Exporting Graphics from Illustrator for Submission and Review in JSR

 

(note: this is for a Macintosh computer running Yosemite, Illustrator CC 2017.1.0, Photoshop 2017.1.2; provided by Jay Gregg.)

 

1.   Large multilayered graphic with multiple high-resolution photomicrographs created in Adobe Illustrator. 938.5 MB.

2.  Open File on menu bar, select Export: Export As

            At bottom of Export Window select Format menu: JPEG (jpg)

             Save by selecting Export button 

3. JPEG Options 

             Select Color Model: RGB

             Quality: 5

             Compression Method: Baseline (Standard)

             Resolution: 300 ppi

             Anti-aliasing: Art Optimized (Supersampling)

             Embed ICC Profile: off

4.   Open file in Adobe Photoshop

             Open Image on menu bar; select Trim

Open Image on menu bar; select Image Size, Scale image as appropriate (See JSR standard sizes)

             (in this case Height: 7.6in Width: 6in)

5.   Save final image as a Photoshop JPEG. 1.3 MB

 

Alternately 

 

1. Export Adobe Illustrator graphic as a 300 ppi TIFF file (publication quality). 122 MB

2. Open Image on menu bar

            select Trim (Top, Bottom, Right, Left) and select OK button

3. Open Image on menu bar; select Mode: Select RGB

4. Open Layer on menu bar; select Flatten Image

5.Open Image on menu bar; select Image Size, Scale image as appropriate (See JSR standard sizes)

             (in this case Height: 7.6 in Width: 6 in)

6. Open File on menu bar, select Save As

             In Save As window select

             Format: JPEG

             Color: uncheck Embed Color Profile

             Select Save button

                         In JPEG Options select

                         Quality: 6 Medium

                         Format Options select Progressive

                         Scans 3

7. Save final image as a Photoshop JPEG. 1.3 MB

Figure File Reduction – Submission to Journal of Sedimentary Research

Nora Noffke, May 2019 using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS

  Original file: eps, created in Illustrator CS: size 23,613 KB

Open eps-file in Adobe Photoshop CS:

     Resolution: 300

Image:

     Mode: RGB

     Trim: trim away: top, left, bottom, right

     Size: chose final size and resolution (here: 300)

Layer:

     Flatten image

Save as: 

     JPG: 

            Quality 6, medium

            Progressive

            Scans: 3

 Final file size: 391 KB; same high quality like original