2 Replies Latest reply: Apr 14, 2011 8:46 AM by ruthgordy RSS

    file can't be rasterized

    ruthgordy Community Member

      Hello

       

      I'm working on a large banner (8 feet wide by 3 feet deep) and was told to work half size in my Illustrator file. I had previously created  a scaled down mock up (8" x 3") for presentation with drop shadows on some of the text and a box. Now that I'm reworking final art to new half size dimensions the drop shadow feature will not let me apply it to the box with the alert:

       

      "The combination of artwork size and resolution exceeds the maximum that can be rasterized."

       

       

      There are two relatively large imported photoshop files (22mb and 3.5 mb) as part of the finished art.

       

      Any way to adjust settings in Illustrator, in preferences etc - or do I need to add more memory to my computer, etc to override this problem??

      I am working in CS4 and have 1 gb of memory.

       

      thanks