Backsaving from Illustrator CS4?

Can you backsave a illustrator CS4 document so someone with Illustrator 10 can open this and print it?

When you save as AI or EPS, after you click Save on the Save As dialog, a second dialog opens with several options available.
At the top of the dialog is a dropdown list labeled Version, which by default shows Illustrator CS4.
Change the dropdown to one of the previous versions listed, in this case Illustrator 10.

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Export CMG from Illustrator CS4

Is it possible to export a CMG file format from illustrator CS4 or any earlier versions of illustrator.

Describe EXACTLY (step-by-step) what you are doing. Your description is ambiguous.
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aren't pixels the same?
Depends. If you are talking about "pixels" in reference to Illustrator's page rulers, no. Setting Illustrator's rulers to "pixels" does not set them to pixels. It sets them to Points. For example, if you..:
1. Import a 100 x 100 px PNG file into Illustrator.
2. Scale it to 50%.
...then Illustrator's rulers, set to "pixels" will indicate that the PNG "measures" 50 px. Illustrator's rulers are displaying an object measure, not the number of actual pixels contained in a raster object.
If you are talking about exporting an Illustrator file as a PNG, then its number of pixels will depend on the settings you use when you export.
So again; describe fully and precisely what you are doing.
JET

Backsaving in Illustrator CS4, for CS?

Can Illustrator CS4 backsave so that it can be opened in CS?

Wade_Zimmerman wrote:
It does no need to be saved backward it can open it as is
I have yet to get a CS4 file to open properly in CS3. I get a warning dialog, and then a blank page 99% of the time.
The workaround for me has been to open the CS4 file in Preview (Mac OS 10.5) and save as a .pdf which then opens fine in CS3. The main problem with this technique is that there's always a page-sized clipping mask that shows up with these files and I've got to delete that.
Saving as... CS should not not a big deal if the files aren't too complex. If you're using CS4-only effects, expand them first and convert type to outlines. (providing you don't intend to edit these elements once opened in CS)
My experience might be limited because I'm pre-press, and never need to alter the content of client files -- just render them for printing.

Printing directly from Illustrator CS4

I'm getting ready to purchase the CS4 web suite.
However, I've had problems printing my projects from Illustrator - and - yes, from translated Acrobat PDF files. The colors are washed out, and the layouts are a bit off on my HP 9600. My HP 9600 worked beautifully with a Postscript driver prior to my installing Safari on my Mac. Since the release of Safari, the Postscript driver is incompatible and HP no longer supports it. A new, 2008 version of the printer didn't solve the "washed out" appearance of my Illustrator files; so I returned it.
Can anybody recommend a professional (workhorse) printer (no larger than 13" x 19") that can print accurately from Illustrator - that doesn't involve a "pat my head, rub my tummy" workaround?

Thanks! I did reposte to the indesign forum. I just though that maybe someone in the type forum ran across this issue. Thanks so much!
Rosie

PDF displays differently from Illustrator CS4 to Acrobat 9.1.x - no idea why

My name is Chris Plessinger. I'm the local IT support for a company that produces promotional products.
Recently, the Art Department came to me with a problem.
They had a graphic that was sent to them by the customer in a PDF file.
The PDF, when opened in Acrobat 9.1, shows an image with another image imposed on the lower left hand corner.
When the PDF is opened in Illustrator CS4, the image is there, but the smaller image that was imposed on the lower left corner isn't there.
In Illustrator, when you press CTRL-Y, you can see the outline of where it would be, but it's clearly not there.
I'm don't know enough about the software to determine why it is showing up in one Adobe product and not displaying in another.
I am uploading the file in question to this post.
I would be very, very appreciative of any feedback on I can get on this issue. I'm not a graphic artist and can't answer the question being posed to me.
Regards,
Christopher

Sweet.
But I have a new question now: how (exactly) did you accomplish this? How did you flatten it?
Thanks for the quick response. I appreciate your taking the time to help.
Thanks,
Chris

Printing to PDF from Illustrator CS4

Hi,
I have been having serious issues with Illustrator CS4, working on my files and then at the end going to print to PDF and the message reads; "can't print the illustration" ... It is happening even if I have a blank document containing nothing. Could someone please shed some light on this, as I am working on such large files and the 'save to pdf' is not really a great option as it barely reduces the file size.
Thanks!

pcdgolf
If you don't tell us about your system and your fonts and all that stuff and what you are doing then there is no way of seeing what is going wrong being as vague as is humanly possible is not helpful.
Tell us about the OS your application fonts, telling us what is important and not important is not a good idea if you do not understand what is going on.
For instance Mylenium's posting suggestion it is not necessary to save to print to pdf because Illustrator is native to pdf. It means you can open an Illustrator file in Acrobat no need to even save it as a pdf unless someone requests it. Or if you turn off the pdf compatibility option.
So if you tell us what information you like and don't like or what information you want us to know and not know we can't help.
By the way even if the you do not use fonts in a document there still may be a problem with the fonts and font cache, even if that does not make sense to you.

