Converting vector to jpg

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Hi,
I'm trying to get a banner printed with my logo.

I have the vector saved as pdf, ai and eps but the person printing the banner needs a jpg file.
I don't have illustrator and if I open the ai file in Photoshop and save as a jpg I can't resize it without it degrading.

Any ideas?
 
spike241 said:
Hi,
I'm trying to get a banner printed with my logo.

I have the vector saved as pdf, ai and eps but the person printing the banner needs a jpg file.
I don't have illustrator and if I open the ai file in Photoshop and save as a jpg I can't resize it without it degrading.

Any ideas?
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Well.. depending on what size you are making it, it will degrade. The whole point of a vector, is it's scalable. It is redrawn to whatever resolution you want. You can make it as big, or as small as you like without effecting quality. The minute you make it a JPEG, you rasterise it and turn it into a bitmapped file with a locked resolution.

Just make it really big. Work out how big you want it in inches, then times that number by 300, and create the JPEG to that amount of pixels and it will be right to print at that size.

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That's what you see when you open a .ai file in photoshop. Work out how big you want it... let's say 12 inches across... so at 300 dots per inch, for 12 inches, it's 12x300 = 3600pixels across the longest side. So set the DPI to 300, and type 12 inches into the size box. Make sure constrain proportions is checked, and the height will automatically size.


Don't resize it... convert it to a JPEG at the resolution you want. You should get the option when you load the .ai file as shown above.
 
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spike241 said:
That's perfect, thank you.

EDIT: Stupid PC's crashing every time I try to save it. Weird
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If it's a big file... it just may be non-responsive while it processes it... especially if your PC doesn't have a great deal of RAM or a slow processor... or both.
 
May be worth trying with the Anti-aliased turned off, that can eat up memory usage.

Stu
 
Glad to hear it :)
 
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