Sizing an AI file in Photoshop. Does it mean quality loss ?

[mike boss]

Going to start working on a PunchOut bartop.
I have the AI files for the marquee and sideart.
BUT....I do not have Adobe Illustrator. If I open them in Photoshop it will rasterize them. Does this effect the quality. Am I better off trying to see if someone can size them in Illustrator for me  ?

[yotsuya]

Going to start working on a PunchOut bartop.
I have the AI files for the marquee and sideart.
BUT....I do not have Adobe Illustrator. If I open them in Photoshop it will rasterize them. Does this effect the quality. Am I better off trying to see if someone can size them in Illustrator for me  ?

Yes.

I have Illustrator. PM me if you want some help.

[Le Chuck]

When you open an AI in photoshop you can set the size, if you set the size to what is required you won't have a quality loss and can make it work.  That said, always better to work in vector with a tool designed to work in vector. 

[Vigo]

Hrm...From my understanding, Photoshop should allow you to keep it in vector as a smart object. Editing would be limited until it is rasterized, but it would rasterize to the largest resolution allowed by the image that you are working in.

I am trying to test it out without pasting directly from illustrator though, and I can't seem to bring in a vector without it rasterizing. Even "Open as Smart object" is not working for me. It opens as a smart object, but a raster one.

I guess what I would do as "plan B" is set the vector at a very high resolution and the exact size or bigger than needed for the marquee and side art, and then paste the high rez images into your artwork.

[mike boss]

Going to start working on a PunchOut bartop.
I have the AI files for the marquee and sideart.
BUT....I do not have Adobe Illustrator. If I open them in Photoshop it will rasterize them. Does this effect the quality. Am I better off trying to see if someone can size them in Illustrator for me  ?

Yes.

I have Illustrator. PM me if you want some help.

Thanks!
I will indeed ask you for some help if that is ok.
I want to resize the PunchOut marquee and sideart available on Zorg's site.
I'll be working on my own CPO, so that will not require any tweaking.
(All be it if someone could tell me a way to easily remove the grid pattern from it that would be great.)

** Off memory I do not recall what kind of file the original CPO I downloaded is **

Thanks

[mike boss]

Just a follow up.
What if I open an AI file in Photoshop (which asks me for the size upon opening), size it as needed, then save as PDF. Will that keep the vector quality ?

[thatpurplestuff]

It will import the vector data as raster data at whatever size/resolution you bring it in as.  It will have clean lines because it was converted to raster using vector data, but you no longer have the benefits of vector data (like being able to resize without concern about resolution or pixelation).

[mike boss]

Thank you.
I simply want to modify an existing AI file and size it for printing.
So if it will print clean I'll be happy.