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June 24, 2020
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Help, How do I place Illustrator Cloud File (.aic)? What's your workflow?

  • June 24, 2020
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Hi Guys, 

So I created a bunch of Illustrator files using the aic format saving on the creative cloud. I now want to set them in indesign for my printer.

I cannot seem to workout a way to place them in Illustrator. 

Is it doable? What's your workflow?

 

Thanks in Advance

    Correct answer Manan Joshi

    Cloud documents like aic or psdc are not supported by InDesign. So you need to work the traditional way of exchanging/linking the ai or psd files into your INDD documents

     

    -Manan

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    James37898256cy32
    Participant
    June 25, 2024

    This is honestly so insane, I feel like I'm missing something... Just to confirm, Illustrator explicitly advises to save to ACC, but files stored in ACC can't be used in other Adobe products? I tried using a library, but 1) the graphic saved to the library doesn't seem to be vectorized so I get a blurry mess, and 2) subsequent changes don't get updated it seems (at least I haven't found a way of doing it).

     

    Am I missing something or is this just the way it is? I'd also like to know what the traditional workflow here is.

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 25, 2024

      Hi James:

       

      The traditional InDesign workflow is to begin by creating a project folder for your InDesign project. (I add subfolders for Links (linked graphics), PDFs and Word docs.) Everything that pertains to the project goes in that folder. For new users who don't know to do this, the File > Package command will collect everything that pertains to the project into one new project folder, along with a subfolder for Links and one for Document Fonts. 

       

      Photoshop and Illustrator support cloud documents, and have for quite a while. It's still a work-in-progress in InDesign. Expect it to improve, but the timeline is uncertain. 

       

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      JimBob35059977w8ac
      Participant
      August 8, 2024

      To be clear, when I edit either the local or cloud instance of the Illustrator file, now I have two versions?

      rob day
      Community Expert
      rob dayCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 21, 2021

      Placed assets have to be saved to a local network, so if you want placed files to be both local and stored on your cloud server, save them into your local user>Creative Cloud Files folder where they will automatically sync to the Synced files directory in your Adobe cloud account. From there you can share the assets with other users.

       

      The reason for the Illustrator .AIC and Photoshop .PSDC formats is to let you open and edit files on the mobile versions of the apps.

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        Russell25291735ohmd
        Participant
        July 18, 2022

        so microsoft - like in the instance of ms project, have disconnected desktop apps from cloud based - less features, additional tiered pricing.  adobe obviously saw the dollar signs here too.  i have opted to save all of my designs to my pwn storage and maintain the origonal file extension - there is no reason to utlize the adobe cloud and encourage their use of a new file extension type here.

         

        Rishabh_Tiwari
        Rishabh_Tiwari
        Legend
        July 18, 2022

        Hi @Russell25291735ohmd ,

         

        Thanks for reaching out and sharing the feedback. Cloud documents are Adobe's cloud-native document file type that can be accessed online or offline directly from within the application. You can access cloud documents on any device (desktop or iPad) if the application is installed.

         

        Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions or feedback.

         

        Regards

        Rishabh

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        huttumi
        Participating Frequently
        February 21, 2021

        Hi

        Just opening .aic docs with "desktop-illustrator" and save in .ai format. It's cool as long as you stay in .aic format, your changes updates to cloud and to your ipad and vice versa.

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        Community Expert
        Manan JoshiCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        June 24, 2020

        Cloud documents like aic or psdc are not supported by InDesign. So you need to work the traditional way of exchanging/linking the ai or psd files into your INDD documents

         

        -Manan

        -Manan
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          wpneily
          Participant
          July 15, 2020

          Not cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why didn't you tell us we woudn't be able to place these files when illustrator asked us to save them to the cloud for the first time? Placing adobe files in Indesign is is part of a daily workflow for print designers. Workflow matters!!! This software is used by professionals. If you need somene to shape up your UX department give me a call!!

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            Community Expert
            Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            July 16, 2020

            I am also a user like you, you could give suggestions/feedback, report bugs at the following link. These forums are not the place where the engineering team visit quite often, the best chance to catch the eye of Project Mangers is the link given below

            https://illustrator.uservoice.com/

            Once you post your request, paste its link back here so that anyone wanting this feature can upvote it, the greater the no. of upvotes the larger would be its chance to be picked up early

             

            -Manan

             

             

            -Manan
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