Very unhappy with Illustrator right now: Export quality

[Byers Video]

I am exporting 1900 x 425 images that I have created using images, text, and such.

They look clear, crisp, and awesome in the viewer.

On export (png) they are grainy, horrible, and there are lines going through the image that are not there in the original.

I have the settings for png export to the max as allowed in the new save for screens (which lacks so much from the save for web export).

Exporting it to a pdf is a little better (no lines), but I cannot use pdf for an image on a website.

The svg export, i guess the file is way too big for that - exported files this size before as svg's (I am looking at them now) with the same amount of content in the image.  In fact just tried to export one of them again as svg, and it shows an error.

So illustrator update since I have exported them before is not a good one, which one, not sure.

I am dissatisfied with the export quality from illustrator -- not sure when the ickiness happened, but at some point it was decent.

I like(d) using illustrator over photoshop, as I felt the app was a bit more professional in quality. it does not feel that way now.

Is anyone else displeased with the export from illustrator?

[Byers Video]

just took the ai file and opened it in photoshop

exported it out as svg, worked, not seeing it on the web though.

exported it out as a png and far superior to the illustrator export.

What I am understanding is illustrator is only for small under a megabyte files?

[Byers Video]

OKAY one more update.

png still is horrible, but I figured out the svg. somewhere i read, and not easily found, that you have to use a vector effect on an object -- like a drop shadow or alpha (similar to soft light, overlay stuff, and so forth)

svg is exporting fine now.

[Byers Video]

nope, nevermind, not working, I exported the svg from photoshop that worked, not illustrator.

Are there any other graphic programs that export nicely?

[rama_ai]

Hi byers,

Please send screen recording, test files and screen shots to ShareWithAi@adobe.com. Please hight light the areas in screen shot that does not export correctly.

-Rama

Illustrator Team

[carlosgarro]

How are you exporting it? Remember that there are 3 different methods.

My personal recommendation is to use "Save for Web" where you can control the optimization (artwork or text), and the final quality.

If I need some HDPI graphics (for retina displays or similar) I increase the size to 200% in the "Image Size" panel of the Save for Web window.

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

Some time i use Rasterise from Effects with high resolution and than export file. Some time image looks better.