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Cleanest workflow to scale-down uneccesarily large AI files
Howdy Cowpokes,
Recently, I was given a huge, layered illustrator file. It was so big that every operation involving the file made the otherwise quick G5 (running
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I take it that it’s the number of layers rather than the dimensions of the file that are causing you problems. I would flatten it the file as long as I didn’t need to effect the layers individually. If you export to a pict, make it slightly bigger than screen size – ideally the file will be between 1-2 mb. Should be easy enough to deal with then.
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Hi there,
Actually, it’s not the amount of layers, it is the actual size of the art work (imported into ? the resolution is something like 16 000 px by 10 000 px).
Any tips would be appreciated. Is there an AI equivalent to Photoshop’s image size bicubic resampling (to scale everyting down uniformly)?
Thanks
-Phil
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I’m not sure I understand the problem. Maybe I missed something.
can’t you just select all in illustrator and then Shift+CTRL+Alt scale it down?
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Part of the problem you’re having is not just the dimensional size (width by height) but the DPi (dots per inch) Those files are most likely 300DPi whilst video work is 72 DPi. I would simply open them up in Photoshop and adjust the Image Size (you’ll see a box for resolution). Photoshop will automatically resize and you’ll see a HUGE change in the image size (MBs).
I personally don’t know if this is doable in AE itself. I hope this helps.
Kevin.
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Deal with those setting in Illustrator – not photoshop. Otherwise you will lose your vector based image WHich can be scaled up or down in AE with no quality loss, and instead youll end up with a raster-image that gets pixelated when scaled up.
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Aharon Rabinowitz
aharon(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
http://www.allbetsareoff.com
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Creative Cow Master Series DVD
particleIllusion Fusion Volume 1
available @ http://www.pIllusionFusion.com
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