jinsley Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Did not have much time to put this together... mostly off the top of my head this morning... if anyone has time to download and look over, it would be most appreciated. Presentation is at noon, comments by 11 would be great. It is a .pdf put together for a presentation at lunch to try and educate people in the office on an acceptable way to work with CAD drawings in Photoshop. I am getting frustrated of trying to explain to individuals why an image 100 x 50 pixels at 72 dpi cannot be printed 6 feet wide (yeah, I exaggerate, but not by much)... The pdf outlines a few of the standards that I work by and my process for importing line work, etc... next week I will be covering rendering elevations in a similar format. Thx! -JI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmccoy Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Overall things look fine. I wish you luck with your situation. I was in a similar situation at my last job. However the people within our graphics department wouldn't even consider using the linking option (smart objects) for the line work. You just have to remember that most people really do not care to do things differently even though it may be better. People are a creature of habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illegalalieninbeijing Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Hi. Pretty much straight forward. May I also point out the resolution setting (for initial set ups) when printing from CAD to PDF - keep it to 300 dpi. 600 dpi is fine as well. When importing PDFs to Photoshop, uncheck anti-aliasing so thatr you wouldn't get those artifacts / blurry pixels and it is easier to do selections. For larger formats say A1s and A0s, I'd keep and work on it at half resolution ( not lower than 150dpi instead of 300 dpi as intended ) - makes the file much easy to work with. Good luck and great stuff. Edited August 19, 2009 by illegalalieninbeijing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Thx guys for the quick responses... Cecil, thx for catching the anti alias option... Ross, you're right. Most people don't care to do things differently, but when it starts causing problems and deadlines get missed, they might not have a choice. The architects want good results and fast, I'm just trying show them how to manufacture those results and have an understanding that it doesn't always happen fast, but it can be streamlined with some general standards. I don't want our office to become a meat grinder, where we throw everything in the top as fast as we can... crank the handle as fast as we can... and pump out a bunch of unrecognizable crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinsley Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Thx again guys, things went great, I was actually really impressed with the desktop and audio sharing feature in Skype) and I have been asked to produce these sessions on a semi-weekly basis... Thx again, if you ever get over to Granville Island area in Van, let me know and I will pick up a pint. Cheers -JI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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