Save it as a Bitmap in (SignLab) with as high of resolution as you can. Next open in your Photo or Corel program and ajust to you liking.. Then resave it as any type offile you want too!
-------------------- Stephen Deveau RavenGraphics Insinx Digital Displays
Letting Your Imagination Run Wild! Posts: 4327 | From: Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada | Registered: Jan 2000
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Don't use any color blends, or it won't export as an EPS or AI into Corel. If you just want to have it printed by someone else, a bitmap is better.
-------------------- John Arnott El Cajon CA 619 596-9989 signgraphics1@aol.com http://www.signgraphics1.com Posts: 1443 | From: El Cajon CA usa | Registered: Dec 1998
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I'm a new member to this site but as a screen printer doing work for the trade, file conversion is a constant problem. Illustrator, photo shop, EPS, ai all work well if, one you don't include gradations and two don't transport colors in the art files themselves. It is best to vector or outline the files, send a gif or jpg to show what you want the job to look like and let us build our own gradations and color traps.
-------------------- Robert M. Kistler South Bend Screen Process, Inc. 2018 S. Franklin St. South Bend IN 46613 Posts: 131 | From: South Bend Indiana | Registered: Jul 2003
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If its a vector design in Signlab, I would export it as an AI or Eps file (or both). I would not convert a vector drawing to a bitmap because you will allways loose something accuracy wise.
If its a bitmap in Signlab, I would export it as TIFF or BMP as most all programs read these fine. AI and Eps can also contain bitmap data but there is less controll over bitmap settings.
If there are Gradient Fills in the drawing, i might want to export as AI/eps and hope the gradients come throught, but i would also render the whole drawing to a bitmap with as much accuracy as possible as some of the others have mentioned and export it as a tiff. Gradient fills from one program to another are very iffy.
But in short, i would allways leave a vector drawing as a vector drawing for the accuracy, but maybe supply a bitmap version for safety. All programs have thier little quirks with Ai/eps. Thicklines, line joins, corner styles, rgb vs cmyk etc.
Frank at Cadlink
-------------------- Frank Droog SignLab programmer Posts: 91 | From: ottawa,ont,Canada | Registered: Jun 2003
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If its a vector design in Signlab, I would export it as an AI or Eps file (or both). I would not convert a vector drawing to a bitmap because you will allways loose something accuracy wise.
If its a bitmap in Signlab, I would export it as TIFF or BMP as most all programs read these fine. AI and Eps can also contain bitmap data but there is less controll over bitmap settings.
If there are Gradient Fills in the drawing, i might want to export as AI/eps and hope the gradients come throught, but i would also render the whole drawing to a bitmap with as much accuracy as possible as some of the others have mentioned and export it as a tiff. Gradient fills from one program to another are very iffy.
But in short, i would allways leave a vector drawing as a vector drawing for the accuracy, but maybe supply a bitmap version for safety. All programs have thier little quirks with Ai/eps. Thicklines, line joins, corner styles, rgb vs cmyk etc.
Frank at Cadlink
-------------------- Frank Droog SignLab programmer Posts: 91 | From: ottawa,ont,Canada | Registered: Jun 2003
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Ive realise now that anything in text rendered to bitmap will not reproduce sharp enough for printing so im trying to keep files as vectors as Frank suggested
Most success ive had is by exporting a design as an ai into p/shop
This opens nice and sharp but for some reason the centres of some of the smaller letters are filled in ie O's open up as dots can anyone explain this ?
Cheers Terry
-------------------- Terry Bull Sign & Custom Grays Essex England
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