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upabove1 · February 15th, 2007

Hey everyone! I just used the distress overlay on a design and then I converted it to bitmap but then the concentration of distress became greater. But then I printed it and the concentration was lessened. If I send it to a professional screen printer, which way would it be printed - the way it was printed and showed up when I printed or the way it is showing up on the computer when I changed it to bitmap? Sorry of this if this is confusing.

Rodney · February 15th, 2007

When it showed up on your computer, were you viewing it at 100% zoom, or at a smaller zoom that would make the distressed lines seem bigger?

upabove1 · February 15th, 2007

100% zoom.

upabove1 · February 15th, 2007

But it only happened when I converted it to a bitmap. When I printed it, the distress lines were small again.

Fluid · February 15th, 2007

more than likely it is just anti aliasing your seeing.
Why are you converting to a bitmap? Your printer should be able to accept the native file type. (depending on the program your using)

jasperketone · February 15th, 2007

i like converting the distressing to bitmap in illustrator so i can see the distressing in the same color as the background so it looks more like what the final product will be.

AdvancedArtist · February 15th, 2007

Can you email that file to [email address]

so I can take a look at it?

We have dot gain issues in this industry we need to be aware of also if I can see the file I can tell if you are OK and offer some other advise.

prometheus · February 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasperketone


	i like converting the distressing to bitmap in illustrator so i can see the distressing in the same color as the background so it looks more like what the final product will be.

It's just the way Illustrator represents raster and vector. The vector will look smoother.

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