Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 277)

270 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Importing, exporting, and saving
such as Adobe InDesign. However, if the file is opened in Illustrator on a computer that does not have the font
installed, the font will be faux or substituted. This is to prevent illegal use of the embedded font.
Note: Selecting the Embed Fonts option increases the size of the saved file.
Include Linked Files Embeds files that are linked to the artwork.
Include Document Thumbnails Creates a thumbnail image of the artwork. The thumbnail is displayed in the
Illustrator Open and Place dialog boxes.
Include CMYK PostScript In RGB Files Allows RGB color documents to be printed from applications that do not
support RGB output. When the EPS file is reopened in Illustrator, the RGB colors are preserved.
Compatible Gradient And Gradient Mesh Printing Enables older printers and PostScript devices to print gradients
and gradient meshes by converting gradient objects to JPEG format. Selecting this option can slow printing on
printers that don’t have problems with gradients.
Adobe PostScript ® Determines what level of PostScript is used to save the artwork. PostScript Language Level 2
represents color as well as grayscale vector and bitmap images, and supports RGB, CMYK, and CIE-based color
models for both vector and bitmap graphics. PostScript Language Level 3 provides additional functionality to
Language Level 2, including the ability to print mesh objects when printing to a PostScript® 3™ printer. Because
printing to PostScript Language Level 2 devices converts gradient mesh objects to bitmap images, it is preferable to
print artwork that contains gradient mesh objects to a PostScript 3 printer.
See also
“ Preview which areas of artwork will be flattened ” on page 424
“ Adobe Version Cue ” on page 35
“ Printing and saving transparent artwork ” on page 421
“ About overprinting ” on page 428
Save in FXG format
When creating structured graphics in Illustrator for use in Adobe Flex®, you can save in the Flash XML Graphics
format (FXG). FXG is a graphics file format based on a subset of MXML, the XML-based programming language used
by the FLEX framework. You can use FXG files in applications such as Adobe Flex Builder to develop rich internet
applications and experiences. When saving as FXG, images must be under 6,777,216 total pixels and less than 8192
pixels in width or height.
For more information on using these formats, see the Adobe Flex website at www.adobe.com/products/flex .
1 Choose File > Save As or File > Save A Copy.
2 Type a filename, and choose a location for the file.
3 Choose FXG (*.FXG) as the file format, and click Save.
4 In the FXG Options dialog box, set the desired options and click OK.
Save in SVG format
SVG is a vector format that produces high-quality, interactive web graphics. There are two versions of the SVG
formats: SVG and Compressed SVG (SVGZ). SVGZ can reduce file sizes by 50% to 80%; however, you cannot edit
SVGZ files using a text editor.