Vector art and compatibility

does anyone know a vector art program that is compatible for macs? the one i find so far are only windows.

Do you mean like Adobe Illustrator, Cenon, Inkscape, etc.

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Jagged edges on vector art and fonts on R1900 using AI CS5 in OSX

OS 10.6.4 (Mac Pro 2x2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 12GB ram 1066 MHz DDR3)
Problem with the R1900 Printer and AI CS5
I have been using the same printer with CS4 without any trouble whatsoever for at least 5yrs. Beautiful quality prints without so much as itch and great color control...
In October I finally made the switch to CS5 and my printing capability goes to hell.
Quality printing straight from AI to a non-postcript inkjet printer such as the R1900 doesn't seem to be an option anymore...
I get jagged edges on vector art and fonts. I do graphic arts/logos/prints and this is a huge issue...!
Apparently I have to save my AI files as PDFs and print from there, but this poses extra steps, troubles in sizing, colors, page set up...
I mean nothing beats being able to print direct from AI... I cannot understand what the problem is all of a sudden.
At home I have a late '06 Mac Pro running CS4 and printing successfully to a C88 epson inkjet printer under OSX 10.5
What is the matter, please help, this is cramping my style and performance???
thank you
JF
New York

Ok this would not be a problem with 10.4.11 on a Power PV Mac but on an Intel Mac running 10.6.4 or running anything above 10.4.11 on any Mac you would need a postscript driver. Problem, there is no postscript driver for this model Printer this is actually a photo quality printer, that is what it does best.
So what to do the best one can do is to save the file as a pdf and print from Acrobat. There is no other way regardless of what one would like and expect.

Why would my photos, vector art, and type be fuzzy in my object states?

All of a sudden we have noticed that the photo quality, vector art quality, and the type used in our object states is pixelated and fuzzy. I don't believe it was like this before because we would have noticed it. We have been publishing since March 2013 using the same templates. We are publishing in v25 and our app is v31.

If you need the text to remain sharp but the MSOs are graphic heavy, try this: http://boblevine.us/digital-publishing-suite-101-keep-text-sharp-in-raster-slideshows/

Illustrator CS4 saving vector art for Microsoft Word

I have a logo created in Illustrator CS4. I saved the file for use in Microsoft Office using the "save for Office", exporting as a .wmf, and even saving the vector art in Photoshop as a .png. I can get a variety of formats to work well in Word documents.
Here is the problem. The Word document will eventually be saved as a PDF. When the file is saved as a PDF document (from Word), the color is changing in the PDF file. How can I correct this? I've tried saving in both rgb and cmyk color modes, but the color changes once it hits Acrobat and is printing differently than the Word file. It is driving me crazy and I cannot figure this out.
Thanks for any help!
Mary

The type is not vector it is raster it is no longer outline.
Check to see if you can select the individual letters in AI if you cannot it has be rasterized and is an image not vector.
If you open my files you will see that they are selectable in Acrobat and AI.
You seem confused and I do not understand why.
Attached is a word file with vector art and type make a pdf from that and see the difference.
Also make certain you have Illustrator editing capabilities turned on when exporting to pdf from AI.
Can you attach one of the eps or the esp you made the sample file from.
Do not rasterize the outline text art.
It won't let me attach a word document.

Clip art and messy borders?

Hello all,
I upgraded from photoshop elements 6 to cs4. PE6 had quite a few clip art and various photo art enhancements, but I don't see any in cs4, but I know they must be somewhere in there. Can someone please direct me to the clipart. I would like to put fancy squigly border pieces on the corners of my photos and I would like to get some of the edging borders that surroung the photos that look like chalky borders. Please direct me on where to go
Thank you!

