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Taking for ever to process distress design

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rmonks:
Is there a trick to getting destress aka grung designs created in CorelDraw to process faster, and it is taking forever to get filmmaker v4 to rip and print. The design distress was created using the power clip feature

Dottonedan:
The thing about vector and distressed patterns is that vector programs are dependent on physical ram unlike Photoshop that runs off of both physical and virtual or HD space.
So with vector programs, you literally can max out it's capability with physical ram and processing speed.  A sure fire way to resolve that is by separating out of photoshop for those complex type files.If you are unsure of yourself in Photoshop, you can Frankenstein the job. Create and use the distressed pattern in Photoshop as a black and white tiff file, then place and link into the vector file and color process white or shirt color for example. With that tho, you run in to choking issues. If it needs choked to no base shows, then you may ant to do both those colors in Photoshop.
To start, make sure all of your art is to size. Then draw a empty filled box around the outside. Copy and paste the texture along with the box. This assures it lines up when you paste in to the vector file. Select all and align.  You can even do your choke in photoshop and bring both the color and the base of that in the vector file.

aauusa:
it will vary on the distressed pattern.  I use CD alot with power clips  and there is 100 ways to get it where it is faster.  some thing to look for is... when the distressed patter is selected is it a bitmap or vector,  if vector how many objects is it(located at the bottom of the screen in the info bar when selected),  if is is 1000's object this wll cause a slow down,  see if you can combine or weld,  if not change the filter to a 1 color bitmap and then trace to get a 1 color vector that is 1 object(do not use corel trace as it will not make it 1 object but 1000,  i use vector magic for some conversions). 

I also use advanced artist fashion factory for very detailed 1 color bitmap conversions(the filter would never work as a vector object).  you can change the color of the bitmap by changing the outline and fill.  very useful tool

but without looking at you file the distressed is 1000's of objects or a bitmap which is not a 1 color bitmap.   really would have nothing to do with the power clipping.

or shoot me an email with the file and will look at to see what I can tell that is slowing it down and will rework.  dan@aauusa.com

Homer:
corel = monochrome bitmaps with the help of Fashion Factory. only thing to stay vector is text...it will change your world

TheGhost:
Whatever you are using as a pattern for distress pattern open a new file up with just that in it.

Convert it to a 1 color bitmap aka a monochrome by selecting it and then going to bitmaps>convert to bitmap>1 bit black and white (no need to check any boxes)

For monochromes in corel the outline is the fill, fill is the background. So normal click the x box to make the background transparent, then make the distress pattern whatever the shirt color you are printing on is by right clicking that color as if you were doing an outline.

This method will save you tons of time and make it very easy to work with distressed images.

I for some reason missed AAusa's post before I posted this, but he is basically telling you the same thing I am with a little more words.

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