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Design Illustrator Foundations Applying Effects Rasterize, SVG Filters, Crop Marks

Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points
Posted by Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points

Why does rasterize look so horrible?

To be sure, the reason you're in Illustrator is to use vectors but why does that effect create such a horrifying result? It doesn't seem like an honest solution for someone who needs to preview a png output. Is there any way to fix that in settings?

3 Answers

Alexa Stefanou
Alexa Stefanou
7,695 Points

Ah, yes, that will happen!

When printing I always try to print straight from Illustrator. Color mode can affect things as well. It's a whole other set of specs to learn, and very easy to see when you don't set things correctly :/

Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points
Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points

yes, I can't wait to start screwing that up every way possible!

Alexa Stefanou
Alexa Stefanou
7,695 Points
Alexa Stefanou
Alexa Stefanou
7,695 Points

Are you trying to rasterize a vector element within Illustrator or output a graphic? Anything created as a vector within Illustrator will retain its ability to scale, however, outputting the graphic can be tricky. There are a variety of ways to output as a raster graphic, and all are dependent on the intended use for the graphic. That would be where to troubleshoot, knowing the specification of the graphic you need to output is the first step. What is the issue with "preview png?"

Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points
Brad Lacke
Brad Lacke
7,438 Points

It was one of the Effects - just went a little too far, I thought. I did find out that you have to change the Document Settings up from 72, and that seemed to fix the issue, if you were then going to print it.

Joshua Huey
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Joshua Huey
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Joshua Huey
Joshua Huey
Courses Plus Student 6,364 Points

Definitely the higher resolution will look better in illustrator. If you rasterize with the plan on adding effects to it, or mess around with halftone and such, then you will have better results with higher resolutions. You can always adjust the resolution for web when you export it.