Vector Circle Has Jagged Edges - Why?

Question

I'm creating a button logo in Fireworks for print use and
wanted to use Vector shapes as I thought they didn't distort.
I'm working in CMYK at 300DPI.
So I start out with a white vector circle for the outer-ring
to the button using an Anti-Alias edge:
White
Button
Then I add the inner vector cirle, same deal as before:
Blue inner
circle
So far so good.
Now I add an outer bevel effect to the blue circle to give
the button effect and....
WOOOOOAAAAHHH!!!!
The blue circle's edges have gone jagged! What happened
there? I thought that Vector shapes retained their edges because
they weren't confined to tiny pixels. What's going on, why aren't
the edges retaining their smoothness once I've applied an effect to
the shape?

Answer 1

For now, if you recreate the effect with an inner bevel
instead you will
get rid of the jaggies. (softness = 7)
alex
thedrumdoctor wrote:
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> thedrumdoctor wrote:
> > I tried the an export as a 24 Bit PNG and the edges
remaind jagged.
> >
> > I tried the same experiment in Photoshop with the
Vectors shapes there and
> the edges were perfect. Looks like Photoshop wins!
>
> Not sure what I am doing differently. I created a 300
dpi image in FW,
> drew the circle, filled it with blue and added a soft
bevel. No jagged
> edges. At 100% magnification things look fine on screen.
>
> Did similar in PS and got a very similar result,
although the bevel is a
> bit smoother.
>
> Are you referring to printed work, or screen work?
>
> Would really appreciate seeing the original png and
samples of the
> Photoshop vs Fireworks end results. If it's a
reproducible issue, it
> should be reported as a bug for future releases.
>
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> Well, I've repeated the exercise with a new png file and
uploaded it here
>
http://www.nlauro.f9.co.uk/images/test.vector.circles.png
>
> As you can see, the edges are still jagged on the blue
circle. You can
> download this and see for yourself anyway.
>
> This was done in Fireworks MX so I'm not using the
latest release of Fireworks.
>
> The shape was eventually destined for print work by the
way. As much as I
> don't like the clumsy way PS forces you to create vector
shapes, it produced a
> near perfect smooth edge on the same experiment.
>