Reducing a graphic with no loss of detail

Question

I have a large .png graphic that I need to reduce for printing in a book -- but when I do the printing becomes illegible.  Will Illustrator correct for that?

_scott__ · Accepted Answer

Illustrator is the wrong tool for PNG editing or resizing. Photoshop is the correct tool, where pixel interpolation happens.

Mike_Gondek10189183 · Answer

For bitmapped images you can never have too many pixels, so reducing is not a problem. png is not a format for printing as it is meant for RGB. You should save your image as a CMYK .PSD and place that.

Why this is becoming illegible nearly impossible to know why without more information.

There might be some other reason such as many printers ask for a PDf file, and you might be using the wrong compression. Or maybe you send the .ai file to the printer and did not send the linked image.

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