# FUCK Goddamn Illustrator! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375 "2008-04-15T01:11:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/1 "2008-04-15T01:11:21Z")
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. I have homework due on Thursday - five drawings, inked in Illustrator and colored in Photoshop. I got three of them inked this weekend. I go to open one to make some modifications and get FUCKING ‘Can’t open illustration, ID = -50’ and half the drawing is gone. I check the other two, same deal. And it’s all the HARD parts too. Not the FUCKING background, oh NOOOO, that’d make my life too easy. I feel sick. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/2 "2008-04-15T01:18:55Z")
Wow, that sucks. I’ve never had that error in Illustrator. Can you open the files in Photoshop? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/3 "2008-04-15T01:22:00Z")
[Look here maybe for help.](http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?14@@.3bc225f3/35) Apparently, it’s possible it may open in CS. Perhaps there’s a chance it’ll open in CS3 (if you’re using CS2.) I do happen to have a copy of CS3 here, so I’d be able to look at it, but I suspect it may be quite a large file. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/4 "2008-04-15T01:23:02Z")
I found a possible fix. If I open it in an older version, which I have at work and resave, it SHOULD fix it. Pray for me.\* Seriously, I feel like I could hurl. Updates tomorrow. Right now I should work on the other ones. \*I don’t believe but I support your right to. And I could use the good thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/5 "2008-04-15T01:23:49Z")
[More info on the how and why of this error.](http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc225f3) ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/6 "2008-04-15T01:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=pulykamell] [More info on the how and why of this error.](http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc225f3) [/QUOTE] Silver, check your PMs. I have CS and I’d be willing to try and fix your files, if they’re small enough that you can e-mail them. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/7 "2008-04-15T02:49:46Z")
Thanks for the support everybody. I’ve checked the files in Photoshop and all the info is there. I’ll resave them at work and I can finish them up in time. Unless I procrastinate too much. ---
**Author:** ![shelbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@shelbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shelbo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-goddamn-illustrator/445375/8 "2008-04-15T16:47:08Z")
According to the site above, (pressure sensitive tablet + brush stroke) + scissors tool = error. So, if you’re using a tablet, avoid scissors!