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Why does this look different in flexi?
The first image is an AI file and the second is the same file opened in Flexisign. What would cause the block of colour where the shadow should be?
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I suspect the image is vector drawn whereas the "soft shadow" is a rendered (rasterised) image. The solid look to the soft shadow in flexi is a result of how it handles rendered images within the file. If it’s a version of Flexi that is for cut vinyl only then it probably can’t handle rendered images properly since soft shadow effects can only be achieved by printing them.
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It was opened in flexi pro and unfortunately printed the solid shadow
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Can you by-pass flexi and print directly from the ai file?
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Probably, i’m just trying to establish if its a problem at my end or whether the problem comes from whoever designed it
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Hi Ewan
This isn’t uncommon with Flexisign – soft shadows become solid, gradients become 100’s of small vectors etc. etc.
It’s not just the ‘cut’ versions – does it on them all.
As Phil says print from Illustrator, or export as an EPS into your RIP – haven’t seen a RIP that takes native AI files?
Cheers
Macky -
Ive done a normal print straight from AI and it was perfect, so it looks like a flexi issue. Thanks for the replies. will need to remember that for the future
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Flexi doesn’t handle Illustrator files all that well, especially with all the constant updates to Illustrator.
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Ewan
subject to which version of Flexi you are using it does support rendered transparent shadows but still struggles with AI files i use to just recreate the shadow directly in FlexiKev
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