Going back many versions, there used to be sample images included. Cannot recall if these were dropped in PS3, or PS4. There were few, though there were some ClipArt items, IIRC (may be thinking of AI).
As John points out, there are tons of libraries available for purchase, and if you have MS Office, MS has a ton of both stock photos, ClipArt and similar available. Do not know if that is available without Office.
There are also many sites that have a lot of decent ClipArt, and much of it is free, or reasonably priced.
The one thing to consider is the exact format of these. Some are bitmapped line art, and some are in proprietary formats, like WordPerfect's Graphics format. Others are Vector art and can be disassembled and reassembled at will. This will be easier in AI.
Good luck,
Hunt

Vector Art & Fonts Don't Look Crisp After Final Render

I'm using AE CS3.
I've imported a few Illustrator files that contain vector art & regular text into my After Effects project.
It's basically a NTSC 720 x 480 project (0.9).
My composition looks very crisp and great when I preview it at full resolution.
However, after I render my composition to NTSC DV 720 x 480 AVI - the vector art and text doesn't look as crisp anymore.
I'm wondering if there is a setting I should check on before rendering (I rendered it at the best quality). Perhaps I should render to an uncompressed AVI file?

>Perhaps I should render to an uncompressed AVI file?
Well, you better... DV AVI is evil. Unless you really cannot avoid DV, always render to some uncompressed or only mildly compressed format. Premiere and otehr editing suites handle the conversion to DV/HDV way better than you ever could hope to achieve in AE. Also make sure you adjusted your levels correctly. A lot of DV "blurriness" is simply caused by illegal colors which crap out the transcoder.
Mylenium

Source video determines rendering quality of vector art / type / fonts

I use the same export settings (template) for my webmovies. In this case 400x224 with WMV9 codec.
Why does the background source video determine the final quality of the vector art and type that is rendered thru this template?
The output resolution is always 400x224, but eg. JVC HDV camera images and Kodak HDV camera images generate completely different type and vecotr art after rendering thru the same settings?
I would say, it is vector art, so it will render nice and smooth on any resolution, whatever the background image is. Any help and hints will be appreciated!
Tags: rendering type, rendering vector art, influence source material on type and vector art

Thank you for you're relpy and help Hunt. I appreciate and understand you're hint.
Though it is still weird for me that the 'bad' way PrPro renderes vector art (images and type) differs when different background footage is used.
The render quality of type and vector art is completely different with different background footage. This means my customer will get ugly type and logo's on webmovies with footage from camera X, and smooth type and vector art with footage from camera Y. Both with the same final dimensions after rendering thru the same set of settings.

Vector art, resolution, and ID CS5

Hey ID Gurus, I need your help.
The job: 4-color process to be printed in Hong Kong
The book: 90+ full-color diagrams created in Illustrator in CMYK. 200+ images, some shot in Camera Raw, others scanned in color. Photos will be converted to the CMYK custom profile provided by the print serviced bureau. The illos were created in CMYK and will be embedded with the same profile.
That's the big picture.
Here's an important detail: The illos are geometric shapes with fills of c, m, y, and k. All of the strokes are k, and only k.
Yet another detaill: They want the final ID files saved as PostSctipt (EPS?) before putting them through Acrobat Distiller (my learning curve on using Distiller will be vertical).
The clients that this print service bureau deals with are primarily museums, hense, the PSB gets photography not much vector art. I have tried to get through to them that the illos placed in ID are vector art. Either I'm ignorant ( a very real possibility), or they're not listening, because they want the art at 1200 dpi.
I have been placing the vector art in ID as native .ai files. When my ID files go through the EPS to PDF processing, does the vector art get converted to raster images, and if so, at what point do I assign the 1200 dpi resolution? If that's an AI question, I'll go next door and ask them.
When you respond, please keep in mind that AI, ID, and I are close personal friends, but I've never had to prepare files for 4-color presses, and I am something of a technoboob at this level. So please speak in simple sentences that I will understand.
Thanks so much in advance for your help.
Toni

