fireworks jepeg but need it in vector

[jimrford]

/DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/blink.gif Not much experaince with fireworks, here. How do i export a logo made in fire works, (jpeg) to ilustrator?
i have treid the export to ill 7 but i still get really bad bitmap feel, i want to keep it in its vector format.the end prouduct will go to indesign if this helps /DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/cheers.gif

Post Edited (jimrford) : 3/10/2005 11:35:02 AM GMT

[plantationfarmer]

jpeg? vector? huh?

mtv's boring. maybe im just old. but im only twentyone!

[red raw]

Hmm, sounds like you are saving your image as a Jpeg, therefore converting it to a pixelated image.

If you have a Vector image you can't change it to a Jpeg and then hope it will become a vector again...

Try saving it as a vector image and importing it into Illustrator.

I don't have experience with fireworks but vectors are from Venus and Jpegs are from Mars!

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[jimrford]

Right i have a logo which was made in fireworks, and saved as a jpeg,


i need to get this logo into indesign, as a vector .


Now i Know i could recreate it in illustrator, but then which is the best way of doing this, it has a rather nasty gradient, in it, now i may well that http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/ibf-iamstupid.gif but how do you trace over but keep whats below, ie i want an copy of the image that is bitmap, but to trace it into vector, does this make any sense, or shall I book my self in now. http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/DesktopModules/dotNetBB/emoticons/eyecrazy.gif

[Wonder Woman]

Err, well if I'm right in reading what you are asking, you've got a jpeg that needs to be a vector?

There are 2 main ways of doing this:

1. Use a tracing program such as Adobe Streamline or CorelTrace. These will convert your image to a vector, but don't usually do it very well and add lots of extras points in it, and are usually quite wrong.

2. Often, it's easier just to import to Illustrator, lock that layer and work on a layer above it and trace it by hand. It means you get a more accurate graphic than the method above. But it will take a while. You can then directly import the .AI files into InDesign without having to export them in Illustrator.

In future, I would recommend that you create your original images in Illustrator - it makes it faster.

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[PrintDriver]

Is this something you created?
If not, it's even easier to call the person who sent you the jpg and ask THEM for the vector version...

PD is a grande format digital print dude. His advice/opinions may not apply to the 4color/offset/web world of printing

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[Vikia]

I would go with WonderWoman's #2 solution if the client cannot provide the original vector file.

If it was created first in Fireworks, you have to recreate it to get a vector file. As far as gradients, AI handles them quite well.

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