Hi!
I already use PhotoPaint since version 3 and this never has happened before. I download the photos from the camera and I resample the dimensions for 100mm x 150mm and 300 dpi, because that's the size that I want to print them. Then I save them in "jpg". However, since I installed Corel X6 when you reopen the pictures they present the dimensions of 259mm x 140mm and 180 dpi.
I've already tried verything with no result. I am thinking seriously, go back to a previous version of Corel (13 for example).
However, I recently discovered that if I save the pictures first in CPT and then save them to jpg, the dimensions 10cmx15cm and 300 dpi resolution remain, but this makes no sense, because in no other version of PhotoPaint this was necessary .
Does anyone know why this happens and how to solve the problem? Thanks for any help you can give me.
Hi Phil,
As you say, the problem only happenswhen we save the files in "jpg". If we save them in another format (CPT TIF, Bitmap, ...) everything works fine.
I tried to open old photos saved in earlier versions of Corel (10cm x 15cm at 300 dpi), and they all maintain the right measures. This leads me to believe that the problem occurs during the "saving" process and not while reading.
Of course we have the ability to save photos in CPT or TIF but for those who have thousands of photos stored, becomes a brutal increase of space occupied on disk. Moreover, there is no reason for us to resort to these jugglings, since the saving process in jpg always worked well in all versions of Corel.
Luís
Try exporting as a JPG instead of using Save As. Doing this strips the original EXIF resolution.
For some reason using Save As lets the EXIF info dictate the image resolution -- I'm not sure it's a bug or "as designed."
Patti
Patty, I tried your sugestion but it didn´t work. Everytime I save a file in jpg (saving it or exporting it) the measures of the image are changed.
It would be good if someone from Corel could inform us whether this change in Corel X6 is a "bug" or if this was purposeful. At least, it was avoidable, to be here with all these questions.
Thank you for your help.