Re: Illustrator and Photoshop Compatibilities

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

David,

(1) Illustrator is well-behaved cross-platform as long as you use
standard character encodings of standard fonts. Round-tripping
should work well. Make sure to save all files with standard file
suffixes (.AI for Illustrator files, .EPS for Encapsulated PostScript,
.PDF for PDF files). For EPS files, be sure to always select the
Windows-compatible TIFF preview option which is compatible on both
Windows and Mac.

(2) Photoshop is exceptionally well-behaved cross-platform. Again,
make sure to use standard file suffixes.

(3) MacOS X has a graphics system that uses PDF but PDF is not its
"native format." Do NOT, repeat do NOT, use MacOS X-generated PDF in
graphic arts workflows. For reliable PDF that is appropriate for
such workflows, you still need to use Acrobat or products such as
Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign that can produce high quality
standard (not "think different; think incompatible") PDF.

        - Dov


At 11/12/2002 07:14 AM, David A. Stamm wrote:
>2002-11-12-02T10:15R
>
>Framers -
>
>I've searched the archives for answers to my questions but didn't find any
>that treated my projected circumstances, which are as follow.
>
>  1.  Two of us use Windows 2000 Pro and FrameMaker 7.0, unstructured.  We
>expect to get Illustrator and Photoshop.
>  2.  I expect a third person to get an iMac with 10.2 OS, with which
>he'll use Illustrator and Photoshop.
>  3.  For most intents and purposes, I know next to nothing about Mac
>machines and OS.
>  4.  All of us will be new to both Illustrator and Photoshop, and we
>project that we'll need to "round-trip" those programs' files between
>Windows 2000 and Mac 10.2.
>  5.  I project that we'll want to use some of the files from Illustrator
>and Photoshop on the Mac in FrameMaker on Windows and vice versa.
>  6.  I've heard it said that, " . . . .pdf is the native format of Mac .
>. .."
>
>So, my questions:
>
>  1.  What problems, if any, might we encounter "round-tripping"
>Illustrator files between the OS?
>  2.  What problems, if any, might we encounter "round-tripping" Photoshop
>files between the OS?
>  3.  Is .pdf the "native" format of Mac?
>  4.  If .pdf is not the "native" format of Mac, what (if anything) is?
>
>"Thanks!" in advance for your help!
>
>Dave


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