Newbie saving question in Illustrator

I know this is a newbie question. I designed a logo in Illustrator. Is there a way to save just the logo for exporting into other applications (ie Pagemaker or Photoshop) without having the white artboard?
Thanks
Brad

I don't know Pagemaker but with Photoshop I simply select all, copy and then paste in Photoshop - transparency will be maintained. If you paste as a Smart Object you retain the ability to edit the Illustrator artwork in Illustrator and update the PS file.

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hi; i have questions in Illustrator cs6 in windows 8:
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Issue: Adobe Illustrator has detected some registry association issues, which need to be rectified for Illustrator to work properly. To fix this, right click Illustrator.exe and select "Run as Administator" to have the required privileges. Illustrator will then attempt to correct this problem
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I want to have Mullesight take a snapshot and place a JPG inside my "snapshots" folder on my desktop. The problem is that it keeps saving the same same file name and won't allow me to take more than one picture. I wish to have successive pictures named differently, such as picture1.jpg, picture2.jpg, etc., in my snapshots folder.
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try
tell application "MulleSight"
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set shouldScale to should scale
set useSelection to use selection
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set use selection to false
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-- therefore we have to use POSIX
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set dstImg to (POSIX path of "/tmp/picture.jpg")
tell application "Image Events"
launch
set img to open srcImg
save img as JPEG in file dstImg with icon
close img
end tell
on error errorMsg
display dialog errorMsg
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Keep in mind that I do not have an 'iSight' camera.
Code portion that works, which assumes that the 'Picture.tiff' file is saved to current user's 'Desktop' and when converted is saves a 'Picture.jpg' ... 'Picturex.jpg'' where 'x' is 1 or higher in numerical value.
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set file_Path to (desktop_path & file_Name)
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set newFileName to my handlerepeats(desktopList, "")
try
tell application "Image Events"
launch
set img to open ((file_Path & ".tiff") as alias)
save img as JPEG in file (desktop_path & newFileName & ".jpg") with icon
close img
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on handlerepeats(localList, local_Inc)
if (local_List contains (file_Name & local_Inc & ".jpg")) then
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property inc_Value : 0
property file_Name : "Picture"
set desktop_path to ((path to desktop folder from user domain) as string)
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tell application "MulleSight"
-- save prior state
set shouldScale to should scale
set useSelection to use selection
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set should scale to false
set use selection to false
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-- set srcImg to (POSIX path of (file_Path & ".tiff")) -- use if the above line fails.
-- save the image as TIFF (other formats are not supported)...
save in srcImg as "tiff"
-- reset prior state
set should scale to shouldScale
set use selection to useSelection
end tell
tell application "Finder" to set desktop_List to name of every file of folder desktop_path whose name extension is "jpg"
set newFileName to my handlerepeats(desktopList, "")
try
tell application "Image Events"
launch
set img to open ((file_Path & ".tiff") as alias)
save img as JPEG in file (desktop_path & newFileName & ".jpg") with icon
close img
tell application "Finder" to delete ((file_Path & ".tiff") as alias)
end tell
end try
on error errorMsg
display dialog errorMsg
end try
on handlerepeats(localList, local_Inc)
if (local_List contains (file_Name & local_Inc & ".jpg")) then
set inc_Value to inc_Value + 1
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Final images in a saved .pdf from Illustrator don't look correct

Illustrator Newb:
I'm making a design for a new product that comes in 3 different flavors. So I have 1 design, in 3 different colors.
I created all of my different parts for the design in Photoshop CS4 as .pdfs and placed them all in an Illustrator file (except for the text and a few shadows, strokes and such). I'm having problems with 1 of my placed images. It's placed 4 different times, and all 4 are either not showing up or are cropped in odd irregular ways. I have no paths or other hidden parts in the file that would cover them and it only shows up wrong when the Illustrator file is saved as a .pdf.
I went back to the original .psd thinking there was a problem w/ it, and resaved it under a new name and it still saves in AI all broken up.
Because I have 3 different flavors, I've done this in the other files, from that same orignal .psd and they turned out fine. And because this design is confidential I can't post pictures of the error to help describe my problem... The problem started yesterday and we're already behind production schedule.
But any help would be nice. Please and thank you!

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The first design I made in AI I saved the .ai file under a different name and changed the minor things I needed to make it the other flavor. I can't go back to that original file because I keep getting a Runtime Error when I open it. Not every file has this error, just the original.. THE ONE I REALLY NEED.

