[jtn3833]

I've worked up a really nice image on illustrator cs2 and I need to save it as a pdf but when I do it only saves some of the layers.

The layers with text get saved, but most of the other layers just don't show up on the pdf.

I did create it in RGB but when I convert it to CMYK it makes no difference in the pdf.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
JTN

[fairnooks]

Are you trying to put each layer on a seperate page? I don't use Illustrator so I don't know if there's a command for that or not.

I'm pretty sure you can't save a multi layer illustration as a .pdf and have it all show up unless the image is flattened first.

[jtn3833]

I tried, but that didn't do it.

thanks though,
JTN

[fairnooks]

If its just that you need a pdf of the image and the program is not exporting correctly I wonder if a stand alone like cute pdf http://www.cutepdf.com/ will work for you? Just the free version, not the Pro version.

[jtn3833]

It turned out to be a problem with my PDF viewer. I've been using Foxit and for some reason this particular image just didn't view well using Foxit. Using Reader it worked fine.

JTN

[lister]

Foxit is fine for quick viewing text and raster images, but it doesn't support a lot of features.

I was going to suggest that you open the AI directly in Adobe Reader. Which you can do as long as 'create PDF compatible file' is checked in the save options.