CorelDraw very slow, same old CDR problem!

**scrubdesignz** · 22 December 2014, 12:45 PM

Hi team, just hoping for some ideas on Corel. We have thousands of files originally made in X4, now transferring to X7. Seems some have been corrupted, and wondering how to get them back on track. We have tried the .ZIP from temp, but nothing. The files are not 'crashing', just get super slow. We had a corruption issue a few years back, and it was something to do with the 'powerclip curves'. For example, I remember one file we had had 250,000 curves.... I remember we simply opened the file in X5, transferred the X4 file over to X5 and it was good, it removed the massive amount of curves. Anyone have any ideas? I'm happy to pay for advise, as this is killing our business. I can send files if anyone wants to have a look... as I said, happy to pay for help. These X7's we are using are brand new, COREL, as usual will not reply to emails, even during warranty period.
The computers concerned are brand new, purpose built for graphics designs... and have all the goodies...

**mwenz** · 22 December 2014, 01:14 PM

Object styles, and other styles that can get embedded, are always a suspect in files that run slow.

Never heard of opening a file in X4 or X5 removing the number of curves.

Mike

**scrubdesignz** · 22 December 2014, 01:41 PM

Thanks Mike, been through the styles and deleted through dockers... we have been working the X5 trick for years... but now all X5 is gone to heaven on our systems and it don't work with the newly installed X7. We bought in thousands of designs, about 5% have the issues, and they are all very important to us. I believe it's to do with these damn powerclip curves, just can't remember the finer points on how to correct it. Over a week now, 3 staff on this problem, costing us a fortune.

**mwenz** · 22 December 2014, 01:54 PM

I haven't had issues bringing forward power clipped items from previous versions myself (knock on wood).

I have a few versions installed. They all play well with each other, so I don't know what's wrong on that front.

You might want to try some searches on the CorelDraw forums. I have seen a few threads about this, participated on at least one of them.

I don't recall if the last thread was ever resolved for the lady or not (her name is Judy should that help finding the thread). It involved spot colors. Her file was incredibly slow to redraw. I rebuilt the file and it was zippy on my system, and hers if I recall. But I don't know if she was actually able to rebuild it in the same manner and get it to run quickly.

Mike

**mwenz** · 22 December 2014, 02:03 PM

It took a bit, but I found the thread in question, and how I actually resolved it. The "other" application I opened the CMX in and exported back out of was Xara Designer Pro.

http://community.coreldraw.com/talk/...46771#pi1484=3

You can read the whole thread, but it really begins here on page 3 (and I'm MikeWe there).

Mike

**scrubdesignz** · 22 December 2014, 02:29 PM

Thanks Mike for taking the time. We've been all over forums in the last week, I have had 3 staff on this the whole time... it's killing our business, can't find a way out. Corel won't answer any emails....

**SAEngraver** · 27 December 2014, 05:31 AM

Hi Scrubdesigngz,

I think your problem is similar to what mine was in terms of the slowness - I put it down to some Malware or Virus - searched the net high and low. Already use Malware premium and Avast. No improvement. Than I came across a rather expensive tool RegHunter, I decided to buy this and ran it. After I had continuously used the previous ones mentioned - this software came up with a genuine 996 rectifiable issues - ran for about 5 hours before it had completed its scan. I elected to remove errors as per the software - the improvement in my computers performance was remarkably noticeable.
Hope this helps.
I am a newcomer to Photo Paint Pro x7 and have a few questions in this regard... is this the right forum to ask for assistance?

**scrubdesignz** · 27 December 2014, 12:34 PM

Thanks SAEngraver, I understand what you're saying, but it's specifically a file problem... most of our design work is fine, just a percentage has the corruption. (we have around 20,000 designs on file) Worked with curves and color styles, I know it's something to do with these, but just can't put my finger on it. 2 weeks solid work, costing me thousands. Corel, as usual, will not reply, even during the warranty period. We may return for Illustrator on Monday.

**mwenz** · 27 December 2014, 12:53 PM

I took a look at the file last night. I did get some speed improvement taking each piece of the wrap and exporting it as a cmx, opening that cmx in a new file, removing the power clip and redoing the clip, and rebuilding a new file piece by piece.

I got the biggest speed gains by combining the grunge that was all one color and slicing off parts that were outside the clip in order to cut down the shear number of nodes.

That's about as far as I am in looking at it.so far.

**scrubdesignz** · 30 December 2014, 10:11 AM

Thanks Mwenz, I totally understand where you're coming from... however we've been using Corel for over 5 years now, and the export situation in cmx is not the answer... it doesn't speed it up enough. We have many very complicated designs, most are fine, then theres these 'infected' files. The grouping and eliminating components outside the powerclip area can help, but not as much as we require. I know what you're saying, totally. But, I think there's more to this.