Photoshop export options – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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Embed ICC Profiles
Saves ICC profiles in the JPEG file.
See also
“About colors in digital graphics” on page 93
“Optimize an image for the web” on page 383
“About color profiles” on page 141
Photoshop export options
When you export artwork to Photoshop format, you can set the following options:
Color Model
Determines the color model of the exported file. Exporting a CMYK document as RGB, or vice versa,
may cause unexpected changes in the appearance of transparent areas, especially those that include blending modes.
If you change the color model, you must export the artwork as a flat image (the Write Layers option isn’t available).
Resolution
Determines the resolution of the exported file.
Flat Image
Merges all layers and exports the Illustrator artwork as a rasterized image. Choosing this option preserves
the visual appearance of the artwork.
Write Layers
Exports groups, compound shapes, nested layers, and slices as separate, editable Photoshop layers.
Nested layers that are more than five levels deep are merged into a single Photoshop layer. Select Maximum
Editability to export transparent objects (that is, objects with an opacity mask, a constant opacity less than 100%, or
a blending mode other than Normal) as live, editable Photoshop layers.
Preserve Text Editability
Exports horizontal and vertical point type in layers (including nested layers up to five levels
deep) to editable Photoshop type. If doing so compromises the appearance of the artwork, you can deselect this
option to rasterize the text instead.
Maximum Editability
Writes each top-level sublayer to a separate Photoshop layer if doing so doesn’t compromise
the appearance of the artwork. Top-level layers become Photoshop layer sets. Transparent objects remain editable
transparent objects. Also creates a Photoshop shape layer for each compound shape in a top-level layer if doing so
doesn’t compromise the appearance of the artwork. To write compound shapes with solid strokes, change the Join
type to Round. Whether or not you select this option, all layers over 5 levels deep are merged into a single Photoshop
layer.
Note: Illustrator cannot export compound shapes that have graphic styles, dashed strokes, or brushes applied to them.
Such compound shapes become rasterized.
Anti-Alias
Removes jagged edges in the artwork by supersampling it. Deselecting this option helps maintain the hard
edges of line art when it’s rasterized.
Embed ICC Profiles
Creates a color-managed document.
See also
“Image resolution guidelines for final output” on page 258