Saving files in Illustrator

Hello,
Rookie question: I have had someone doing work for me in Illustrator (CS5) and she has saved all files as .pdf. There is not a single .ai file on the machine. She says there is no reason to save as .ai because Illustrator will allow us to open and edit the .pdf files anyway.
Is this correct?
Also, can a file be created in Illustrator and ONLY saved as pdf (I would think it is necess to save the .ai first and then create pdf later)?
Thank you for your help,
Chris

When you save an Illustrator file in AI format with the option Create PDF Compatible File turned on (default), two entire versions of the artwork are written into the file: one as native AI content, the other as "dumbed down" PDF content, "cordoned off" as if in a "black box" for use by other programs which cannot open the native AI content. The file is given a .ai extension, and should show an Illustrator icon in the OS. When you try to open that file with Acrobat, it is the dumbed-down Acrobat stuff that opens, not the native Illustrator stuff. Similarly (and often not realized), when you import that file into InDesign, it is the dumbed-down PDF content that is actually imported, not the native AI stuff. InDesign cannot import an AI file if the PDF version of the content is not included.
Inversely, when you save an Illustrator file in PDF format with the option Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities turned on (again default), two entire versions of the artwork are written into the file: one as "dumbed down" PDF content; the other as native AI content, "cordoned off" in a "black box" for use by Illustrator. So this just flops the whole thing. The file is given a .pdf extension, and should show a PDF icon in the OS. But when you open that file with Illustrator, Illustrator checks for the Illustrator-native content and opens that.
Back when this nonsense was implemented, it allowed Adobe's marketing to claim that "PDF is now Illustrator's native format."
Many designers, seemingly proud of their esoteric knowledge that this confusing crap is going on, seem to think it somehow "clever" to therefore save every thing as a PDF, because "After all, it contains the AI-native content, too." Doing so is bad practice, because as you've discovered it just creates confusion for downstream users who don't understand why they get properly editable content when they open one "PDF" with Illustrator, and why they get dumbed-down garbage when they open another PDF.
My advice:
If the file is intended for later editing in Illustrator and/or for archiving, don't play games with downstream users; just save it as dang Illustrator file. Yeah, if you're not worried about needlessly bloated file size, go ahead and leave the PDF compatibility option on.
If the file is considered finished, and is intended for delivery as a PDF, just save it as a PDF. If you don't intend for the recipient to edit it in Illustrator, turn off the Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities option and thereby significantly reduce the file size. Yeah, if you just don't trust yourself to deliver a properly print- or press-ready PDF and consider allowing some unknown dweeb with an unknown expertise level at the printing house to muck around with your file at the last minute some kind of "safety net"—go ahead and leave on the Illustrator Editabilty option if it makes you feel better.
My practice is to act like I always did before this silly smoke-and-mirrors stuff was implemented. I think and work in terms of "working files" and "delivery files". I save the working file in AI format, and leave the silly embedded PDF option on jus because it's default, unless I'm sending it to someone and want to minimize file size. When I save as PDF, I turn off the Illustrator Editabilty option because I don't intend for someone to edit it in Illustrator. (If I did, I would...duh...send an AI file.)
In other words, I basically pretend that the smoke-and-mirrors doesn't exist, and I don't try to be "clever" about it. I save what I think of as a native AI file in .ai format. I save what I intend to be a PDF file in .pdf format.
For more esoteric fun & games, we can later talk about the equally nonsensical idea that PNG is the "native format" of Fireworks.
JET

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Can anyone enlighten me on what the support is? Can InDesign place native Illustrator files WITHOUT having the AI files saved with pdf compatibility?
Thank you in advance.

No, I just chuckled when I read it.
However, my questioned has to do with client submitted art where the client does not save it with pdf compatibility and does not supply supporting links and fonts. I most likely have the fonts, but I can do nothing with the missing links.
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1) Printing on a PC based Linksys seems to be a
nightmare. I can't get anything printed on the
shared HP 2600N and HP1012 printers. I literally
have to disconnect them from the PC and plug the USB
directly to my MacBook to print. It seems like
there should be a better, easier and MacFriendly way
of doing this - anyone have an easy solution?
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Printing to a printer on a XP PC from a Mac running 10.4.x
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/3015.html
You may need to use a third-party driver such as the HPIJS drivers or the Gimp-Print drivers, but this is not the case with all printers.
2) I'm going to purchase Windows XP so I can run my
windows programs on this computer. Does anyone have
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I have trouble saving Acrobat 4 compatible PDF files in Illustartor CS6. The problem does not affect every file I try to save, but when saving from AI to PDF, heavier files tend to be hard to save. I select the "Save as" option, click PDF, choose my location, then in the dialog with the settings I choose the ones I need and hit enter. A progress bar appears and after a while it freezes on about 80% and never moves further. I am running Illustrator CS6 on a MacBook Pro Retina, 2.6 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, OS X Mountain Lion. I have tried reinstalling Illustrator, saving to a different location and changing the settings. the only thing that worked for me was saving a Acrobat 5 or 6 compatible file, but this is not a solution, since I need the Acrobat 4 compatibility for a client. Thanks in advance.

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