Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems.
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Illustrator document to Photoshop - Preserve Layers?
Is it possible to import a Illustrator document into Photoshop and keep the layers - we need to supply a multi layered document to a client in this way asap...
We have tried exporting the doc as a ...
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how to import vectors from fireworks to illustrator
I created some vector graphics for my company's website in fireworks because I like the pixel perfect control I get but now everybody likes the artwork so much that they want to use it all over the ...
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How do you make a font in illustrator?
I have recently created my own font/typeface in adobe illustrator and I would like to use it as a REAL font (e.g I would like to use it as I type something). Is this possible in adobe illustrator or ...
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Adobe Illustrator - working with path & pathfinder issue
I'm working on some print design in Adobe Illustrator, but I can't seem to figure out this one thing. It's probably stupid, but would really appreciate if someone could help me out.
I've create a ...
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How to create irregular shapes with round corners
I found a logo of a company named Ibbt. As you can see, there is a separation between elements (the shapes in the left). Can anybody tell how to create such effect in Illustration?
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How to: Line 3D effect?
How would one go about creating a lined 3D effect as shown in the image below?
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Adobe Illustrator CS6 (not responding) [closed]
As soon as i open a document in Illustrator CS6 or start a new document i get the famous spinning ball of death and the only thing i can do is force quite illustrator.
I have tried restarting my ...
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Can I make each group in this SVG file its own SVG file?
I have a huge SVG file that I filled with all the characters for a font. There are a lottt of characters and it'd take forever to manually copy each of them into its own file. Each character has all ...
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Interactively drag constrained 45°/90° line
I know I can hold down shift to drag a line constrained to 45° or 90° with the pen tool in illustrator. However, I'd like to see the line previewed interactively as I draw. I can get that behavior ...
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Temporary keyboard shortcuts stopped working- illustrator/photoshop CS5 (mac)
I use temporary keyboard shortcuts for navigating my work area...
e.g.:
Hold down spacebar to get hand tool
Hold down space+cmd/space+cmd+option to get zoom in/out tool
All of a sudden these no ...
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Multiple double lines
I have two lines with a double appearance:
which I would like to be joined at their intersection:
(which I did with Object->Path->Join).
However, I don't want the lines to be joined at the end; ...
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3D Revolve, but spaced out in a segment style in Illustrator
I'm trying to revolve a 2D shape so that the final 3D shape has a segmented style. See below:
http://img.alexblundell.com/up/c5693a8d4351fd0c498c8919a2a3e43b.png
I'm sure there's an automated way ...
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Pointillism? Mosaic? Vector Bokeh? [duplicate]
Is there a name for this effect and what would be the best way to achieve it in Photoshop or Illustrator in terms of filling a different vector shape with a similar distribution of rainbow circles?
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Where did my default brushes go?
I was working on a logo design for a client in Illustrator Cs4 when suddenly the default brushes were no longer there. The brush files are still in place but they do not show up in the brushes panel. ...
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What should I do to get an image equal exactly to my design
I'm a newbie in graphic design. when I do my design in illustrator I create a big artboard usually 800X500px, but I don't use all the size. So what should I do to get an image of exactly of my design. ...
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Is it ok to use .pngs on business cards to print?
I want to use a background image from here though these are usually just used for websites. I am worried the quality will not be sufficient enough for print. Would I be correct in this assumption? Is ...
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Illustrator CS5 Distorts Vector on Resize, using Scale Tool
When resizing a vector group in Illustrator CS5.5 with a custom made symbol in the group I get distortion of the proportion of the shape.
I've tried
Tried resizing with selection tool holding ...
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Concept OS Mocking: Illustrator vs. Photoshop vs. Other
As a school project, I am graphically designing my own mobile OS. I already have hundreds of hand drawings of each aspect of the OSs design and I need to make the step to digital mockups.
As the ...
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How do I combine two objects into one in Illustrator?
I have a G and an arrow. I want the arrow to act as the horizontal portion of the G. I have it lined up but when I apply effects I want then to act in one. For example If I apply a 3d effect I want ...
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When using the pen tool in AI/PS, how do I select different parts of the image to continue with my path?
