Expert: Laith Ibrahim Date: 5/14/2008 Subject: Illustrator CS saving preferences
Question Hello Laith,
Tech info:
OS: MAC OSX Panther
Versions: CS
Experience: High 5 years
Learning how to incorporate my work to the web.
I am trying to find a way(if any) to save my Illustrator CS file so it can be opened and editable in Adobe Image Ready CS. Is it possible to save as an XHTML? I can open an Illustrator CS file in Image Ready CS but It won't let me edit it for web? Any ideas or suggestions?
Answer Hi Sara,
The best way is to save your Illustrator file as a PSD file. You can do that by exporting it to PSD. make sure you organize your work by using layers so that you can have a better control on your objects inside ImageReady and you'll be able to slice your work easier.
Now that you have a PSD file, open it in image ready and start adding any enhancements you like to do. Slice your work and when you're done you can save your file as an HTML and its images (which will be saved in a separate folder). You can do that by selecting "File/save optimized as". Select "HTML and images" from the "Save as type" drop down menu. when you save your work, you'll get an HTML file and its images. You can either use this file as a web page (I don't recommend that) or open it in a web design program like Adobe DreamWeaver and edit it further.
You can change your output settings: select "File/Output Settings/ HTML" and change the settings to your liking. Note that you can opt to generate XHTML code by checking the small box that says "Output XHTML".
If you have any other questions please feel to ask and I'll be glad to help.
