Can I control the resolution of PSD import?

**wizard509** · 14 September 2014, 02:38 AM

Click on Gary's Name and you will get options to view profile, send email, or view forum posts. Note however that you could paste a link but not an attachment unless Gary provides you with his email address.

**angelize** · 14 September 2014, 04:29 AM

Hi everyone I've tidied up and removed the duplicate posts and one of Mike's that referenced them.

**mwenz** · 14 September 2014, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by angelize

Hi everyone I've tidied up and removed the duplicate posts and one of Mike's that referenced them.

Well, Post #9 might as well go away too...and this one...

**mwenz** · 14 September 2014, 12:43 PM

I can't "publish" it (there are restrictions), but I can make it available to you through PM...

You cannot receive/send PMs yet (post count). I don't know the number of posts until such a thing is dismissed.

Seeing how right at this minute we are both on-line, put you email into a reply and I'll grab it, let you know and you can remove it. I'll then send an email.

Mike

**aleistad** · 14 September 2014, 12:53 PM

Good idea: (e-mail removed now)

**mwenz** · 14 September 2014, 12:57 PM

got the email addy. Be sending an email shortly.

Mike

**aleistad** · 15 September 2014, 10:34 PM

We have a conclusion

Mike managed to find a process that allowed the PSD file with vectors to end up as an XAR file with vectors - exactly what I needed!

The key was "Expression Design", a vector drawing package from Microsoft which is available for free. It served as a file converter in this instance. I'll add that Expression Design as a drawing package is of no interest to Xara users, and it's no longer a supported product.

The process was: PSD file => Expression Design => PDF file => Xara

Expression Design was not capable of importing/exporting the whole of the original PSD, but by selecting a few of the needed objects at a time, it just about managed to produce PDF files.

It would be a killer feature if a future Xara version had the same PDF vector import capability as Expression Design. so don't worry about migration :

Big thanks to Mike for offering up his time and knowledge - without it I would have resigned to flattened PSD imports at low resolutions.

**mwenz** · 16 September 2014, 01:24 AM

Love happy endings. Even if they are semi-happy!

Originally Posted by aleistad

...I'll add that Expression Design as a drawing package is of no interest to Xara users, and it's no longer a supported product.

One thing about ED. If you use vector brushes (skeletal strokes) it is hard to beat either version 3 or 4 of ED. I prefer the interface of version 4, but both are freely available from the Microsoft web site.

There are times when nothing else but ED can save my bacon as used by Are--sometimes it is the only application I have that can be a go-between from one application to another.

Take care, Mike