i'm in a panic... memory error when exporting images, please help, i have a deadline

[herbiehysteria]

The best result I can get with the tall image is Height 450mm x Width 205mm
450mm is about 1700px

Herbie

is that whilst keeping the aspect ratio correct at 300dpi? it should be ok i guess

[herbiehysteria]

Hi Herbie.

I got a bit of a result with the square image.

Herbie

Try that to see if it's any good.

Please bear in mind that I am likely to delete that image from my web site in days to come.

It exported at 213dpi

thank you, but i need it at 300dpi because of pixelation issues when zoomed up to actual size. do you think it would be ok at 213dpi?

[herbiehysteria]

thank you rik and jimhanus, i'm off to the printers (fingers, arms and testicles crossed) - will report back

[steve.ledger]

Why JPG?
These images would be better suited for print as PDF, TIFF or even just PNG.
But you may run out of memory with TIFF.

Sometimes the better way to do it is to create a 300dpi bitmap copy (SHIFT+Ctrl+C) of the image, then open the bitmap gallery, right-click the bitmap copy and choose 'Save'
That way you'll get a 300dpi PNG of perfect quality.

Here's the 300dpi PNG I exported (the smaller image)

► http://dl.dropbox.com/u/250070/tg/DPX/motorwares1.png

Attached is the 300dpi print quality PDF

[herbiehysteria]

Why JPG?
These images would be better suited for print as PDF, TIFF or even just PNG.
But you may run out of memory with TIFF.

Sometimes the better way to do it is to create a 300dpi bitmap copy (SHIFT+Ctrl+C) of the image, then open the bitmap gallery, right-click the bitmap copy and choose 'Save'
That way you'll get a 300dpi PNG of perfect quality.

Here's the 300dpi PNG I exported (the smaller image)

► http://dl.dropbox.com/u/250070/tg/DPX/motorwares1.png

Attached is the 300dpi print quality PDF

thank you sledger, however with png images in the past i have had issues with the cmyk machines not printing the rich black correctly, which is why i have changed my colour model to cmyk and exported as jpegs with exact CMYK profile of the rich black, if this issue wasnt there with pngs, it would be perfect, thanks!

[steve.ledger]

Then use the PDF. (I'm not actually sure about CMYK and jpg, especially your solid red. Bad choice in my opinion)
All printers should be able to use PDF.

[mwenz]

Do you still need these?

I have created two PDFs. The smaller at 100% size, the larger at half-size. Being vector, your printer can size these to their heart's content.

Mike

[herbiehysteria]

Do you still need these?

I have created two PDFs. The smaller at 100% size, the larger at half-size. Being vector, your printer can size these to their heart's content.

Mike

i went to the printer and the 300.pdf background wasnt rich black. have you set the black background colour cmyk to C35 M35 Y35 K100, mike? if so, i will try them. the transparent speedo is set at 80% transparency. thanks, send me the links.

[mwenz]

Attached are screen shots from within Acrobat showing the color values. You created them with those percentages, so that is what hit the PDFs. It isn't the best rich black percentages to use, but they are what you used.

You can grab the ZIP file here:
http://www.wenzloffandsons.com/temp/...iehysteria.zip

It contains your original XAR, two more XAR files (small.xar and large.xar for their respective images) and PDFs (again, small.pdf and large.pdf).

Take care, Mike

[Albacore]

Herbie are you sure you are using the right programme as you will not get a CMYK profile from a Jpeg. The printer will only rip the image and convert it to CMYK you would be better to use a bitmap programme that has a CMYK colour profile.