Crop area in CS 4

What's the quick easy way to crop area in CS 4 so that an exported
jpeg will crop to that area? (used to be create rectangle over area, then Object>Crop Area>Make)
Thanks

What you can do with the artboards is to create create artboards with in artboards allowing you to use it as the crop area tool but on steroids.
Say you have a document with 16 artobards which you intend ti use as pages or the like. Then you have art on several of these artboards you want to export as jpegs. zBy holding the shift key while the artboard tool is select you draw an artboard within that artboard but slightly larger than the art you want it to crop to and use the command under the artboard options to fit artboard to selected art. So now you end up doing this to say twenty select art objects and you want a jpeg of ach, in the export to jpeg dialog you select use artboards and then select the numbers of the artboards you want to export using a comma between the numbers to select an non continuous range of artboards. Click save and all the artboards are exported as individual jpegs.
Now say you want to crop into some of the cutting off some of the art well you hold the shift key as before and you draw your artboard to the cropping you like now you an include these artbards with the others when exported or just select the artboards that tim the art.And you will get indidual jpegs as you defined the cropping with the artboards all in one click.
Save for the web does not have this feature though it would be excellent if it did. Although you have the option to use the selected artboard.
There are other advantages as well and I have a feature request to name artboards which will make this type of exporting even more beneficial but as we know those type of features either never get implemented or take three or four versions to be implemented.
So your feature is still really there but enhanced.

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Preface: I am using Adobe Illustrator CS4 Design Premium, Windows version.
I am currently designing some projects in Illustrator CS4. I am NOT using multiple artboards, only one. On previous versions of Illustrator, users could simply Export> an image as a JPG, and the image would be appropriately cropped to either the Document size, or predetermined Crop Area marks which were easily chosen in the Object dropdown menu.
Since the ever useful Object > set cropmarks function was removed with the advent of CS4, I am unable to Export an Illustrator file as a high-res JPG or TIF using the supposed Artboard as the cropmarks. In other words, when trying to export my project, the saved/exported image includes all content placed in the document, even material that extends beyond the Document size or Artboard size. Why is this? What am I overlooking?
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After doing a bunch of research trying to find a fix, I have only discovered that there are thousands of other people posting on various forums regarding this same issue, so I think a detailed and complete explanation or instruction on how to do this would be very helpful and appreciated.
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Yeh this is pathetic and in my opinion a bug or false advertising. Since they haven't fixed it i believe this is false advertising and misleading for users who may have upgraded for this "feature".
I do know some CS2 users who are holding out from upgrading for this reason!!
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Larry G. Schneider wrote:
Ust the Artboard tool and hold down the shift key to draw a new around the area you want. When you Export to jpeg, Make sure the Use Artboard is checked in the lower left of the dialog and specify the number of the artboard you want to use.
Great tip! and its easy to do. I wish there was a FAQ on this site because tips like this one would be a great help.

Define multiple crop area's, same size with overlap

Is it possible to define multiple croparea's at once in CS3/CS4?
Is it possible to define them and move each crop area a certain amount?
I want to split a citymap into different page's (like an atlas) and export them separately as PDF or EPS.
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Daniel,
You are not going to get Illustrator to replicate your FreeHand workflow. So far, every new function which Illustrator has borrowed from FreeHand since Adobe aquired it (including multiple pages) has fallen far short of FreeHand's treatment.
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Hmm I'm missing here something... Why is the crop Area tool gone? maybe because multiple artboards is the one to compentsate for it?
And well it didn't , there are several discussions about that going on. Croparea's will be converted to artboards in CS4
>>You can't create an artboard from an object. That is indeed one limitation I'd like to see lifted. You can create one artboard and just toggle different layers if needed. I guess I don't really understand the problem<<
The problem is i've got a citymap, dimensions lets say 1000 mm x 1000 mm and I want to make an atlas from it.
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In Freehand I could make reference rectangles and give them a lensfill and export object only as an eps, pdf etc.
In CS3 I could make Crop Areas from the reference rectangles and export as pdf etc.
In CS4 crop areas is gone and will be converted to Artboards (i read in the forum).
I need the reference rectangles because everytime I export the litlle fragment it must be the same and on the exact same place.
The only way to do this in CS4 is to manualy move the page and bring it in line with the rectangle......
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Crop Area Tool - Illustrator CS3 (javascript)

Can Javascript use the Crop Area Tool in Illustrator CS3?
I am trying to create a crop area around the selected artwork.
I can select the artwork (path object). Then I want to use the preset: crop to selected artwork. Then save, and repeat for next file.
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I don't know how far you have been up to with your code. I never really cropped the artwork by code, I only placed the crop marks using this code:
aiDocRef.cropBox = [-bld, docH+bld, docW+bld, -bld];
You could use the bounds of the selected graphics instead.
Since I've never scripted the printing in Ai, I cannot tell you how to crop while printing, but this might get you started. In CS4 they introduced multiple artboards, which requires different code for cropping, as far as I can see from the ref PDF.
cheers,
m.

Crop Area Tool leaves a small border when using Save for Web

A grain of sand as problems go; tiny but irritating.
The process:
Click on an object (or grouped objects) with the Crop Area Tool.
Click File, and Save for Web and Devices
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I'm still gobsmacked by the multiple artboard stuff... but I see my favorite CS3 feature, multiple crop areas is gone (or at least appears to be gone).
I came to depend rather heavily on multiple crop areas -- so I'm anxious that some facet of them cannot be replicated by the multiple artboards.
The interface to manage multiple artboards is very very similar... certainly enhanced in some ways too.
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Save for web and device never gave the option to save as psd?
But is you are using save for the web ten under image size there is the option to clip to artboard which will give you your 1920 x 1080.
However if you want to export it as a Photoshop and do not want the art outside of the art board to be exported then you can check the option at the bottom left of the bottom left og the export to photoshop dialog to use artboards.
I will point out that if you use this option you will notice it gives you the option to export all the artboards meaning if you place all of your previous files in one ai document you will only have to do one export for all the files you don't even need an action though an action to place the files in a document might save you yet more time.
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Been using Illustrator forever, never had this problem...
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Did I change a setting or press something i've been unaware of for 5 years?
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I was using Illustrator CS3.
I need to make a rectangle fitted exactly to artboard.
I was using Object > Crop Area > Make, and then Object > Crop Area > Release
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How can I do the same on CS6?
Best Regards.

OK.
I respond to myself.
I find this javascript, that does exactly what I need.
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This is from iDVD Help.
+_Checking the TV safe boundaries of an iDVD menu_+
+*When you create a project, you may not know what kind of technology viewers will use to watch your DVD. For example, if you create a widescreen project and your viewers have standard television screens, some parts of your DVD may not be visible. Also, some television sets may not show the outer edge of your DVD menus and movies.+*
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