Re: FLASH: Printing CMYK output from Flash -- hello?

[John Croteau]

Hi Curtis,


> >I have had a great deal of success exporting from Flash as a

> >bmp file (as long as you remember to set the resolution of the export to

> >300 ppi) and set the size and color depth correctly. Then open in

> >Photoshop and print from there.

> >       If you need it to be vector because you want to increase the size of

> >the printed image, the raster route could still work, because you can

> >increase the size of the image on export as well by exporting at a

> >higher than needed number of pixels per inch.

> I think I'm going to try the route Dorian has suggested--I've seen good

> results before from printing screenshots of Flash objects that were

> converted in Photoshop. The PMS match is possible but impractical because of

> the number of gradients etc in the artwork. The only wrinkle is that the

> image needs to be blown up to create a large-format print--about 6 feet

> tall.

Flash's export limitation is 8000 pixels so take that into account and

use the maximum size (for the height) that can be blown up evenly in

Photoshop to give you the resolution you need for your print. Flash

creates great bitmaps with very nice looking gradients which should blow

up well in Photoshop.


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