There's no transparency. I'm a chicken. I realize that transparency can be tricky and I'm not ready to go there. I'm using a drop shadow behind a photos on the same pages as the vecotor art. But that doesn't effect the vector art does it?
All I know about the EPS thing is, if I want to get the best results from the printing, I want to follow their instructions to the letter. I do know that their guidelines were created for IDCS3. Maybe there's something in CS5 that will make this unecessary. I was told yesterday that they are completely revising their guidelines on their website. Maybe I'll be able to go straight to PDF under their new guidelines. For what my client is paying for the printing, I'll do whatever I can to send the files the PSB wants.
If this PSB could have their d'ruthers, I would invest in the very spendy GRACOL 7 software to calibrate my display to match the profile in all of their Hong Kong output devices. It sure would be nice for soft proofing, but it's not going to happen. A lot of their big US clients don't have it yet, so they give us a customized profile to use instead.
Toni

Motion 3 w/ Vector Art

Hello all.
I would like to find out what the easiest step by step process is for using 'Vector Art' from Illustrator to Motion 3 is?
Basically, I'm looking to create a 5-10 second kaliedascope effect of a bunch of vector 'layer's from an eps file and create some 'replicator/kali effects.
See www.shiny.tv (lollapalooza) for a sample of the goal.
Can someone explain the best way to export individual layers from EPS and bring them into M3?
Also, if you have any recommendations on the style of the aformentioned piece, that would be great too.
Much thanks,
b

Illustrator files can be imported directly into Motion with no issues, and can be scaled up infinitely without loss of quality.
Well IMHO this is not true. Motion does not import individual layers of Illustrator files, only the composited image. To animate individual elements, you have to manually save them as separate files, which, for me, is an time consuming "issue".
And to be precise, Motion imports vector PDF files, and Illustrator files saved with PDF compatibility.
For more control, I suggest you check out this free script to enable Illustrator paths to be imported and converted to Motion's in-built shapes, meaning adjusting control points etc is possible.
http://www.motionsmarts.com/downloads/IL2MotionShape.zip
Right now this script doesn't work in Motion 3. The script exports only basic shapes, it does not export more complex shapes with clipping masks.
I think the most flexible script to work with vector graphics can be found at Adobe Exchange:
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/
Go there and search for a "Layers to PDF" script. It saves all your Illustrator layers into separate PDF's that can be imported into Motion.
Michal

Vector Art Crashes After Effects CS3 Windows 7

Hi there,
I've noticed that AFX CS3 always crashes when I try to use Vector Art effects on Windows 7. I'm able to turn on the effect, but when I start painting, it always crashes after a few seconds. Any idea how to prevent this crash? I love vector art.
thanks..

Solved this problem on my computer by running After Effects in compatibility mode.
My setup is different than the original post, but hopefully it will help someone else.
Here's my problem and how I fixed it...
System: Windows Vista
After Effects CS4
Vector Paint
After drawing a a third small line, AfterFX would lock up and the screen would go semi transparent. Turning Open GL settings didn't help.
Closed AfterFX, and righ-clicked on the After Effects shortcut. Chose Properties->Shortcut tab->Compatibility->Checked "Run this program in compatibily mode for "Windows XP (Service Pack 2).
All other settings left unchecked.
Hit OK.
Relaunch AfterFX and the Vector Paint effect works great now!

Exporting to PDF - How Can I Get A Small File Size When Using Lots of Vector Art?

I am trying to create a small PDF file for e-book distribution purposes. My Indesign pages contain a variety of photographs, vector icons and vector maps.
A publisher in Britain who does similar books on a Mac using Creative Suite was able to create a 22-page document very similar to mine (similar icons, graphics, density, etc) that is only 2.84 mb, a small fraction of the file size that I'm getting! I've included a sample page of his below, which is a low-res jpeg, but on the original PDF all of the text and images (except the jpeg cliff background) are super sharp - they look like vectors when you zoom in. I've also included screenshots of his PDF export settings.
I don't know if he's exporting directly out of Indesign, but my best guess is that he is.
My vector-based icons, numbers and maps are bloating my PDFs considerably. When I remove them, the Indesign and exported PDF file sizes drop dramatically. For the life of me, I can't figure out how he got such small PDF files sizes using so much vector art! The PDF graphic compression settings don't seem to include any options for vector art.
My vector art graphics (numbering, icons, maps) are all saved as Illustrator AI files and then placed in Indesign as linked graphics. My best guess as to why I can't achieve smaller PDF files is I'm either doing something wrong with the vector graphics themselves or handling/exporting them improperly out of Indesign.
I am using CS4 for PC and am on a Dell Machine running Windows 7.

