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1. Re: Problem saving PSD file in Illustrator
Chris Cox Jun 25, 2010 2:14 PM (in response to emilycornfield)No idea, you may want to ask the Illustrator folks.
(and ask the printer why they need Illustrator files for something created in Photoshop)
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2. Re: Problem saving PSD file in Illustrator
Marian Driscoll Jun 25, 2010 2:20 PM (in response to Chris Cox)The printer might have asked for Illustrator files because the PSD files were too low in resolution. If that is the case, one would not want to take a low-res bitmap file into Illustrator. One would recreate the art as vector.
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3. Re: Problem saving PSD file in Illustrator
emilycornfield Jun 25, 2010 2:26 PM (in response to Marian Driscoll)The resolution is 300 dpi. Is there a way to recreate it in PS as vector? I didn't think there was....
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4. Re: Problem saving PSD file in Illustrator
emilycornfield Jun 26, 2010 9:57 AM (in response to emilycornfield)I received this response from the Illustrator forum:
"Unless you properly vectorize everything, there is no point in just embedding the PSDs in AI. Since you speak of "simple, with two or three flat colors", I'm afraid you started off on the completely wrong foot by doing it in PS in the first place. This screams "it needs to be vector" all over the place, the reason being that for silk screen you create a sieve mask for each color and for maximum sharpness of these masks, vectors work better. It's not an ultimate requirement, though, but based on that info, as a minor you must familiarize yourself with how to create spot color separations using multichannel/duoton/tritone documents in Photoshop. It may still cause fuzzy edges, but at least you should get clean colors. Otherwise you need to learn AI and re-draw all elements there, assigning proper color swatches which then could be used to create proper separations..."
I would appreciate being directed to a good tutorial on how to create the spot color separations in Photoshop spoken of here-is there one anyone recommends? Thanks!
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5. Re: Problem saving PSD file in Illustrator
Marian Driscoll Jun 28, 2010 6:34 AM (in response to emilycornfield)You can google for 'spot color photoshop' for plenty of tutorials.
Or you can make this really easy on yourself and consider what at least three people have suggested. Make friends with Illustrator.



