SOS Problem Corel Draw and Photoshop CS2

**Cellyn** · 13 February 2007, 04:39 AM

This problem have been occuring twice in a roll to my pc lately
Is kindda weird and by uninstall and reinstall doesnot help at all
erm..the 1st time is i try to modified a image in corel which the image is originated from photoshop so it automatically
open photoshop and while exporting back some errors occur
and my whole pc JAM...
And after rebot
i cant open both Photoshop and Corel
after thee reinstalling yet the same result
So without any choice left i reformat the computer
so it works again until today (more than a month)
same problem occur
while i shut all the working document in corel but still let the program
running
then when i was designing my banner
i try to import a image to my banner
samething happend and my PhotShop crash i close corel properly
and other programme aswell
after rebooting same thing as previous
PLEASE anyone HELP ME i am so depress and i cant finish my work in time

**sallybode** · 13 February 2007, 05:25 AM

Can you tell me a bit about your computer, what kind of RAM, how much is devoted to CorelDRAW and if you have set up a scratch disk in Photoshop?

My sympathies for your dilema. Can you use PhotoPaint for doing what you are trying to do in Photoshop. PhotoPaint does not cause problems with CorelDRAW and is nearly as powerful as Photoshop. It can also output to .psd files and all the same types of exports plus makes great .pdf's out of PhotoPaint which cannot be output from Photoshop.

I only use Photoshop now rarely as I have come to prefer to stay all with Corel and figure out how that works. It has speeded up my work as for everything I do there are keyboard shortcuts that make it all the faster and linking and saving back to DRAW are assured and it all keeps working. Never have had anything happen to me which you describe.

**Cellyn** · 13 February 2007, 06:24 AM

Thanks alot for all ur advice and suggetions
erm photopaint izzit corel series one can u pls tell me more abt it??
My computer is 992MB of RAM and is pentium four 2.80Ghz
anymore crucial info ca help me to solve this major problem ....
erm pls anyone ...
and thnks u very much Sally for responding my thread..

**handrawn** · 13 February 2007, 12:05 PM

Hi Cellyn

Can I just check - your memory is 992 MB ?
How did you get this figure?
I would expect 996 MB [say 512 MB + 256 MB + 128 MB] but not 992 MB
But it depends where you got the figure from as to if it could be a problem
If it is a hardware problem this is not the place to fix it
You would need a technician

**Cellyn** · 14 February 2007, 12:11 AM

Erm I just figure out from my computer 's properties
the 992 MB of Ram written there ....
Am i going to the wrong place to find out ....really 992 doesnt possibly exist?
So what can i do??Izzit possible the RAM problem make my Photoshop and corel malfunction simultanoeusly...
Pls anyone help me figure out the solution...

Anyway thanks steve for ur advice and suggetions.

**handrawn** · 14 February 2007, 05:34 AM

Cellyn

Situations like this are very difficult I'm afraid

As I understand it:

Programs are crashing
The system is jamming
Reformatting cures the problem but then it comes back
As well your system reports memory that is unusual
996 MB or 1 GB is usual - 992 MB is not
Understand: non of this is proof but it is suspicious and certainly memory failure could very well cause these problems - but so could other things

Like Sally I have great sympathy for this very awkward situation
If it is hardware it need specialist attention - it cannot be fixed at a distance

There again no can say for sure that is what it is until a technician looks at it
It may be something else

My advice would be to have the computer checked out if you can
If no problems are found that is good and we have eliminated one possibility
But if there are the sooner it is checked, the better

I hope this helps

**Cellyn** · 14 February 2007, 09:02 AM

Erm...thanks Steve and also Sally
U all have been helpfull cause now i have some clues in my mind
So i will ask technician to check out
hopefully nothing serious is occuring and all errors can be mend

I will see what i can do now thanks alot

**sallybode** · 14 February 2007, 11:33 PM

What versions of each program are your running? Also, if they are both registered you can get help from Adobe and Corel. If not... well those two companies don't like each other anyway.

There are other means of exporting files from Photoshop which DRAW can use, such a .tiff and .png. Try those.

In the meawhile, learn PhotoPaint, you will be glad you did.