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AndreeaCi
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July 30, 2022
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Jagged lines in Illustrator

  • July 30, 2022
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Hello everyone.

I seem to have a problem with Illustrator. I made a "logo" ( imported a photo in Illustrator selected Template and started tracing with the line tool around the design in the photo, it's basically a kitchen photo and I traced the cabinets to make a logo). Now the problem is that my lines are jagged/ blurred and it prints like that. This is intended to be printed, I have to make a business card for a friend. 

At first I did not noticed the lines untill I exported it ( as SVG) and imported it in InDesign, because there is where I designed the business card.

I tried pretty much a lot of thing to see if I can fix the lines but with no succes. 

GPU Performance does not help, is currently on ( and it was on when I was drawing) and if I turn it off it's even worse, I think. 

Anti-aliased Artwork is also on, but also makes no difference. 

My  Preview mode is Default and High 300 ppi.

I also tried to redo everything, open a new document and start tracing again, but the lines are still the same. 

Does anyone know what is causing this? How could I fix it?

I am attaching here photos ( of the printed card) and screenshots ( from the file in Illustrator). 

Thank you in advance. 

 

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Correct answer AndreeaCi

Hello everyone. I just wanted to give an update on  this. So I figure it out ( with the help of dutchly_designs on instagram) why the lines were jagged. This happend because the lines were at an angle, not straight, because I draw the design on perspective.  The moment I changed the angle they went back to being straight, no ofc that was not the intention for my design but at least now I know why they were jagged. 

It seems a little wrong that Illustrator does that to the oblique lines but I guess there is not much to do.

 

Thank you again everyone for the answers.

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AndreeaCiAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 12, 2022

Hello everyone. I just wanted to give an update on  this. So I figure it out ( with the help of dutchly_designs on instagram) why the lines were jagged. This happend because the lines were at an angle, not straight, because I draw the design on perspective.  The moment I changed the angle they went back to being straight, no ofc that was not the intention for my design but at least now I know why they were jagged. 

It seems a little wrong that Illustrator does that to the oblique lines but I guess there is not much to do.

 

Thank you again everyone for the answers.

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Anubhav MCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 12, 2022

Hello @AndreeaCi,

 

Glad to hear that the problem was resolved. Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance in the future. We'd be happy to help.

 

Thanks,

Anubhav

Taylor5C60
Taylor5C60
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July 30, 2022

The problem is you are using regular paper if you use gloss paper it may work better. What type of paper are you using?

    Taylor5C60
    Taylor5C60
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    July 30, 2022

    Look at the issues that may occur when you use auto scale vs shrinking it down yourself in illustrator. printing from illustrator after you scale it down to the biz card size.

    Taylor5C60
    Taylor5C60
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    July 30, 2022

    It sort of looks like what happens when you dont hold shift when scaling

     

    Jacob Bugge
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    Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 30, 2022

    Andreea,

     

    The first (Jagged lines) image looks fine to me as it does to Ton.

     

    If the second image (with all the digits) shows a photo of a business card of normal size printed (on an inkjet printer, I presume) it also looks fine to me. What if you print/save (a copy) as PDF and look at that on your monitor (hopefully just like the first image), and what if you print it on a (high resolution) laser printer?

     

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      AndreeaCiAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 31, 2022

      Hi Jacob

      Thank you for your answer. 

      I just saw that in the images that I uploaded you can't see it so good, specially in the first image (png) wich is a screenshoot of the .ai file, apparently it does not look as bad as it looks in the original .ai file.

      The pdf exported version still looks the same to me, I will attacht a screenshoot. 

      I don't have a laser printer, but an inkjet one. 

       

      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 30, 2022

      I would first try to skip the SVG export and just place the .ai Illustrator file in InDesign (or create the entire card in Illustrator).

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        AndreeaCiAuthor
        Inspiring
        July 30, 2022

        Thank you for your answer.

        Yes I tried that also, to just place the .ai file directly in InDesign but it still looks like the lines are jagged. 

        If I were to create the entire card in Illustrator would I not have the same problem? Because the lines are already jagged in Illustrator.

        Thank you.

         

        Ton Frederiks
        Community Expert
        Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        July 30, 2022

        If your first Jagged lines.png show the Illustrator file, it looks good to me. Visible jaggies are caused by your screen resolution.

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