Adobe illustrator help

[want2findout]

I am quite new to Adobe illustrator. I am in the process of updating my website and basically need to transfer image/logo from business card (which was produced by a professional printing company) to my website. The trouble is when I scan business card in and open image in illustrator it has approximately quadrupled in size which means I must re-size image, causing horrible pixelated effect. Can anyone help? Is there a way of scanning directly in to illustrator keeping the size that I see on screen the same size as that on business card?
Thanks

[ugly_bob]

not quite sure what you mean. If you're reducing the size of the image, you should get less pixelation.
Do you not have the logo stored digitally anywhere? try the printing company if you don't have it. They should have it as an eps file (scalable vector graphic) or at least a high res jpeg.

[want2findout]

I unfortunately do not have the image stored anywhere digitally. I had business cards printed quite a while ago and I basically want to have the image as it appears on the business card on the website. The trouble is when I scan the image in it appears much bigger than on original therefore when transferring it to the website it basically takes up the whole page?! It is a black and white image. Any ideas?

[ugly_bob]

You need to reduce the resolution then.
First, size the image to the size you want in illustrator, then go to File->Export and choose jpeg from 'Save as type' drop down list.
For a website, you'll probably want about 75dpi.

Unfortunately, with scanning you always get pixelation.

Your only other option is to manually draw round the logo, getting a smooth object, then size and save it as above.

[PrettyAna80]

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