File Saving with Linked Images

Why does file saves take longer when images are linked (not embedded.) ? It's just linking to the file, it should be nice and quick to save, such as it is in inDesign.

You are probably saving using the default save options. This means Illustrator is saving the file twice in one file: once as a native Illustrator file and once as a high resolution PDF with images embedded. The PDF is used when you place the Illustrator file in InDesign or rasterize with Photoshop. If you don’t need either of those things, do a Save As and turn off PDF Compatibility. I have seen files drop from over 200 MB to under 1 MB.

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Illustrator CC 2014 "Exception in file" error with linked images

It appears some images are showing "Exception in file" error dialog boxes.
If I resave the image in Photoshop or link it to a different image the error disappears.
Happened with:
- old design files linked to old images
- image that was dragged from Mac Mail
- linked to JPG provided from other users
Does not happen with:
- images created recently with Photoshop CC or CC 2014
Here is the error:
Has anyone else seen this and/or found a solution?
This is an error on a new Mac Pro with brand new install of all software. No older versions of cc installed. Just CC 2014.

That's a good idea. Unfortunately, same problem if I move the image to desktop or same folder as file.
If I resave the file (JPG in this case) the error disappears.
I understand this can be the solution, but given this issue had not happened before, it's interesting it is happening with CC 2014.
Attached is the image in question. Note that this is not the only image. It has happened with older design files that were made from older versions of cc or before cc.
I'm not sure if the uploader will recreate the JPG so I'll compress the file and is available here if anyone would like to test.
Dropbox - photo 2.JPG.zip

XML form: associate the file extension with an image

Hello!
I am creating some XML forms and i have to ulpoad a file.This isn´t a problem, but in RenderListItem I have to associate the file extension with an image(For example .doc with Word icon).Is it possible to do this? Thanks

Hello ,
I'm sorry, but this is not covered within the standart. You have the opportunity to do so in normal LayoutSets but not within a link in XML Forms. Maybe it's a workaround for you to provide a image selection for the author in the edit form, to select such an image manualy.
hope this helps,
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Question on PDF files with linked images (not embedded) between Reader and Illustrator

I run into situations when I get customer PDFs that need to be edited. When they load in Acrobat Reader it works fine. However if I load it into Illustrator it asks me to point it to the linked file. The question is how does Acrobat Reader open a PDF file and show a linked file when it is not embedded? Why can't Illustrator do the same thing?
This is more of a technical question, but any information would be helpful. Thanks.

For linked images, your PDF file contains a thumbnail image along with the reference or address of the actual image. Reader will display this thumbnail. Now, wanting to edit the PDF in Illustrator, it wants to enable you working on the actual image. Hence it asks you to point to the linked file.
HTH

How to generate PDF from file with linked images

Hi,
did anybody met/solved problem how to create PDF form file, which contains links to another files/images using PDFGenerator? For example from FrameMaker documents which contains linked images; or from CAD files which contains linked components...
The issue is, that the CreatePDF function moves the source file into a temporary folder, and this operations "brokes" the relative links to linked/included files.
Regards,
Radek

hi
was your problem solved,if not email me [email protected], will try to help you

PDF annotation with link, image doesn't show, only in print or Google Chrome, not Adobe Reader main

