Illustrator as a PDF editor poll

[ratintrap]

I figured this would be a nice anonymous way for us to get a feeling for how much of the Illy PDF editing goes on.

[Joe]

I don't. I rarely have access to the fonts used and if you don't have the fonts it useless.

[ratintrap]

I will select an object in Acrobat and edit the individual object in Illustrator but I don't actually open the PDF with Illustrator. :undecided:

[DigiCorn]

I do, when it's needed and it's possible. I always try PitStop first, and if it's too complicated for PitStop (graduated screen, etc.) I'll use Illustrator. If there's a lot of fonts/text, etc., then only if it's error free when opening. No font errors, etc. And we usually print out a proof and go to the light table to check it out.

If it's a change that requires major text edits, etc., I will set the text/corrections in Illustrator and save as a pdf. Then I use PitStop to cut and paste/replace the edited portion.

[Grimace]

Yes, I don't have Pitstop.
We will have the customer outline fonts if needed.

I suppose I could also place into InDesign to do most of what i need to do, but Illustrator works for me most of the time.

[delooch]

always try pitstop first, trying to break old habits.  sometimes you have to do whats necessary though. always outline fonts before opening in illy. good tutorial somewhere on b4print.  usually end up doing this to lift graphics from jobs to use for something else.

[Chilbear]

I do because the dumb a$$ designer has given me a PDF that has the die line on the artwork. I pick off the dieline and save and also delete the copy and keep the dieline for the router. Lucky that I have the primo customer fonts always loading at startup. Also nice that I know what version the De$igner uses and I match the version of CS - soon to be CS5.

[David]

I do it if I'm feeling frisky...

actually, I don't need to open them in Illy. I have Pitstop, Esko and a few other ways to edit PDFs.

[determined]

I used to do it before I got Pitstop here.....it was never fun   :angry:

[Captain_Type]

Here's what Leonard has to say on that subject:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/blogs/leonardr/look-adobe-illustrator-pdf-editing

[Farabomb]

Only after I exhausted all other options. I have been bitten before and would rather not have it happen again. The one next to me uses it as the first option because learning pitstop takes too long.  :rolleyes:

[almaink]

When all else (Pit Stop, refrying) fails, I'll use it. Fonts don't bother me, as I'll convert all fonts to outlines before I try to edit in Illy.

[ninjaPB_43]

It's probably not fair for me to vote since I haven't edited a PDF in over a year, but when I was, I NEVER bothered. I could always make magic happen with Pitstop/Acrobat.

I did on the other hand occasionally open PDF's sent from our interior designers, because I knew without a doubt they had used Illustrator to create the PDF and we shared the same font database. But that's not the issue here.

 

[Joe]

50-50 on the results so far. Adobe will not be pleased. :evil:

[Rabid]

As a last resort , IF Pitstop fails, and after outlining the fonts. So maybe once a year.