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IIQ at a glance
IIQ
Phase One positioned IIQ around its medium-format and digital-back workflows, which is why IIQ appears in a very different professional context from ordinary consumer camera raws.
AI at a glance
AI
Adobe co-founder John Warnock created Illustrator in late 1986 to automate many of the manual tasks used by his wife Marva, a graphic designer. It was a commercialization of Adobe's in-house font development software and PostScript file format.
Format comparison
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When to use each format
When to use IIQ
- capture ingest
- editing
- web or print delivery
- Preserve capture-stage sensor information.
When to use AI
- illustration
- diagramming
- brand asset delivery
- Industry-standard vector format with deep feature support.
FAQs
Why convert IIQ to AI?
Choose AI as target when the recipient needs an editable Illustrator-native asset for ongoing design work, brand management, packaging updates, or professional vector refinement.
What changes when converting IIQ to AI?
Convert to AI when the recipient needs an editable Illustrator-native asset for ongoing design work, brand management, packaging updates, or professional vector refinement. It is the right target when preserving Illustrator editability matters more than broad viewer compatibility. For general sharing, PDF or SVG are often simpler handoff formats.
What should I review after converting IIQ to AI?
After conversion, review these destination checks: Open converted output in Adobe Illustrator and verify behavior on real samples; Compare output against the expected scalable quality profile; Proprietary format requiring Adobe software for full editing.
How can I keep quality stable in IIQ to AI conversion?
Run representative samples, keep settings deterministic, and monitor these risks: No publicly available complete format specification; Proprietary format requiring Adobe software for full editing; Validate destination compatibility before large-batch conversion.