Hello Gustavo,
I had the same problem with the limitations of exporting TIFF files from AI. I solved the problem by using two functions (with help from everyone in both this and the Photoshop forum. Thank you all, again!).
My solution was to export the file from AI as an .eps file, then open it in Photoshop so I could use all of its TIFF features. It seems clunky and messy, but it works. And, thanks to everyone having newer computers here, it's relatively fast. This is being called from a palette button:
saveEPS();
function saveEPS()
{
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "illustrator";
var script = "var destination = (\"S:/Extras/Bookmark.eps\");" +
"exportFileToEPS(destination);" +
"function exportFileToEPS(destFile){" +
"copy();" +
"var delSel = app.activeDocument.selection;" +
"for (i=0;i<delSel.length;i++){" +
"delSel.remove();" +
"}" +
"app.documents.add();" +
"var saveDoc = app.activeDocument;" +
"paste();" +
"var newFile = new File(destFile);" +
"var saveDoc;" +
"if ( app.documents.length == 0 ){" +
"saveDoc = app.documents.add();}" +
"else {saveDoc = app.activeDocument;}" +
"var saveOpts = new EPSSaveOptions();" +
"saveOpts.cmykPostScript = true;" +
"saveOpts.embedAllFonts = true;" +
"saveDoc.saveAs( newFile, saveOpts );" +
"app.activeDocument.close();}"
bt.body = script;
bt.onResult = function(retObj){photoshopFile()};
bt.onError = function(ErrObj) {alert("There's been a error saving the file. Please try again.")};
bt.send();
}
function photoshopFile()
{
var bt = new BridgeTalk();
bt.target = "photoshop";
var script = "var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits;" +
"app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS;" +
"var fileRef = new File(\"S:/Extras/Bookmark.eps\");" +
"var epsOpenOptions = new EPSOpenOptions;" +
"epsOpenOptions.antiAlias = true;" +
"epsOpenOptions.mode = OpenDocumentMode.CMYK;" +
"epsOpenOptions.resolution = 300;" +
"epsOpenOptions.page = 3;" +
"app.open( fileRef, epsOpenOptions );" +
"app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits;" +
"var saveName = new File (\"S:/Extras/Bookmark\");" +
"saveOpts = new TiffSaveOptions();" +
"saveOpts.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.JPEG;" +
"saveOpts.jpegQuality = 12;" +
" saveOpts.layers = true;" +
"saveOpts.embedICCProfile = true;" +
"app.activeDocument.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );" +
"fileRef.remove();" +
"app.activeDocument.close();"
bt.body = script;
bt.onResult = function(retObj){retrieveTIFF()};
bt.onError = function(ErrObj) {alert("There's been an error opening the file. Please try again.")};
bt.send();
}
Notice that some requirements for the TIFF file are given during the creation of the Photoshop file, not on the export from Illustrator. This is for CS5.1
I'm not sure if this will help in your situation, but I thought I would throw it out there to see if it might be something you can use. (NOTE: there's some copying, pasting, and removing being done for my specific application that are not necessarily required. Also, onResult back from PS when completed calls anthor function that's not listed).
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