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I've posted questions on this forum before when I started using X5 2 years ago. I've played with it more since then (but not as much as I would like due to school/work). I just have some questions about the program and some problems I came across while doing my art:
I can't think of anything else. Sorry for so many questions. Thanks in advance.
Well Hugh, if you can tell me how to delete this one I'll do it so it won't be so offensive. I'm just doing what harrylondon suggested. No I don't think I will be awarded answers. Posting is not a guarantee.
Well if I did have the time I wouldn't have to post questions on here and wait for an answer (especially from people like you who seem to have a bit of an attitude whether intentional or not). I'm in school and I don't get much time to play with it as I need to or have the mental space to try and figure it out due to studying and getting my degrees. I have no money to upgrade either so im stuck with x5 for now to learn and try to help with school projects to a degree.
The one thing I seem to notice on forums is some people don't like so many questions and rather you figure it out. If so, what's the point of forums? Also, people make mistakes. Don't jump on them if they don't do "the right thing".
treble said:Is the forum the best place to report these kind of problems? Is there a better way/place to talk to Corel so they can address this issues more efficiently? What about making suggestions for future improvements/tools/effects/etc.?
Yes, this is the best place. And more: this is the place, the only one place. Almost all Corel team, incluing programmers, beta tester and managers read this forum dialy and tak note about problems, issues, suggestions, etc
treble said:Why aren't the weld/trim/intersect/etc. commands considered boolean operations? No one seems to know that they kinda are?
of course they are boolean operations, but this is a program made for designers, who think on the result, not on the algorythm or method used.
treble said:I know they have patches for x5. Do I have to download them all? Is the latest one all I need?
The latest ServicePack include the previous, but it's not the same on all versions. For example, you can't install X6.4 if you don't install X6.1. And also, it's not only "patches" for fix errors or problems, it also include new features and tools
treble said:When I installed x5 on my computer, I was forced to put all of its files on my desktop instead of my programs folder. Why is that? It takes too much space on my desktop.
I never see something like that. After install X5 several times on different computers (for different users), I never had to put any file on the Desktop.
treble said:Does X7 have these same problems? Any problems with x7 so far?
It's supposed that most of the problems of X5 were solved with X7. But it's not so wasy. On some illegal versions of X5 that you can download from internet, there're some changes that causes to store aon each document all the color styles, saved views and Text&Graphics styles. That doesn't happens if you do a install an original version of X5, but if you open a file made with one of those "modified" versions, your program will store all those unused stuff, that cause bigger files, slow open, import, print, copy/paste, etc and crashes, and other commons errors (such as for a font that is not used in the file). It's not easy to fix, since the original program doesn't have this problem. You can clean up manually each file, but if you open a "corrupted" file with X7, almos all the unused stuff will be automatically removed.
treble said:I am planning on building my own computer with top of the line parts. Will that help any/ reduce bugs?
I don't believe that the trademark or something like this can improve the performance, One important thing is the Windows management, ie if you use a big Virtual Memory (the swap file) the program will be more estable and fast. A little Virtual Memory will cause crashes and errors. Also, if you install a lot of font the performance of the system will decrease.
treble said: I am planning on building my own computer with top of the line parts. Will that help any/ reduce bugs?
It can givet you a faster machine, with more resources for the same cost, which may mean you can do bigger jobs before encountering problems, but it will not help with actual bugs, it can only reduce limitations and/or get the work done faster.
One of the problems with off-the-shelf machines is that they tend to be bundled with unwanted software, often preinstalled demos which expire and usually things you don't need. They all bog down the machine and sometimes, getting rid of them can be difficult. But the manufacturers get advertising money from including this rubbish, so they rarely give you the option of getting a machine to the same specification but without the unwanted garbage.
Equally, an off-the-shelf machine is unlikely to be designed for the most economical subsequent upgrade. If you buy a machine with 4 memory slots and 4Gb memory, it is likely to arrive with all four slots occupied by 1Gb memory. When you want to upgrade it, you have to through that away to make room for the new memory, when for probably just a pound extra it could have left 2 or 3 slots spare (depending on the architecture). But if you're building it yourself, you'll probably decide to put in 2 x 4Gb from the outset, probably at very little extra cost, but leaving two slots free for future expansion.
But there are downsides to building your own. First, you will be buying the components in small quantities, so you do not have the bulk purchase discounts that the manufacturers can obtain. Even after subtracting the cost they allow for assembling and testing, you may not be able to build an equivalent machine for the same cost. Next, you need a very good understanding of the mutual compatibility of the items you choose to avoid buying parts that will not work together.
A possible answer is to find a company that will build to your specification, using an online configurator that guarantees mutual compatibility of parts. I've found such a company in the UK, and had two machines built there.
Having built my last 5 computers I can say this is the way to go. Myself I get them in a box deal from Tiger Direct. Sometimes a new case sometimes not. I have set them up with two or three O.S. window 7 the old XP and Lenix three or four drives which some are 2 or 3 tetrabites in size , The best part as Harry says they don't have all the JUNK that a off the shelf one will.
I play with animations hence the large drives. I am still running X5 and Windows 7 see no compelling reason to " upgrade " . Went from 9 to 12 then X5. The new programs a to buggy for me. They ( Corel ) needs to totaly clean up the code getting rid of all the lost trails that are left over from years past. costs money and time but it would be the right thing to do.
Steve E.
Steven E. Eyrse said:Sometimes a new case sometimes not.
Yes, that's another advantage. You can re-use anything you already have, rather than having to pay for it again, if there is nothing significantly "better" in the one that you will buy.
Sometimes though, its sensible or necessary to keep the old machine working as a backup.