Adobe Illustrator support in FotoWare 7.0

The support for Adobe Illustrator files has been improved in FotoWare 7.0. Index Manager and Color Factory supports content extraction for indexing and preview generation of Adobe Illustrator documents, provided support software is available on the server.

Files from different versions are handled differently due to variations of the Adobe Illustrator file formats:

• Documents from version 8 and higher will be natively handled by FotoWare (requires enabling of the 'Create PDF Compatible File' option when saving the document). In this case, no additonal support software is required.
• Documents from version 8 and higher that have been saved without the 'Create PDF Compatible File' can be handled if Adobe InDesign Server is available (support for this will be introduced in Service Release 2, release date will be announced later).
• Documents from version 7 and lower will require Adobe Distiller Server or PSStill on the server.