relinking multiple instances of the same link in Illustrator

[courtneyw98665068]

Hi,

So I see the latest version of illustrator still doesnt treat multiple instances of the same link as Indesign does. That is if I want to relink 50 + instances of a single file I need to go through each and every link and manually replace them - Why dont you make it function the same as Indesign in that I can chose to relink all instances at once or chose to relink the individual files as I see fit?

Why do you release an entirely new version of the Apps without taking into account basic things like this that people have been requesting for years???

Please add this functionality, its a basic bit of script that greatly increases productivity - Honestly should anyone even really need to suggest this?

[Martín Caezza]

I simply use 2 folders, "links" (with the low resolution files) and "links_hi" (with the real stuff). When I need to make the press files, i simply rename "links" to "links_lo" and "links_hi" to "links".

I almost never use relink, even if the client ask me to replace an image,  I just replace the file.

[DRock22]

If that works for you, that's fantastic. Unfortunately it doesn't work for us. We do 1000s of jobs every month, every one getting a folder for design proofs and another seperate folder for production. We are constantly reusing images from previous jobs on new designs for 100s of customers. We have to have separate files for each high res and low res images. Have two files with identical names but different resolutions is dangerous when you're constantly reusing images and when you're printing things 5ft-10ft tall.  

[Haryoso5CC2]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!
This works.. surprisingly!