We are creating PDF files with annotations, we are using the O2 Solutions PDF Library for C#. We used to create PDFStampAnnotations, but now we want to make the images clickable, to navigate to the URL belonging to the image.
Therefore, we are now using PDFLinkAnnotations, with a PDFImageAppearance.
We set the flags of the annotation to Print.
However, the annotation won't show in the PDF in Adobe Reader. It does show in the Google Chrome inline PDF viewer.
It also shows in the print preview window in Adobe Reader.
But it does not show in the normal view in Adobe Reader. What we do see is, when hovering over the rectangle that should contain our image, our mouse cursor becomes a hand and a tooltip with the link is displayed. If we click, everything works as expected. But we don't see an image!
What can we do about this? This is really annoying, as I don't have a clue why it won't work. Actually, to me, this looks like a bug in Adobe Reader?
Old (working, without link):
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<</Contents (DEV-1)
/M (D:20130222103743+01'00')
/Subj (TigrisTag)
/Subtype /Stamp
/F 4
/Name /Custom
/AP <</D 16 0 R
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>>
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/NM (97c87adc-5494-440a-b0b4-eb606e358169)
/T (name)
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/Type /Annot
>>
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<</Resources <</XObject <</ImageStamp 17 0 R
>>
/ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC ]
>>
/BBox [0 0 39.20008 39.20008 ]
/Name /Form_4943204746964B4C8B728A4CBD79B339
/FormType 1
/Length 41
/Src (XO:/Form_4943204746964B4C8B728A4CBD79B339)
/Type /XObject
/Subtype /Form
/Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0 ]
>>
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/ImageStamp Do
endstream
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<</Width 245
/ColorSpace [/Indexed /DeviceRGB 1 18 0 R ]
/BitsPerComponent 1
/Filter /FlateDecode
/Length 471
/Subtype /Image
/Height 245
>>
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(stream contents)
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New (not working, with link):
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/Contents 23 0 R
/Parent 3 0 R
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/A <</S /URI
/URI (http://localhost:50830/publications/code/DEV-8)
>>
/M (D:20130225170939+01'00')
/Subtype /Link
/F 4
/NM (6a41409d-b8fb-44b6-8a7c-ab1c73088869)
/Name /Image
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/Rect [544.506958 9.999985 585.000015 50.493042 ]
/BS <</W 0
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/CreationDate (D:20130225170939+01'00')
/H /I
/P 18 0 R
/Type /Annot
>>
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>>
/ProcSet [/PDF /Text /ImageB /ImageC ]
>>
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/Name /Form_119A6CEBB1C8452D962814D585C640CC
/FormType 1
/Length 41
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/Type /XObject
/Subtype /Form
/Matrix [1 0 0 1 0 0 ]
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stream
39.2001 0 0 39.2001 0 0 cm
/ImageStamp Do
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Thank you for your reply.
Indeed, I tried saving a PDF that had the "default appearance", it shows exactly the same. So it looks like it "can't" show the image.
However, of course, I do want the image to be shown. How can I achieve this? How can I tell Adobe Reader (and other PDF viewers) I really really realllyyyyy want to see that image there? I believe I'm not doing anything really exotic, right? There must have been tons of other people that wanted to do the same thing, I guess?
                    var annotation = new PDFLinkAnnotation
                                Action = new PDFUriAction(this.GetCodeUrl(code)),
                                Contents = AnnotationIdentifier,
                                Appearance = new PDFImageAppearance(bitmapImage),
                                DisplayRectangle =
                                    new DisplayRectangle(
                                    barcodeLocationInfo.X,
                                    barcodeLocationInfo.Y,
                                    barcodeLocationInfo.Tsw,
                                    barcodeLocationInfo.Tsh),
                                Flags = Flags
                    pdfPage.Annotations.Add(annotation);

InDesign CS5.5 won't import docx/Word2010 with linked images.

Hi,
Maybe somebody knows what is going out
I have WORD 2010 document with LINKED MathType equations saved as EPS files.
In WORD 2010 they are LINKED or LINKED AND EMBEDED - but when I try to import this DOCX file into InDesign CS5.5 - images are missing.
Only EMBEDED images are imported/visible - but of course not linked.
I hope somebody can tell me if this is WORD or InDesign problem and how to fix this.
DOC file saved from WORD 2000 - imports perfectly fine - all EPS equations linked in WORD are perfectly visible and still linked in InDesign CS 5.5.
thx

Peter Spier wrote:
Hi Robert, we haven't seen you here for a while. Welcome back.
Thx
I know Jongware complains bitterly that Word import can be really flakey. Did you try daving as plain .doc, too? Seems like MathType equations are also the subject of a fair number of posts, too, but I'm not sure they are really a similar problem. I don't suppose there's any way for you to convert the eqations to .ai or PDF and still use them as links in Word, or to embed rather than link?
I'm working on big tool to automatic mass processing big number of Word files. One of the steps is to prepare Word files with MathType equations for further manual processing. I have a macro (for Word2010) to automatically export all equations to EPS files. The next step is to reImport EPS files back to Word - so they will be imported into InDesign as linked files and then they could be automatically correctly positioned withing the text.
The problem is - I've done reImport step in Word2000 - as 2nd macro - and it works perfectly fine for DOC files saved from Word2000.
Of course I can do this in InDesign - but I think it would be faster in Word.
I think missing import of the linked files for DOCX files is a BIG bug ...

