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Converting Illustrator File to .gif or .jpeg and loosing resolution when printing
Hi everyone,
I made a logo for our company in illustrator and want to convert it to an image that I can insert into Excel or Word. When I convert the file and insert it into Word or Excel, the image looks a little blurry. When I print the page, the lettering is really blurry. Any ideas? I am not resizing the image once I insert it.
Thanks,
Lazer
I made a logo for our company in illustrator and want to convert it to an image that I can insert into Excel or Word. When I convert the file and insert it into Word or Excel, the image looks a little blurry. When I print the page, the lettering is really blurry. Any ideas? I am not resizing the image once I insert it.
Thanks,
Lazer
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if u just want a image file so that u put in Excel or Word, then just export the logo to a .JPG file with 72 dpi resolution. This resolution is only if u want the logo to be of the exact size which u made it out. If the resolution is any less that this, the image will appear blurry. And don't use much compression when exporting.
Since you wish to print the page as well, 72 dpi is not good enough - that's screen resolution, not print. Stick with the vector formats (e.g. .wmf or .eps) to get an optimal result in print. Note that the previews of these images sometimes look blurry in Word/Excel, even though the final print result is perfect.
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If you want to print something on an inkjet printer, then the dpi needs to be 300.
If you are using lazer printers, some only seem to demand resolution of 150 dpi - the magazine quality colour lazer at my daughters school only accepts images of 150 dpi and above. If you try to print a picture you have from Internet (using corel) the screen gives you a message that the image is not suitable and will be 'degraded'.
The first lesson I was taught during a graphics design course was that in order for images to be kept perfect they needed to be saved as a .tiff file. no compression. If you want to make a comparison between a .psd file (photoshop) and a .tiff file you will see that the .tiff is often much much larger.
Tiff files can save your layers. Tiff files can be read on Macintosh machines so if you ever need to use a professional print bureau - they seem to like macs.
If you are using lazer printers, some only seem to demand resolution of 150 dpi - the magazine quality colour lazer at my daughters school only accepts images of 150 dpi and above. If you try to print a picture you have from Internet (using corel) the screen gives you a message that the image is not suitable and will be 'degraded'.
The first lesson I was taught during a graphics design course was that in order for images to be kept perfect they needed to be saved as a .tiff file. no compression. If you want to make a comparison between a .psd file (photoshop) and a .tiff file you will see that the .tiff is often much much larger.
Tiff files can save your layers. Tiff files can be read on Macintosh machines so if you ever need to use a professional print bureau - they seem to like macs.
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