[cuhREYzeh]

HI!

I'm pretty new at this and I want to learn so try to go easy on me with the terminology So I have a png file that I need to get ready for screenprint. It's fairly large so that should be helpful but It has a lot of tiny details that is quite hard to vectorize. If you can help me that'd be wonderful!

here is the image I need to vectorize. and btw i'm using illustrator.

imgur: the simple image sharer

 

[20vK]

You really don't need to vectorise this...... Just print it as it is. It's ready to use.

Stretch it up to the final print size and if it looks good on the computer monitor, it will print fine.

 

[cuhREYzeh]

You really don't need to vectorise this...... Just print it as it is. It's ready to use.

Stretch it up to the final print size and if it looks good on the computer monitor, it will print fine.

Would I just turn it in to the screener as .png then? cuz he's been having me send it as the workfile (.ai) and he specifically send it needed to be vectors so idk..

 

[20vK]

If the image is 300dpi at the final print size, then the quality should be fine for printing. Many are even good enough at 200.

Ask why he can't just print it out and why it has to be a vector, since there is no colour separation required for this image. Simply resize to print size and print.

Now if it is a low quality and small image, then I could understand the need for vectorising, but you told us it was pretty big, so I can't see a problem?

 

[Celtic]

Makes me wonder about this screenprinter............

 

[20vK]

Makes me wonder about this screenprinter............

Could be lucky enough to turn down work and is just fed up with 72dpi Internet images...... Hence .ai policy.

But he could still place this image into illi and print as a composite, even if they didn't have photoshop. Corel is both raster and vector, so format makes no difference there.

I'd certainly ask why they can't use the image. If there is no decent reason, find someone else who can deal with it and print your image easily.

 

[Celtic]

Could be lucky enough to turn down work and is just fed up with 72dpi Internet images...... Hence .ai policy.



Good point, Rich.
That would make it easier to just state it as policy.