Photoshop to Illustrator (CS6), problem with linked images

Hi,
I have a very frustrating problem when importing .psd files to Illustrator CS6. I recieve files from an artist and have to make some sort of pre-print on them, add texts etc..
They are multi layer and upon opening in Illustrator I select Convert Layers to Objects. After that every bitmap layer in the file is converted to a link, and this is where my problems start. First of all it would simply be most conveniant if I had the option to embed all upon import.
But even with this option lacking, I should be able to highlight a link in the Links panel, and select Embed image from the drop-down menu. Unforetunately this option is always disabled, same with the Embed button on the control toolbar when the liked image is selected. Furthermore, the link information option always shows empty name and locations fields, so its impossible to know which files I should attach if I would like to send them to print as links together with the .ai file. Even when I do know which file it is in, how should I collect them together so that there are no broken links on the other side?
I simply don't understand how to manage those links or whats the best way to avoid them. It has gotten to the point where I save each layer in Photoshop separately as .pdf and place them in illustrator manually, but there has to be an easier way. Even when saving in .tiff in photoshop and selecting "place" with the "link" option unchecked in illustrator, it will still place it as a link. On the other hand when placing pdf files in illustrator they import as "Non-native art" which as I read can also cause troubles with colors etc.. Can somebody please help me make sense of it???
I work in Windows 7 64 bit and have Adobe Design & Web Premium CS6.

When an Illustrator AI file is saved with PDF compatibility it contains of 2 forks, the one contains the whole file for editing in Illustrator (which makes it important ot choose the correct comptibility of Illustrator version) and the other contains the pdf part. If you use such an ai file with pdf compatibility to place in InDesign, Photoshop or even in Illustrator these programs use the pdf part.
The pdf part should be complete even if the linked files are missing, so it is possible to open an ai file in Acrobat or Reader. The pdf part is also a rich PDF which contains all coors and transparency.
From Illustrator CS6.1 forward it is possible to extract embedded images. And it is a good tradition in all programs to have all embedded files listed in the link panel.

Problem with linking images in form

Dear Personnel,
I am using live cycle designer 9.0.Using this i created forms. And i want to load images dynamically to an image field or to an image object.As per the Adobe team,using the href link- i can pass the url of the image.I have supplied that.But the thing is that when i save the form, size of the form takes the size of the images too ,eventhough i didnt embed the image to the form.
I have tried javascript to link to image in the form:ready event but that too doesn't work for me.The main thing i need is to reduce the size of the pdf.So i just want to link images to the form whenever it is opened only.
I have asked many times and no one replies............please try to solve this................

Thanks for the information! I think that maybe it is the 2 color transparency issue that I am having. Some of my images have 2+ colors in them in addition to a transparent background.
This is kind of a silly limitation for LiveCycle honestly, because many people use PNG files with more than one color!
I will try to scale down the amount of colors or use JPEGs instead - thanks!
Best Regards,
Ashley

Best file format for linked images in AI

Goal: To keep Illustrator "running" as smoothly as possible with a few hundred linked images?
Question: What file format to use for the linked images ???
I have a few hundred grayscale and CMYK scans that are placed in AI. for a very large museum mural. The scans only have a single layer. They are currently jpegs but Illustrator in coming to a crawl and randomly crashing.
In my everyday work flow I usually link to PSDs
Just wondering what the absolutle best file format is to squeeze every bit of performace out of illustrator with so many linked images.
Thanks in advance,
Dan

Jpegs are compessed in such a way thata a jpeg of a smaller takes a little longer size to open.
You are probably experiencing this on alrge scale so it is more noticeable and making it take longer to link up.
I would use tiffs anyway.

Reader can't open file saved with "Extended Features"

Any help would be appreciated.
File created with Acrobat Pro 9.
File opens fine under Windows and Linux, but can't be saved.
Enable "Extended Features in Adobe Reader" in Acrobat Pro 9.
File can be saved under Windows, but gives an error in Linux.
"This document enabled extended features in Adobe Reader. The document has been changed since it was created and use of extended features is no longer available. Please contact the author for the original version of the document."
The file opens, but is unusable. Nothing can be entered into any of the fields.
Thanks,
-matt

