KipV Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I had something really weird happen. The place where I work sent me an Illustrator file to open. I couldn't open it in Illustrator CS6, couldn't open it in Affinity 1.8.4. I eventually got the file to open with iDraw which I don't think has seen an update in years!! Does that makes sense to anyone else? That makes no sense to me at all. I would think the native program it's self or a modern competitor to Illustrator would be the best at opening it. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted August 24, 2020 Staff Share Posted August 24, 2020 Hi @KipV, When opening these Illustrator files, Affinity (& I assume iDraw), read the embedded PDF flies, rather than the Illustrator file itself in order to open and parse the file. It sounds like, for reasons I'm not to certain of, that iDraw is still able to pull this PDF information, even when the file is showing as 'corrupt'. If it's refusing to open directly in Illustrator then I recommend trying to send the file again using a different method, or contacting Adobe for help recovering the file Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipV Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Dan C said: read the embedded PDF flies Can you tell me how to do that? I wasn't aware that Illustrator files had embedded PDF files. I'm not sure if the file is corrupt I think it doesn't open in Illustrator just because my version is old. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 Is it possible for the people who sent the .Ai file to drop the version compatibility a bit, or would that cause issues because they have used features only found at a certain level of Adobe Illustrator This post seems to explain the Adobe Illustrator/PDF connection quite well: https://www.datalogics.com/blog/pdf-tips/illustrator-and-pdf-compatibility/ Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipV Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 6 hours ago, firstdefence said: Is it possible for the people who sent the .Ai file to drop the version compatibility a bit I think they could, it is basically just a line drawing. So if the latest version can export as CS6 that would work. I have been wanting a document that explains the Illustrator / PDF connection so I will look that over. Quote New Internet Book Project | Another New Website Project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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