I'm in the process of creating an A0 highly detailed illustrated Map. I have hundreds of small images which have been coloured and cut out in photoshop at 300dpi which will need to be placed on the map with text. I was thinking of using Illustrator for the background map and linking the images (saved as separate PNGs in order to keep the transparency) and creating all the text in illustrator. Is this the best way to go about it? Should I save the files at a lower resolution? If so, how low can I go without compromising quality? Any other advise on how to go about this without my computer slowing to a crawl or creating a ridiculously large file would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Martin
Cheers
Martin