Don't crop artwork imported form Ai

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December 14, 2021
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Hi there. When trying to import artworks from Ai to Id they are automatically cropped to the Id page format. (I do that in order to combine master elements applied in all pages to already created artworks from Ai)

What I need to do is to keep bleed from Ai so as to export printable pdf. It is impossible to do so with the cropped bleed. Any ideas? Thanks for helping.

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rob day

Community Expert

Hi @opkathens , If you are using the PlaceMultipagePDF script from the ID Sample scripts folder? It sets the crop to media, so that would override the stickiness of the place options setting.

You could edit the script, in a plain text editor or ExtendScript toolkit. Line 102 is this:

app.pdfPlacePreferences.pdfCrop = PDFCrop.cropMedia;

try editing to this:

app.pdfPlacePreferences.pdfCrop = PDFCrop.CROP_BLEED;

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

Community Expert

When you place your AI file, select Show Import Options. From there you can select the Bleed crop box.

Keep in mind that this will affect your future PDF placement too.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

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opkathensAuthor

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Hmm, the problem is that I have used the multi-page PDF script and there are no import options...

Also, even when placing Ai with bleed selected the artwork seems to be shrunk to fit the Id page size.

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opkathensAuthor

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Sorry I see now that with bleed or art or media the artwork is always cropped no matter what option selected

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