Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems.
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how can I arrange four objects into two rows and two columns?
Is there an easy way to take four objects that are in the same location? The objects are pasted on top of each other, and arrange them into two rows and two columns without scrambling them manually, ...
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Text-wrap in Illustrator CS6
I typed out text in 14pt. I then typed another letter in 131pt out. I was hoping to have my 14pt text wrap around the 131pt character...but to no avail! I clicked on both items (and my 131pt. ...
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Is there a template to display a tri-fold or page-turn for a portfolio?
I'm building my portfolio, and rather than handing out hundreds of various designs, I want to put several items on one page. But I also want to illustrate what they are, such as a tri-fold or ...
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How to get in Isolation Mode from Layers panel in Illustrator?
The most known way to get into Isolation Mode in Adobe Illustrator is a double-clicking on the image.
Nonetheless, is there a way I can get into this mode from the Layers panel?
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What does creating logo preliminaries mean? [closed]
I'm new to graphic design and I've been asked to create thumbnails of logo preliminaries. I'm not sure what I have to do.
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illustrator cs5 - change background color of just one artboard
I'm not sure if illustrator supports just changing the background color of one artboard but what I am looking to do is have one black background artboard and leave the other five or six artboards in ...
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How does one reset Illustrator CS6 on Mac?
My Illustrator is acting a bit buggy; more precisely, no selection is actually visible. Selected text isn't highlighted, looking for an anchor is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and finding a ...
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How to give sharp edges to a shape in Illustrator
I had no problems creating a grid like in the figure, but I can't create sharp edges at the end of the grid:
How can I do this?
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Google sketchup round corners of straight lines (stroke) as in Illustrator
On illustrator, when drawing a series of straight lines, you can choose under "stroke" how the corners of those lines will be: round, bevel and miter.
I'm looking for the same function on sketchup. ...
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Is there any way to convert 'AI' and 'EPS' to corel draw format (.cdr)?
Is there any way to convert 'AI' and 'EPS' to corel draw format (.cdr)?
My client want to rework from their existing AI and EPS to corel draw.
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AI - Breaking a mesh into a grid of vector shapes
I've researched for what seems forever, and I cannot find anything explaining how to break a mesh into a (distorted) grid of vector shapes. I don't need to preserve any kind of gradient or coloring; I ...
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Illustrator extrude and bevel keep messing up
How do I get an image to extrude and bevel using illustrator CS6.
The shape that's having the issues has effect>texture>texturizer and then I uploaded a psd file.
When I then select ...
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How can I make a Tartan Design in Adobe Illustrator
I generated on the internet this tartan design:
Now I want to get this design as a vector graphic built in Adobe Illustrator. Is there a trick to get 45 degree lines on the squares?
Or does ...
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How do I get out of Outline View?
I have drawn a broom in Illustrator and cant apply any brushes or strokes to it. I just don't get it. What do I have to do? Here is a screenshot:
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What hardware do I need to work with very large 300dpi illustrator files?
What hardware do I need to make a 300dpi 2000mm x 1200mm illustrator files rich with 2 x layers of jpeg artwork and 1 x layer of vector?
I suspect the final files for printing will be in excess 1GB ...
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Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion GUI wireframing kit for Illustrator
Is anyone aware of a wireframing kit for Illustrator (or any vector based template) that encompasses GUI elements from Mac OSX Lion or Mountain Lion?
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If I draw something with a brush then use Live Paint, how do I get rid of the brush stokes?
Say I have the following picture that I drew with a black brush then used Live Paint to color it.
How do I get rid of the black stroke?
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How do I achieve this gradient effect on type in Illustrator?
I'm trying to achieve the gradient effect shown in the below examples on each letter of the type I'm using in a logo design. I don't really know what this style is called, so I can't effectively look ...
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Clip path problem in Illustrator
I'm working in Illustrator CS4, and when I save from EPS to SVG I get these messages:
Foreign artworks are expanded (I see this error when I save to SVG)
clipping will be lost on roundtrip (And I ...
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How to optimize the packing of multiple shapes inside a page for print
Is there a tool inside or outside of Adobe Illustrator which packs custom shapes inside an (say) A4 page?
This would be an optimization for printing the same element multiple times on the same page.
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Photoshop layers into SVG paths
I have a set of Photoshop files which consist of a base image with a series of layers with colored overlays. The overlays are labeled using the layer names.
My task is to get these overlays as SVG ...
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Automate replacement of Smart Objects in Photoshop
I'm involved in the production of a touchscreen device. Our workflow for designing the graphics of the interface is to create the buttons, text, etc in Illustrator, bring it into Photoshop as Smart ...
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Why are my elements moved after being exported to svg
I'm quite new to Adobe Illustrator, but used to PS.
I wanted to experiment with Illustrator to create SVGs that can than be manipulated with JavaScript.
I created some kind of background-layer and ...
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Is there any way to auto close the bezier tools when using the Pen tool for every new angle?
Using the pen tool, I can't imagine why anyone would want the following line segment to go in the ( random ? ) angle it chooses for you when making a new anchor point.
After making every line, I ...
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Export a design for Print Usage, preserving the vector
I am designing a Banner Flex of big size. 6mx8ft. I built this using illustrator, as it has specific tools for vector graphics. Such big document size cannot be created on illustrator or any other ...
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Small-run or DIY printing solutions for packaging design?
