Save as multiple files in AI format
Only me who wants to save multiple files, in AI-format, from one document full of many pages? As it is today one can only check "Use pages" and choose page numbers if format EPS, PDF and SVG is picked. I find AI better to import into After Effects than EPS. That's why I want to save multiple files in AI format. Haven't tried SVG though... does SVG work in After Effects?
Eddie
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Creative Overlord
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I want to be able to save a single artboard (or range of artboards) from multi artboard file the way you can using the export menu, but .ai isn't available in that menu and when you choose save as or save a copy artboard range is currently greyed out. Alternatively a tickbox for save all artboards as individual files would also be good.
Use case is: We keep all illustrations for each client in a master file and often need to send just one of them as a working file to a designer to adapt for a project, at the moment you have to either save as then delete all the other artboards which doesn't delete the art on them so then you select all those bits and hope nothing was ungrouped and too small to see you missed, or you have to create a new file, make sure all your colour settings are identical, set artboard size the same etc, then copy and paste in place.
But this functionality allllmost exists we just need artboard range not to be greyed out in 'save as' or .ai to be added in Export file types - it would be super useful!
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marymaru
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Please make it possible to 'use artboards' and then select just one or a range of them when using 'save as' or 'save a copy' to create a new ai file. It's currently grayed out. This means I have to fully duplicate a file with multiple artboards and then delete all but the one I want. Or I have to create a new file and copy the contents of the one artboard I want into it. Since I'm able to select just one artboard when using File > Export, not sure why this wouldn't also work when trying to save native files.
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Anonymous
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I'd love to be able to export all at once:
png
jpg
psd
svg
and ai, without having to use seperate menus, this'd be awesome as it'd save me alot of time