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June 19, 2019
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unable to export at this resolution. please lower the resolution and try again

Hi guys.

Created a pattern (3600 x 3600 px) which I need to save in JPEG format at 300 dpi. How can I do it without lowering the res?

Thanks

    Doug A Roberts
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    June 19, 2019

    Exporting a 3600px artboard from Illustrator at 300ppi would create a JPEG 15,000 px wide, and I get the same message when attempting it, so perhaps it's outside some hard limit for Illustrator.

    If you want to end up with a 300ppi, 3600px JPEG, create it by intended physical size, not pixel size. 3,600 pixels at 300 ppi is 12 inches. So:

    1. Create a 12 x 12 in artboard.

    2. File > Export As

    3. Tick 'Use artboards' in the file browser window.

    4. Set to 300 ppi.

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    Participant
    January 31, 2025

    after lowering the resoltion getting error again file unsupported

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    Doug A Roberts
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    January 31, 2025

    Please share your exact artboard size details and export settings.

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    Doug A Roberts
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    February 5, 2024

    These are Photoshop instructions.

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    Participant
    February 2, 2024

    I'm also having the same issue. The artboard is 3.25x2.25 so I highly doubt exporting to a 300 DPI JPEG should cause an error.  Also, when I import the file in PhotoShop it shows up at 1/10th the original size.  If I change the size correct size before opening it works.  I confirmed the original file in AI was 300DPI and the size stated above.  Wouldn't it be great if someone from Adobe could solve this issue.

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    Doug A Roberts
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    February 2, 2024

    3.25x2.25 what?

    Can you show your file with the artboard selected?

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    Brad @ Roaring Mouse
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    July 19, 2023

    If you have a document of a set pixel dimension, you DO NOT export as 300ppi, you export at 72ppi. This gives you a 1-to-1 pixel export. I know it's kinda of confusing.

    This will give you a 3600x3600 image as you desire. The resolution is irrelevant in this case... it's the number of pixels that's important. However, if you must, you can open the resulting file in Photoshop and set the Image Size Resolution to 300. All this does is add a flag in the header of the file, but does not change the actual amount of pixels in the image, but can affect how the image places in other documents like InDesign. i.e. a 3600 wide pixel image will place when dropped onto a page at exactly 12" wide.

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    Participant
    July 19, 2023

    I'm also having this same issue - none of the solutons have worked so far

     

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    Monika Gause
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    July 19, 2023

    @Preksha Vora  schrieb:

    I'm also having this same issue - none of the solutons have worked so far

     


     

    Can you please describe your issue?

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    Participant
    July 19, 2023

    Need to export a CMYK 4720mm x 1020mm file at 300ppi (and the spec specified 300ppi and the sizing so that has to stay). I can get it to export as pdf but not as JPEG without reducing the quality

     

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    Participant
    July 8, 2023

    I just found this thread, so this is mainly for anyone having this issue moving forward. Make sure anti-aliasing is set to none. I had changed two settings when exporting a different .jpg and I think that was causing issues. Attached photo has the settings that resulted in a successful export.

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    Monika Gause
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    July 8, 2023

    But then you have hard pixels along the edges of the exported image.

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    Participant
    March 7, 2022

    hi, don't worry, just save it in 36 ppi while exporting, it will save as jpeg and you won't lose any pixels as well.

    thanks.

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    Doug A Roberts
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    March 7, 2022

    Well, yes, but you'll also get a file 100 inches square.

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    Lahiru chamara
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    February 10, 2021

    First u save that file in PDF format then you reopen that pdf in illustrator and save in png format.

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    Participating Frequently
    March 16, 2022

    Thank you! This worked for me. What a weird workaround.

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    Participant
    February 6, 2021

    My fix was to Load the Ai file into photoshop. Had to tweek the size once it was loaded but got the smoother image i wanted.

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    Participant
    November 25, 2020

    If you're exporting multiple artboards to jpegs, pngs, svg's, etc., when you go to save you need to make sure you have "use artboards" checked and then click all or the range you'd like to export. Otherwise, when "use artboards" isn't checked it thinks you're asking to export the entire workspace and all artboards into one single jpeg.

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    Participant
    June 22, 2022

    This worked for me. Thanks! 

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