I have been using Illustrator 9 for about 3 weeks. I am slowly learning how to use the program. I have a question concerning dpi's and graphics resolution. I have created an image (a company logo) in Illustrator - the size of the image is 300 pixels wide x 175 high. After creating the vector image, I used the "Save for Web" feature to save the image as a transparent GIF. The resulting GIF looks great - very clean and crisp.
My next task is to re-create the logo in various sizes in an attempt to keep the same quality. For example, I want to create the same logo at 144 pix wide x 72 high (2"x1"
. I figured the best way was to totally re-draw it in Illustrator at that size then use the "Save for Web" feature to save it as a GIF. After creating the smaller image, at actual size, it does not look as crisp and smooth as the larger image - even slightly pixelated. I realize that Illustrator creates images at 72 dpi only. My question is: is there a way to improve quality for this smaller image? Would it help to save the Illustrator image then open it Photoshop to convert it from vector to a bitmap then save as a GIF? Or, is the quality limited when working with smaller images? This particular logo is mostly text with a few shapes (triangles) and only 3 colors.
I know better than to simply take the larger AI image and size it down then save to GIF - that is why I was re-creating it smaller. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Basically, I just need help on getting the best quality, crispness, and resolution in a small image. I can provide more info if needed. Thanks.
Brian
My next task is to re-create the logo in various sizes in an attempt to keep the same quality. For example, I want to create the same logo at 144 pix wide x 72 high (2"x1"
. I figured the best way was to totally re-draw it in Illustrator at that size then use the "Save for Web" feature to save it as a GIF. After creating the smaller image, at actual size, it does not look as crisp and smooth as the larger image - even slightly pixelated. I realize that Illustrator creates images at 72 dpi only. My question is: is there a way to improve quality for this smaller image? Would it help to save the Illustrator image then open it Photoshop to convert it from vector to a bitmap then save as a GIF? Or, is the quality limited when working with smaller images? This particular logo is mostly text with a few shapes (triangles) and only 3 colors.I know better than to simply take the larger AI image and size it down then save to GIF - that is why I was re-creating it smaller. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Basically, I just need help on getting the best quality, crispness, and resolution in a small image. I can provide more info if needed. Thanks.
Brian