I am trying to create a small PDF file for e-book distribution purposes. My Indesign pages contain a variety of photographs, vector icons and vector maps.
A publisher in Britain who does similar books on a Mac using Creative Suite was able to create a 22-page document very similar to mine (similar icons, graphics, density, etc) that is only 2.84 mb, a small fraction of the file size that I'm getting! I've included a sample page of his below, which is a low-res jpeg, but on the original PDF all of the text and images (except the jpeg cliff background) are super sharp - they look like vectors when you zoom in. I've also included screenshots of his PDF export settings.
I don't know if he's exporting directly out of Indesign, but my best guess is that he is.
My vector-based icons, numbers and maps are bloating my PDFs considerably. When I remove them, the Indesign and exported PDF file sizes drop dramatically. For the life of me, I can't figure out how he got such small PDF files sizes using so much vector art! The PDF graphic compression settings don't seem to include any options for vector art.
My vector art graphics (numbering, icons, maps) are all saved as Illustrator AI files and then placed in Indesign as linked graphics. My best guess as to why I can't achieve smaller PDF files is I'm either doing something wrong with the vector graphics themselves or handling/exporting them improperly out of Indesign.
I am using CS4 for PC and am on a Dell Machine running Windows 7.

Using a Vector Art File as a matte for an image collage

II have a vector art file of a paw print. I would like to use it with a variety of photos to create a collage. I have the image files selected and the vector art file sized, but what I can't figure out is how to have the images seen ONLY inside each toe/pad of the paw print. Once the file is completed, I would like to be able to flow text around the paw prints so I don't want the entire art board area to be white as this would effect my text wrap properties. Any and all suggestions are welcome!
Ubiquitous Information:
Adobe CS6 Design & Web premium
Illustrator v. 16.0.3 (32-bit)
Windows 7 Professional sp 1 64-bit OS
Thanks in advance for your help this morning!
Susan

I developed a Photo Collage Toolkit for Photoshop. I feel its very easy to create PSD templates that can be populated with images.
Photo Collage Toolkit
Photoshop scripting is powerful and I believe this package demonstrates this video showing a 5 image collage PSD template being populates with images:
The package includes four simple rules to follow when making Photo Collage Template PSD files so they will be compatible with my Photoshop scripts.
Size the photo collage templates for the print size you want - width, height and print DPI resolution.
Photo collage templates must have a Photoshop background layer. The contents of this layer can be anything.
Photo collage templates must have alpha channels named "Image 1", "Image 2", ... "Image n".
Photo collage templates layers above the background layers must provide transparent areas to let the images that will be placed below them show through.
There are twelve scripts in this package they provide the following functions:
TestCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to test a Photo Collage Template while you are making it with Photoshop.
CollageTemplateBuilder.jsx - Can build Templates compatible with this toolkit's scripts.
LayerToAlphaChan.jsx - Used to convert a Prototype Image Layer stack into a template document.
InteractivePopulateCollage.jsx - Used to interactively populate Any Photo Collage template. Offers most user control inserting pictures and text.
ReplaceCollageImage.jsx - use to replace a populated collage image Smart Object layer with an other image correctly resized and positioned.
ChangeTextSize.jsx - This script can be used to change Image stamps text size when the size used by the populating did not work well.
PopulateCollageTemplate.jsx - Used to Automatically populate a Photo Collage template and leave the populated copy open in Photoshop.
BatchOneImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Collage templates that only have one image inserted. The Collage or Image may be stamped with text.
BatchMultiImageCollage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with images in a source image folder. Easier to use than the interactive script. Saved collages can be tweaked.
BatchPicturePackage.jsx - Used to Automatically Batch Populate Any Photo Collage template with an image in a source image folder
PasteImageRoll.jsx - Paste Images into a document to be print on roll paper.
PCTpreferences.jsx - Edit This File to Customize Collage Populating scripts default setting and add your own Layer styles.
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IMac vs. Macbook Pro for Art and Design Student

