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November 19, 2024
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Does anyone know if Illustrator has the option to "crop image data to frames", like InDesign does?

  • November 19, 2024
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Hello all,

I have a file that I need to tile into two halves. It uses the same image. When I save it to a pdf the files are huge because the image, although has a clipping mask, it still saves the whole thing. InDesign has an option to crop image data to the frames. I don't see that feature in Illustrator. Does anyone have a solution or workaround that would give me the same results?

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Kurt Gold
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Community Expert
November 19, 2024

No, currently this is not available in Illustrator (strictly speaking, there are no frames in Illustrator).

 

However, you can crop images manually.

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/crop.html

E.FloresAuthor
Participant
November 20, 2024

Yes, I knew that was there, but I wanted to achieve the same thing as in InDesign without it being destructive.

 

Maybe it should be something that Adobe can look inot. From a production stand point it would be a plus.