Save Individual PDF's in CMYK from Artboards
We are able to save the artboards using the "Export for Screens" function, but they export in RGB, even when using a CMYK file.
It would be great to have an option, whether in the "Save As" window, to be able to save artboards as individual PDF's, with the artboard names, or something similar to "Export for Screens", but for CMYK files.
Lourens
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No longer a problem, the chosen color mode stays when PDFs get exported. Please comment back if this is still a problem for you with a latest release.
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Jesse Hughes commented
If you had a chance to offer a better name for it — what would it be?
"Export Artboards or Assets" or "Export Artboards and Assets"
...since that's the dialog it takes you to. -
Yes, I agree, the 'screens' part implies the wrong intent. If you had a chance to offer a better name for it — what would it be?
As for the 'everything gets included' — yes, a separate problem: http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/32252662
There is a reason behind the current way it works. Artboards are NOT pages. They can look like them, but they can also overlap and nest! Preserving the original document within is a safe way to ensure nothing gets lost, as the name of the option implies — otherwise it won’t be the original anymore. Sure, an option to 'cleanup' should exist, I agree — so please upvote that one and advise others to do it as well. This actually works. -
You're correct, I just tested and the CMYK setting sticks.
Still, "Export for Screens" is hardly reassuring when I am outputting for print.
And, outputting individual PDFs with Illustrator editing capabilities enabled still includes the content from all of the artboards (I realize this is whole other issue though). -
Lourens, Jesse, when I check PDFs exported form a CMYK document using Asset Export / Export for Screens method, they STAY CMYK (Acrobat says so), and do get exported as separate files — if I check 'Export PDFs as: Multiple Files' option.
Can you check this please? -
Hard to believe it's 2025 and we cannot do this basic thing... save as individual PDFs for print.