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Re: Illustrator paths question
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Britt Griswold <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:58:06 -0500
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In olden days the point count could choke a processor. Not so much an issue these days, but it can slow down the redraw a fair amount still.  The other issue is if you need close ups, the straight lines that make up a curve mys show.
Britt 


----- Original Message -----
From: Clara Richardson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Sent: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:18:33 -0600
Subject: [SCIART] Illustrator paths question

Hi all-

I just took delivery of a lovely commercial layered Illustrator map. It is
well organized and easy to work with. But it leads me to one question--

Is it cheaper in any RAM sense to have 50 trillion corner points instead of
a few nice smooth curved ones? I always make my own curves with as few
anchor points as possible...

thanks,
-Clara


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