So, about a year ago, I taught myself Illustrator. I am still bumbling along and experimenting with what it can do. I recently bought a new book that has templates for packaging design and I am going ...
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Why do you always end up with unused swatches in Illustrator?
Why, after a Live Trace, when you Output to Swatches, do you always end up with a bunch of Unused Swatches? What are their purpose, assuming they have one? I see a lot articles explaining how to ...
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How can I separate colors by layer in Illustrator?
I did a three-color Live Trace, and output the colors to swatches. Now I'd like to assign each of these three (spot) colors to their own layer. I'm sure this is super easy, and I'm just over-looking ...
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Combine Same Color Objects
This question has probably been asked, but I can't find it, exactly. I'm a bit of a noob, and am unclear on some of the terminology.
How do you combine all adjoining objects of the same color, all in ...
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Illustrator CS6 not saving (Unexpected error occured)
I was given a .ai file to do a simple change. Illustrator won't let me save to .ai
After saving the file this error message occurred:
When spot colours are used with transparency, changing them ...
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When I export an image from Illustrator, why is it a slightly different color in the exported image?
I have a web design layout in AI that I'm trying to slice up into HTML/CSS. I'm having trouble keeping the colors the same in the exported files as they are in Illustrator.
When I open it up in ...
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In Illustrator CS6, how do I make my path transparent, but have solid color in the middle?
Basically, I want to have my sketch have a solid color in the inside the path (with live paint), but the path itself that has a stroke, which looks like a border on the image, I want to be completely ...
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Adobe Illustrator - Text Extrude Tips
I'm bit of a newbie in Adobe Illustrator and have been learning the application by trying to follow some tutorials and recreating some cool stuff I come across on the web.
That being said, I'm ...
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In Illustrator CS6, why can't I use the variable width selection?
It looks like this to me:
Where the second box is the variable width option. If it helps I expanded my path.
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AI - Removing ghost lines from path tracing before merging to a compound path
Here's the task: I import an image, trace it black and white, and then try to convert the result into a compound path in order to use it easily later on.
Here's the problem: When I combine to a ...
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Why are all my colors dull in Illustrator CS6?
I just installed Creative Suite 6 on my computer. I was working on some artwork for a client in Illustrator and having a hard time getting the right colors. I noticed they were all very dull. So I did ...
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Illustrator glow effect not shown in pdf after saving
I am relatively new to Illustrator. I use version CS6 and I just discovered that when I apply an outer glow effect it is not visible in the PDF after saving apart from when you make the effect really ...
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Illustrator symbol isolation view pixel grid not aligned to ruler
When a symbol is not aligned to pixel grid, the origin is not aligned to an intersection of the grid. Thus it becomes very difficult to create pixel perfect symbols. Paths that are snapped to the ...
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How to place an ai file behind photoshop layer CS6
I'm working with Photoshop and AI files, both of which are pretty new to me. When placing an AI file on my image, it creates a layer just as I would expect. However, the layer shows up in front of all ...
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Illustrator won't remember layer collapse state
Running Illustrator CS5 on Mac OS 10.7
Reopening an Illustrator document expands all layers
For files containing a large amount of layers, this is very irritating.
Is this a general problem or just ...
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Placing a PSD file in AI CS3 renders unsatisfactory effect results
I'm laying out a composition in AI CS3, using a placed PSD file, and I'm getting not satisfactory results per the effects overlay quality. I hope you'll be able to help me out.
Image 1: This is the ...
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Does Photoshop scale better than Illustrator?
Is it advisable to scale a raster image in Photoshop to the final size before embedding it in Illustrator or does Illustrator use the same bicubic algorithm as Photoshop when (up)scaling pixel images?
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How can I output a list of coordinates for a grouped set of primitives in Adobe Illustrator?
Say I have a large set of random points or circles in illustrator. I select and group them. How can I output a list of their coordinates (i.e. centerpoints) on the page?
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Illustrator reducing double stroke svg to a single stroke svg
I have a double stroke svg that I want to reduce to a single stroke svg. The area on the svg is defined as some white shapes that are overlayed on a black background, with anchors outlining the shapes ...
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Make Arabic text show properly in Adobe Illustrator
Arabic text doesn't show properly in Adobe Illustrator. Even with a font that supports Arabic text (e.g. Arial), the text is back to front (left to right, not right to left) and the letters don't join ...
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Quick-Connectors in Illustrator
I'm trying to create a diagram in illustrator, and what I'm looking for is the ability to use some kind of "quick connector" like in Visio.
Basically it's the ability to make a spline or straight ...
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Ray effect in Illustrator
What I've been doing is copying each stroke, selecting the end anchor point and moving it using the arrow keys.
Is there an easy way to do the following "semi-circle ray effect" in Illustrator show ...
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How can I draw different elements in perspective?
Can someone explain how is the below image created?
I am specially interested in background grid. I am comfortable with the sphere. Any ideas?
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Color Swatches: loading multiple ASE files in illustrator CS5.5
Is there a way to import multiple ASE files from the Swatches palette in Illustrator CS5.5 ?
Currently I can only import one ASE file at a time by doing:
Swatches->Open Swatch Library->Other ...
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Svg transparencies don't work as CSS background
I made a translucent svg. It was a 50% opacity round metal texture. When I put it above any other color it makes it look like real metal. It was made using Illustrator and had 2 of its effects: ...
