I tried opening up a project in my CorelDraw x7 and it is loading very slow! I JUST bought a custom build computer with 16GB and fast processor, so it should not be doing this. I tried opening up the same project in illustrator and it loads just fine.
When I try and open in Corel, it loads every object and layer of object one at a time. When I try to move an object it loads everything on the screen one at a time again.
It would be very difficult to work on anything with this issue. Any ideas what is causing this? I'm thinking its a corel issue since it opens up fast in illustrator.
Judy, is this a screen print job, or is it a print on paper?
MikeWe said: Judy, is this a screen print job, or is it a print on paper?
The corel file I uploaded was just a sample of some images I used for screen print. But the files I am really concerned with will be used for licensing collections. 2 page style guide with various graphics, borders etc. My agent needs my collections to be all in pantones.
its definitely a Pantone issue because I opened up several freelance jobs in rgb and no issues. Then I opened up my collections with pantones and all same thing like the sample file.
I called support right before someone here mentioned it might be a Pantone issue, so when they contact me tomorrow I will be mentioning this new find.
Got it. Thanks.
I just opened some more screen print jobs in X6 & X7. I get the same responsiveness in both.
I had mentioned the Pantones seemingly being the (or a) cause. And when rebuilt, the file seems responsive.
Did this job file, and the others you have issues with, begin in a prior version?
There were issues beginning with X6 when opening files with older Pantone palettes. I think the behavior was different than you are experiencing, but I was having trouble just now finding those threads. I think they were centered around legacy Pantone colors turning black if I recall.
Mike
Mike,
I owned X5 before X7 and I was able to work with my files with pantones fine. When you say you rebuilt it,, did you convert to a different color model , them go back and change to spot one by one? What spot pallete are you using?
I don't think I want to go that route though because those style guides have a lot if graphics on them
Judy,
I used the Pantone Solid Coated version 2 palettes. some of my older files use the previous Solid Coated, though.
Yes, I used the same PDF version I mentioned. Then I opened your original file and checked which Pantones were actually being used. I added those to the new file using the Palette Manager. I then selected one object (say the green), used the Find Objects (ctrl+f). The bottom radio button is to find objects that match the selected object. Click Next, then edit the search, unchecking the Curves checkbox. Click next, next, finish.
Then it will find the first match, click on Find All and all the matching colored objects are selected. Then click on the proper Pantone swatch. Select the next colored object, repeat the find from above, ending with selecting the correct Pantone color from the swatches.
It didn't take too long. It was tedious and shouldn't need to be done in the first place. But it worked.