On 5/31/06 11:28 AM, Jack commented:

> I've been drawing at Illustrator recently.
> I'm doing some kind of newsletter using InDesign CS2, but having some
> problem with exporting artwork i've done with Illustrator CS2.
>
> The reason that i didn't export the vector drawing directly to Indesign
> is that because Indesign seems to have created a whole new swatch based
> on the imported vector illustration. Therefore i'm planning to export
> the illustrator art into a JPEG file or BMP, then import it into Indesign.
>
> The problem is when i print the newsletter, the quality of the JPEG and
> BMP seems horribly bad. I've tried exporting at 300DPI to no avail.
>
> Any expert ?
>
> Thanks


Well, rasterizing doesn't actually seem like a good solution. Certainly it
cane be done, but it kind of defeats the purpose of using Illy to begin
with, and the wuality of vector art. I don't have Indy, but one would think
you could choose to append the Indy swatches with the Illy colors and/or
merge swatches that match. I would try to slove that problem and retain
vector.

If you must rasterize I'd use TIFF (w/compression if Indy allows) or PSD. I
think it might be in a different area in CS2 than in my old Illy 9.0.2, but
in Document Setup>Printing & Export make sure Raterization Resolution is
300, and under Transparency move the Quality slider to the highest. Then
under Effects>Rasterize>Raster Effects Settings set resolution to 300 and
make sure to click Antia-Alias ON. When you export again make sure these
setting remain consistent with anti-alias on.

Hopefully someone else with Indy/Illy CS2 can help you with placing native
Illustrator vectors appropriately.

inez

On 6/1/06 7:12 AM, Jack commented:

> steggy wrote: 
> I mean when i created a drawing in illustrator, say of a hat which uses
> 5 colors then import that drawing into InDesign, Indesign will place a
> copy of a new swatch underneath my current swatch color.
>
> After i've imported around 20 drawings my swatch pallete is so messed up.


Jack, my best advise is to live with the swatches; just make sure they're
all process as opposed to spot (unless you're printing spot ofcourse). I
wouldn't want to lose the quality of vector graphics (and increase file
size) over a messy swatch palette. Delete unused swatches at the end.

You should see my Color List in Quark for this 11X17 doorhanger I do each
month. It's a monster because the client wants lots and lots of different
colors used in the ads. My last one had 45 colors; and it used to be much
worse when it was 2-sided.

inez