Transferring work from Illustrator CS4 to In Design CS4

I recently started using Adobe In Design for a book layout. I haven't used the program before, but am I finding it relatively easy to get around. However, I have just encountered an issue, where I am trying to get a drawing of an entire golf course from Illustrator to In Design. I have been inserting .jpg files easily into In Design, but when I make a .jpg of my Illustrator file and try to place it into In Design, the drawing looks terrible, it's badly pixelated and not at all readable. I tried to copy and paste also, straight from the illustrator file into In Design but the same thing happened.
Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong?
Thanks!

jpg is always a bad idea -- its only rational use is to save photos in a smaller file format when quality is not important. Every time you resave a jpeg file, it gets recompressed and looks worse. That said, your jpeg file might not be as bad as it looks -- in order to work quickly, Indesign defaults to a lower-resolution preview. You can use View:Display Performance:High Quality Display to look at it in full resolution (though Indesign will work more slowly until you turn it back off again). And the true proof is in the printing -- print out a page.
As suggested, what you really want to do is place the Illustrator file directly into Indesign. This preserves all of your line art and text as line art, not pixels, and your output will be much cleaner. Also, in Indesign you can right-click (control-click) on the object and select "Edit Original" to open the original file in Illustrator to make changes, which is much more convenient the exporting a new jpeg file and relinking.

Pasting from Illustrator CS4 to Photoshop CS4 creates graphical glitches.

I purchased the demos of these products and one of the first things I tried was working between Illustrator and Photoshop, something I do regularly in CS3.
Right away I noticed a huge graphical glitch when pasting an object from illustrator into Photoshop. Most of the time the object, when pasted, is invisible, has no bounding box, and creates a black messy frame around the document's window. Usually some part of this distortion affects other windows outside of photoshop and my desktop.
Here's one example of what it looks like.
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2ww1.png
No idea where the yellow frame inside my document came from, also a glitch.
I'm using an iMac that's a couple years old: Nvidia 7800GT, 2.33 GHZ Intel Core Duo, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM. Could there be a problem with my computer?

I purchased the demos of these products and one of the first things I tried was working between Illustrator and Photoshop, something I do regularly in CS3.
Right away I noticed a huge graphical glitch when pasting an object from illustrator into Photoshop. Most of the time the object, when pasted, is invisible, has no bounding box, and creates a black messy frame around the document's window. Usually some part of this distortion affects other windows outside of photoshop and my desktop.
Here's one example of what it looks like.
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2ww1.png
No idea where the yellow frame inside my document came from, also a glitch.
I'm using an iMac that's a couple years old: Nvidia 7800GT, 2.33 GHZ Intel Core Duo, 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM. Could there be a problem with my computer?

Create Interactive 3D PDF file from Illustrator CS4 DXF or DWG iii

Hi,
I posted similar question in the Mac Creative Suite section and Acrobat and I was asked to move my question here to Illustrator so i hope no one gets angry with me. I wasn't sure where to post because I'm not sure what direction to go.
I want to create an interactive 3D PDF, the kind with the 3D controls which allow you to rotate the product to view it at different angles and sides.
What I have are DWG or DXF files from SolidWorks that I would like to use in Illustrator to apply artwork onto the CAD frame. Using the Illustrator 3D tool I can rotate the product but I have no way to export the U3D file format which Acrobat requires to generate a 3D PDF file.
How can I accomplish this? I need some direction to go in as far as bridging applications together in order to make this work.
Is there an Illustrator plugin to export U3D?
I basically need to apply graphics to a CAD frame first in Illustrator then get it into an interactive 3D model.
I tried downloading Blender but I can't even get it to open my DXF file.
I tried downloading Esko Artwork Studio but that plugin tells me I don't have a Structured Design File to work with.
I've read online hear about Acrobat X and Tetra but I'm having a hard time connecting the "software dots" to get where I want to go from what I have to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Well, you don't need Illustrator at all... To output a 3D PDF, you will need tools liek Deep Exploration CAD Edition or the export features of the respective CAD programs in which the drawings were created. And STEP and IGES are both standardized CAD interchange formats not specifically tied to a specific CAD program...
Mylenium

