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stewd
06-14-2007, 01:00 PM
Hi there,
Please can someone help - I have been trying to sort a vector illustration which seems to have a pixelated line around the vectors. Everything has been done in AI and it has not seen another program. Please can someone help as Im going nuts.
panzer
06-14-2007, 01:04 PM
cant you pass the ai file ?
or put the file somewere we can dl it
stewd
06-14-2007, 01:08 PM
do you mean upload it on here?
stewd
06-14-2007, 01:16 PM
The file itself is massive - here is a small section as a png which shows the problem - is that ok?
is it that the straightlines are not really smooth?
are you changing an AI file into a rasterised image and getting this effect?
is it printing out this way?
does it appear this way in say indesign or quark - more info please!!
stewd
06-14-2007, 01:45 PM
I have just placed it in InDesign and yes the problem is still visible.
Never once changed to raster as Im still working on it, so is and always has been vector. It just seems to have jagged steps around each piece (Im noticing it more when the colour is set to C0 M0 Y0 K100) which leaves a white 1pixel sized haze around the objects.
Any ideas?
obesebee
06-14-2007, 01:45 PM
Sometimes the CMYK colour mode can give an appearance of jagged lines, try converting it to RGB and see if it's that. Obviously change it back to CMYK though...
panzer
06-14-2007, 01:47 PM
did you bring anything all into it background tiffs or anything
what did you save the file as when you finished ai ?
stewd
06-14-2007, 01:48 PM
That worked - Why is that? What will happen when I return to CMYK for printing? Thanks a lot mate - This has been driving me mad for days.
stewd
06-14-2007, 01:52 PM
No tiffs, no nothing. I open a jpeg of a drawing I did, traced it, copid it to a new file for a design Im working on and then built it up. This file has seen nothing but ai documents. I have only saved as ai, and a png for the purpose of this site.
Thanks chap
mojoprime
06-14-2007, 07:00 PM
did you try printing it? if i missed that, sorry. it might be because your monitor displays in RGB and simulates CMYK. is your monitor calibrated? just a thought.
obesebee
06-14-2007, 09:27 PM
Not really sure why that happens. Sometimes does, sometimes doesn't. Weird. The important thing is that the final output is fine.
urstwile
06-14-2007, 09:33 PM
I had the same question, mojo. Is the pixellation happening on screen only or also when you print it?