Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:50 am Post subject: need help creating a vector file / eps. Please!
I've created a flyer for someone and they have asked for the file to be sent to them as an eps. I see that I can select this option in photshop, but Ive heard bad things about ps's capability to produce a good vector file. Is that true? Also, I see a bunch of options to select prior to saving. Things like ASCII85, halftone screen, PostScript Color Mgmt...
Can someone help me know what I should be doing? I have a deadline of today, so any help would save me.
Thanks a mill...
Also, I do have illustrator, but dont know it at all. Is that part of the puzzle?
Man, I wish I could help you more. I'm familiar with doing vector work just within Photoshop, but not with saving EPS images. All I know is it has to be already in vector format; Photoshop isn't going to "vectorize" your image for you. Anyone else? _________________ Interested in showcasing your special effects or learning some new ones from the masters? Check out PSFX!
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 4:09 am Post subject:
many things to consider here. 1) PS does not create good vector images.
you should have done the raster work in PS then do the text in Ill, In Design or Quark. Save as an EPS. The work should also be CMYK color space. Now comes the fun part. If the printer wants an EPS, then he must have requested the fonts and links as well. Most 'state of the art' printers will request a distilled PDF ( which is done with Acrobat Distiller) Distilling embeds the fonts and images into the PDF. usually the printer will supply you a zip that contains their PDF profiles, which you install in the Acrobat Distiller settings folder and activate when you open Distiller. If your file is full of RGB, low res. and TTF fonts, the printer may reject it or tack on extra charges if it fails pre-flight and their people have to fix the file.
Sorry, there is no short, sweet answer to your problem. If you're going to be doing design work, you owe it to youself and your customer to learn what's required. I'm not being critical of you in particular, but as a pre-press tech, I see way too many files that are improperly prepared and the customer ends up getting scr***d _________________ there is no finish line
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