When I open a CDR file previously saved under X3 or X4 and then resave under X5, the file size is almost double. I noticed that (or can't find) the checkbox for bitmap compression is missing. However, a few of the files I have tried this on have no embedded bitmaps at all.
What size was the file to start with?
Hi Yani,
The file was originally 265KB in X4. As resaved in X5; 697KB and resaved with profiles unchecked, 319 KB. While this is not a problem at these files sizes, I do have quite a few files over 20 MB in size and they also come very close to doubling in size. My usual method is to convert elements of the design that are complex such as lenses, drop shadows etc. to bitmaps as I go. I have found that a safer and faster approach than leaving it all vector but harder to edit later. This method does increase file sizes considerably if the bitmaps are large and hires. Anyway, that is why I am concerned with file sizes.
Thanks for you help. I have found your involvement very helpful in answering many questions that I shared with other users for several years.
Gerry Swemer
Hi!
I did a test saving from x5 using these 3 files(Bitmap, text, shape). Here are the result. File sizes are not much greater:
I also imported and saved the combined 3 files as a cdr12 into x4 then saved, and again into x5 and saved (and did not embed color profiles in x5) and this was the surprising result.
-John
Hi John,
Thanks for taking the time to test this issue. I just tried saving a typical file of the style I use in my work, originally created in X4, in X5 with the the embed color profiles turned off. The original file was 10,178 KB and the X5 version is 23,571 KB. Since the files are on the big side, I posted them on my FTP site if you or anyone else is interested in verifying this file size ballooning effect.
The two files are here; http:\\ftp.ges-designs.com
Use corel@ges-designs.com as the user name and corel (everything lower case) as the password.
Thanks,
Hi.
I imported your Exterior_1_Nite_Dark file into each and saved. Here is the result:
Here are my save settings.
Gerry
Is, by any chance, your 'Compress bitmaps' & 'Compress graphics and text' option set to be OFF ?
gswemer said:I just tried saving a typical file of the style I use in my work, originally created in X4, in X5 with the the embed color profiles turned off. The original file was 10,178 KB and the X5 version is 23,571 KB.