Adobe Illustrator File Recovery (*.ai, *.eps, *.ait, *.svg)
Learn how to recover deleted Adobe Illustrator files with ease in this comprehensive guide. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced user, discover step-by-step instructions and essential tips to seamlessly recover your valuable .ai, .eps, .ait, and .svg files. Dive deep into Adobe Illustrator file recovery techniques and explore insider strategies to maximize your chances of successful file restoration.
Using Adobe Illustrator, you can save illustrations in five basic formats: *.ai, *.eps, *.ait, *.svg, *.pdf. These are the file formats in which Illustrator can save all image data without loss of quality and with the opportunity to work with such image. With the help of this editor, images can also be exported to other formats compatible with other applications, but Illustrator will not be able to work with such exported files anymore. Images in the format .ai use the vector graphics format containing a set of lines connected with dots.
- Restoring the Last Saved Version
- The Function of Automatic Saving and Restoring an Adobe Illustrator Image
- The Software to Recover *.ai, *.eps, *.ait and *.svg Files
- Questions and answers
- Comments
Restoring the Last Saved Version
Working with vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator is a long and painstaking process. For the cases when a certain amount of work has been done to an illustration, but the result is not exactly what the designer wanted to get, the program has the function of restoring the last saved version. In order to use it, you can just go to the menu File / Revert.
As a result, the image will be restored to the last saved version, and all changes done after that will be canceled.
The Function of Automatic Saving and Restoring an Adobe Illustrator Image
With the help of tools integrated into Adobe Illustrator a user can restore an unsaved illustration in case of failures in the work of the program or computer.
In order to be able to use this function, it should be adjusted. To do it, go to the menu Edit / Preferences / File Handling & Clipboard…
In the subsection Data Recovery of the menu that opens specify the regularity of automatic saving for recovery (from 30 seconds to 1 hour) and the destination folder. The default path is a folder on disk C:
C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator 21 Settings\en_US\x64\DataRecovery
If there is a software failure or Adobe Illustrator shuts down unexpectedly, after starting the program again it will restore all automatically saved data.
The auto recovery file has the extension .aid and may look like this: AIDBTemp1482247306297777136.aid
Note. If, for some reason, when starting Adobe Illustrator doesn’t restore an illustration from an auto recovery file, such file can be opened manually with Adobe Illustrator. In this case, the automatically saved illustration will also open in a standard way.
Do not forget to save the illustration, which you opened in such way; if you do not do it, the .aid file disappears after closing and there will not be a second chance to open it again.
The Software to Recover *.ai, *.eps, *.ait and *.svg Files
The illustrations created in Adobe Illustrator are quite special files and recovering them after loss or deleting is not easy. If your illustrations are lost after a failure or because of other problems, they can still be restored with Hetman Partition Recovery.
To do it, start the utility and scan the media where your illustrations were saved.
To recover the required illustrations, drag them to the recovery list or right-click of them and press «Recover».
In the same way, you can recover the automatically saved file *.aid, if it is impossible to recover the main illustration file.
I tried setting my adobe illustrator to auto recover, but i didn't see any option for data recovery under the file handling and clipboard menu. Any help?
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I recovered the .AID file but its opening in illustrator tried renaming it to .ai but still not opening.
Do You see the live Preview of this file before You buy the Program?
i deleted the saved file by mistake. Is there any way i can get my file back?
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Hey, I had Adobe Illustrator installed after formatting my computer, and I saved all my .ai files and simply when I opened Adobe Illustrator and opened the image, the adobe did not recognize the format, can you help me ?
Try to reinstall Adobe Illustrator and open your .ai files after it. Also you can try to open our .ai files with other program. In Windows it can be: ideaMK Ai Viewer, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop CC, Serif DrawPlus, IMSI TurboCAD Deluxe, ACD Systems Canvas, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X, Inkscape, XnView, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Ghostscript, Xara Xtreme, FlexiSign, EnRoute, Cinema 4D
Can Hetman Illustrator Recovery recover files from previous versions of Illustrator?
Yes, Hetman Illustrator Recovery can recover files from previous versions of Illustrator. It can also recover files from Adobe Illustrator CS1, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS6, and CC.
What are some tips for preventing loss or corruption of Illustrator files?
Does Hetman Illustrator Recovery have a trial version available?
No, Hetman Illustrator Recovery does not have a trial version available. However, the software does offer a free demo version that allows users to scan their system for recoverable files and preview the recoverable files before purchasing the full version.
Can Hetman Illustrator Recovery recover files from a damaged external hard drive?
No, Hetman Illustrator Recovery is designed to recover files from the internal hard drive of a computer. It is not designed to recover files from an external hard drive.
What file formats does Hetman Illustrator Recovery support?
Hetman Illustrator Recovery supports the following file formats: AI, EPS, PDF, SVG, CDR, and CDT.
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Hello, I have problem on my illustration file that damaged that idk why, I think that's because of the disk that I used maybe, Idk actually, the file is just dameged and can't be opened on illustrator :(( what should I do please help :((