Hello,
first off, I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forums - it seemed like the best place, but I wasn't entirely sure.
Secondly, I can imagine you guys get asked this question a lot, so i guess I'm sorry for that!
Here's the situation - I'm going to College in England this September. I need a computer to accompany me with my course, and what I'll be doing with it. I'm studying Art and Design, but I already have a strong interest and a lot of experience in graphic design, vector illustration and web design - so it needs to fit my personal use as well.
I knew instantly that I not only wanted but needed an iMac. I saved up, compared the models and then, rather unfortunately, came to a stop.
Here's the problem - I need the processing power to handle the full Adobe CS5 suite, some 3D modelling and rendering and plenty of photos and music. However, Portability would be nice... although my college has 3 Mac suites, I think that being able to carry my work around and edit on the go will be an obvious plus. If I do go for the iMac, do you recommend me getting the 21.5" or the 27"? I (just) have money for either so that isn't really a problem, but is it worth the extra money for a larger screen and better graphics? Is the Macbook Pro powerful enough? The way I see it, I'm spending £2000+ To only get near the power of the iMac...
I hope you guys can help me out here, and thank-you in advance!
(And sorry for the long post...!)
Message was edited by: ubermatik

Hi Bee!
Thanks very much for your advice!
However, why do you suggest the 21.5" over the 27"? Do you think it is worth the extra screen size, because I can afford either?
It seemed to me that the iMac was the best option also - I'm in need of the power, but I'm still deliberating over size.
Also, on a side note, do you know of any iPhone apps that can help me with transferring files from home to college I'm getting an iPod Touch as part of the new deal Apple are running and I just wondered if there were any apps that I would find handy for transporting files etc.?
Thanks again!

Can i reshape a vector art in AfterEffects CS4?

I created a vector art in illustrator which i then imported into After Effects CS4 and applied the write on effect on it. As the write on effect is happening i want part of my vector art to reshape into a different image (vector art). Is that possible? I am using the word "reshape" for the transformation of the image, i'm not sure if that is correct.
I am working on a mac book pro with Mac OS X 10.6.8

Your challenge is you want to take that shape and have it animate into another shape? I would use mask, via double click that shape traced out using a mask. Thereby launching the second window (Layer window) to then see the drop drowm menu assigning your mask to that mask after enabling animate path icon in T.line. This way second mask is not started rather it will now animate to your second shape. Don't forget to move your cursor down the TL before you draw your second shape.
If you are trying to animate your asset into a another asset, see transition effects to browse in bridge for a suitable transition.
If all of this is greek to you. See this tutorial http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/animating-shape-paths-masks.html
Scroll down to here: Select masks, segments, and vertices

Exporting Flash vector art for print

I would like to export art created in Flash as a vector
format for print. Exporting as either AI or EPS from Flash seems to
have many limitations: no support for masks, alpha transparency, or
editable text with fonts embedded. Has anyone found a workflow to
create print-ready vector art using Flash?
I have tried many combinations of Flash, Freehand, and
Illustrator with no success. (Freehand will open SWF files, but it
rasterizes the vector art when exporting as either EPS or PDF).
Working in Flash Pro 8, but from the Flash CS3 documentation
it doesn't look like there are additional options for file export.
Is it true that any vector art exported from Flash loses font info,
masking, and transparency?

Has anyone found a good solution for this? I need to export character art from Flash to use for print and consumer product items. Qualtity vectors are required.
The "best" solution I've found so far is to "Print" as either a .PDF or .PS file, then open that file in Illustrator. It expands all the gradients, and creates very complex vectors, but it's better than the standard export to .AI function, which gives offending operator "bg" errors. Still, it is a sub-par result, and I end up having to recreate art anyway.
(I'm using Flash CS4.)
Dear Adobe, this should be a no-brainer ... Please introduce a true vector export feature from Flash to Illustrator that generates art we can actually use.

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