-
converting jpegs?
Hi all..
Seem be having trouble lately with converting files to be cut..
so i wondered how the rest of you guys..
1, receive artwork from customers(format type etc)
2, convert to a file which can be read by the cutter/plotter..I recently have customers sending jpegs..which I can read ok..but my software (vmp)..only presents lines..i have tried saving as ai. in corel and adobe but, the software doesn’t recognise this.
Is there a fool proof way of coverting these types of files successfully..
Many thanks in advance
Jon
:headbang2:
-
5 Replies
-
If you can get ai files form your customer or eps or anyhting that contains vectors then you will be alright. Jpegs are ok but you will have to vectorise them in your cutting software before you can cut anything, which will also mean you will have to tidy up any lines or curves.
-
.eps should be the most suitable can be read by any vector based app’
J peg is for printing you put a cut line around it and print and cut fot effects on text etc etc also.
I you contour cut you will get a square. In some of the progams you can mask it,(flexi) clip it (signlab) and it will find the edges of the picture and put a counour cut round that.I hope I haven’t confused you too much.
Goop
-
Hi Jon,
JPEG’s are bitmap images so even if you convert them to another format they won’t have any paths in which the plotter can cut. Like mentioned, they are used for printing. If you are printing and need to contour cut, then you will have to add a path around the image with Illustrator, Corel or your sign program.
If the JPEG is of good quality you may be able to Auto Trace it to turn it into vectors but as Jayne pointed out you will have to do some node editing to clean up the image.
Another big problem is that customers tend to send JPEG’s in a very low resolution so it makes it diffcult to trace by hand or auto trace.
Best to find out from the customer what application they are using to create the artwork. If it vector based, like Illustrator or CorelDraw then they can export it in a Vector Format (.ai, .eps, .wmf etc.). If they used a Bitmap Program like Photoshop most likely you will have to trace. Make sure they save the file in a high resolution.
Then again you can send the file to Vectorwise to trace for you.
Hope that helps.
Bryan
-
Jon, this is the distinction between a good designer vs someone who has a cutter… you must practice at vectorisizng jpeg manually until you are totally fed up with them, with some skill you will find that you will pick it up quite easily.
One way, scan in document or use the JPEG
Put it in Corel etc., and then lock the picture so it doesn’t move.
Start drawing lines around it -
Thanks everyone for your advice..some useful hints here……it’s a case of me trying methods/software that work etc..
thanks again
Jon
Log in to reply.
