Make Illustrator remember Export As settings
Please make Illustrator remember user workflow: I export hundred times JPGs for client preview, and each time i have to manually change CMYK setting to RGB, click color profile, etc... hundred times a day, each day...
Anonymous
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Eddie, the latest builds remember the file type chosen previously, as stated in the relevant request’s status here: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/47550692
So once you set it to PDF — it stays, and stick to it the next app launch as well.
What version are you using?This request is about settings though, and it’s a related, but a different thing. Not picked up yet.
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Eddie Deighton
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We’ve had multiple app updates since this suggestion was posted and still no resolution. It’s beyond frustrating and slows down workflow. Why can’t Illustrator remember my previous work settings instead of defaulting to png whenever I go to ‘Export As’? I export PDFs all the time in Illustrator, never png. Why on earth is it set to png?
“You Ask, We Deliver”? Yeah, give us another 6 years (6 years since this suggestion was first added!) and we might have that sorted for you.
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Eddie Deighton
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Agreed. This is really annoying. I export to PDF all the time and have to change the default from PNG to PDF every time I use it, which is regularly. Like InDesign, Illustrator should remember the last used presets. Please make this happen!
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Mike Boruta commented
As I sit down to export 112 Illustrator CMYK files to RGB jpgs, it sure would be nice if I didn't have to make the following changes in the dialog EVERY SINGLE TIME:
1. Change format from .png to .jpg
2. Select "Use Artboards"
3. Change color model from CMYK to RGB
4. Select "Embed ICC Profile"This sort of improvement would not be very eye-catching, and may not even be noticed by many, but this is just the sort of stuff that would make my life a lot easier. Just make the last options I chose for the export tool persist so that I don't have to change them every single time. I would take that over any AI-related new feature any day!
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Sean
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I use "Export As" quite a bit, and I ALWAYS use the same setting I used before. But the "Export As" dialogue box always defaults to settings that I don't, and will probably never use. Please let us set our own defaults or at the least, remember our last used settings.
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Sean
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Since "Save for Web" is now "legacy" and assuming it will be removed in the future, I've moved to using "Export As" to save my files to JPEG or PNG. It works fine, BUT, while my format and resolution is remembered, anti-aliasing ALWAYS defaults to Type Optimized and I need it to be "Art Optimized" in both the PNG and JPEG export boxes. Please make these "Export As" boxes remember EVERY setting that I set since I'm going to always be using the same exact settings in my workflow.
"Export for Screens" isn't an option for me since I can't rename my file in this export box. (On a side note, add an option to rename a file or append a word - Suffix in addition to Prefix - to a filename in this "Export for Screens" box.)
Basically for exporting art to different formats. I need all options for exporting, including renaming, and I need Illustrator to remember those options or let me set preferences for those options.
