Kim Mackenzie
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No problem.
Window > Transform to bring up the Tranform palette. A very handy palette for precision scaling and precision placement of objects.
k
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Scaling patterns:
In your transform palette, bring up the flyout menu and set it to “Transform both” (transform both object and pattern fill).
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I think the problem is your stroke weights aren’t scaling.
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Either should be fine. EPS is probably more widely accepted, and won’t have any compression on it, so you wont’ be losing any image quality.
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Text will be vector if you save as an EPS with “include vector data” checked, or as a PDF with fonts embedded.
-k
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Select all
Filter > Adjust Color > Saturate
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You should make your document size the same dimensions as the DVD
Granted, the document will be square and the DVD is round. But say the dimension of the DVD is 4.75″ in diameter (that’s not quite right, but just for example). Make you document 4.75×4.75 and center the artwork on that page size. Then the registrations marks will be right, and they’ll be what the printer needs.
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Your crop marks will be in the Postscript file that Illustrator creates. Distiller will take that Postcript file and turn it into a PDF. So you need to tell Illustrator to put the crops on the page.
You’ll need to have a Postcript printer driver installed (Distiller will work) in order for the next instructions to make sense.
Crop/registration marks are in your print dialog box.
File > Print
under the Setup tab, I usually set the paper size to Custom and make the page size 1″ larger than the document. That’ll give you room for your crop/registration marks to show up in the PDF.
Under the Marks & Bleed tab, you’ll find, well, Marks & Bleed. If they haven’t told you what marks they want, you can just turn them all on.
There is more involved that that in making the PDF, but that will get you started getting the crops on there.
I wouldn’t be shy about having your printer walk you through making the PDF, if you haven’t made a press-ready PDF before and you’re unsure of how to proceed.
-k
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Filter > Distort > Shear will also do the trick. Although it’s frustrating, because you don’t have a lot of control, and the preview doesn’t show how the layer you’re distorting looks with relation to the layers below it.
k
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Instead of Ungroup, you need:
Object > Compound Path > Release