: Image > duplicate equivalent in Illustrator I have an open .AI file that I want to make changes to, but I want to keep the original as well. If I was on Photoshop I would simply go to

@Murphy569

Using art boards is the best way to work with variations but if that doesn't work for you simply select your artwork and hit ENTER.

You'll see the Move dialogue box appear where you can set a new position. Press Copy and WHA LAH! a second copy of your graphic(s) without a saved version of your file.

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@Gail6891361

Well, my way of doing this is by creating a second artboard in the same file and copy/paste the design from the first artboard to the second one and work on the second artboard. As simple as that.

Hope it will work for you too and helps your workflow.


PS: Also, in PS if you use Duplicate, you still have to save it as a
different file. so...yeah, the difference between using Duplicate
function and Shift+Crtl+S (Save as) is about 1/2 second...

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