katrinrr Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 How can I open or import my old Adobe Illustrator files? 2989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff DWright Posted September 19, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2017 To open AI files in Designer all you to do is File and open, multi-page AI files can be imported, with each page being placed on its own artboard Yawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katrinrr Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 When I do this I get the following: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted September 19, 2017 Staff Share Posted September 19, 2017 Hi katrinrr, Welcome to Affinity Forums That means the Ai file you tried to open doesn't contain any PDF stream which is the only data we are able to access from the Ai file (the rest is proprietary). To contain a PDF stream the Ai file must be saved with the option Create Compatible PDF File checked in Adobe Illustrator. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momochan86 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 So something like this wouldn't work?: https://creativemarket.com/dailydesignables/106447-Gold-Foil-TexturesStyles-Ai-Bundle (The .ai files) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groggy Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 12/15/2017 at 12:24 AM, momochan86 said: So something like this wouldn't work?: https://creativemarket.com/dailydesignables/106447-Gold-Foil-TexturesStyles-Ai-Bundle (The .ai files) I actually need to know the answer to that very question as well. Anyone knows? 2989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted June 8, 2018 Staff Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi Groggy, Welcome to Affinity Forums No, it will not work. Although Affinity can open regular Ai files (if they include a PDF stream), it's not able to make use of any Illustrator styles, brushes or other specific Illustrator features/assets designed for it specifically. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydw Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Also don't forget to place each item in its own layer in the Ai file so that you can edit them in Affinity when imported. Yawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurV Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Importing the PDF will mean the text will be chopped up. Words into separate (groups of) characters. This is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 4 hours ago, ArthurV said: Importing the PDF will mean the text will be chopped up. Words into separate (groups of) characters. This is not good. No, that is an Illustrator feature. Opening a PDF in Designer tends to keep text as fully normal text boxes. Yawa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xophre Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) I was able to import an old AI project perfectly. Although everything transferred over, homemade brushes and textures I was using on it don't seem to appear in any of the studios (ie. brush studio). Would those have ended up in a separate file somewhere? Update: Just now noticing they've imported as curves. So will need to change them to brush strokes. Edited January 17, 2021 by Xophre update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lloyd Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 10/2/2020 at 4:33 AM, ArthurV said: Importing the PDF will mean the text will be chopped up. Words into separate (groups of) characters. This is not good. That depends on the tool that created the PDF. Some PDF 'printers' tend to separate chunks of text, sometimes in relatively random ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KubasCZE Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Soooo, AI files without PDF streams are a NO-GO for Affinity Designer? Ain't there any online app that could convert AI without PDF stream into PDF/AI with stream? I don't mind, if it mess up, don't have many of such files, but would be very appreciated... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashf Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Correct, NO-GO. Actually NO-GO with any vector graphic apps except CorelDraw. Corel has been reverse engineering AI format more than 20 years. Still CorelDraw is not perfect at all. I often see broken layout when I open AI in CorelDraw. Most of apps including online converters that claim AI compatibility can open only PDF compatible AI or ancient AI(AI9 or older) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loukash Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 13 hours ago, ashf said: or ancient AI(AI9 or older) … which were based on PostScript. 15 hours ago, KubasCZE said: Ain't there any online app that could convert AI without PDF stream into PDF/AI with stream? There is. It's called Adobe Illustrator CC and is available as a free trial for 7 days. So make sure to collect all files you need to convert first before you start the trial. Quote MacBookAir 15": MacOS Ventura > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // MacBookPro 15" mid-2012: MacOS El Capitan > Affinity v1 / MacOS Catalina > Affinity v1, v2, v2 beta // iPad 8th: iPadOS 16 > Affinity v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ashf Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 On 4/20/2021 at 12:25 PM, Lagarto said: Here is a more or less random test on AI (non-PDF based) features imported in a selection of graphic design apps: Would you provide the sample file? Or would you test the file in Adobe XD? I noticed XD has improved ai compatibility compared to a old version. I can open an ai file with proper layout that was kinda broken in old version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ashf Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 This is the documentation about ai compatibility.https://helpx.adobe.com/xd/user-guide.html/xd/kb/open-illustrator-files-in-xd.ug.html I created a request for better ai compatibility. please vote if you like it.https://adobexd.uservoice.com/forums/353007-adobe-xd-feature-requests/suggestions/43477989-better-ai-file-compatibility Ambros and lacerto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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