Illustrator and Image Size (Raster Image)

[Steve Wilson]

Thanks again for trying…but doesn’t work….I guess this is a lost cause.

[Vincent Rosati]

I’m sure the confusion is just PPI.
Illustrator is honoring the PPI of an image when it imports. It’s a feature.
What pixel dimensions are you exporting to?

Vince

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[Vincent Rosati]

Another cause of blurriness is in that AI uses sub-pixel measurement. If you place a raster image out of alignment with the pixel grid it will be re-rendered and blurred slightly, even if it is the same size.

Vince

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[Kalleheikki Kannisto]

In short, what should work is:

In Photoshop, resize the image so that it is 72 dpi. Do not resample (turn the “resample” checkbox off). You want the pixel dimensions to remain the same, but change the resolution to the same as Illustrator uses, the default value of which is 72 dpi.

[Steve Wilson]

I want to thank everyone for their help. Maybe a day will come when all this technical stuff sinks in. Thanks again.

[Steve Wilson]

I should mention that changing the resolution to 72dpi in PS did work and the image was sized appropriately in AI.

The only problem is the image quality was not so hot.

Too bad you can’t do both — keep the resolution at 300dpi and still have the image the appropriate size in AI.

Thanks Again