Mr. Fairbairn,

It's a vector drawing in and adobe program for iPad. I was hoping to keep vector format and layers, but it doesn't seem to be exporting anything but a flattened file. I love Ps but in this case I need the vector and layers to finish the project that I started in the app.

Thank you for the input, though!

-Anna

Sent from my iPad

Ms. Gause,

Thank you for your help! I very much appreciate it. That tells me all I need to know. Since I'm working from CS3, I'm guessing there's a bit of programming missing that CS6 included, which is why I can't open the .idea file.

~Anna

Mr. Zimmerman,

Thank you for taking up six post spaces on this forum question. Obviously I haven't read any of the app information, or subscribed to the adobe cloud, or searched the forums, despite having used those to discover this problem. Perhaps I should have underlined the program name that I mentioned in my original post, and the file formats I listed, which are only available if downloaded from the cloud, so that you could have more easily understood my question. I should have included Google link for the application so you wouldn't have to waste time looking it up for yourself. Maybe I should have mentioned that I called support and they suggested that I post in the forums to see if anyone else had gotten around the problem.

Also, sadly, the link doesn't answer my question. You seem to think that I am simply trying to export files. I have demonstrated in my original question and my reply to a previous answer, that I have already exported in every file available for use with the app and the cloud. I was asking, since I need to clarify, why .idea files would not open in Illustrator CS3, and why, when other file formats were tried, did they not preserve the layers. Also, since they wouldn't, was there another way to export besides the -listed- export file formats that would allow layers. And, as before when I tried a search in the Adobe Ideas forum, there was no answer to how to open an idea file in CS3, or preserve the layers in CS3 in any of the other file formats offered.

I am sorry that you misunderstood my question.

Have a lovely day!

~Anna

Mr. Zimmerman,

Gee, I wonder why I didn't think of that in the first place! I'll just get my $700 that's just laying around doing nothing, and stop worrying about all these backwards compatibility issues with CS3! There was no reason for me to even post here in the first place! Thanks ever so much!

Your advice doesn't seem to be worth much right now. You still haven't helped me or given me a good answer. I'm going to follow some very good advice and stop feeding the troll.

~Anna

Thank you, TerriStoneCHL! I will gladly comply. I have read the guidelines, and was shocked at this conversation myself. I appreciate your reminder.

It was viewed as mean spirited because it was, and in six different posts. That is why so many new users are intimidated and refuse to ask questions on forums - because of the lack of understanding or kindness given by long-standing contributors.

I'm sorry if you disagree, and I am very sorry if you don't see how you were being rude. At any rate I have the information that I asked for, from a different user, and will no longer be viewing this thread. Say what you like, I will no longer be opposing you. I have better things to do with my time than argue with you over impoliteness and impatience.  Please have a lovely day.