Create Interactive 3D PDF file from Illustrator CS4 DXF or DWG 2

Hi,
I posted similar question in the Mac Crestive Suite section so i hope no one gets angry with me. I wasn't sure where to post because I'm not sure what direction to go.
I want to create an interactive 3D PDF, the kind with the 3D controls which allow you to rotate the product to view it at different angles and sides.
What I have are DWG or DXF files from SolidWorks that I would like to use in Illustrator to apply artwork onto the CAD frame. Using the Illustrator 3D tool I can rotate the product but I have no way to export the U3D file format which Acrobat requires to generate a 3D PDF file.
How can I accomplish this? I need some direction to go in as far as bridging applications together in order to make this work.
Is there an Illustrator plugin to export U3D?
I basically need to apply graphics to a CAD frame first in Illustrator then get it into an interactive 3D model.
I tried downloading Blender but I can't even get it to open my DXF file.
I tried downloading Esko Artwork Studio but that plugin tells me I don't have a Structured Design File to work with.
I've read online hear about Acrobat X and Tetra but I'm having a hard time connecting the "software dots" to get where I want to go from what I have to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

This forum is for suite specific issues only. Please post in the Illustrator forum.
Bob

Create Interactive 3D PDF file from Illustrator CS4 DXF or DWG

Hello,
I'm looking for some direction. I want to create an interactive 3D PDF, the kind with the 3D controls which allow you to rotate the product to view it at different angles and sides.
What I have are DWG or DXF files from SolidWorks that I would like to use in Illustrator to apply artwork onto the CAD frame. Using the Illustrator 3D tool I can rotate the product but I have no way to export the U3D file format which Acrobat requires to generate a 3D PDF file.
How can I accomplish this? I need some direction to go in as far as bridging applications together in order to make this work.
Is there an Illustrator plugin to export U3D?
I tried downloading Blender but I can't even get it to open my DXF file.
I tried downloading Esko Artwork Studio but that plugin tells me I don't have a Structured Design File to work with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

This forum is for suite specific issues only. Please post in the Illustrator forum.
Bob

Artboard tool disappeared from Illustrator CS4 toolbar

How do I reinstate the artboard tool?

allotmenteer,
You may start from the top of the list.
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Error 2 installing Illustrator CS4 from Web Premium

I've just spent a couple of hours trying to get Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium completely installed on my work PC (the University of St Andrews, UK) using the volume licence key but I get an error when installing it. It says "Done, with errors". When I click on "More Information" I get a message saying:
Adobe Illustrator CS4 LangPack (en_GB)
Error:
Error 2.
and sure enough, everything works apart from Illustrator CS4. I read elsewhere on the forums (http://forums.adobe.com/message/2415634#2415634) about a solution, but I didn't fully understand the steps required.
I'm using an absolutely clean installation of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (just has Windows 7, Office 2007 Professional and now Adobe CS4 Web Premium. It's installed with English (United Kingdom) region settings.
When I run the Adobe Support Advisor it says:
Issue no: id18308
Error UninstallColorProfilesRollback occurs preventing the installer from updating existing color profiles when installing the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product
Click here to read the Knowledge Base article
System Information :
Operating System = Windows 7 Professional
Locale = en
I followed the advice there, but the registry information didn't exist ("Right-click PDF Admin Settings and choose Permissions.") so I couldn't pursue that route.
When I tried to reinstall Illustrator CS4 it said that it was using "English (International)". It still doesn't work.
Any advice would be gratefully received. Or how can I contact Adobe about this directly?
Thanks
Gareth

Hi Scott.
It was not that I was unwilling to Archive and Install... I didn't catch that in your initial response and that's why I called Apple... because I did understand that the user account was corrupt. Apparently Apple is not aware of the Archive and Install fix either because that was not recommended. I am sure if it was a common fix, they would have told me about it. So, now that you have further explained how Archive and Install work, I am sure that information will be very helpful to someone else with the exact same problem. This problem, for your information, is not uncommon as I found the question many times in my quest to get an answer... so there is indeed an issue that needs to be resolved. Installing this software should have been just as easy as it was to install all the other software on my computer.
I know someone will find your response, in its entirety, very helpful. Again, thank you for your time.
Take care,

Trouble getting Illustrator CS4 to run, and when it does: no workspaces

At work (University of St Andrews) I have Adobe CS4 Web Premium and everything installs and runs okay apart from Illustrator CS4.
I've tried to install it on two different PCs, both Dell Precision workstations. One had Windows XP Professional 32-bit, the new one has Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I get exactly the same behaviour on both. I've even tried to install it on Windows 7's XP Mode and I get the same error messages!
INSTALLATION #1
When I installed it I got an error saying "Done, with errors". Details showed:
Error
Adobe Illustrator CS4 LangPack (en_GB)
Error:
Error 2
When I then tried to run the application it just wouldn't start, it would throw up an error message. It simply would not start.
INSTALLATION #2
So I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and got the same error.
COPY FILES - NO WORKSPACES
I then read this advice on a forum:
"Do you have a working install of Ai CS4 on another computer anywhere?
If so, go into C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator\Support\Required
and copy the Resources file to the same location on the computer that
encounters the error. I was having the same problem, but luckily I had a
working install on another OS, so I just compared the files between the
two installations and found the missing ones."
So I copied over these files from a working copy elsewhere in the department and this time the application ran but I now have no WorkSpace settings and cannot save any either.
INSTALLATION #3
I then uninstalled again and tried to reinstall. This time on the installer I was given a number of language options. Rather than English (International) I selected English (US) and lo! and behold! the installer ran without errors and the application opened ok and this time I had WorkSpaces... the only problem was that it would only run in trial mode because it wouldn't accept my serial number, which I'm guessing is for English (International) only.
INSTALLATION #4
Uninstall, again. Reinstall, again, this time in English (International).
Now the application opens but again I have no WorkSpaces, and cannot save any workspaces.
What can I do? Any idea how can I get a fully working version of Illustrator CS4 on my PC that includes workspaces?
Thank you
Gareth

