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Art Brush Export Glitch

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February 16, 2024
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Hello! I'm looking for some support on why my Adobe programs are glitching / exporting strange. I have created files on Adobe Illustrator and when exporting these ai files as a pdf, for some reason they glitch and appear weird on Adobe Acrobat and Preview. I initially thought it was due to the photographs being in RGB and the ai file in CMYK, however I have now resolved that and the file is still exporting glitchy. I believe it may have something to do with the custom brushes I am using? But what would cause this? Does anyone know of any reason they could make my file export strange?

I have included 2 x examples as reference. 'Image one' is a screenshot of the ai file to showcase what it should look like, 'image two' is a screenshot of the pdf file and how it's exporting glitchy.

I have around 10 Illustrator documents that slightly vary in design but have the similiar elements, with 8 artboards in each, and all are exporting glitchy. Any insights on this or suggestions on how to resolve it would be incredible!!

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Ton Frederiks

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Which version of Illustrator are you using?

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Illistrator V28.2

Ton Frederiks

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Your brushed objects are generating a lot of points, rasterizing them can simplify your document.

Paths: 55723 (0 open, 55723 closed, 608547 points, length = 3926864,076 px)

Monika Gause

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What happens when you select the brush path and Object > Expand appearance. Does it look the same?

claudiah51853527Author

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Thankd for the idea! I just tried and expanding appearance didn't cause any erorrs 🙂

That worked however I would love the option to go back and edit the path shape, transparency, colour, etc - so would need to find a solution that doesn't involve converting the artbrush path in to a shape. It must be an error / glitch / setting to do with the brush as when converted to a shape the pdf export worked perfectly. Not sure why there would be an error with the brush though?

Monika Gause

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Those brushes are used in the background, no?

And they are transparent?

Is Overprint preview turned on in Acrobat?

Don't worry about Preview. It's crap.

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