Re: Illustrator import in FM7

[Lee Richardson <lhr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dov is the master of print workflow; following his recommendations is an appropriate and conservative path. I will note that we tested the import of 10.0 .ai files in FM7, fixed a few bugs in transparency handling in .ai/.PDF docs, and signed it off as a supported feature.

Therefore, if direct import of .ai works in your workflow, go for it. If not, drop back to PDF or EPS, per Dov's recommendations.

...Lee

At 2:18p -0700 10/15/02, Dov Isaacs wrote:
>Thomas,
>
>The ability of FrameMaker 7 to import .AI files is strictly a
>side effect of Illustrator 9 and 10 by default generating .AI
>files that have both Illustrator data and corresponding PDF
>data. In fact FrameMaker only "looks at" the PDF data in the .AI
>file and not the original Illustrator data. If the .AI file is
>save and the "create PDF compatible file" option is not selected,
>the content of the .AI file is not imported into the FrameMaker
>document.
>
>Similarly, in PDF files exported by Illustrator in which the
>"save editability" option is selected, FrameMaker only looks at the
>PDF data which by the time FrameMaker imports the file, may in terms
>of content be different than the Illustrator private data.
>
>Thus, I would NOT recommend any workflow in which .AI files are
>directly imported into FrameMaker, but would rather defer to
>Illustrator content saved either as .EPS or .PDF.
>
>        - Dov

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