VECTOR GRAPHICS

[jamie@steeleplastics]

I have adobe photoshop and when i try to bring in a photoshop file it says
the OLE server doesn't have enough space to display the picture but i just
got a new cpu yesterday. HELP PLEASE.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

What kind of photoshop file?




"jamie@steeleplastics" <jamie@[email protected]>
wrote in message |I have adobe photoshop and when i try to bring in a photoshop file it says
| the OLE server doesn't have enough space to display the picture but i just
| got a new cpu yesterday. HELP PLEASE.

 

[jamie@steeleplastics]

an image file or a photoshop pdf file that i need to preserve the vector
graphics of. They are rather large files though, about 30 mb.

 

[jamie@steeleplastics]

or is there another format that i can save in and it still preserve the
vector data?

 

[Ed Bennett]

I have adobe photoshop and when i try to bring in a photoshop file it
says the OLE server doesn't have enough space to display the picture
but i just got a new cpu yesterday. HELP PLEASE.

Lots and lots of points:

1) Why are you using Photoshop to create vector graphics? Photoshop is a
paint tool, designed for creating raster graphics. Look at using a draw
tool (Illustrator if you want to stay with Adobe, otherwise CorelDRAW, Serif
DrawPlus (older free version available at www.freeserifsoftware.com) or
OpenOffice.org Draw (not recommended by me)) for vector work, your life will
be easier.

2) Publisher isn't really designed to import Photoshop files properly,
especially if they contain more than raster image data.

3) Although Publisher can sometimes import PDFs, I wouldn't always advise
it.

4) Upgrading your CPU doesn't give you more memory or space (I'm suspecting
the wording in the original message was memory). Your CPU is a chip inside
the main computer box (known as a chassis or case, sometimes referred to as
a CPU or space heater by the technically challenged).

5) Publisher cannot import very large raster images without using
significant amounts of memory (RAM). Photoshop images are raster files,
even if they have vector elements on; using a vector file would reduce the
space requirement dramatically.

6) Why do the vector objects have to stay as vectors? If you export as a
300 (or if you're really special, 600) dpi PNG file, the printed results are
not noticeably different? Or are you going to export to PDF for your
finished product (in which case you'll definitely want vectors, although
getting them out of Photoshop will be challenging)

7) The best procedure to get vector files into Publisher is to export as an
EMF or WMF from the draw application you're using. I don't think this is
possible from Photoshop, as it's a raster application with vector
capabilities.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

You left out; Xara and Expression Graphics Designer (free ctp at the moment)


| jamie@steeleplastics <jamie@[email protected]>
| was very recently heard to utter:
| > I have adobe photoshop and when i try to bring in a photoshop file it
| > says the OLE server doesn't have enough space to display the picture
| > but i just got a new cpu yesterday. HELP PLEASE.
|
| Lots and lots of points:
|
| 1) Why are you using Photoshop to create vector graphics? Photoshop is a
| paint tool, designed for creating raster graphics. Look at using a draw
| tool (Illustrator if you want to stay with Adobe, otherwise CorelDRAW,
Serif
| DrawPlus (older free version available at www.freeserifsoftware.com) or
| OpenOffice.org Draw (not recommended by me)) for vector work, your life
will
| be easier.
|
| 2) Publisher isn't really designed to import Photoshop files properly,
| especially if they contain more than raster image data.
|
| 3) Although Publisher can sometimes import PDFs, I wouldn't always advise
| it.
|
| 4) Upgrading your CPU doesn't give you more memory or space (I'm
suspecting
| the wording in the original message was memory). Your CPU is a chip
inside
| the main computer box (known as a chassis or case, sometimes referred to
as
| a CPU or space heater by the technically challenged).
|
| 5) Publisher cannot import very large raster images without using
| significant amounts of memory (RAM). Photoshop images are raster files,
| even if they have vector elements on; using a vector file would reduce the
| space requirement dramatically.
|
| 6) Why do the vector objects have to stay as vectors? If you export as a
| 300 (or if you're really special, 600) dpi PNG file, the printed results
are
| not noticeably different? Or are you going to export to PDF for your
| finished product (in which case you'll definitely want vectors, although
| getting them out of Photoshop will be challenging)
|
| 7) The best procedure to get vector files into Publisher is to export as
an
| EMF or WMF from the draw application you're using. I don't think this is
| possible from Photoshop, as it's a raster application with vector
| capabilities.
|
| --
| Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
|
|

 

[Ed Bennett]

You left out; Xara and Expression Graphics Designer (free ctp at the
moment)

I always forget about Xara; Expression Graphics Designer isn't quite a draw
app (more of a hybrid), so I didn't list it.