Change paths to links when a project is duplicated
When I duplicate files with their respective links in a new folder, in order to produce a new art in the same format as the first. Illustrator does not change the link address, when I click on "Edit Original" it opens the link of the first folder, if we are not aware, we end up editing the link of the wrong folder.
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Dina Dembicki
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Also, let me qualify further. The links are not scattered all over the place, they are within one folder. If they were in many different places I think that would be impossible. Definitely makes the case for being organized, lol!
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Dina Dembicki
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Egor, are you asking me? I think if relative paths were an option that would take care of it. Assuming all the links are in the "parent folder", like so:
PROJECT FOLDER
- Round 1 folder
-- Links folder
-- Working file.ai
- Round 2 folder (copy of R1 folder)
-- Links folder
-- Working File.aiFile and folder names INSIDE the copied folder don't change, therefore the link isn't broken (which I know is not what I described below). Links to the working file would be relative to the folder that each working file is in. LInks that go outside the renamed folder would be broken.
Which I think this is how relative links would work? (Art school is not helping me here, haha.)
So, in my current workflow, when I dupe a folder I have to open my AI file and relink to the links in the duped folder. They are oddly still linked to the original links.
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How do you expect it to work, when your project is located in one folder and all its assets and imaged that are linked are scattered across the entire disk or even network? Illustrator have no idea that the folder you copy has all the links and that it should relink the files. The document stores paths inside, and no external changes with files linked to you can’t change these paths without an action from a user. All Ai can do is to check the paths and see if the files are there.
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How do you expect it to work, when your project is located in one folder and all its assets and imaged that are linked are scattered across the entire disk or even network? Illustrator have no idea that the folder you copy has all the links and that it should relink the files. The document stores paths inside, and no external changes with files linked to you can’t change these paths without an action from a user. All Ai can do is to check the paths and see if the files are there.
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Dina Dembicki
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I work the same way. When I dupe that entire folder, I change the name of the folder (v3 or r2 or whatever), the working file, and all my linked files also change to that same version number. Then when I open the new file, first thing I do is re-link to the newly named files that will then be updated.
I agree, though it's a PITA. I wonder if there is a way to change how Illustrator sees its links--relative vs. absolute. because if you could make your links relative, I think that would solve the issue... ?