I had the same problem earlier this week -- I created a PDF with Acrobat 9, enabled for commenting, sent out to coworkers, who then reported the "use of extended features is no longer available" message. After many, many troubleshooting permutations, I finally found the problem to be related to the timestamp on the file.
I am on the US east coast, and the document was sent to coworkers on the US west coast, 3 hours earlier. When they opened the document, it appeared to be "from the future" (lol) and therefore suspect. This was born out by the fact that the next day, the file behaved as expected for them. I also verified this on a test system, where I was able to switch the time setting. By the way, this happened with both Reader 8 and 9.
So, I guess the workaround is either to change your computer's time before sending a file with rights extensions to someone in an earlier time zone, or create it and hold it until they have caught up with the time in the file's timestamp.
That has to be about the weirdest bug I have encountered to date...and I have no idea why it showed up this week. I have been sending out PDFs enabled for commenting for a couple years.
HTH

When saving a document with linked images the files are still huge. How to save smaller file size?

I create a document with multiple artboards whereby every image I place in the document is linked, however the size of the document is still enormous (around 350mb). It's a big document with a lot of clipping masks on images but surely it shouldn't be so big.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nick

No way around it. Even if the images are linked, AI embeds previews of them, especially when they are processed in some way and affect appearance and a simple clipping mask qualifies for that just as much as pixel-based effects, opacity blending and what have you.
Mylenium

PSD files saved as Photoshop Image 13

I have been using Photoshop CS6 (64 Bit) on my Windows 8.1 laptop (64 bit) for over a year and has been working perfect. About two days ago something weird happened. All of my PSD files show that they are Photoshop Image 13 files instead of showing it as a regular Photoshop document. When I open a file or import another Photoshop file, I get a dialogue box saying that the "file cannot be opened because it is not compatible with the current version of Photoshop". I can't figure out what happened. I never saved any files differently that could cause this. I even checked my preferences to see if something was accidentally changed but everything is unchanged. I even uninstalled Design And Web Premium CS6 from my computer and reinstalled it to no avail. What happened? Can someone please help!

Photoshop 13 is Photoshop CS6
Try resetting your preferences
How to delete/reset Photoshop preferences
If that doesn't work see if your file associations have changed
Windows Change which programs Windows uses by default - Windows Help
Mac http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/25/change-file-associations-in-mac-os-x/

Movie files saved as iTunes image

When I save movie files on my computer now they are saved as .mov but they have the iTunes image. They now open in iTunes when double clicked. My permissions are fine and the disk utility finds nothing wrong with the system or hard drives. The only way I can fix the problem is to get info and change the file to open with Quicktime. Anyone have a solution for this? I do not want my movies files to play in iTunes. I want then to play in Quicktime.

Depends on where they originated or something new set in QT 7.1+. Launch QT Player and note that the movie trailers point to the music store and not to http://www.apple.com/trailers/. I guess they're looking to get your nickels.

Different color sample from eyedropper with linked image

I have an RGB image Adobe RGB 1998 Embedded photoshop file linked into an RGB illustrator document. Illustrator color settings are set to Adobe RGB 1998. Eye dropper is set to point sample. When photoshop linked file is eye drop sampled, the RGB numbers that are read with the eye dropper are not producing the same color that the Photoshop file has in it's native app. When the same task is tried in Indesign, the numbers read perfectly. What is happening in illustrator? Same color settings in all three applications.

I don't use Lightroom, but on the Photoshop display side
You need to determine how your apps deal with tagged and untagged images, especially what Default profile they apply-assume-assign when the profile is absent, stripped and/or ignored.
If a thumbnail in OSX Finder shows the problem, that is a big clue because Finder thumbnails are not color managed (Finder is assuming Monitor RGB).
I recommend going here
www.gballard.net/photoshop/pdi_download/
and downloading the iPhotoTESTfolder.zip
That series contains tagged and untagged verisions of AppleRGB, AdobeRGB, sRGB, ProPhotoRGB.
First, look at the image icons in finder (they are all over the place).
Next, drag the download folder into Bridge and observe the thumbnail colors (Bridge assumes sRGB on untagged images)...
+++++++
If your problem apps are displaying color the same as image icons in Finder, then either your app is not colormanaged or the file does not contain an embedded profile.
+++++++
PS:
OSX Safari is a great app for testing JPEG files because it will either read an embedded profile or it will apply the default monitor profile (exactly where I am pointing you to) -- just drag your icon into an open Safari window...

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