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• Stop Illustrator from calculating files' icon previews.

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
July 7, 2023
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Hello -

I notice that Illustrator calculates the icon preview of each file every time, even though I have deactivated the icon preview saving (in the preferences panel). Cfr. attached screenshot.
The result is that some files appear grayed out (= none accessible) for a few seconds (you won't see it on the screenshot). It's tiresome and a waste of time at the end of the day.

Is there a way to avoid this?

Enjoy your day…

- Dimitri

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c.pfaffenbichler

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Did you save them with »Create PDF Copatible File« checked?

dimitri_casAuthor

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Hello c.pfaffenbichler -

Yes, indeed, we need it for a couple of reasons.

c.pfaffenbichler

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Hello gain 🙂

By the way, I see that your are "Community Expert", may be you could answer the follow question…

Is there a link between the ".PDF compatible" option and the icon preview?

Since I noticed that files are unaccessible (understand they appear as "grey out") until the preview of the files are visible.

I just no need the previews (and apparently it's was cause that accessibilty delay)… Annoying…

As far as I understand previews are a part of pdf, so a pdf-compatible ai would just have one.

Have you tried turning off Illustrator > Preferences > File Handling > Save in Background?