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Mojorocker64
Mojorocker64
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August 9, 2017
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High Res vector art saved down to CS5 from CC becomes low res art?

  • August 9, 2017
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We have run into an issue where our high resolution vector files, when saved down to CS5 are losing all their resolution. Actually, they are no longer a vector file. Thankfully we have the original files, otherwise the vectors are gone. Our production team has had no problems till just recently. I would say this was just an isolated issue but several other artist have had the same issue. We are using Illustrator CC, and our production staff use CS5. I hope I have supplied enough info and have explained the problem clearly. We have found a work around the seems to work for now, That is to  save it as a PDF and clearly mark it for production. Has anyone else seen this?

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    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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    August 9, 2017

    Vector artwork doesn't have a resolution.

    Please tell us the details:

    - what is in the files? What kind of artwork?

    - any effects used? Transparency?

    What happens when downsaving (especially to CS5):

    Effects and functions that the older version doesn't support, gets expanded. This is severy for everything where Gaussian blur is concerned, such as drop shadows, because those get exapnded to pixels.

    But in order to understand what's happening to your files and how to avoid it: please show something and post the details.

    Mojorocker64
    Mojorocker64Author
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    August 9, 2017

    What I meant to say is the resulting file is no longer a vector. As for all the effects being used, I understand that some of these will not be supported in earlier versions. Generally we have not had any issues with this till recently. The problem is not that the files have been flattened, it's that the resulting file is low resolution. I will try to give an example

    Mojorocker64
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    August 9, 2017

    Mojorocker64
    Mojorocker64Author
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    August 9, 2017

    Update; CS6 has no problem. Anything lower and it converts vectors to low resolution rasters.

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