PNG in Illustrator

[slapstik007]

I am using Illustrator CS, I am needing to save a file as a .PNG with the layers perserved. I tried to export it to Photoshop and then save it as a .PNG from there but I couldnt figure out how to preserve the layers. Any ideas or help would be appreciated. THX

 

[jconingham]

.PNG files don't support layers.
To preserve layers in Illustrator just save the file as .ai and whenever you need a .png version save one.

 

[dmacster]

If you have fireworks you can save the file with layers as a PNG (the native format for fireworks) and the layers will stay when opened with Photoshop, but if you save from photoshop - no layers.