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MasonVentures
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June 12, 2018
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How to manually change file name during illustrator action

  • June 12, 2018
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I was able to do this with no problem in AI CS6. I Can't make it work in CC.

All I want to do is have an action that will export image to a .tif file, but pause at the dialogue window so I can put in the new file name.

Toggling the dialogue box in the action menu does nothing as far as I can tell.

Please help me, I'm getting very behind in my work because of this.

Thank you.

Tom

Mac OS

Adobe Illustrator CC 2018

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Correct answer Mario Arizmendi

In CC 2018 Mac try this

1. New Action, give it a name, click record

2. Go to the top corner of the actions window and choose "Insert Menu Item"

3. Go to file and choose Export / Export as

4. Click ok and then stop recording

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Mario Arizmendi
Mario Arizmendi
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June 12, 2018

I use an action to export to a jpg, all you have to do is activate the "toogle dialogue on/off"next to the check mark as you can see in this pics.

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MasonVenturesAuthor
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June 12, 2018

I thank you for the reply, much appreciated.

I have tried this and it makes no difference... it always skips the dialogue window entirely.

The way you describe worked in CS6 but does nothing in CC.

Perhaps I have a glitch of some sort?

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MasonVenturesAuthor
Participant
June 12, 2018

In CC 2018 Mac try this

1. New Action, give it a name, click record

2. Go to the top corner of the actions window and choose "Insert Menu Item"

3. Go to file and choose Export / Export as

4. Click ok and then stop recording


YES! Thank you, this did the trick. Not sure why that had to be so hard. lol Thanks again friend.

Btw, I also realize that this probably about the same as just selecting that from the window directly, but this way it saves all the other stuff like location.

You don't happen to know how to add a keyboard shortcut for "Export As" do you?

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