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lafolli · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:25 pm

Argh! Illustrator is starting to really piss me off. I'm trying to export an image as a jpg but it is not viewable. I've tried also importing the file into Photoshop but the same thing happens. The files were created in Illustrator 8 on a Mac, and I'm now opening them in Illustrator 9 on my PC... do you think maybe that is the reason its doing that? If so, what can I do about it? Any help is greatly appreciated.

KenMasters · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:28 pm

try saving it as a .eps
then open in photoshop and save as jpeg

lafolli · Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:29 pm

Wow! That was fast! Thanks a bunch!

smalbrain · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 6:36 am

just another hack that you can use if you have another of these problems - press print screen. if you want a higher resolution - enlarge the image then printscreen it a few times while moving it around and then arrange the peices in photoshop. blah - I do it all the time to export swf images for print (the colours go funny if you export to .ai or .eps). unless you know a better way id like to hear it please.

edraket · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 6:51 am

Well I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do. But...
I remember I was working together with a friend of mine who does a lot of work in illustrator on a mac. The jpg's he would send me would always be in cmyk. Wich means they won't work in a lot of programs (Like Internet Explorer for instance)
So maybe you have to convert them to rgb mode.
Excuse me if this was an utter waste of your time.

[ January 31, 2002: Message edited by: edraket ]

bld · Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2002 5:17 pm

When converting it to web, either open the native .ai file in photoshop then do whateveer and save as a jpg, or save it as .eps in illustrator and open in in photoshop.