Dutch Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Well, the title says it all. I've got some templates from a printing company in ai format, but when I try to open them, I get the following message: "Failed to open AI file. The file doesn't contain a valid PDF stream" Is there a way to open these files in AD or AP or am I forced to get Photoshop or Illustrator for a one time thing? (I just want to use an online printing company to make some teaching materials to use in my school) Any advice is appreciated, thanks Dutch A5_TT.ai A5_TY.ai A5_YY.ai Quote iMac : 2.3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Core i5 Affinity Designer 2.0.3 : Affinity Publisher 2.0.0 : Affinity Photo 2.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 A5_TT Converted.aiA5_TY Converted.aiA5_YY Converted.aiDutch, Affinity Designer can't open Illustrator files that don't have a PDF stream. I downloaded your files, saved them with a newer version of Illustrator that embeds the PDF stream and uploaded here. I hope they work for you. Dutch, MacGueurle and Paul Bravery 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi Dutch, Nice of jmac to convert your files! I found this site that may be helpful: http://www.zamzar.com/uploadComplete.php?convertFile=ai&to=pdf It is a free online converter, that sends a link to your email for the converted file (I used Blur to mask my email, just in case it attracts spam). The results are great & seems legit, I've attached the converted files of one legacy Illustrator file here. Hopefully it is a good alternative to forking out for Creative Cloud! Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 A5_TT Converted.aiA5_TY Converted.aiA5_YY Converted.aiDutch, Affinity Designer can't open Illustrator files that don't have a PDF stream. I downloaded your files, saved them with a newer version of Illustrator that embeds the PDF stream and uploaded here. I hope they work for you. Hi J! I don't know what to say…. Fantastic!! You're The Man! This is really mighty fine of you. I've got the files in AD all looks well.. This is very, very much appreciated. Thanks a million! Paul Bravery 1 Quote iMac : 2.3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Core i5 Affinity Designer 2.0.3 : Affinity Publisher 2.0.0 : Affinity Photo 2.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi Dutch, Nice of jmac to convert your files! I found this site that may be helpful: http://www.zamzar.com/uploadComplete.php?convertFile=ai&to=pdf It is a free online converter, that sends a link to your email for the converted file (I used Blur to mask my email, just in case it attracts spam). The results are great & seems legit, I've attached the converted files of one legacy Illustrator file here. A5_TT.afdesign A5_TT.pdf Hopefully it is a good alternative to forking out for Creative Cloud! Paul. Hello Paul, You too… don't know what to say…. Both files work like a charm and it's really great of you do this. I very much appreciate you taking the time to do this for me. I've just checked out Zamzar but I didn't see an ai to afdesign option. How did you get the afdesign file? Did you re-save the pdf file AD? Also, you mentioned "Blur" to mask your email. What's Blur? Thanks again! Dutch Paul Bravery 1 Quote iMac : 2.3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Core i5 Affinity Designer 2.0.3 : Affinity Publisher 2.0.0 : Affinity Photo 2.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bravery Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Hi Dutch,I converted the .ai file to PDF, then opened it in Afinity Designer, which was then saved as .afdesign.The .ai file was not converted directly to .afdesiign. Dutch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Dutch, No problem. Glad the files worked. Paul, Thanks for the tip on the file conversion site. That might come in handy now and then. Dutch and Paul Bravery 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Harris Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 These files are from very early versions of Illustrator that use EPS rather than PDF. You may not need to convert them. If you change their extension from. ".ai" to ".eps" then Affinity will open them as-is. In the current beta they will open directly without you needing to do even that. Our EPS importer currently imports text as curves, so converting may be better for you if you want to edit the text. Dutch and Paul Bravery 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted October 7, 2015 Author Share Posted October 7, 2015 Wow! It works, Dave! I don't need to edit any text, since it is just a template for A5 size cards which the printing company gives out as a guideline so people like me don't mess up. The data itself won't include any text, just graphic data. Thanks for your help Dave, I really appreciate it! Dutch Paul Bravery 1 Quote iMac : 2.3 Ghz Dual-Core intel Core i5 Affinity Designer 2.0.3 : Affinity Publisher 2.0.0 : Affinity Photo 2.0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyks Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I don't habe Illustrator. Can anyone give ne a short description, how a Illustrator-designer can save a "AI with PDF stream"? Is it the new default-way, how illustrator saves AI-files? Or does the user activate special options the save-dialog? When I tried to google this, I just found instructions how to generate a PDF file in Illustrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, Nyks said: Can anyone give ne a short description, how an Illustrator-designer can save a "AI with PDF stream"? Is it the new default-way, how illustrator saves AI-files? Or does the user activate special options the save-dialog? I think it's the default option in later versions of Illustrator, but it could be turned off by the user. It may not be possible at all in earlier versions of Illustrator, and in some other applications that produce .ai files. I think it's called "compatibility mode" in Illustrator. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.