Adobe Illustrator question

calrockx · 08-23-2005, 05:43 PM

You pro graphic design people,

I'm gradually learning more and more on Illustator, but came across something today that stumps me.

The idea of what I want is a yellow background with some bar items on top and them name just below. As for the items, the pictures originally had a blue background, so I cut out the background in Photoshop and had just the item cutout with a transparent background in a PSD file. I opened those item PSD in Illustrator (chose the maintain layers option) and drug them into my original file.

On screen, they look fine. I see the bar items and it seems like nothing surounds them except the underlying yellow background. But when I printed my work, the bar items each have a different yellow color surrounding them to the point of the smallest square around each corner. See the pic below.

The background yellow I'm using in Illustrator is FFFF00. So i went to Photoshop, added a layer underneath the item cutout and filled it with FFFF00 paint. I then put these back in Illustrator and figured the added yellow-match would blend seamlessly with the Illustrator background. Nope. Same problem. It looks clean and fine on screen, but when I printed it, a funky lighter/paler yellow surrounds the bar items.

I'm still sorta new to Illustrator, so maybe this is a simple fix, but I'm stumped. What gives, and how can I fix it?

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ldivinag · 08-23-2005, 07:10 PM

i would do a the magic wand mask...

takes a few minutes to do per item but you can really clean up objects really good...

calrockx · 08-25-2005, 02:12 PM

anyone else?
i'm wondering if there's a quick fix.

plus i don't know yet how to fool around with the magic wand in illustrator

ldivinag · 08-25-2005, 02:39 PM

i'm familiair on PS and my preferred one, PAINT SHOP PRO. but they all act the same.

play with the settings for the magic wand such as threshold and that will do everything that.. well, i needed...

never used illustrator...

anthraciterunner · 08-25-2005, 04:56 PM

try going back into photoshop with a transparent back ground and save it as a GIF.

calrockx · 08-25-2005, 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthraciterunner

try going back into photoshop with a transparent back ground and save it as a GIF.

good thought, but that won't work because i need the images to be hi-res and look perfect. they're going to print and the package needs to look clean.

Mojo_Risin · 08-25-2005, 05:08 PM

Are your documents in the same color mode? Meaning both RGB - and RGB not CMYK?

John

calrockx · 08-25-2005, 05:31 PM

the photoshop file i made the item cutout in and the illustrator file i put that cutout in are both in RGB mode.

weird...this problem has been happening at work. i just printed it at home, an it came out fine, the background yellow is uniform throughout. i guess that would make it the problem of the inkjet printer at work, but that's strange it'll print correctly except just around the item pictures

08-23-2005, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
ldivinag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N37 39* W122 3* Posts: 1,428	i would do a the magic wand mask... takes a few minutes to do per item but you can really clean up objects really good... __________________ leo d. stock 90 4runner

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calrockx Contributing Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Santa Clarita, California Posts: 4,742	anyone else? i'm wondering if there's a quick fix. plus i don't know yet how to fool around with the magic wand in illustrator __________________ [2002 4Runner 4WD]

08-25-2005, 02:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
ldivinag Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: N37 39* W122 3* Posts: 1,428	i'm familiair on PS and my preferred one, PAINT SHOP PRO. but they all act the same. play with the settings for the magic wand such as threshold and that will do everything that.. well, i needed... never used illustrator... __________________ leo d. stock 90 4runner

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anthraciterunner Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: SoCal Posts: 356	try going back into photoshop with a transparent back ground and save it as a GIF. __________________ -Joe '98 4Runner Ltd. TRD [S/C, boost guage, 160 thermostat, air filter, exhaust...replaced w/ magnaflow muff+tip] Piaa 520's, Ion corners, silicone wipers NR white guages, clears up front, 2-tone taillight mod E-locker, Bilsteins, free FMU...

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Mojo_Risin Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thornton, CO. Posts: 902	Are your documents in the same color mode? Meaning both RGB - and RGB not CMYK? John __________________ '97 4Runner SR5 Front: Tundra Coils/Tokico Trekmasters \| Rear: LC Shocks & Coils + SS rear "fixes" \| Custom Sliders 285/75 Maxxis Bighorn Radials \| Retrofit E-Locker \| TJM T15 \| Custom Rear Bumper \| Warn m8000 Last edited by Mojo_Risin; 08-25-2005 at 05:10 PM.

08-25-2005, 05:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
calrockx Contributing Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Santa Clarita, California Posts: 4,742	the photoshop file i made the item cutout in and the illustrator file i put that cutout in are both in RGB mode. weird...this problem has been happening at work. i just printed it at home, an it came out fine, the background yellow is uniform throughout. i guess that would make it the problem of the inkjet printer at work, but that's strange it'll print correctly except just around the item pictures __________________ [2002 4Runner 4WD]

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