: What's up with the inconsistent drop shadow when exported from CorelDRAW X5? I am expecting to export images from my CorelDRAW project and see them exactly as they appear in CorelDRAW. However

@Fox8063795

This is probably because you're using CMYK when creating new document, but export as RGB. The output color will be different. First I encountered this problem back in 2005, but after consulting my friend then I know how to fix this problem.

Actually CorelDRAW is designed for large printing company & advertising company that heavily depend on CMYK Printer. That's why most of product you find on supermarkets designed with CorelDRAW (remember that Barcode feature on CorelDRAW).

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@Lee3735518

export image as a PSD fomrat and then save PNG file via Photoshop this problem will be solved..

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@Nickens508

I've found something at Corel forums: coreldraw.com/forums/t/28613.aspx. Corel is not my ride but I really hope this helps until more convenient solution is found.

To summarise that link, it sounds like a bug in CorelDRAW X5 where the only known workarounds are using a screenshot of the screen instead of exporting the layered image, or, breaking up the drop shadow before exporting.

Their demonstration of the same problem (the shadow effects being reset on export):

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