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How to Create a Small PDF File form a Large Illustrator File

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How to Create a Small PDF File form a Large Illustrator File - Tutorial by Rasha Design

How to create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file - Tutorial by Rasha Design
How to create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file - Tutorial by Rasha Design
Step 1 - Open File
Open Adobe Illustrator CC and go to the file menu click Open, and then open your file from your file location. use short cut key on Windows PC (Ctrl+O) and Mac OS (⌘ + O) (Picture - 1)
open-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Open Illustrator file - ( Picture - 1 )

Step 2 - Open Links Palette
After that you have to embed all links in your document. To do so click on the links from the Window menu to open Links palette ( Go to the Illustrator Menu > Window > Links ) (Picture - 2)
illustrator links Links Palate-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Open Links Palette in illustrator ( Picture - 2 )
Step 3 - Embedded Image
if you see a symbol like this on the right hand side in the links palate, it is embedded. (Picture - 3)
embedded image - How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Embedded Image in illustrator ( Picture - 3 )

Step 4 - Select Links
You have to select balance all the links in the links Palate box by Presing Comand key (⌘) on the Mac and pressing Ctrl key on Windows OS. ( Picture - 4 )
select all links-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Select all links in illustrator ( Picture - 4 )
Step 5 - Embed Images
After that click a small down arrow on the top right corner in the Links Palate box you will get a small menu and choose Embed Images. ( Picture - 5 )
Adobe Illustrator- Embed Image - How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Embed images in illustrator ( Picture - 5 )

Step 6 - Photoshop Import Options
if you include JPEG images it will be embedded directly. but there is any Photoshop links included on your document you will get a Photoshop Import Options pop-up window. You can see links preview by click a tick mark on show preview. after that there is two option are available you can choose one of these option and click OK. ( Picture - 6 )
Photoshop Import Options-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Photoshop Import Options in illustrator ( Picture - 6 )
Step 7 - Create Outlines
Click on the Create Outlines from the Type menu (Menu > Type > Creat Outlines) convert all the fonts in the opened document. Use illustrator sort cut key on Mac ( ⌘⇧+O ) or Windows ( Ctrl+Shift+O ) ( Picture - 7 )
illustrator Create Outlines menu-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Create Outlines in illustrator ( Picture - 7 )
Step 8 - Save as EPS File
Now save your document as a EPS file format. ( Picture - 8 )
Save as EPS File in illustrator - How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Save as EPS File in illustrator ( Picture - 8 )

Step 9 - Select High Resolution Preset
After that select High Resolution preset from EPS Options window and click OK.  Now that is a big size EPS file, convert that file to small PDF file. ( Picture - 9 )
EPS Options window-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Select High Resolution Preset in illustrator ( Picture - 9 )

Step 10 - Select Press Quality
Open Adobe Acrobat Distiller and choose the Default Settings as Press Quality.
If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Distiller Please CLICK HERE to download, i recommended to install Adobe Acrobat Pro you will get Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Distiller together. ( Picture - 10 )
Acrobat Distiller-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Select Press Quality in Adobe Acrobat Distiller ( Picture - 10 )

Step 11 - Convert EPS to PDF File
After that drag your EPS file in to Acrobat Distiller dropping area. ( Picture - 11 )
Acrobat Distiller dropping area-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Convert EPS to PDF File in Adobe Acrobat Distiller ( Picture - 11 )

Step 12 - Automatically Create PDF file
When you drag it the EPS file Acrobat distiller will create a small PDF file automatically on the same folder. ( Picture - 12 )
Acrobat Distiller dropping area 3-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Automatically Create PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Distiller( Picture - 12 )

Now you can check the EPS file size and PDF file size. ( Picture - 13 )
Acrobat Distiller dropping area 4-How to Create a small PDF file form a large illustrator file
Check the EPS file size ( Picture - 13 )
 

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