bmp too big what can I do?

[jailfin]

I use corel draw mostly to make portfolio photos. My problem is that when I import my scanned photos and then edit them as bmps the corel file is too big to print and my computer freezes. I have to delete the entire file to start to use my computer again. The editing I do is masking by moving nodes, then adding a drop shadow to my masked image, then putting the whole thing on a gradiant background. Is there any way I can change the imported file and still be able to have full editing capacity? I still want my resulting image to have good resolution. (I have all new computer equipment, so my storage capacity is large. Am using Windows XP and Corel Draw 11.)

 

[attrofy]

Are you saving the image as a *.bmp file? Or is it staying in CDR format? Secondly, for this type of editing, it seems that you would be better editing the image in Corel Photopaint (as a *.CPT file) then when that image is complete like you want it, import it into Draw. Conversely, if you double click on the image in Draw, it will open in Paint for any modifications, then you can make any necassary changes needed. When you close the Paint window, your changes will be reflected in the Draw file.

Hope that helps.
Russell

 

[Kofy]

Best suggestion I have to offer is to do all the photo tweaking u need to as a bmp and when you get the pic the way you want it to look as a final product, try saving the file instead as a .jpg file, as they are far smaller and yet retain all the colorspace info.

 

[theinrich01]

While in Corel Draw go to Bitmaps tab and select resample. That is were you and size your bitmap and change the resoultion (dpi) of your file 300 dpi is what printer require, I would suggest 150 dpi or even 72. That will reduce you file size alot.

 

[javabearSTL]

Well, depending on what you're doing, Draw is not the best place to be editing a bitmap. Scan the image into Photopaint and work within the native CPT format (it's non-lossy and supports layers [objects] and is a compressed format). Do your tweaking there and then if you feel you need to print from within Draw, just import the CPT into Draw (or just print from w/in Photopaint).