Workflow Question - Exporting Color Plans with Shadows to Photoshop?

[saeborne]

Hi All,

I'm doing a color fill plan, with shadows, that I need to get into Adobe Photoshop. However, I'm getting sub-optimal results.

In the File > Export > Image Dialogue box, I can't control the resolution... But, I can control the overall number of pixels across. So I've set the export in a manner that will end up at 200 DPI when I get to Photoshop.

BUT... The line work does not anti-alias. All line work is represented by a full black pixel. Ultimately... this looks really, really bad. See attachment for example...

What is the best way to get a bitmap image?

Print to PDF and then open the PDF in Photoshop?

[still.james]

this may not work, but what about hitting print screen on your view and pasting the capture into PS and crop?

[sfaust]

that would work, but only for low res.

The best way I know of is to print to pdf and bring that into photoshop. If you don't have acrobat full, there are several good free and cheap pdf printers out there. I use pdf995 at home and it seems to work fine (we have acrobat pro at work).

[patricks]

You can control the resolution. Instead of "Fit To" change the radio button to Zoom To and set it to 100%. Then set your resolution down at the bottom. You can do 150 or 300 DPI, but not 200. That can be easily changed in PS, though.

I just exported an entire 24x36 sheet to JPEG, set to 150 DPI. The resulting image was 5399 pixels wide. 36x150 is 5400, so I'm not sure why it cut off one pixel column down the side. However the image looked pretty much just like I had printed to PDF.

[ron.sanpedro]

In general I find that image export is pretty weak in Revit. Often you can't get both a large and high resolution image, graphic quality is sometimes less than acceptable, etc. So we pretty much always print to PDF. I can control the resolution, I get an image with a size that relates to paper (even when printing from a view), which is usually what an Architect wants, I get an image that I can take into the Adobe stuff easily, at scale. Chaps my hide I have to buy Adobe products to do things I think Revit should do, but as long as Revit fails at high quality presentations, PDF seems to be the best option.

Gordon

[saeborne]

You can control the resolution. Instead of "Fit To" change the radio button to Zoom To and set it to 100%. Then set your resolution down at the bottom. You can do 150 or 300 DPI, but not 200. That can be easily changed in PS, though.

I just exported an entire 24x36 sheet to JPEG, set to 150 DPI. The resulting image was 5399 pixels wide. 36x150 is 5400, so I'm not sure why it cut off one pixel column down the side. However the image looked pretty much just like I had printed to PDF.


Ahh Yes! Zoom To... that definitely helps. Don't know why I never noticed that button before. Thanks a bunch.

BUT... the linework is still not anti-aliased. Any thoughts about that?

Bryan