hey anyone know how to export vectors for the web really nicley so you get sharp crisp lines? i'm laying out sites in x4 and am just finding the vector to web world isnt lookin so hot but i dont want to build sites with photoshop or photopaint.. any times out there!!!!
Jeremie said: i'm laying out sites in x4 and am just finding the vector to web world isnt lookin so hot but i dont want to build sites with photoshop or photopaint.. any times out there!!!!
I export direct to SWF and also GIF and JPG from DRAW without problems. I don't use the web image optimizer at all. I just select my elements and press CTRL+E, choose the format and the parameters. the parameters are what usually trips people up. They all have a purpose...
DPI means nothing for web use, so don't touch that value in the export dialog. Pixel dimensions are what matters. For ex:
I create some stuff in Draw. I know I want it to be 650 PX tall. so I choose that in export dialog, and get something 650 tall! :-)
What are some specific problems you have?
Thanks for the reply Jeff! we'll i'v been using corel for about 11 years now but ya new to doing websites and i duno if you've heard of Advanced Artist but i did all their training and found lots of cool tips and such in their and found there web training for corel to be good but ya I have 2 sites i'm done up so far and i'm just about done another one in corel but i don't want to start exporting it till i know how to export it well. my current 2 sites are www.iconiumgraphics.com and www.iamthirsty.ca and if you go to those sites you might see what i'm talking about with what looks to be low res pixles... maybe it's just me ... but sites built with photoshop have the lines sooooo crisp and i know its because its a pixle based program and corel and illustrator are vector but i'm just trying to get picky i guess and see how sharp i can make the conversion from vector to pixle the best.
Jeremie said:but sites built with photoshop have the lines sooooo crisp and i know its because its a pixle based program and corel and illustrator are vector but i'm just trying to get picky i guess and see how sharp i can make the conversion from vector to pixle the best.
hi J,
Once you export your elements from Draw, you can always sharpen a bit before slicing in PP, but to my eye it looks OK. I like your nav bar for iconium. :-)
try this setting to sharpen general UI, some clarity is restored:
One thing: the main body text may be considered very small by some people. I can read OK here... but those with newer LCD's might have trouble IMO.
Early on, Tom had some free training avail for all that showed his workflow. I recall he had a step where he exported to JPEG as the intermediate format before slicing. He may have updated his training since then to use another format such as PNG during that step instead.
PNG compression won't introduce any artifacts. TIFF & BMP could also be used. We know that this export is just to get the Draw Export into PP, and the file won't be kept long-term. IMO we don't want to lossy compress it twice. After slices set in PP, the final export could be JPG with a conservative compression.
hey sure let me know what you got up your sleeve... i'v actually pritty much turfed that website.. my new site is www.jerahco.com. have a look and let me know what you think :)
interesting. i didnt know about the "doctype"setting. i built it all in corel then brought it into dreamweaver after slicing it in photopaint. the flash window is just a bix i inserted. also for some reason if i open my site in firefox theres a break in the page right under the flash window.. any idea why?
Cheers Bro