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December 19, 2009
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Having problem with "artwork size & resolution exceeds the max that can be rasterized"

  • December 19, 2009
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Hi all,

Ok, I created a 162.7" x 90.6" document (artboard) for an exhibition display I'm designing. The document was created using all the defaults - i think this is where i went wrong. Illustrator is now telling me that "the combination of artwork size and resolution exceeds the maximum that can be rasterized" after i open the document and when i try to add a drop shadow to anything.

Other than some vector graphics i created in illustrator, I only have 3 180ppi and 4 300ppi photos tranfered right off the photograpers camera.

I selected :

1. "Print Document" from the initial splash window.

2. I entered the artboard size, bleed and left the "Raster Effects" setting to "High (300ppi)"

I think leaving the Raster Effects setting at 300ppi is where the problem is.

Do i have to create a new document or can i fix the existing one?

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    Correct answer Wade_Zimmerman1

    ShunithD & Wade,

    Thanks for the help - I think you guys are saying about the same thing. I was on the verge of doing it in photoshop anyway. The problem is that i have a Monday due date and this issue is causing me a great deal of time.

    How can an illustrator document with exactly the same objects, and document setup parameters, work without problems with an artboard size of 8.8'x7.3' and not work with the artboard width increased by just 4.7'?  I just went from standard to wide screen, The only thing thats bigger is the vector background and top banner. Everything else is the same size as before.

    I am running 64bit win7 with 12gb of ram - this must be a bug or design flaw in Illustrator for it to choke with just 4 300ppi and 3 180ppi images!


    Illustrator is 32 bit only and has a limit of 3GB or RAM usage, it is more a limitation than a bug.

    t has a limit to the size of a tiff i can export for instance and you may have reached that limit.

    Try opening it in Photoshop before starting all over and then save it either as a psd or tiff.

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    BlueWaterDesigns
    Participant
    October 21, 2010

    I just discovered a fantastic work around for this. Reduce the size of the text...then apply the drop shadow. Select Object>Expand Appearance. Then scale the text to the larger size that you need. Awesome.

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    Aarmed-9aWGui
    Participant
    December 19, 2009

    You're confusing dpi with ppi, they're very different.

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    Wade_Zimmerman1
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2009

    That's why I told him to leave the images at the resolution they were.

    BTW nelson you can probably do the drop shadow in Photoshop and do it only once but link it three times

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    Wade_Zimmerman1
    Inspiring
    December 19, 2009

    First of all that is like 131/2 feet long and 8 feet high. That is the size of the room I am working in.

    the 300 ppi and the 180 ppi is probably over kill for that size but regardless of the if the whole document has to rastered for output that is ne trip to the RIP.

    Go to Effects>Document Raster Effects Settings and lower the ppi, it is probaby 300 ppi.

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    nadosAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 19, 2009

    Hi Wade,

    How's LV?

    Yea, it's 13.5' x 7.5'. It's one of those exhibit displays that you stand at and sell your products from - like this:

    The previous document was 8.8' x 7.3' and it gave me no problems. I created the new document the same way i created the previous one except it's 13.5' x 7.5'.  I then copy/pasted all the objects over and since then the new document has been giving me the error message.

    All of the photos are scaled to 18" x 12" on the display.   BTW, The rep said that photos had to be at least 100ppi.

    Here is what it's supposed to look like...

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    nadosAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    December 19, 2009

    I lowered the Document raster effects setting to screen 72ppi and it still gives me the error.

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