From the course: Illustrator for the In-House Designer
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File output formats - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator for the In-House Designer
File output formats
- [Instructor] Illustrator supports several file types for saving and export. Most of the time however, where ever possible, all you'll need is the AI file as it's widely supported. And using native files in applications like Photoshop and InDesign is definitely the best way to work with Illustrator and those applications. But there are going to be other occasions where you'll need to supply or use your work in other formats. So lets take a look at what's available. I'm just gonna do a save as on the file that I've got open here and go to a folder. And I'll choose the format drop-down at the bottom of this dialog. So we've got the native option as mentioned just now, and just a little bit further down, we've got PDF which can of course be opened by many different readers and applications, including Illustrator. And for best results there, keep the check box for preserving Illustrator editing enabled when you move through. If you've got a document set up that you're likely to reuse…
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