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

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Curtis,

	Is there a reason you need to print from a vector format? The  reason I

ask is that 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. then you breing it into

Photoshop and simply change the ppi back to 300 without letting

photoshop interpolate the image. it is a bit math intensive but it does

work up to a point.

	I will take a look at the illustrator option when I get back to my

office tomorrow or the day after. 

	One more question, is the reason you need to print from Illustrator

because you are planning to add artwork to the original Flash file? Have

you tried printing from Flash? How did the color look on that printout?

The reason I ask is that if that color looked good and you just want to

add additional material, I would copy the artwork in Flash, Create a new

movie with one frame. paste art in there and size and edit as needed.

This way you avoid that whole RGB>CMYK issue.

	

	Hope this helps.


Dorian


Curtis Bay wrote:

> 

> I *don't* think my question is that difficult or unusual... aren't there any

> print people on this list?

> 

> Rephrased simply: What's the best way to get a good printed color match

> going from Flash RGB to Illustrator CMYK?

> 

> Still hoping,

> Curtis

> 

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Curtis Bay [CurtisBZYDIGO [dot] COM (mailto:CurtisBZYDIGO [dot] COM)]

> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 8:21 AM

>

To: 'flasherchinwag [dot] com'

> Subject: FLASH: Printing CMYK output from Flash

> 

> Anybody have experience they'd like to share printing CMYK Illustrator

> output from Flash?

> 

> When I use Export Image... from the Flash file to create an Illustrator

> (.ai) format, the colors turn into darker RGB. If I cut and paste from Flash

> into Illustrator 8 the RGB color holds, but of course the gradients are

> fractured.

> 

> What's the best path for getting the most accurate RGB match to the printed

> output?

> 

> TIA

> Curtis

>

curtisbzydigo [dot] com

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