Papercut effect Illustrator - large scale printing

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September 1, 2021
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Hello community!

I am creating a large scale (746cmx136cm) arch and am forging ahead with a papercut style design which requires lots of drop shadows.

I now realise after doing a test export that the drop shadow effect will print pixelated.

Does anyone have any experience on creating vector drop shadows for this particular papercut style please? Point me in the right direction for tutorials/videos, can't seem to find the right 'search' term on YT.

Thanks for you help in advance.

Sasha

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Correct answer Sasha@EarlhamInstitute

Your PDF export settings can specify a different PPI and compression level for raster elements. What settings do you use there?

HI Doug,

Your message just prompted me to look at how I was exporting my design - so I did a save as rather than export (I've been in PNG mode for so long!) This seems to have worked

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You need to test out which values you get away with in your large Canvas document. I would suggest You do that in a copy of the original document, because high values might lead to severe crashes in certain situations.

Sasha@EarlhamInstituteAuthor

Inspiring

Thanks for your response @Monika Gause

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Drop shadows are raster effects, so try to increase the Effect > Document Raster Effects Settings when you are done with the design. It will slow down the design process, so do it at the end.