Adobe 13101332 User Guide - Page 467

Adobe Photoshop Help Using Help | Contents | Index Saving and Exporting Images Back 467 2 In the Paths palette, save the work path as a path. For more information, see "Managing paths (Photoshop)" on page 217. 3 Choose Clipping Path from the Paths palette menu, set the following options, and click OK: • For Path, choose the path you want to save. • For Flatness, leave the flatness value blank to print the image using the printer's default value. If you experience printing errors, enter a flatness value to determine how the PostScript interpreter approximates the curve. The lower the flatness value, the greater is the number of straight lines used to draw the curve and the more accurate the curve. Values can range from 0.2 to 100. In general, a flatness setting from 8 to 10 is recommended for high-resolution printing (1200 dpi to 2400 dpi), a setting from 1 to 3 for lowresolution printing (300 dpi to 600 dpi). 4 If you plan to print the file using process colors, convert the file to CMYK mode. For more information, see "Converting between color modes (Photoshop)" on page 94. 5 Save the file: • To print the file using a PostScript printer, save in Photoshop EPS, DCS, or PDF format. • To print the file using a non-PostScript printer, save in TIFF format and export to Adobe InDesign or to Adobe PageMaker® 5.0 or later. Note: If you import an EPS or DCS file with a TIFF preview into Adobe Illustrator, the image clipping path transparency may not display properly. This affects the on-screen preview only; it does not affect the printing behavior of the image clipping path on a PostScript printer. Printing image clipping paths Sometimes an imagesetter has difficulty interpreting image clipping paths, or a printer finds the image clipping path too complex to print, resulting in a Limitcheck error or a general PostScript error. Sometimes you can print a complex path on a low-resolution printer without difficulty but run into problems when printing the same path on a highresolution printer. This is because the lower-resolution printer simplifies the path, using fewer line segments to describe curves than does the high-resolution printer. You can simplify an image clipping path in the following ways: • Manually reduce the number of anchor points on the path. (See "Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points" on page 216.) • Increase the tolerance setting used to create the path.To do this, load the existing path as a selection, choose Make Work Path from the Paths palette menu, and increase the tolerance setting (4 to 6 pixels is a good starting value). Then recreate the image clipping path. For more information, see "Converting between paths and selection borders (Photoshop)" on page 218 and "Using image clipping paths to create transparency" on page 466. Using Help | Contents | Index Back 467