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Adobe Illustrator Help
Setting Up Artwork in Illustrator
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Illustrator can import many common graphic file formats, including EPS, CorelDRAW
™
,
FreeHand
™
, GIF, JPEG, PICT, TIFF, SVG, DXF, Adobe PDF, and PostScript Level 1. In addition to
these common graphic file formats, Illustrator can use artwork in any file format
supported by an Adobe Photoshop-compatible file format plug-in filter, including Kodak
Photo CD
™
, PNG, and TGA.
File
Format
Import
Methods
Considerations
AI
Open
Opens all Illustrator format files.
EPS
Open, Place
Placed files may be linked or
embedded.
Adobe PDF
Open, Place
Specify which page of file you want
to use. Placed files may be linked or
embedded.
Photoshop
Open, Place
Supports Photoshop 2.5 and later.
Placed files may be linked or embed-
ded. Drag and drop artwork directly
from Photoshop.
SVG/SVGZ
Open, Place
Illustrator does not support all types
of SVG data; therefore, some data
may be modified during import. For
example, primitives are flattened to
paths, transformations become
transformed paths, and paths with
multiple attributes are converted to
multiple objects.
PICT
Open, Place
Placed files may be linked or
embedded.
WMF/EMF
Open, Place
Placed files will be embedded. Drag
and drop artwork directly from
Microsoft Office.
DXF/DWG
Open, Place
Supports DXF releases 13, 14, and
2000. Placed files will be embedded.
FreeHand
Open, Place
Supports FreeHand versions 4.0, 5.0,
5.5, 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 (Japanese ver-
sion supported to version 5.5).
Placed files will be embedded.
CorelDRAW
Open, Place
Supports CorelDRAW versions 5.0,
6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 of
Windows; and versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0,
and 8.0 of Mac OS. Placed files will be
embedded.
CGM
Open, Place
Supports CGM versions 1, 2, and 3.
Placed files will be embedded.