Since I know PHOTO-PAINT (since version X4), it is a problem to zoom (mouse wheel) during drawing a freehand mask. A few month ago I bought CGSX7, and thought that this problem should be fixed - unfortunately not.
Detailed Problem:
The drawn freehand mask get invisible if I zoom with the mouse wheel while the mask isn't finished/closed. If I make another click to draw the next line of the freehand mask, the shown frame of the mask isn't the frame i really drew - the now shown mask is a combination of the last set point, the start point and next-point.
Is this a volitional behavior of PHOTO-PAINT? If so, please can someone explain me what's the idea behind this "malfunction"? Is there a bugfix or workaround?
best regards
Markus
Hi Mark,
I get the same behavior in PP X6. (I'm assuming that you are using the Freehand Mask since you refer to points.)
Most likely, this odd behavior comes about because you are switching tools (mask to zoom) in the middle of making the mask. I doubt that the programmer was even aware of this use of the tools. The chance of getting this changed is equal to zero.
I use a simple work around. Put the mask tool in the additive mode. Double click to finish the mask. Zoom. Continue with a new section of the end mask.
Phil
I do this all the time with no issues what are your system specs?
Xeon E5450, 8 GB RAM, AMD Radeon R7 360, Win10 1803 (PPX7 and related issue with PP2018 Trial)
but exactly the same behaviour on two other machines (PPX7 only)
C2D P8700, 8 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 3650, Win10 1703 and
i7-3610QM, 8 GB RAM, Quadro K1000M, Win10 1709
But as I said in this thread before.. I also know this issue from older versions of PP on other machines.
Yes the AMD video cards have been a reoccurring issue. I also find the Xeon processors seem to not perform well with CorelDRAW and 8GB of RAM to be too low, I use 32 but I believe 16 GB of RAM is not too bad.
More then three different systems, if you include the old experiences. Also the Quadro K1000M isn't an AMD chip.
Honestly I really doubt that PP would need more than 8 GB of RAM or a more powerful CPU when there is nothing else going on on the system and I edit an 600 x 600 pixel graphics. There is virtually no CPU load and about 3 GB of RAM in use in such a case. If it would only happen at big graphics or a vast CPU load I would not complain.
But I also have to admit, if it works for you, I'm wondering what's the problem in my case.
For what it is worth, I experience the same behavior over multiple versions. This has nothing to do with RAM. And, in my case, I do not have to switch tools to experience it but rather just zoom in or out using the mouse scroll, at which point the marching ants no longer indicate the correct mask shape (if it shows at all). The only silver lining is that, if I just ignore the incorrect marching ants and continue the work, the entire mask is actually preserved correctly. There are workarounds like completing the mask and re-editing it using the 'add' function but that is a whitewash to an underlying issue.