file size too big due to multiple psd imports

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December 8, 2019
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Hi

I have imported an 8MB psd image and altered versions of it 350 times in a doc I am creating.

File size is an unweildly 687 MB. There are no effects just a bit of text.

I know that one can link rather than place but can I do it now without ruining all that I have done.

I can also reduce the size of the source image but do not seem to be able to replace it.

I am on a macbook pro running Illustrator 2020.

Help would be sincerely appreciated

G

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Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

You could use a script that replaces all selected images with a new linked one while keeping the size.

Place your image as a linked file.

Select all the embedded ones and the linked one and run this script:

http://illustrator.hilfdirselbst.ch/dokuwiki/en/skripte/javascript/zamena_size

Steve Werner

Community Expert

If you're using a recent version of Illustrator (CC 2019, 2020), you should be able to use the Links panel (Window > Links) to unembed the embedded images and make them linked which will greatly reduce your file size. Use the Unembed command shown below. Then resave the file.

G

greg64Author

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Steve thank you and apologies for my late response.

I am indeed using CC 2020.

The issue with your solution is this: A single psd image has been placed and altered by size only 350 times.

I can use the Windows> Links unimbed process but have to do it to each of the 350 incarnations. Additionally it then creates a 5 MB link file for each of the 350 ( which all have to be manually named differently). So I then have a 1,750 MB storage file and a smaller ai file.

Surelt their must be a way - besides starting from scratch- to change the source file 1x...?

Thanks

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