I want preview 'Display performance' settings in .Ai

[d0nut247]

Is there a way to use low res image placements in Ai.?

I don't want to generate separate low res files and i don't want to start using EPS files again, (which used to give me the results i want)

Ideally i would like there to be similar settings as we have in inDesign to just turn off/down the image quality to speed things along.

I guess maybe just need a new mac, but when you have 20 or 30 images placed in a doc that are each a good few hundred MB its not as speedy as it could be.

alternatively if there is a plug-in or some setting i can use that retains the full file name AFTER i have rasterised an embedded image then that would be a good work around for my needs, as often ill place a bunch of images and then rasterise them at the size I'm using them and replace with full res later - but retaining the file name would help me locate them more easily.

thanks

[Srishti Bali]

Hi there,

Please check out below-mentioned thread for Image downsampling and reducing the size of images:

Reducing the size of embedded images in your illustrator document | Scientific Illustrator, Departme...

Adobe PDF options | Illustrator

Hope it helps!

Regards,

Srishti

[d0nut247]

This is in no way the correct answer to the problem mentioned. Thanks for trying but this is a big work around to a problem that illustrator already solves by saving as a pdf. I was asking for preview quality settings same as those available in Indesign.

[John Mensinger]

Sorry 'nut but I don't have the answer either; just a question.

Why not just use InDesign instead? (My asking doesn't imply you can't have a perfectly valid reason.)

I imagine I may be a bit of a purist, but when devising workflow for a given job, one of my rules is: Layout with Placed raster image(s) =  never Illustrator.

[d0nut247]

The usually kind of job that causes this issue for me is developing a new range of packaging. So typically I'll have a lot of cutters for packs all in one layout so I can adjust common parts to look good near each other and as its a work in progress you kind of don't Know what you want yet in terms of sizing etc (so rasterizing or down scaling isn't ideal) and so I'll often have 5 or 6  Psd files placed on each pack and ill keep them live so I can have different layer comps active for different packs for colours of a product in a lifestyle photo etc.

Once you get up to having 10 or more packs in a range it can get a bit heavy. So low res previews would help me.

Scroll to the bottom of this link to see the kind of thing I mean.

dandid - Brother Max Packaging