Ill to Freehand
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- brooke
I created this car in Illustrator 10 (with a gaussian blur for the dropshadow) & I need to bring it into Freehand 9. Nothing seems to be working. It has to stay vector.
Here's the car:
http://www.illustratorworld.com/…This is SO important. What shall I do?
- blastofv0
what's the final application of this illustration going to be? You could transfer it over without the drop shadow no problem... import a photoshop drop shadow into freehand and place it underneath. Why is freehand OK, but not Illustrator?
- unknown0
1) Try simple copy and paste into a new freehand doc.
2) Drag into new doc.
3) Export as Vector, open in freehand.
4) Save as ai file and open file from freehand.
Get InDesign 2, it kicks ass.
- mayo0
brooke, love, your work never ceases to amaze me. Great job.
- unknown0
I never use blurs in illustrator, it just seems to create problems. I'd do your stuff in ill/fre then export it as an eps and just do the shadow in photoshop...
- brooke0
Okay, more detail. I don't have Freehand. I created the car in Illustrator 10, & my client, who's in Michigan, needs the file as a vector for Freehand 9. So taking it into Photoshop isn't an option & neither is copying & pasting.
I don't see the option to export as a vector in Illustrator. Am I an idiot or something? I've sent him EPS 7, 9, & now 8 files. 7 messed everything up, 9 didn't seem to work either. He also said Freehand doesn't open up .AI files.
Now what...
- unknown0
You really need InDesign, it kicks with shaddows...now let me think...
- unknown0
Longshot but...how about saving it as a PDF, which should mean he can open it up in freehand.
- brooke0
I know InDesign. I work with it all the time. He needs it for Freehand, damnit.
NOW THINK!
Teehee.
- unknown0
cant think of anything else.
- unknown0
sorry to busy to really think about it, but another long shot, in fact a very long shot! Have you restarted your computer, that sometimes works!!?!?!
- thosethat0
flatten transparency..?
expand appearance..?
save as eps..?
maybe..?
- sevenfingers0
It's because dropshadows are not native postscript elements, ie; they become bitmaps when exported or printed. So, my suggestion is to make that dropshadow manually, with the
blend tool in illustrator, and then expand the resulting figure. You could choose up to 255 steps in the blend, but that's just overkill.
- lifeinsodium0
There is no way to do it and you are doomed. The pdf idea is not half bad though.
- brooke0
Thanks, Saf. :) Yer mah hero.