CS2 to version 10

[E1Designs]

We receive logos from companies in CS2 format and are unable to open them in our version 10 we use. Is there a little program that converts this images, so we do not have to ask the custoemr to save the file off in a legacy format, etc...

 

[apepp]

...have you tried the place command, file > place > locate CS2 file?

andrew

 

[E1Designs]

It does not stay in vector format when I do that. These are .EPS files, FYI.

 

[RegistrationMark]

I just made a quick file with two stroked boxes in Illust.CS2.
I dragged it onto my Distiller, then opened that PDF into ILL 10. worked great.
However, the "fills" became their own elements, and the strokes became their own elements. No big deal, but just be aware that 2 objects in CS2 are 4 objects in Ill10.
Mark

 

[E1Designs]

The mian issue the folks are having is that they can not resize the images without it pixelating unless it is in vectory format. The clients send an .eps saved off in Illustrator 12, we use 10. My goal is to somehow keep that file in vector format so we can open it in 10.

 

[apepp]

...it will still be a vector format when placed eps is imported, as long it was originally created that way of course...

...if it is pixelating when resized then you will have to get them to supply better raster elements for the task at hand...

...if it isn't vector format when placing the cs2 file in 10 then it probably wasn't vector created in the source file...

-- Saving as AI7 and AI8 formats works most of the time.

-- Saving as EPS (version 8 format) works most of the time.

-- For problem graphics, the following procedure seems to work
consistently:

1. Create a PDF file from AI via Distiller (don't just save a PDF from
AI).

2. Open the PDF in Acrobat and save as EPS.

3. Import the EPS into V10. [Make sure you specify the file type as
Encapsulated Postscript in the Import Picture dialog.]


[Note: the problems we had importing AI files directly were on some
very complex files -- simpler files worked fine.]


andrew