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Hi, I am trying to import my .AI(illustrator) company logo into XARA Xtreme Pro (3.2.4.3017), but it is not importing this correct, the colors are wrong and some details are wrong ( see picture, left is the correct logo from Illustrator and right is after trying to import to XARA )
Anyone now how to fix this?
Thansk in advance!
/Andreas
Use PDF between Adobe Illustrator and Xara Xtreme. The .AI import/export filters are not good enough.
Remi
Give us a bit more information or give us the .ai file so we can try to help.
Which version of Illustrator do you have?
Which version .ai are you saving as?
Try saving the .ai as an older version.
The logo is so simple it seems like it would be much easier and take less time just to recreate it in Xtreme. Just copy vector shapes over your imported jpeg
image and you're done!
- Andy
I have Illustrator CS3 and I have tryed to saved as 3,8 and CS and the same or more problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by sledger
Here is the file...
/ANdreas
Yes, I know but I have around 800 drawing/logos in Illustator and no time, and XARA should be able to import this...Quote:
Originally Posted by AndFarr
/Andreas
Hmm - only thing that works for me is copy'n'paste from AI CS3 to XaraXtreme.
I tried all versions of .AI, PDF, EPS and even SVG to Inkscape and out to PDF from IS.
CorelDrawX3 says' I/O error for the file and PDF's give the same result as Xara.
Andreas your file is not an ai file. It is actually a pdf file with an ai file extension. Change the name of the file to icon_05.pdf and it should import correctly into Xara Xtreme Pro.
Bill, hehe - I tried that too, same problem. XXP imports it hollowed out.
Also, as the file does contain some raster object data, the cop'n'paste method seems to work the best at this time.
Just a note, that since CS, .ai files include PDF compatibility as seen in the header:
Code:%PDF-1.4
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1 0 obj
<</Metadata 36 0 R/Pages 2 0 R/Type/Catalog>>
endobj
36 0 obj
<</Subtype/XML/Length 56667/Type/Metadata>>stream
<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
Thanks Steve. I'm at work without Xara :( and could not test the import. Using Notepad and Adobe Reader to look at the file. In Notepad it does appear that the only vector data is for the outlines of the two shapes. The raster data may be bitmap fills for the two shapes.
Chaps its is the old problem when an object is saved as a PDF it rasterises any transparent areas so therefore when you try an import it to Xara you get both Clipview (Clipping Mask) and bitmap effects and when you try to release them you get the broken down shapes. The only answer is to use the shapes and replicate the sort of Glassy style in Xara.
Thanks Peter, I should have remembered that :o :)
Back home from work and imported the file renamed to a pdf. All the shapes are there but with out the transparency.
Just a moment of applying some linear transparency to the existing shapes.
Thanks everyone for trying to help me! :-)
How do you do, when I am copy'n'paste a dialog in XARA will display, and if I select "Enhanced Metafile" it is no importing it correct some things are missing or not correct.. and the others are only bitmap...Quote:
Originally Posted by sledger
/Andreas
Yes Sledger I get the same but the copy & Paste still works under metafile.
Reopen your file in AI CX3 and save as PDF/X (see screenshot below)
This opens fine in XaraXtremePro for me.
Set Window--> Show Printer Colors --> Simulate Printer Colours, otherwise it will look bright lime green.
Everything is then Vector data, XaraXtreme will even edit your blends.
(See attached .xar)
I opened the original file in Adobe reader then saved a copy and renamed as a .pdf file. Then imported into Xtreme.
It imported fine, but looked as first reported as hollowed out showing the outline only.
Found that it is isn't really a hollowed out outline at all but rather that there are white rectangles covering the colored rectangles.
To fix just select and delete the white rectangles to uncover your design.
- Andy
I might add RE: the colors.
Illustrator operates in simulated CMYK color space while Xara operates in RGB color space. So, your colors are going to appear much brighter and more saturated in RGB.
If you change the color space simulation (Window > Show Printer Colors > Simulate Print Colors) your colors should look closer to the Illustrator colors.
And when you export your file and convert it to CMYK the colors should be correct.
Gary
That's right Gary and is why I also mentioned this in my post #16 :)
Thanks, all of you!! :)
/Andreas
Ack. :o