CAD to Photoshop

[Rudbeckia]

I am trying to plot my files in cad with the plan of opening them in photoshop

 

they always come out to light, or jagged, line weights are all messed up or whatever

 

i have tried every tutorial on this I can find, i even have am entire book based on using cad pdfs in photoshop and i have done what they say and it does not work

 

anyone out there have a good explanation of how to raterize my plotted DWG files and have them not look like crap when I open in PS

[Pablo Ferral]

It will depend on what PDF creator you are using. Some create Bitmaps, some create Vectors. So first thing first, try a different PDF creator.

[Rudbeckia]

It will depend on what PDF creator you are using. Some create Bitmaps, some create Vectors. So first thing first, try a different PDF creator.

 

I have used cutepdf and the dwg to pdf option w/in cad

 

i think it has something to with my plot setting maybe?

 

I dont want either a bitmap or vector file for photoshop correct? i want a pdf raster file (right?)

[H'Angus]

What's wrong with a jpeg or png?

 

We just use the dwg to png/jpeg pc3 files that come with Autocad, you can also try the dwg to pdf pc3 file to see if it's any better than the pdf's you are currently creating.

[Rudbeckia]

yes I have tried the plot option in cad that are publishtowebjpeg.pc3 and the publishtowebpng.pc3 to make png and jpeg but these are really low quality......are yours high quality images?

 

i have also tried the whole eps plotter configuration process and it did not work either

 

i need high res images for print, not for web

[H'Angus]

yes I have tried the plot option in cad that are publishtowebjpeg.pc3 and the publishtowebpng.pc3 to make png and jpeg but these are really low quality......are yours high quality images?

 

Well the quality seems to depend on the size. If you have a layout tab set to be a large sheet A1 for example, when you pick one of those publish to web pc3 files it asks if you want to have a custom paper size (in pixels) or use the default, if you use the custom one offered then the quality is pretty good, if you use the default then the quality isn't great.

 

Does that make sense?

[Rudbeckia]

Well the quality seems to depend on the size. If you have a layout tab set to be a large sheet A1 for example' date=' when you pick one of those publish to web pc3 files it asks if you want to have a custom paper size (in pixels) or use the default, if you use the custom one offered then the quality is pretty good, if you use the default then the quality isn't great.

 

Does that make sense?[/quote']

 

So for the example above, i would just need to set up the A1 size as a custom size and that will make the quality higher?

 

is there a way to change the DPI when it plots? web dpi is 72 right? thanks for the help

[H'Angus]

So for the example above, i would just need to set up the A1 size as a custom size and that will make the quality higher?

 

is there a way to change the DPI when it plots? web dpi is 72 right? thanks for the help

 

If you set the page up to A1 for another plotter, then go and pick the publish to web.pc3 it converts the paper size into pixels, so an A1 sheet will be more pixels than say an A4 sheet, therefore a higher resolution.

 

The default dpi is 100 on those pc3 files but you may be able to increase that in the properties.

[Rudbeckia]

If you set the page up to A1 for another plotter' date=' then go and pick the publish to web.pc3 it converts the paper size into pixels, so an A1 sheet will be more pixels than say an A4 sheet, therefore a higher resolution.

 

The default dpi is 100 on those pc3 files but you may be able to increase that in the properties.[/quote']

 

This makes sense, I will try it thanks you!!

[bjenk8100]

bluebeam is a good tool for pdfs. They actually have one specially for acad.

[Pablo Ferral]

You can play with the quality settings by opening the plot dialogue, picking your printer and clicking on the 'Properties' button. Next choose 'Custom properties' - see screen shots attached.

 

The screen shots are for PDF - Image files are slightly different, but you get the idea.

 

 

 

 

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