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463 Views 6 Replies Latest reply: Mar 20, 2008 9:56 AM by (Philip_Travisano)

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Mar 18, 2008 9:31 AM

Illustrator CS linked files problems..Please help...

hi all,
I have this problems linked files (Illustrator CS2) and I didn't find the answer on this forum yet, so please help me...

Config: All the PowerMac and the server are on the network. Mac OS 10.4.11. Creative Suite CS2. Images of .ai files are linked to an image folder, not embedded.

Problem: I take a folder containing .ai files and the image folder from either the server or one of the other Mac and put it on my desktop. I open the .ai file and discover that all the images are linked to the image folder from the disk I took but NOT linked to the image folder that sit on my desktop. I can not use the "Edit Original" feature because Illustrator will bring me the image from the other disk and not the one on my desktop. Of course I can relink all the images to the image folder on my desktop but this is a big hassle. This problem also creates big trouble when I think that the revised image is on my desktop and upload it to the client's site but it wasn't and the client receive an .ai file with old images....

question: Does anyone came across this problem and know how to fix this? or hear about this problem and know the answer? Please help

thanks in advance...

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Tom Usrey
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1. Mar 18, 2008 11:32 AM (in response to (dan02))
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It's not a "problem" -- it's the way it's supposed to work. You'll need to relink the files to the copies on your Desktop, if those are the ones that you indeed want the Illustrator file to link to.

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2. Mar 18, 2008 1:44 PM (in response to (dan02))
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Thanks Tom,

I think that too... I wish there is a way (or a pref) somewhere to break the original links and then redirect the links to a new folder all at once....

thanks again...

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3. Mar 18, 2008 2:24 PM (in response to (dan02))
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You can do that by "hiding" the original links from Illustrator before you open the file. Either put away the disk containing the original links, or temporarily rename the folder or any parent folder containing the links, or temporarily move the links to another folder.
Then when you open the file, Illustrator will prompt you to "Replace" the missing links, one at a time. But if all the missing links are in the same folder (and named exactly the same) then Illustrator will update all other links after the first one automatically.
Save the file, and then restore the original linking configuration. The file will have "forgotten" the old links.
Hope that makes sense...

Mike D.

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4. Mar 18, 2008 2:31 PM (in response to (dan02))
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Yes Michael,

I found that this morning by disconnect my Mac from the network... it works as you said... then reconnect to the network later...

thanks

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5. Mar 18, 2008 3:36 PM (in response to (dan02))
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well...

I wish that Illustrator could ask us something like "Where do you want to link the images?" (or something like that when we open the file the first time.... a nice feature because we move files a lot...

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6. Mar 20, 2008 9:56 AM (in response to (dan02))
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Slightly off-topic, at my company we like our files in progress to be saved as EPSs. This makes it very convenient for making PDF's along the way. We used to find that even though the linked PSD's get embedded, that the file names used to remain in the Links palette. Since we upgraded to CS3, that doesn't happen anymore. Now, when a linked PSD gets embedded, we close the file, reopen, and the original file name is gone.

Any way to keep that original link's name even though it's embedded???

Thanks!
Philip

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