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linda yang
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hi everyone:
we often get some design sketch from customer, the sketch is designed by a design compay use adobe photo shop, when we ask the designer exporting to eps file(vertized), they always did same eps bitmap.
There is a problem in adobe photo shop, can't vertize file or outline then exporting.
Does any one have same problem and how to solve the problem?
should we give some suggestion to adobe software programmer.
thanks

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Linda, the problem is, Photoshop is not a vector drawing program so it will never be able to export usable artwork.

The only exception to the rule is if the artist uses the "Paths" tool in Photoshop to draw everything, then exports those paths as an Adobe Illustrator file. Most "designers" don't know enough about Photoshop or vector drawing to know how to do that.

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I see this often and have had to deal with it in several ways. Often I can scan or use FlexiPro's auto trace to get a good start. This will convert your bitmap to vector and sometimes the cleanup is just a few minutes. Often times however, I've either redrawn the image or bring it over to my trusty old light table and traced it by hand.

You might also find a fellow letterhead or graphics design student who is practiced at this in your area. If you have a small shop like mine it's better to spend your time as productively as possible. So farming out somethings may free you up to do other things.

Lastly, be fair to yourself. If you spend one or two hours on coverting a file, charge for it.

Good luck,
Wayne

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Linda, we also struggle with this the people that work with raster files don't usually have a clue what a vector file is. I agree with Wayne the best way to deal with it is to get paid for converting and clean up. [Smile]

[ April 12, 2004, 07:26 AM: Message edited by: Dennis Raap ]

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Linda:
If you receive an EPS file, open the file in
Photoshop. Save it as a TIFF file. If you use Corel, like most of us, you can then open any TIFF
file in Corel Trace. Trace your text or graphic,
then make the corrections and "Away you go."
Good Luck.
Joe Gluchy

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