Adolf Witzeling
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hi,
you could use the POLAR GRID TOOL in Illustrator ( I used CS2).
This tool is hidden in the same location where the LINE TOOL is in the Illustrator toolbox.
Click and hold on the LINE tool, it’ll pop out…By double clicking the POLAR GRID TOOL you can adjust the size and how many text lines you need by changing the number of CONCENTRIC DIVIDERS .
That will give you a nice grid. Then just select the TYPE ON A PATH TOOL and position it on each CONCENTRIC DIVIDER and type….one line at a time.
hope that helps.
Adi -
Hi Jackie,
I have 2 suggestions that have helped me in the past with similar transparency issues.1: when you export to pdf from InDesign set the Acrobat combatibility to Acrobat 4.
This will force InDesign to flatten the file down natively in InDesign, which gives better results on output ( the reason is, because Acrobat 4 can’t handle transparency, therefore InDesign flattens it down).2: Instead of linking the eps in InDesign, copy and paste via clipboard into InDesign.
make sure that in the Illustrator in the prefs. the file handling and clipboard options copy as PDF is checked.By the way: the 8 bit Tiff option you were referring to really only has to do with the file PREVIEW and not the transparency within the file.
Hope that helps.
Adi -
Hi,
yes it can be done in several ways.In Pagemaker go to FILE…PRINT…set everything up like you would if you would print to a real printer. In …OPTIONS…in the PM print dialog choose…WRITE POSTSCRIPT TO FILE…
choose…EPS….PRINT
PM will create an eps file that can be opened in Illustrator…you will need to load the fonts that were used in PM.OR: Create a pdf from within PM, but do not embed and subset the fonts.
That way assuming you have the fonts loaded it will nicely open in Illustrator with all fonts live and editable.Hope that helps.
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Sounds like a great deal to me, if the tablet comes with a free copy of Painter.
I might take a little time, to get used to a drawing tablet, but after that you probably won’t look down at the drawing surface at all ( unless you are tracing something).
When tracing, you just lay the “piece to trace” on the tablet, underneath the acetat and trace along the lines with your graphic pen.
When drawing with the tablet I never look down , I always look at the image on the monitor ( that might take a little to get used to…).
The pen itself doesn’t show traces (or a line) when drawing.
Pressure sensitivity is VERY important, and can be adjusted with the software that comes with the tablet and pen.You can adjust the pressure to your taste, so it really feels like you are holding a pencil or paint brush etc.
I’m using a wacom intuos 2….never had any trouble with it….if I had to, I probably buy the same tablet again.
cheers,
Adi -
forgot to mention, that high end inkjets are 4,5,6,7 and more colors, but they are NOT RGB colors. The print with cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta, light black etc.
So even if you send an RGB file it will ALWAYS converted to cmyk ( either on the rip, or on the printer).
There is no RGB printing environment. -
If you deliver an RGB file to the print house, you HAVE to honor color managment in your file….meaning you have to deliver the color profile that you used in your system……
In commercial printing there is NO RGB printing press….thats why you have to include color profiles, so the conversion to cmyk can be controlled better.
Adi -
Yeah, LZW goes back to the days where computers were struggling with a “50 MB” file. Now computers are so much more powerfull that there’s no reason to use lzw compression any It causes more trouble on some RIPs than there is benefit . I think designers just check that LZW button, because they’ve done it for years this way…just a bad habit 😉
Adi -
Adobe is NOT everything…..check out Corel Painter as well. Especially if you are trying to “paint” or sketch etc. like you would on a real canvas.
If you are into this kind of artistry you’ll love Painter. Photoshop AND Painter both do their own thing in their own way…..Painter can do things Photoshop can’t and vice versa.
I’m using a Wacom Intuos Tablet…I love it..have never had a problem with it…..
I don’t see much point to use a tablet and digital pen to use in a vector program ( for most part..of course there are exceptions).
Forget Freehand…Freehand is dead.
this would be my picksas a basic setup: Photoshop, Painter ( download a trial version from their website to see if you like it), Illustrator and a Wacom Tablet ( the biggest size you can afford).
Take care.
Adi -
Agreed, since PS handles colors a lot better than the AI engine.
I have an Epson 7600 ( running through a Harlequin RIP) and and for the most part I’m able to match the output “almost “100%, but I NEVER print out of Illustrator.
When using Photopaper, it’s a different story, and there are some color shifts, especially in the blacks or neutral colors.
That has to do with the colorants that are embedded in the surface of the paper. Photopaper wasn’t made to accurately match colors, but rather just print a “pretty” image.
And then of course, running through a RIP helps a lot to more accurately match colors.
I get the best results when using NOT high glossy stock but rather matte or similar paper. The manual of my Epson even states that color matching (calibrated output) is not guaranteed on photopaper, but on matte ( ultrachrome enhanced) paper. I recalibrate every time I replace a new roll of paper.
I have to add though that I mostly work in CMYK and the prints are “contract proofs” for customers, that are used to match when the job goes to a printing press.One note on the side: Don’t let the sending Application AND the printer handle colors-either turn off col.management on the front end and let the printer handle the color management, or the other way around.
cheers,
Adi -
Thank you Drew,
you nailed it!!! That’s exactly what it was. Somehow the Universal Access (the “voice over” in my case) got turned on.
I need to tell my dog to quit messing with my computer…… 🙂
Anaway, I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Take care.
Adi