Placing a map in Indesign; do I use .eps or .ai

[MadhaviS]

As a cartographer I used to work by means of FreeHand. At present that I have encompass to started drawing my maps in Illustrator (CS4), I relaxing have some beginner- difficulty. I formulate a map as .ai file, and this map I desire to place in Indesign (CS4). Through FreeHand, I used to place an eps in Indesign, excluding at present I be able to basically save the .ai as an .ai file that is well-matched with pdf. Or, I be able to generate an .eps file of the map first. Which one do I position in Indesign, the "pdf-" .ai, or the .eps.

[jhon]

It does not substance in which arrangement you placed. For the reason that it is vector arrangement simply. So it would not be a difficulty with format. And if you do copy and paste in addition the entire objects determine to come appropriately without any disturbing. So decide you are compatible and go ahead. Well you might utilize any format aswell. Supplementary than as eps is a prepress standard I utilize its for linking art to my layouts (vector & raster .eps) on each app I make use of.

[Leonard]

You have to generate an AI file by means of PDF compatibility, then make use of that file to place in ID. You be able to then make use of Edit Original from the links panel in ID to create alteration and bring up to date the file. As for a 'best' technique this is one of those extraordinary moments when Illustrator essentially lets you do it in the 'best-way-for-you'. If you copy/paste artwork that is on top of a certain size/complexity threshold (as maps would easily be), InDesign determine to present an alert advising you to do otherwise.

[Mr.ken]

You be able to Edit > Copy (Cmd/Ctrl + C) from Illustrator and Edit > Paste (Cmd/Ctrl + P) in InDesign. Yet it’s then editable in InDesign, if you are feeling motivated. You might do that. (I determine to say a word of caution regarding any Photographic descriptions in the Illustrator file. If you are copying a amalgamation of vector and raster from Illustrator and/or lots of 'effects' then I would get a bit concerned it's asking InDesign to do a lot and therefore asking for tribulations.) You might be adding considerably to the file size/complexity of the InDesign file. The key thing regarding this is that you determine to end up by means of an 'out-of-date' illustrator file for the reason that several changes you create in InDesign determine to not be updated back to the original Illustrator file. For this reason you might desire.

[stephenx]

How you wish for to manage the updates (in addition linking keeps the additional data of the illustration so size and difficulty exterior, if you follow). You might like to develop a workflow which helps maintain one unique file as the one up-to-date version or description to minimse several mystification. You be able to export editable eps's at present I believe from Illustrator and editable PDF's or you be able to batten them down so that in order to edit the file, InDesign determine to insist you go through the connection panel (or perhaps right hit it off) to edit the source file in Illustrator. Several changes done independently in Illustrator determine to in addition be passed through to InDesign that technique. You determine to perhaps necessitate doing some testing as to which file export method you are able to batten down that technique as I have not had to be that so disciplined as you maybe necessitate being.

[Orion lella]

Which file arrangement you utilize. As for the accurate pros and cons in respect of selecting eps, in excess of pdf, additional than ai. Well I work in a integer of design studios who suffer a small number of if several printing tribulations as a result of placing eps, pdf, ai files straightforwardly into InDesign and then exporting them as PDF. I have not taken the time to get into the real techie differences connecting the formats for the reason that. I have not desirable to. PDF has positively become the universal 'end' format to go out of the door to the print people so I tend to go for consistency "if in doubt" which means PDF the entire the technique. There might be some real improvement to sticking with eps. I do not directly be familiar with.

[OS-X-10+]

Immediately to add supplementary if you make use of "Collect for output" then beware. I say this for the reason that my surveillance is that lot's of design studios are getting involved in the entire sorts of silliness for the reason that they rely on the folder twisted for storage of the 'original files' when these are not the original files supplementary than linked files sent for output at that time. This means they end up rifling through their computer system trying to track down the 'up-to-date' file by means of the consequence of uncosted time and cross words.