What are the file size limits under CorelDraw X7?
Jeff Harrison said: What I've used Corel for now for a long time is to layout different sheets, booklets, magazines, and even a couple books and figure out where I want everything, how large everything will be, what will make the cut, what looks good next to what, toning adjacent photos, etc. using Corel as my idea pad and then going right to the final and print/pdf.I use CorelDRAW in the same way. If you're nervous about corrupt files, you could save different file names from time to time so you have a backup in case something really goes wrong. [/quote] Yes, I do this too ever since on an early version I learned that corruption didn't show when I saved, only when I opened a file, so using the normal save and backup at that time, it was unlikely but possible to toast both the file and backup without realizing it until going to open it the next day and finding both corrupt. I've been very happy with X3 and X5 performance so far working with files from 44 to 52 pages and 1.1 to 1.9 GB in size. I believe I've only had to go back to a previous numbered file once or twice due to corruption since X3 came out, but I've actually used this to go back to a previous numbered file to retrieve elements due to changes so it's been not only a safety feature but handy as well. (e.g. when I rasterized a shadow over a powerclip and then wanted to change the element casting the shadow or when I rasterized a gradient so I could apply an additional oval vignette to give it two kinds of transparency and then wanted to make a change, I could go back to filename-33.cdr or filename-34.cdr based on the date on the file and get the element out of the "history" of saves.)
What I've used Corel for now for a long time is to layout different sheets, booklets, magazines, and even a couple books and figure out where I want everything, how large everything will be, what will make the cut, what looks good next to what, toning adjacent photos, etc. using Corel as my idea pad and then going right to the final and print/pdf.
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Yes, I do this too ever since on an early version I learned that corruption didn't show when I saved, only when I opened a file, so using the normal save and backup at that time, it was unlikely but possible to toast both the file and backup without realizing it until going to open it the next day and finding both corrupt.
I've been very happy with X3 and X5 performance so far working with files from 44 to 52 pages and 1.1 to 1.9 GB in size.
I believe I've only had to go back to a previous numbered file once or twice due to corruption since X3 came out, but I've actually used this to go back to a previous numbered file to retrieve elements due to changes so it's been not only a safety feature but handy as well. (e.g. when I rasterized a shadow over a powerclip and then wanted to change the element casting the shadow or when I rasterized a gradient so I could apply an additional oval vignette to give it two kinds of transparency and then wanted to make a change, I could go back to filename-33.cdr or filename-34.cdr based on the date on the file and get the element out of the "history" of saves.)
Island said: Let's say I work for a day on a layout where images are 3.5" If I resample them down in coreldraw to 300 dpi, I now would have images that are 3.5" x 300 dpi = 1050 pixels across
Let's say I work for a day on a layout where images are 3.5"
If I resample them down in coreldraw to 300 dpi, I now would have images that are 3.5" x 300 dpi = 1050 pixels across
On this situation you can use 400 dpi until the last change, but avoid to have big resolution images
I see the logic in that.
I might be able to detect a slight quality drop pixel-peeping on screen from the double resample, but I doubt someone would ever notice in print the difference is so slight. Thanks for pointing out the forest for the trees.
Just bought the x7 upgrade, so will begin stressing it soon too.
Island the file size limitation is going to be based on the OS and version of Draw I.E. 32 or 64 bit.
It also depends on your system resources, a machine with 8GB of RAM is not going to handle a 1.6 GB file as well as one with 32 GB of RAM.
Stability will depend on your work habits, do you only place images at the proper resolution for output? Do you set the rendering resolution in the page setup to only the resolution for your output? Do you use multiple effects and specifically overlapping effects especially those utilizing transparency?
I currently use file history in Windows 10 on a external drive, I've used Windows backup before, I build my systems with power, currently an SSD and 32 GB of RAM and I have not had a corrupt CorelDraw file in so long I can't remember the last time. Maybe version 5, that not X5 that's V5.