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vladimirk47838009
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December 27, 2016
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Export issues

  • December 27, 2016
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MacOS 10.12.2
AI 21.0.0


In my workflow when I use Illustrator, I need to export low res RGB JPGs to show my clients previews. Many years I lived with some bags which I could avoid. But with the recent versions it is minefield rather than normal workflow.

At first (and I guess this is the oldest one "feature, not bag") – AI never save your export settings. In Indesign I just press Export and in most cases I just confirm my last settings, but in AI I have to click all those lists and checkboxes every time.

Then you have an issue with the export itself. If I use 72dpi option (by the way, what prevents you from making it less – sometimes I need it with the big files) sometimes I can get unexpected white lines on my exported JPG. I haven't found a pattern here, so I just stopped using this setting and have to export bigger files and then scale them down in the other apps. As well as I removed probably hundreds of thousands -01 suffixes in the end of my files – which is really annoying, even though easily automated.

Then there is a problem with the TIFF export. When you export file to TIFF it is TRANSPARENT with one layer on top of it. Which makes file twice as bigger in megabytes and makes my open it in photoshop, press "flatten all layers" and save it again.

But with the latest versions I received a lot of new problems, one of them pretty major and caused me some hard moments before I realised what is it.

Case: I have a large (by dimensions – like 3x3 meters long) CMYK file

Task: export preview RGB JPG or picture for internet

Solution 1: File-Export-Export as.., then JPG, RGB, embed profile – as usual.

Result: CMYK (!!!!) JPG file, which has to be removed -01 in the end of file name, resized to proper size and converted to RGB.

Solution 2: File-Export-Export for screens

Result: CMYK (!!!!) JPG file, named "copy.jpg". Adobe, really?? I need to export thousands of files and rename each of them from just "copy.jpg", not even "MYFILENAME-copy.jpg" or something, just one word, identical for all the files you export. And then again sometimes you get those white lines on the picture. The bright side is you don't need to resize it – bravo.

I urge you to review all the export process and options for next releases and make it easy and predictable, as you managed to make it in Indesign.

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    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 27, 2016

    As for the resolution setting:

    When exporting a file with plain old export function, what keeps you from selecting "custom" and then entering whatever you need?

    As for the CMYK->RGB conversion:

    That bug is known.

    As for the -01 addition to the file names:

    Happens when you "Use artboards"

    As for the "copy":

    Export for screens allows you to configure file names inside your file. If Illustrator just calls your files -copy then maybe you want to take advantage of the file naming capacity?

    Collect Assets and Export in Batches

    As for the layered TIF:

    Please make a feature request: Feature Request/Bug Report Form

    In this forum feature requests will get lost.

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    vladimirk47838009Author
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    January 17, 2017

    "Custom" resolution still doesn't allow you to use resolution lower than 72dpi, which is really frustration with the large (by dimensions) files.

    As for artboards – I don't "use" them, Adobe decided that from now one if you use Illustrator – you use artboards. One at least.

    As for "copy" thing – If I understand correctly there is no way to get your original filename but type it in the "prefix field". Really modern solution.

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 17, 2017

    OK, you're right about the 72 ppi. My memory played a trick on me there, thought I had exported lower resolution.

    So you need the "Use artboards" option? You only need it, when you need to clip to the artboard.

    As for the filename thing, maybe you want to make a feature request.

    Feature Request/Bug Report Form

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