: Tile stitch together hundreds of vector files I need to generate large-scale print of audio waveform. I still do not have exact dimensions of final print, but it should be around 5-7 meters

@Tiffany317

I think Bart Arondson is right: you probably have way too many samples/vector points.

Let's say you're plotting every sample of an mp3 with a 44.1kHz sample rate. This means that for every second of audio, you will end up with 44,100 vector points.

One second of audio would result in a vector point every 6.3mm on a 7 meter banner. Longer audio would only reduce that distance even further. You probably would end up with a very jagged looking graphic.

If i were you, I'd do it all over again, this time reducing the sample rate. You'd be surprised how low you can go without losing esthetic value. A vector point every few centimeters, connected by a nice Bezier curve would do the trick.

Good luck!

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@Jennifer810

I don't know what resolution you need in the final print, but 500-700 cm is one heck of an output file, and you apparently have several gigabytes of data to concatenate. If Illustrator started to grind on 2.5% of your files, I'd say there is too much vector information for it to render quickly on screen, so you may have success in wireframe mode.

One approach that may work is to use Image Processor Pro (part of Dr Brown's Services) to create a folder of png or jpeg files of the correct resolution. "Correct" here means whatever you actually need. For an image of this size I would suggest no higher than 150 ppi, but that's your call. Image Processor Pro can take PDF or EPS as input -- basically any format that Photoshop can open.

Next, use a panorama stitching application such as Hugin that allows you to specify that files should be stitched edge-to-edge.

The resulting "panorama" could then be printed.

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