Has anyone else had trouble getting an image in pages to display in good quality?
Placing an image at the top of a page that is about 3x2 displays very blurry, especially when viewed in iwork online. Any help is greatly appreciated!!
dammittakethealias wrote:
I fully understand the difference between bitmap and vector images.
Quite clearly that is not so. Nor any of the other issues involved.
But as nobody is actually putting up anything that can be analysed, so as to determine what exactly you are doing, this is not going to get resolved.
"Make it work, work clearly and accurately, THAT is what I demand of OSX." -PB, 2003.
Get over yourself and help people.
If you are confused, you can choose to do something about it, or be indignant.
Importing an .eps, .pdf or .ai file with .pdf preview gets the same result in Pages. The file is converted into a .pdf file and remains a vector inside the .pages file.
If you understand what is going on why have you been exporting them for years as bitmaps from a vector program?
Peter
Because imported .bmp and .tif give clearER images than .pdf or .eps, in case you missed that point. Collaborators need to occasionally pull figues for their own work from the file and most don't use Illustrator so dragging an .ai to the document seemed unwise. Akin to contributing to this thread with one solution to the problem. I appeciate your thoughts on the matter, thanks for reinforcing the common view that Apple users are arrogant brand-whores. We don't all have the free time to make user forums a part of our identity, but I think I will carve out some more time for it in the future. I feel "less blurry" and "sharper" now because I came here.
None of that makes sense.
The .pdf files are dead sharp, and remain so as you zoom in on them, and bitmaps are hardly editable by your collaborators.
Don't know how the 'brand-whores' slipped in there. Bit of a give away perhaps.
Unfortunately there now are a very large number of new converts to the Mac with very little knowledge it seems of even the basics but a frightening confidence that the little they know is all there is. Battling past that point is now a daily struggle.
I have identified the problem, you can't interpret my choice of words and things are not making sense, I think this might be a cultural issue and I apologize. Yes, ".pdf files are dead sharp" , but not when they are imported/dragged into Pages as they should be. That's the point of this thread. Also, colleagues don't edit the files, they use them in other instances, such as figures for a manuscript or in a presentation. In fact, we don't want them editable.
I am unable to put into new words what has been so clearly illustrated before, I also don't know what an Australian lisp sounds like, but here goes: (sorry for the ad)
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/nick-burns/2786/
The typewriter in the Typewriter letter template is a good example of a sharp pdf graphic.
The only thing I can think is what you are talking about is a down scaled pdf losing details simply because the lines are too fine to view at 100%. Any other fuzziness is from saving to the wrong formats.
pdfs can be used like any other graphics by your colleagues. In fact they are superior for line work.
You must be confusing Spaniards with Australians if you think we lisp.
The video btw is not viewable outside the USA.
Peter, i tested out that template Typewriter letter to use as an example.
The document in pages lookes great, text and the typewrite image.
However, when I go under SHARE in the toolbar, and select 'Share via iwork.com', the document looks different. The first thing I do is set the view at 100%, for some reason iwork automatically shows me the docs at 191%.
Anyways, even then at 100%, the image, and in this case for some reason the text, look blurry.
Sorry about that.
You may have to find videos of "Nick Burns, the computer guy" that will play there.
Here's a link of an example PDF exported from Pages.
As I suspected.
All your pdfs and the kangaroo in the .ai file are bitmaps. Just different resolutions.
Can you give me a link to your original .pages file for this document please, and also the .ai for the kangaroo.
Peter
so what is the best way to make a book for printing the pictures at high resolution. my original thought was to creat it in pages save as a pdf and take to a printer (publisher what ever) and have it printed. it's a book only for family maybe less than 50 copies. reading through your post it's clear i have a terrible understanding of using various file formats in pages. can you guys give me some advice on what program i should use and image formats. thanks
What form is your book?
Is it just text or text and graphics, with photos?
A regular publisher will not want you to have created your own layout. Frankly they will have to undo it and do it again.
If you are going to self-publish to a short run digital press, then I strongly suggest you speak to the printer before you do too much work to find out what they want.
It takes professional knowledge and experience to get grey & color photos to print correctly. Even ensuring a strictly black Pages document outputs to black only, and not to expensive 4 color process inks takes some knowledge.
All applications that use OSX to convert documents to pdfs have problems with resolution and their color spaces. The professional applications such as Indesign and Quark Xpress use their own technologies to go to printable pdfs.
Peter
sonyafrombaltimore wrote:
also the really sucky part is apple sales products but offer NO support for them. even when you buy apple care which i have.
Actually AppleCare gives you bottomless software telephone support as well. They may actually refer back to these forums however as there is usually more knowledge here than in their support staff.
I had an Apple employee refer me back to my own posts when I tried to resolve a nagging issue.
Publishing is a skill that takes experience and knowledge to achieve good results.
You may have gone for the equivalent of one of those infomercials that tells you that the wonder product will do it all for you. The Acmo Fatblaster will not remove 50 kgs whilst you lie there stuffing your face. It will however remove some of your hard earned cash.
Here are some options for learning Pages:
Learning design and publishing has taken me all my life and I'm still at it.
Peter
You may want to consider saving the file as a PS file, which is what some printers prefer. Unlike a PDF, which tends to discard information, particularly information contained in photographs, a PS file does not. Photographs can be a real issue with printers, particularly if the resolution is below a specific level. Also, when possible try to use jpeg photographs, which can be mich easier to edit
Thank you Terrancefromdumfries. I had forgotten about that option and i didn't realize that it was a better format since i never had a reason to use it really. What about tiff? tiff files have more information and detail right?
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