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mattbing
10-12-2007, 04:00 PM
Ahhhhhhh! Soo frustrating!
I have 2 almost identical Illustrator files. On both I've applied a 15% transperancy in Illy. Import them into Indesign. One works and the other doesn't. I've tried everything and it has me totally frustrated.

They are virtually the same file!

Any help appreciated!
Typically
10-12-2007, 04:33 PM
did you try importing them at normal opacity and then changing them in indy?
Craig B
10-12-2007, 05:08 PM
They both import into InDesign, but one doesn't maintain the transparency? I'm just trying to understand the issue.
Broacher
10-12-2007, 05:16 PM
Oh! I know this one. One was probably saved WITHOUT 'PDF compatability' on. When this IS on, the AI file is essentially two files in one: AI and PDF. It's the PDF portion that provides the interactive transparency.
Craig B
10-12-2007, 05:20 PM
Broacher, I knew we kept you around for something. nice one. :)
Broacher
10-12-2007, 06:04 PM
And here I thought it was just for my sexy underwear calendar poses.
mattbing
10-12-2007, 07:09 PM
Oh! I know this one. One was probably saved WITHOUT 'PDF compatability' on. When this IS on, the AI file is essentially two files in one: AI and PDF. It's the PDF portion that provides the interactive transparency.

Well I saved the as eps's, should I save them as pdf's then?
carter the artist
10-12-2007, 07:14 PM
that always get me too.

mattbing, you should be fine with ai files which allows edibility, transparencies and compatibility.
Mynock
10-12-2007, 07:21 PM
Well I saved the as eps's, should I save them as pdf's then?Read it again. You can have it as a eps, but you have click the "Save PDF preview" box.
Craig B
10-12-2007, 07:25 PM
Only .ai files will let you Mynock. .eps files don't have that option. They do have transparency settings, custom, low, medium, or high.
mattbing
10-12-2007, 07:31 PM
Thanks broacher!

Yep I'm going to save as .ai from now on. That did it. I think the one file was actually an .ai file but for some reason had a .eps extension.

P.S. Please keep you pants on.
Mynock
10-12-2007, 07:32 PM
Oh, I guess that's what I get for guessing.
Broacher
10-12-2007, 07:39 PM
You know, here's a trick that might come in handy someday --like when you're in a clients office, and all they have is Acrobat Reader and you want to show them an AI file on their system. If the AI file was saved with PDF compatibility, just change the extension from AI to PDF and it should open fine into Reader.
PrintDriver
10-13-2007, 01:48 AM
Sometimes PDF compatibility gets shut off to make an Illy file smaller when emailing. CSx (especially CS3) files can bloat huge sometimes when it's left on.
urstwile
10-13-2007, 04:40 AM
You know, here's a trick that might come in handy someday --like when you're in a clients office, and all they have is Acrobat Reader and you want to show them an AI file on their system. If the AI file was saved with PDF compatibility, just change the extension from AI to PDF and it should open fine into Reader.

That's a sweet little trick, Broacher. The AE's at work are always wanting to see what Illustrator files look like before e-mail forwarding them to clients.