Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 380
Printing image clipping paths, Exporting paths to Adobe Illustrator
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370 CHAPTER 13 Saving and Exporting Images 6 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. To simplify an image clipping path with the tolerance setting: 1 Select the path in the Paths palette, and click the Make Selection button ( ) at the bottom of the palette to convert the path to a selection. 2 Click the Trash button ( ) at the bottom of the palette to delete the original path. 3 Choose Make Work Path from the Paths palette menu, and increase the tolerance setting (4 to 6 pixels is a good starting value). 4 Name and save the work path. Then choose Clipping Path from the Paths palette menu. 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 high-resolution 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: • By manually reducing the number of anchor points on the path. (See "Adding, deleting, and converting anchor points" on page 177.) • By increasing the tolerance setting used to create the path. (See the following procedure.) Exporting paths to Adobe Illustrator The Paths to Illustrator command lets you export Photoshop paths as Adobe Illustrator files. This makes it easier to work with combined Photoshop and Illustrator artwork or to use Photoshop features on Illustrator artwork. For example, you may want to export a pen tool path and stroke it to use as a trap with a Photoshop clipping path you are printing in Illustrator. You can also use this feature to align Illustrator text or objects with Photoshop paths. To use the Paths to Illustrator command: 1 Draw and save a path or convert an existing selection into a path. 2 Choose File > Export > Paths to Illustrator. 3 Choose a location for the exported path, and enter a filename. 4 Click Save.