Foxy5
Technical User
- Feb 7, 2009
- 1
Hello everyone,
I'm graphic designer working 3 years with Corel Draw and now decided to change the software with Adobe Illustrator. I already learned to work with Illustrator CS3, but there is one (very important for me) thing that I still can't find any solution. Actually I have a problem with the placed bitmap images preview in Illustrator CS3. The problem is that, everything like the vector objects and the raster effects applied to them (glow,shadows etc.) are anti-aliased, but the placed images are not. I found 2 options in Illustrator CS3 for anti-alias that I tried; the fist one in General Preferences (Anti-aliased Artwork) that is for the vector objects, and the second one in Documents Raster Effects Settings that is only for the aplied raster effects. When I check the anti-alias there, changing the raster effects only and not the bitmap image that I've placed into the document. When I zoom the bitmap image in normal preview mode it looks with jaged edges and pixelated (please check the link below with images - (Illustrator ScreenShot.jpg). In Corel Draw X4 I have not this problem, because there is an option in the Corel display preference settings: checkbox - anti-alias bitmaps in preview (CorelDraw ScreenShot.jpg) You can see what is the differences between the programs.
My question is: is there in Illustrator CS3 a similar option for anti-alias preview on the placed bitmap images or anything else that have the same result? This will help
me a lot for my work because without the anti-alias preview I can't work in zoom mode. I use it a lot for many projects... first I draw sketch on a paper then scanning it and import in Illustrator. Set as template and start to draw with pen tool over the layer. Without anti-aliased preview I can't see correctly the small parts of the sketch and the line art in zoom mode.
Also I suppose that can be other Anti-alias option out of Illustrator, but I've tried that too. I checked two windows options for that: the first called Clear Type (its checked)
and the second is from my Video Card NVIDIA Control Panel Display settings there is an Antialias option that is turned on too, but I'm not shure is that affect all aplications or for 3d only. For example, Photoshop and my default windows picture viewer program has no antialias and show the images pixelated in zoom mode too, however if I open the same image in Microsoft Office Picture Manager it looks nice in zoom mode and blur. So this is the reason to think probably it should be any option inside the aplication, since some of them has anti-alias and some not. For me the only important thing is to be able to see the placed images antialiased incide the Illustrator CS3.
Because I have not so much experience with Illustrator CS3, hope someone can help me to resolve this problem and tell me the right solution. Thank you in advance !!!
Link for sample images:
My Computer System Details:
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Model: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
processor: AMD Turion 2.00GHz
memory RAM: 3.00 GB
Operating System: 32-bit
Video Card: GeForce 7150M/nForce 630M
Graphic Software: Adobe Illustrator CS3
I'm graphic designer working 3 years with Corel Draw and now decided to change the software with Adobe Illustrator. I already learned to work with Illustrator CS3, but there is one (very important for me) thing that I still can't find any solution. Actually I have a problem with the placed bitmap images preview in Illustrator CS3. The problem is that, everything like the vector objects and the raster effects applied to them (glow,shadows etc.) are anti-aliased, but the placed images are not. I found 2 options in Illustrator CS3 for anti-alias that I tried; the fist one in General Preferences (Anti-aliased Artwork) that is for the vector objects, and the second one in Documents Raster Effects Settings that is only for the aplied raster effects. When I check the anti-alias there, changing the raster effects only and not the bitmap image that I've placed into the document. When I zoom the bitmap image in normal preview mode it looks with jaged edges and pixelated (please check the link below with images - (Illustrator ScreenShot.jpg). In Corel Draw X4 I have not this problem, because there is an option in the Corel display preference settings: checkbox - anti-alias bitmaps in preview (CorelDraw ScreenShot.jpg) You can see what is the differences between the programs.
My question is: is there in Illustrator CS3 a similar option for anti-alias preview on the placed bitmap images or anything else that have the same result? This will help
me a lot for my work because without the anti-alias preview I can't work in zoom mode. I use it a lot for many projects... first I draw sketch on a paper then scanning it and import in Illustrator. Set as template and start to draw with pen tool over the layer. Without anti-aliased preview I can't see correctly the small parts of the sketch and the line art in zoom mode.
Also I suppose that can be other Anti-alias option out of Illustrator, but I've tried that too. I checked two windows options for that: the first called Clear Type (its checked)
and the second is from my Video Card NVIDIA Control Panel Display settings there is an Antialias option that is turned on too, but I'm not shure is that affect all aplications or for 3d only. For example, Photoshop and my default windows picture viewer program has no antialias and show the images pixelated in zoom mode too, however if I open the same image in Microsoft Office Picture Manager it looks nice in zoom mode and blur. So this is the reason to think probably it should be any option inside the aplication, since some of them has anti-alias and some not. For me the only important thing is to be able to see the placed images antialiased incide the Illustrator CS3.
Because I have not so much experience with Illustrator CS3, hope someone can help me to resolve this problem and tell me the right solution. Thank you in advance !!!
Link for sample images:
My Computer System Details:
OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
Model: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
processor: AMD Turion 2.00GHz
memory RAM: 3.00 GB
Operating System: 32-bit
Video Card: GeForce 7150M/nForce 630M
Graphic Software: Adobe Illustrator CS3