Hi Carey,
Thanks for your post. I have followed your instructions and here are my replies:
Are you having any issues with your other Adobe products, or is it just Illustrator?
If just Illustrator, did you previously install the product separately (i.e. as a trial, or as a pre-release/beta)?
I am having problems only with Illustrator CS4. I have not installed the product separately, either as a trial or a pre-release or beta.
In fact, I installed Adobe CS4 Web Premium on a clean, newly installed, straight-from-the-Dell-factory Dell Precision T7400. It was the first application I installed, and Illustrator wasn't working straight after the installation.
I've not had any problems with other Adobe applications. The only time the serial number became an issue was when I tried to reinstall Illustrator CS4 using "English (US)" as an option, simply out of curiosity as this hadn't been an option with the original installation of the whole suite.
I followed the instructions:
Deleted C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4.
Updated permissions for Public Documents (although when I reached step 12: "Click Apply and click Permissions tab." there was no Permissions tab).
Reinstalled Illustrator CS4 from the setup.exe file. You said uncheck everything else, however the following applications would not allow me to untick them:
Adobe Bridge CS4
Adobe Extension Manager CS4
Supporting Components:
          Adobe CMaps CS4
          Adobe CSI CS4
          Adobe CSI CS4 x64
          Adobe Color EU Recommended Settings CS4
          Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
          Adobe Color NA Extra Settings CS4
          Adobe Default Language CS4
          Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CS4
          Adobe Fonts All CS4
          Adobe Adobe Linguistics CS4
          Adobe Output Module
          Adobe PDF Library Files CS4
          Adobe Search for Help
          Adobe Service Manager Extension
          Adobe Type Support CS4
          Adobe Update Manager CS4
          Adobe WinSoft Linguistics PLugin x64
          Adobe XMP Panels CS4
          AdobeColorCommonSetCMYK
          AdobeColorCommonSetRGB
          Connect
          PDF Settings CS4
          Photoshop Camera Raw _x64
          kuler
The installer ran, and I got exactly the same error as before:
Error
Adobe Illustrator CS4 LangPack (en_GB)
Error:
Error 2
Now when I try to run Illustrator CS4 I get a dialog box saying:
Error
The localized resource files for this application could not be loaded. Please reinstall or repair the application and try again.
This is the ninth time I've tried to reinstall it.
I'll try to send you a direct message with the serial number and take it from there.
Thanks
Gareth

PRINTING? illustrator CS4 to HP Pro b9180

Does anyone have experience managing the color printing from illustrator CS4 to an HP Photosmart Pro 9180?
I am getting pretty innaccurate color. I usually do all my priinting thru photoshop but now need to do a lot of tiled printing so am working with AiCs4.
The problem I'm having is this - in Ai' s print dialog box there seems to be no way to turn the color management over to the printer - in print dialog the only choice is to let Ai manage the color... print > Color Mgmnt > "Let Illustrator determine color" and below that a printer profile is chosen. No choice who determines the color. Correct?
BUT then in the HP printer dialog box the choices under "color Matching" are not greyed out the way they are when printing in Photoshop and letting it handle the color.
This leads to "Color Matching" > "Vendor Matching" and further along under PaperType/Quality > Color Options > Adobe RGB (the space I work in). This is what HP tech recommended. I've tried all kinds of variations and combos of choices with absolutely bad results.
At this point I'm pretty flustered. Am I missing something? I'm used to getting near perfect results in printing so this is killin' me. This SHOULD be easy :-(
thanks in advance...
ps-I am on a MacBPro, OS 10.6.4... Ai 14.0.0

Hi Jo-Winch I hope you are doing well and welcome to the HP forum
If I understand correclty.
You are regiter to Eprint.
you already have an e-mail assigned to the printer
You are trying to send a print job thru that email and is giving the error that you describe
If that is the case then check if the email's sender (probably you) included a signature included in the email. If thatis the case Removed and try again.
Let me know if I can be of any further assistance. I will do my best to help you.
Hope this helps;
RobertoR
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