How to change DPI on illustrator iPad app?

[wesley98C6]

Hello I recently got the new illustrator app on iPad, I love it but I see that it is automatically saving every file at 75 dpi. What's up with that! I need to adjust that but I can't find the setting for it when I start my design, also if I import a design from a 75 dpi resolution into a higher dpi file will there be an issue with resolution? I'd hate to have to redo my whole design again..thanks for the help guys

[Monika Gause]

Illustrator for the iPad is completely vector based. There aren't even pixelbased effects. Vector files don't have a resolution. So why do you thinkyou need tochange the document raster effects setting (because that's what this value is)?

[wesley98C6]

Hm ok, I guess I'm just confused then cause it shows the dpi as 75 only and I am wanting to do a tshirt design and submit it as a png to teepublic. I just don't want it to look bad cause they recommend it be at 300 dpi

[Monika Gause]

The dpi/ppi setting doesn't matter anyway.

Set up a document that has the correct pixel dimensions and then just export. Illustrator on the iPad doesn't offer any options when exporting, so you need to get the document size correctly when you set up the file. The artwork then of course needs to be as large as the artboard.

The printer should be able to tell you the pixel dimensions. All this talk about dpi doesn't matter when the pixel dimensions match their specifications.

[defaultw8703rzh5trf]

If you are exporting an illustrator file for print it definitely matters what the dpi is. Yes, it being vector based you can scale without loss of sharpness if you are working in a vector program but once you export for printing it changes. I've had the same issue trying to create a business card design using the exact measurements that it will be printed at and there was pixilation when uploaded to print because I can't adjust resolution. 

[Monika Gause]

It's not about the correct dimensions, it's about the correct pixel dimensions.That is a different thing.

But when you are delivering something fo print, then why do you export pixels at all? Send them a PDF.

[defaultw8703rzh5trf]

It doesn't matter if it's a pdf. Do you use illustrator for print? Every printer I work with requires 300dpi/ppi or higher. If you are using it for screens or to scale larger in another vector program it doesn't matter but for printing it 100% matters. 

[Monika Gause]

Do I use Illustrator for print? Well, yes, I do. I've been sending files to print for the last 30 years.

Is there a raster image placed in your Illustrator file? If not, then there aren't any rasters in your PDF, because Illustrator on the iPad doesn't have raster effects. And then resolution doesn't matter for your PDF.

You might want to learn how resolution works.

[Yuno5FE8]

Can you please stop spreading wrong information.. OFC the dpi matters as for some printing companies we are required to deliver exactly 300DPI not more and less will affect the printing quality. Trying different resolutions without an exact DPI export is a waste of time. There is a reason why illustrator on pc can export by dpi settings and that iPad illustrator can't is a lack of functionality. Ofc you can just make it 8k ultra hd to be sure it's above 300 but some companies don't allow you to upload such files per terms 

[Monika Gause]

Then just calculate the exact pixel dimensions and create the file in exactly that size. That really isn't rocket science.

But you can also use this calculator:

Enter the size of the desired output and the resolution and get the pixel dimensions

http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/printing/1_calculators.htm#Print

[mattishanation1]

You have to follow the guidelines on here. You can't be rude. If you're trying to help someone, remain respectful. I came here for the same issue being discussed, and felt second-hand disrespect from reading your replies to the other person.

[tommynacc]

Monica, Stop talking down to people.

The issue is that at one point you could change the dpi in a drop-down, but it was confusing people when it changed the art board.  Adobe changed that by eliminating and hoping people would learn this.

[jane-e]

Monica, Stop talking down to people.

By @tommynacc

I don't see anything in what Monica is saying that sounds like she is talking down to anyone. She is among the top five Illustrator users I have ever met. English is not her native language, though, so it may be a translation issue. She is giving facts, not opinions, and is on the mark with her answers.

Jane

[tommynacc]

Where did I say anything about her abilities?  In fact, I compliment her!  The fact is SHE WAS TALKING DOWN TO PEOPLE EITH LESS KNOWLEDGE THEN HERSELF....

Thats my point.  If you can't handle it, then get over yourself!

[bonitah71150400]

I have the same issue... if it is totally vector based without any need for adjusting resolution, why does it display the file info as "72dpi?" We think we need to change it because there is zero indication of what the actual dpi is or that we dont need to change it. The current setup males it look like it is 72dpi. And at this point i cannot be sure what it is until i send the file to my printshop app, get that set up and see if it complains about the file being too low res. That is a total failure in design of the app imo. If it gave no dpi info at all it would be far less worrying than giving us worrying info about a dpi that apparently isn't happening. 

[bonitah71150400]

So... i exported my supposedly high res, "vector only" image and the output is 72dpi.@wesley98C6  I hope you had better luck. This ipad version is garbage. 

[Monika Gause]

Resolution is completely irrelevant for judging the technical quality of an image. Only thing that matters is pixel dimensions.

You could have a 30.000 ppi (it's ppi, not dpi) image, but it's still garbage, when there aren't enough pixels in it.

So set up your file large enough in Illustrator and then it doesn't matter which ppi Illustrator sets. The resolution is just metadata.

[defaultmfe4z9imprj6]

I just submitted 46 files for a deck of cards from my iPad done through Adobe illustrator. The company has just responded back that the ppi is too low and that it needs to be at 300 or more. Am I supposed to tell this company that they don't know what they are talking about and that it doesn't matter? I came here to see if there was a suitable answer, and basically there is no way for me to submit my work unless i redo everything on the desktop?!? What is the point of doing it on the iPad if if have to redo everything just to save these raster settings that exist in the desktop but not on the iPad? Seems like it does matter if the printing company is asking for it 

[Michael J. Hoffman]

If you're sending these files for printing, why wouldn't you send a PDF or an AI file? It seems counter productive to export a vector image into a raster format like PNG or JPG or TIFF and render all the vectors to pixels at that stage of the process.

[defaultmfe4z9imprj6]

I am creating the designs/art work directly from Ai on the iPad. I am also sending it as Ai to the vendor. Didn't work, so I sent it PDF, also didn't work. They said it must be 300ppi. I'm not sending anything as vector as they told me to send as Ai or PDF. There is a need to have the ability to change the ppi settings versus the 72ppi preloaded locked setting. 

[Monika Gause]

What's in the file? Just vector artwork or also placed images?

[jeneaw20541376]

Well an easy answer to that is that I have vendors that have specific file requirements, some require 72 dpi and some require 300 dpi depending on what I am asking them to do. If I cannot set the file to my vendors specific needs, as I can on the desk top version, then using the App on the Ipad does me no good and is waste time and effort. 

[jeneaw20541376]

And no, I cannot just "make it bigger" to get the right resolution and if it is 1 pixel over their size requirements they will reject. Regardless of what you think about needing the ability to set the dpi/ppi, vendors requirements take priority over your thoughts. I have had to many rejected files for this issue to be discounted as unnecessary. And to the just send as a pdf, some of my vendors will not accept a pdf, must be a jpg or png.

[Ava5E19]

If you go to the thread where Adobe has linked where you can report bugs/suggest features you can vote to add this feature! Someone already suggested it, so you'd just need to vote on it.

This upset me, too. I had already exported my design to do some edits in Clip Studio when i noticed that the resolution wasn't right 😓

[deepag12075273]

This is really horrible product management on adobe's part to launch a creative app with only a low default 72dpi output. The app is completely useless if you cant export high quality. And for the price point, its a rip off