Illustrator linked imagery Q... 33 Responses

Last post: 2 years ago | Thread started: Jan 21, 10, 12:30 p.m.

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• josimar

  Hi

  Hopefully someone can gimme some wisdom on this but I fear it may be an impossible task.

  I have a bunch of Illustrator files (CS4) which have linked (not embedded) images in them. The problem is, the paths to the images need to change so they will no longer sit in the same folder as the /ai files.

  However, I now need to place these linked images into an 'images' folder and at the same time, I need to put the Illus file in an 'ai' folder - both folders will be adjacent to each other in a root folder.

  With this structure, when I now open one of the Illus files (within the 'ai' folder) a dialog box asks me to relink the imagery, which will be a LONG process to do manually due to the mass of imagery I have linked into these Illus files.

  So, I was wondering is there a way to get round that dialog box and somehow make Illustrator automatically search root/adjacent folders for the images it is asking for links to?

  any help would be much appreciated!

  Cheers

  Jan 21, 10, 12:30 p.m. – Permalink

• josimar

  really should have timed this broadcast away from that 'Chicks and Cosplay' thread!

  

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  Dog-earJan 21, 10, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  If possible you could just make an alias on the other system, so for example it looks for ai all the time but on one system ai points to images. I forget, you might also be able to do this with a symlink and make the alias folder hidden.

  • thanks Ian, unfortunately the other system could be anything... a drive, location, disc, I don't have control where it will end up. It's a tricky one really because even if I re-link the files at this stage, when the overall location changes, the links could have fecked up again!?!– josimar1/3

    ... it will end up. It's a tricky one really because even if I re-link the files at this stage, when the overall location changes, the links could have fecked up again!?!– josimar2/3

    ... the overall location changes, the links could have fecked up again!?!– josimar3/3

  

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  Dog-earJan 21, 10, 12:32 p.m. – Permalink

• inkpink

  just fix one of the links and it will auto relink the others if in the same folder.

  • < what he said.– MrT1/5

    if that is true I will allow Chossy to have sex with you. THANKS!– josimar2/5

    and by sex, I mean the legendary 8 second flurry.– josimar3/5

    'tis true... chossy sex, no thx.– inkpink4/5

    he will be disappointed but I am very grateful! Cheers guys!– josimar5/5

  

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  Dog-earJan 21, 10, 1:27 p.m. – Permalink