Adobe Community: Can i make Illustrator Package as InDesign?

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1. Monika Gause,

Aug 16, 2012 8:57 AM in reply to SebastiaoV

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depending on your version, but you might be able to do it in the future:

http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/sneak-peek-package-files-in-illus trator-cs-6/

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2. JETalmage,

Aug 16, 2012 8:58 AM in reply to SebastiaoV

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No. Illustrator does not provide a "collect for output" command. Nowadays, one usually delivers whole document designs for printing as press-ready PDFs. Because PDFs embed images and fonts, it's usually actually a better workflow (even for InDesign).

JET

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3. Scott Falkner,

Aug 16, 2012 9:18 AM in reply to Monika Gause

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Illustrator is at version 16 and has been sold since 1987. That feature has not been added in all those updates over more than a quarter of a century.

Yeah, think on that.

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4. Tom Usrey,

Aug 16, 2012 12:12 PM in reply to SebastiaoV

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Or you could use another application to package. Such as Markzware's Flightcheck:

http://markzware.com/products/flightcheck/

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5. [Jongware],

Aug 16, 2012 3:54 PM in reply to JETalmage

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JETalmage wrote:

No. Illustrator does not provide a "collect for output" command. Nowadays, one usually delivers whole document designs for printing as press-ready PDFs. Because PDFs embed images and fonts, it's usually actually a better workflow (even for InDesign).

A perfectly valid use for a Package function is to transfer artwork along with its associated files & fonts to another computer.

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6. SebastiaoV,

Aug 16, 2012 4:45 PM in reply to JETalmage

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Thanks for the info JETalmage. The thing is that nowdays most work need to pass for many hand. So you might send a PDF Print ready, but other designer might like to work with the original hi-res image from time to time and then added again in the pdf. I guess i fint it easier if you have a separate folder with the original hi-res images than having to extract them one by one all the time.

Cheers,

S._

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7. Silkrooster,

Aug 16, 2012 9:07 PM in reply to SebastiaoV

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That point would only hold up, if the user did not save the pdf with the ai file embedded. Besides, if you save your files to a folder for each job, it wouldn't be very hard to zip that folder.

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8. SebastiaoV,

Sep 23, 2012 12:31 PM in reply to Tom Usrey

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Thanks for the info Tom,

spending 500 dollars for doing a Packaging in Illustrator it seems too much now. I know the app is very complete and i am sure for Press and Printing Houses very useful, but for most folks like me i think it would be nice this feature like InDesign for collecting all the info at once. And not the Adobe Cloud in Illustrator 6 which is 30 dollars a year. I hope somebody will program a nice script to do the job in the future.

Cheers,

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9. CarlosCanto,

Sep 23, 2012 6:54 PM in reply to SebastiaoV

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here's one plugin for $25 to $30 depending on your version

http://worker72a.com/

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10. SebastiaoV,

Sep 23, 2012 7:47 PM in reply to CarlosCanto

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Thanks Carlos, $30 sounds far better than $500.

Cheers,

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11. its_betty,

Sep 24, 2012 3:05 PM in reply to SebastiaoV

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Illustrator CS6 on Creative Cloud just had an update that adds the package function: awesome! (And about time.)

Prior to that, I used Scoop, at the link for worker72a.com/ above. Works great.

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12. Mike Gondek,

Sep 25, 2012 10:34 AM in reply to SebastiaoV

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You also may want to look into Artfiles.

Artfiles is a standalone app, so you can package multiple .ai files with one drag & drop. Makes fitting on a disk or ftp'ing quicker so you dont have duplicate hi res images/fonts as with scoop. Scoop does cost about $20 less.

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13. pereiraf,

Feb 1, 2013 9:29 AM in reply to SebastiaoV

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There is a sample script that comes with Illustrator which will allow you to package the files together just like InDesign. The only downside is it does not package the fonts that are used. All you have to do is transfer the "CollectForOutput" script that is located in the Sample Scripts folder into the Scripts folder. The link below provides step by step instructions.

http://jokographic.com/?p=270

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14. Luke Jennings,

Feb 1, 2013 12:40 PM in reply to pereiraf

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One way to collect all of the fonts used in an illustrator file is Select> Object> Text objects, Edit-copy. Open a new InDesign file and paste, then Package for output the Indesign file for the fonts only.

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