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1. Marijan Tompa,

May 30, 2012 3:12 AM in reply to moluapple

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This is expected behavior. Gaussian blur, the key part of drop shadow, was re-written for CS6, therefore, not backwards compatible.

Hope that helps.

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2. moluapple,

May 30, 2012 5:41 AM in reply to Marijan Tompa

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Thanks tomaxxi for the answer.

But open a CS5 version ai file with CS6 which already has drop shadow effect object in it, and save as a new CS5 file doesn't have this problem, strange.

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Maybe adobe should make it more clear to users by name it "legacy drop shadow", like they do with "legacy Gauss blur", when opening legacy ai file with CS6.

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3. moluapple,

May 30, 2012 6:29 PM in reply to moluapple

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Hi All,

I have found method to open CS6 version file with Illustrator CS5, and the drop shadow effect is live!

Live raster effect is rendering when file has been opened, right? So I think nothing should be changed to object with drop shadow effect when downsave to legacy ai file with CS6. Record the data as is will be just OK.

From now on I will save all file as CS6 version, when I need to open it with CS5, I can just use my hack method.

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4. Kate_Pfau,

Jun 12, 2012 7:44 AM in reply to moluapple

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Sorry, I am looking to find a way of downsaving from Illustrator CS6 to IllustratorCS5 or Illustrator CS4. Can you tell me how you've done it? Unfortnunatelly It's not under "Save as".

Thanks

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5. Larry G. Schneider,

Jun 12, 2012 9:00 AM in reply to Kate_Pfau

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It will be at the top of the second window that opens in the Save path (Illustrator Options; dropdown at the top).

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6. Michael Riordan,

Jun 22, 2012 3:19 PM in reply to moluapple

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What is the hack method that you're using?

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7. moluapple,

Jun 24, 2012 1:05 AM in reply to Michael Riordan

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1. Uncheck "Use Compression" when save your document;

2. Open the file with a text editor, search "RoundtripVersion" and change the following number from 16 to 15;

3. Search "%AI5_FileFormat" (will found twice) and change the following number from 12.0 to 11.0;

4. Save and close the file.

Now it's ready for CS5 to open.

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8. [scott w],

Jun 24, 2012 2:00 AM in reply to moluapple

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Have you tested that with a RIP or any output?

All that does is change the version identifier. There are MANY other differences between a CS6 and a CS5 file. I highly doubt your method will be trouble-free when it comes to reproduction.

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9. Wade_Zimmerman,

Jun 24, 2012 3:38 AM in reply to moluapple

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I'm replying to the original post!

I have to ask you why on earth woud you save down to AI CS5 from Ai CS6 so t6hat you can open the AI CS5 version in AI CS6?

Not being sarcastic or insulting but it does sound a little insane to me!

Please enlighten!

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10. moluapple,

Jun 24, 2012 5:03 AM in reply to Wade_Zimmerman

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That's say you have some file saved with Illustrator CS5 as CS5 version, now you use CS6 to open and edit it and finally press "Ctrl+S" as usual to save, then the problem with original post begin.

To Scott,

Not fully tested by if you know what you are doing and be careful, then the method is "trouble-free" indeed. Anyway, I do not recommend others use it, I just want to point out the possibility.

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11. Masonbogie7,

Jun 24, 2012 9:48 AM in reply to Larry G. Schneider

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Where is this "second window"? When I go to Save with a new doc it goes to Save As which has no "options" panel. I've looked everywhere else I could think for this window but can't find it. Appreciate any help you can give.

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12. Monika Gause,

Jun 24, 2012 10:28 AM in reply to Masonbogie7

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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e0 7d0100196cbc5f-6561a.html#WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-655fa

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13. Kate_Pfau,

Jun 24, 2012 10:57 AM in reply to Larry G. Schneider

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Sorry, guys, but at least in the tryial I have there is no Illustrator option to resamble with your options. Thanks

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14. Monika Gause,

Jun 24, 2012 11:19 AM in reply to Kate_Pfau

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The trial is no different from other versions.

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15. eddypm2012,

Aug 28, 2012 1:57 PM in reply to Wade_Zimmerman

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I have 2 reasons to do that...

First, sometimes you have to share your files with other people that have earlier versions of CS.

Second, I upload files to a stock site, where we have to save them as CS10 or CS8.

...are those good enough reasons?

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16. Joe LeMonnier,

Jan 10, 2013 8:32 AM in reply to Wade_Zimmerman

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Wade, and others:

I work in publishing where clients usually update their software every 4 years at best. It's expensive in cost and training to maintain the current versions of Illustrator and inDesign.

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