CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 Gradient fill problem

Gradient fill problem

I have been using CorelDraw since the day it came out. Just had to say that so the forum would know i do know my way around Coreldraw.

My PC systems rock!! all i7's, 32 ram, SSD, high end graphics cards.

Corelx8 STILL drags, slowest Corel yet. Had to get that off my chest.

Now to my problem.

I have a gradient fill (CMYK) top is 100% yellow to 100% yellow 100% black. If i click on the slider and add another point, it will show me what the gradient color is.

Lets say i click about 75% to the top of the slider bar, IT should be a fill of about 100% yellow and 25% black. IT does not!! it shows it as an RGB color, once i convert that color to CMYK.

it has a percentage of Cyan AND magenta as well as the yellow and Black.

IT should only contain percentages of Yellow and Black.

Can't someone explain what is going on, and how to (BY default ) use CMYK.

We print T-shirts as well as car wrap vinyls.

Thanks,

Dave

0 David Milisock over 6 years ago

Are you using a Laptop?

You might try settings to legacy nodes

You may want to set CorelDraw to only see installed and system fonts.
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0 David Milisock over 6 years ago

NUTTZ33 said:
it shows it as an RGB color, once i convert that color to CMYK.

Are you talking the eyedropper?
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0 David Milisock over 6 years ago

On my system you fountain fill build works fine.
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0 NUTTZ33 over 6 years ago in reply to David Milisock

David thanks for the reply,

I am Using a PC i7, SSD drive, CorelX8,Win10 64Bit, 32G ram.
I'm talking about the gradient fill.
It is a simple fill from 100% yellow to 100% yellow-100%Black CMYK. If you click on the object with the fill and then hit the fill icon a screen comes up with your fill, you will see the two color boxes on the ends with a slider bar in between. You can click ANYWHERE on that slider bar to add another color Once you click on it that new box shows what color that is, and that box can be moved up and down that slider bar. But once i click and add that color (accually not adding a color but using the color that is in that position by default) THAT color changes to an RGB color and adds Magenta and Cyan, even thou there is NO Magenta or Cyan on the opposite ends of the gradient fill.

It never did this on any version i have used , and i have been using Corel since day One, old split screen CorelDraw early 90's
186, 64KB ram,

Dave (NUTTZ33)
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0 David Milisock over 6 years ago in reply to NUTTZ33

Let me get to my X8 system and make sure non of my 2017 behaves like that. Is your document in RGB or CMYK mode?

I your system specs but is it a laptop or a desktop?
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