How to make banner 12x4.5foot

[Keyyoshii]

Hi, im new at illustrator and being first time design a oversized banner ithink? I convert 12x4.5 foot in to inches and design it smoothly. But when its come to export to png nor jpeg.. its turn worst.. suddenlysome of the element moving .  How do i fix this? Is it my illustrator broke or theres a way for this?

Thank you !

[Monika Gause]

Why would you first want to design this in Illustrator and then export a crappy PNG?

[Mike_Gondek]

Can you please post screenshots so we can see what is moving or describe in detail the elements, we have nothing to go on here.

Rather than posting numerous  suggestions , of which only one can be correct, would like to see something first.

[Keyyoshii]

[Keyyoshii]

actually the light blue i was using shear tool

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

Export this as a PDF to send to the printer or the client.

In order to send this for printing first ask the printer for PDF specifications they work with.

[Mike_Gondek]

Can you describe what exactly is moving? My guess would be the the Jun 2018 black type belongs on top of a lighter background. Is a mask or pattern moving? What settings are you using to save as .png.

Try saving as .pdf, and then in acrobat doing a file >> export and choose .png. There was a post with some items moving before but that person had elements that spanned multiple artboards though, so we rebuilt the masks and made an element for each artboard to resolve.

I also share the concern of why you need the .png format for a printed banner. Are you possibly doing a web banner also and missed letting us know?

[Bill Silbert]

You should understand that the advantage of doing jobs in Illustrator rather than Photoshop is that it is a vector program which means that no matter what size a native Illustrator file (.ai) is used at it will retain its full quality without becoming ragged or jaggy. When you export it as a jpeg or png you are converting your art into a raster image which is resolution dependent and will not maintain its quality. Save the file as .ai and you should see a much better result.