CorelDRAW PowerClip exports unclipped: the fix

The symptom

• On screen, the photo is neatly clipped inside its frame.
• After File, Export to JPG, the photo appears at full size, overlapping neighbouring objects.
• It happens when the PowerClip is part of a group, which is common in templates such as ID cards or jersey crests.

What we tried that did not work

While building AJILE PI, which places one photo per ID card, we tested the usual suggestions in CorelDRAW 2024:

• Entering and leaving PowerClip edit mode before export.
• Ungrouping and regrouping the card.

Neither changed the exported image. The frame's size was correct; the render still spilled.

The fix: pre-crop the image

1. Measure the frame's width and height.
2. Crop the photo to the same aspect ratio, centred, in any image editor, or with a script. AJILE PI does this automatically with Windows' built-in image processing.
3. Place the cropped image in the PowerClip. Because the image now matches the frame, there is nothing outside it to show.
4. Export again and check the JPG.

Other options to try

If you cannot pre-crop, try converting the PowerClip to a bitmap (Bitmaps, Convert to Bitmap) just before export, on a copy of the file. This bakes the clipping into the image. We have not relied on it in production, so check the result before printing a large run.

How AJILE PI handles it

AJILE PI centre-crops each photo to the frame's aspect ratio before importing it, then places it in the frame. Every exported card shows the photo exactly as framed, and one Ctrl+Z undoes the whole run if you need to start again.

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