Kim Mackenzie
Forum Replies Created
-
Photoshop will work if you save the file as a PDF or as an EPS with “preserve vector data” checked in the save dialog box.
There’s a thread from a few days back that covers this in a little more detail: “print quality text in photoshop”
-
Oh duh 🙂 Yer right, of course.
-
300dpi will be fine.
The type will be vector, which is resolution independent. The type will output at the highest possible resolution available by the imagesetter or the print device – could be 600, 1200, 2540, etc., depending on the output device. So the resolution is only going to apply to any non-vector items.
-
You need Photoshop or some other image editor to actually change the photo. Illustator can only clip/mask it.
-
Draw a box or shape on top of your pic, where you want it cropped.
Select both the shape and the picture.
Go to menu Object > Clipping Mask > Create
You can adjust the mask path by using the direct selection tool (white arrow) to drag the points around.
-
Bring up your Type palette, and hit the flyout menu. Make sure Faux Italic is unchecked.
There might be a hot key to turn it on – not sure. But once it’s on, it stays on until you turn it off, despite changing fonts, relaunching, restarting, etc.
-
This is the only way coming to mind – basically, use a positive of your Layer C as a mask on one layer, and a negative of it as a mask on the other.
-
300dpi is not sufficient for small type.
If you set the job up in Photoshop, send the print shop a copy of the file either in EPS format with the “preserve vector data” box checked, or as a PDF with fonts embedded. Then the type will be vector and will print crisply. Be sure to not use any faux bold or italic when you set the type in Photoshop – it doesn’t play well with “preserve vector data.”
-
Save for Web also strips the image preview/thumbnail from the file, which saves a chunk of file size.