Autofind Missing Links like in Indesign
When I'm relinking a missing image in Indesign, it automatically finds other missing links in the same folder that a relinked to. It would be life changing if Illustrator did the same. Currently you have to manually relink each missing link which can become very tedious.
This option exists in Beta 28.1 and higher and is still under development.
Please try it (you can install Beta from your CCD application) and see if it works like you expect. Your feedback on this will be crucial to shape a correct final experience for everybody. Comment back!
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Court Knee Wooster commented
JUST DO IT!
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courtney commented
Please just do as everyone else has suggested and make Illustrator links function as indesing links do. Currently I am regularly working with illustrator files containing over 50 links of the same file and when I need to update the link I literally have to manually go through and RELINK every instance of the same link? Why, this is pure laziness, just rip the functionality straight out of indesing and put it in Illustrator. They both are unique programs that serve a purpose in my workflow, but having to deal with the totally out dated linking mechanism within illustrator is inexcusable when I know how efficient it is in its sister program.
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Casey commented
We need this feature so badly. I can't believe illustrator and in design are not more cohesive in their use of link files. We use linked files a lot in illustrator, and we seriously waste so much time relinking manually. it's absurd.
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Lucas commented
Each time there is missing link I have to manually rewrite the file name before it can be found, Illustrator knows what file is missing so surely it can automatically search the computer and suggest the correct file to replace? Would save a lot of time.
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Anonymous commented
If I keep AI file with link images, then the images were removed to other folders, when I come back to AI file, I have to relink all. Any possibility of automatic relink function instead of manually relink each image?
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Anonymous commented
please do this!!!
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Alfredo Remigio commented
You might have a look to this thread:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1169224?tstart=0 -
Mark Waterhouse commented
Make the links panel more intelligent so you don't have to import multiple instances of the same link again and again.
Premiere has a good system where you can select a folder and let it search automatically for the missing links. After Effects automatically searches folders and relinks files too, why can't this be applied in Illustrator too? It would save so much time.