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    Default Re: EMERGENY QUESTIONS, THE SEQUEL!

    You could also try WETRANSFER ... you can email up to 2GB free. I personally find it much more user friendly than dropbox for one shot email type transfers, rather than permanent storage.
    Keith
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    Default Re: EMERGENY QUESTIONS, THE SEQUEL!

    when I deal with printers [not that often these days, as with HTML I have farmed it out to others ] they prefer PDF/X as gary said - when dealing with bitmaps the important thing is pixel size - you need to think of the maximum print size- say 3.5 inches and then multiply that by the minimum resolution the printer will accept, usually 300 dpi and then as long as the exported bitmap measures 3.5 x 300 ie 1050 pixels minimum, it does not matter what PS4 or any other program thinks the notional print size is, because at that stage it is not being printed - the printer will sort that out as long as it is at least that minimum pixel size

    to export a vector design from xara at 300dpi you need to [re]size your design to the maximum print size - lets say 3.5 inches again, and then when you export the bitmap, in the export dialog change the bitmap resolution from 96 to 300 dpi and you should see that the bitmap will export at 1050 pixels - if you import any bitmaps into the design they will need to be at least 300 dpi so as not to be degraded during the export
    [EDIT - if you want to create such a bitmap within xara, then do the same thing but using the bitmap copy function rather than export]

    2ND EDIT - there again if you are exporting as PDF/X all you need do is make sure that the vector design is at least your maximum print size and that any bitmaps then included at that size are [still] at least 300dp - you can check the dpi of the bitmap so positioned by selecting it and looking at the status bar

    and of course, if it is pure vector you don't need to worry about sizing at all, the beauty of vector.... but you would still need to check it visually on screen across the print size range of course

    @KEITH - WETRANSFER looks interesting, thanks for that

    @PAUL - for once some of us were in bed the same day we got up
    Last edited by handrawn; 09 March 2019 at 08:48 AM. Reason: add bitmap copy option
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