems with these applications and decided to un-installed it from my computer. I'm still getting the annoying "Protexis Licensing V2" errors and sadly the only way to get rid of these is to format my computer and remove all traces of Corel X5.
There are many new features I like in this version of CorelDRAW, but I cannot afford the time being wasted with crashes and corrupt files. I'm not here to BETA test this version for Corel.
Only once they release a PATCH update for this version will I re-consider installing it again on my computer.
Same problem here. Corel draw X5 simply wouldn't behave in 64-bit Windows 7 so I'm back on XP Pro. However, it's now running like a dream (or better than ever before) on XP. I'll not be going anywhere soon. Something'll have to change for me to return to Windows 7 and I was really enjoying the new OS. My problem with W7 and X5 are well documented on here so won't go into detail. Best of luck with the bug list, folks.
more bugs
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In PP:
- with an image loaded, r-click the property bar menu, customize, go into it's properties, property bar mode... change it to anything else, click OK --- crash (this process might have to be done twice for the crash... the first time it says file read error or something).
- overscroll doesn't work when using zoom... doesn't go into the corner with the grey area
- when scrolling over with overscroll, duplicate pixels show up... and they don't disappear for about 30sec. (bad refresh)
... I have plenty of memory and my computer's working fine.... it's not memory.
In Draw:
- when you move one curve from one group out of that group by dragging, that layer's hierarchy (that you're working in, and you have the group trees expanded) collapses... so none of the groups are expanded any longer (huge time waster). You have to reopen every group you were working with.
Photopaint crashes when I try to scan (Epson Lide 200).
The main problem is exporting as a PDF results in a crash most times now. I am having to export as a Jpeg then make a pdf manually.
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