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Ivan's picture

Illustrator collect for output

artfiles

The application Art Files has been around for quite some time, but I noticed so many of my friends who use Illustrator a lot didn't know about it, so I thought it's worth sharing as it's a huge time saver.

Art Files is a stand-alone application that helps you with your work-flow. It prepares a folder that includes your Illustrator files and all other associated files, such as images and fonts to be sent to clients or colleagues. It only takes three steps to create such a complete and organized collection:

  1. You open Art Files and drop all the Illustrator files you want to send in the drop zone.
  2. Click files that are marked with a question mark and locate them. You can easily do that by using the built-in file search
  3. Click Collect and see how Art Files collects all the necessary images and Fonts neatly organized into folders.

Art Files is not free, but it's well worth the cost if you can replace a lot of manual work.

ZOZX's picture
54 pencils

yeah, Great Program
I'm so sad, because I don't have Mac :(

Thanks 4 sharing ;)

Ivan's picture

So, what do you use on PC?

natobasso's picture
3991 pencils

Love this program. Have used it for years.

On a PC just outline and save as pdf.
http://creativebits.org/how_to_do_collect_for_output_in_adobe_illustrator

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natobasso's picture
3991 pencils

Updated for CS3. Free 15 use demo available:
http://www.macminute.com/2007/04/16/art-files/

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ennan's picture
1 pencil

Here´s an applescript to collect links and fonts for output if you have Indesign installed:

http://collectforoutput.001webs.com/

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