Wotto Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 OK Ok - I know it is meant to be opened in Illustrator or similar but at the moment I only have Photoshop available. I download the DK Jnr side art from Local arcade. The thumbnail image that sits in my folder after download is of the whole piece of art. When I open it in P'shop I get this and ONLY this section of the whole piece. http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/686/21497255uc6.jpg I can open many many ( Ai? ) files from Local Arcade and they give me the WHOLE image in Photoshop. But a few ( like this example , only give me a tiny section of it. I have downloaded this from 3 seperate PC's - ALL get the same result. Cheers if you can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamish_nz Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 set up your page size in illustrator to be the same size as your side art. Your illustrator paste board is to small, the paste board is proportional to the page size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacies Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Wouldn't you just have to change the Canvas size? Click 'Image' at the top. Then click 'Canvas Size' and change to a bigger size to see all the picture. (Or ctrl+alt+c) As Hamish said, make your Canvas (in Illustrator it is called 'Page Size') the size of the art you want. Then press ctrl+t to transform the art. Or goto 'Image', 'Transform'. Grab the corners and reduce the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamish_nz Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 give what spacies said a try but I think the problem is how the illustrator file has been setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnpshow Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Yep I've found that a lot of those AI's on Local Arcade have been done without PDF compatibility so this happens. The Galaga marquee is the same. Incidentally, did you know the acrobat Reader 8 and onwards can open and view AIs that have been saved with PDF compatibility(default setting)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacies Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Hamish is right. I tried and had the same problem. I removed the crop marks and saved it as a PDF for you. Opens sweet now. [ATTACH]8230[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotto Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Thanks guys - will see what happens tonight when i try again. Appraciate the info. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wotto Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hi......stupid here again. OK - I am using Photoshop as Illustrator ( 8 ) wont open these files. I can increase the canvas size and I just end up with a lot more 'surround' ( empty surround ) and the same tiny section of the image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacies Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Wotto, Look at my post #6 and try that PDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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