On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:39:54 -0500, "frankg"
wrote:
A designer on a Mac is designing stationery (I think with Illustrator) and doing the type real small (vector) and emailing the file to me as a pdf file – which I can view on my PC with Acrobat.
However when I open the file in PS CS/8 it rasterizes the type. Now since this version is supposed to be vector capable, shouldn’t the type be left as vector which would facilitate better printing quality.
Yes, it should.
No, it won’t be, if you insist on rasterizing it with Photoshop
The reason I dont want to print out of Acrobat and rather open it in PS is that I want to add an additional layer to the file (a photo)
And the reason you’re not using Illustrator for this is…?
It automatically rasterizes it when opening the file, I dont ‘insist on it’
Since you already know that Photoshop rasterizes the file, by using Photoshop to "open" it you are indeed ‘insisting’ on doing so.
– how I can avoid that would be a helpful tip?
You use Illustrator.
The reason for not using Illustrator is that I dont have it or ever use it – I need to add a PS layer with a photo to the page he is sending me
You have three choices.
1) Use Illustrator.
2) Rasterize in PS.
3) Re-create in PS. (It’s not a great tool for the application you’re trying to use it for, but you can probably do it.)
There are always limitations trying to edit files in the application that didn’t create them – especially ones that have a different task set than the original.
Thanks.
I had thought because PS is now touted as being vector capable, that i could open the file and Not rasterize the type.- so then what does it’s vector capability do ?
CREATE vector art in photoshop.
not open vector art as vector. you open a vector file in photoshop, it rasterizes it.
there is however, a work around. You can copy a vector shape in illustrator to the clipboard, then switch to photoshop and paste as shape layer, which is vector. Theres also a way to retain that vector art as a custom shape, which sort of saves it as a vector shape in a built in library for you to use anytime you want.
I cant remember the steps to the trick to doing this, but perhaps someone else here will.
This probly wont help you with your particular problem, as i dont know how to copy a vector shape from acrobat as vector art, to the clipboard.