Take this image for example:
How would I then go and select more of the rabbit after I made that leg selection up into its body?
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Designing A Website from Scratch – Illustrator or Photoshop?
If I'm designing a website from scratch and I intend to slice it and code it up in Adobe Dreamweaver later, should I create the design of the website in Illustrator or Photoshop? Why?
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Closing paths drawn with the Illustrator pencil tool?
Prompted by John's question about leaving paths unclosed.
Drawing with the pencil tool (or the paintbrush tool) in Illustrator leaves the paths it makes open. Unlike the pen tool, there isn't an ...
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What is the easiest way to export just the selected objects in Illustrator CS5
The title says it all, I want to know what the simplest way to export the selected objects. In Inkscape, there is a menu option called "export selected" which does just this.
The aforementioned ...
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Folder to put fonts for Illustrator CS6 without having to install fonts in system
I remember there used to be a folder I could just put fonts in and they would work for Adobe InDesign. I thought it was a folder called fonts in the same directory the InDesign document was. I tried ...
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In Illustrator, how do I cut off a protruding end of a line going through a circle (letter)?
In Adobe Illustrator CS5, I have a circle (the letter "O") and a line going through it, like so:
Now, I want to remove the protruding south-east part of the line, for an end result similar to
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How do I trim the overlapping elements in Adobe Illustrator?
Whenever I am working with Adobe Illustrator, I can't figure this out for the life of me so I end up doing all kinds of knifing to get it sort of the way I want it. I am posting this here so I can ...
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Geometrically correct line drawnings: curves, angles, cusps and other edges
I am a PhD student in Psychology - Vision Science. I've just started to learn Adobe Illustrator in order to prepare the visual stimuli for an upcoming experiment. I'm not well experienced and since I ...
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How do I only fill part of an object in Illustrator? [duplicate]
I have an illustration that someone else created in Illustrator. I need to be able to choose the exact point in which to fill half of the shape with one color and the other half with another color? ...
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Brochures font size
Hello This is may first question here. I was working with small projects. I have problem with the Brochures (Tri-fold).
At the Back Cover the content are only programme 2 fold and raffle entry 1 fold ...
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Gradient Tool is blocked on Illustrator cs6
My gradient tool on Illustrator cs6 is blocked.
It won't let me change color, direction or anything related. The Gradient tool wont even let me click on the gradient, it shows the cursor with a ...
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Apply a compound path over a clipping mask
I have a vectorial image which is fairly complex (got it off the web) and it is some kind of a circle. While the center of this circle is white it is not transparent. I've been trying to apply a ...
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How can I move multiple objects towards a central point in Illustrator?
I want to move a set of objects towards a central point.
Think moving objects that are outlining a circle towards the middle.
I know you can do this through the bounding box, but that results in the ...
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Apply different designs to Illustrator graph columns
I have a column chart that I've created with the Illustrator graph tool. I've applied a sliding design to all the columns. I'd like to apply this design to a specific column type e.g., People that eat ...
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Search Help Keyboard Shortcut on Mac Illustrator CS6
The standard mac shortcut (Command+?) for opening the menu item search field doesn't work.
As Beibei mentioned - This is about cueing the cursor to the "Search" box of the help menu, not invoking the ...
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How do I avoid lines at top and left borders of png files exported from Illustrator
When I export Illustrator artwork as a png file, I get a one pixel grey border at the top and left edges.
There is no background object, but I export (Save for Web and Devices) with matte white ...
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How can I distribute outlined/expanded text along a path in Illustrator?
If I have some text that is expanded, how can I distribute it along a path?
For example, if I'd like to have the Stack Exchange logo follow an arc
Using an Envelope Distort, well, distorts the ...
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How to convert the ordinary image into effective image in photoshop
I want to convert the images by the following Images Conversion Method. How do i convert in photoshop cs6 Response Me..
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Unpixelated Screenshot images
I have some work to showcase: images which are screenshots of work which are online. However when arranging these screenshot images in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, they all appear to be ...
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How to make screenshots high resolution [duplicate]
I have multiple screenshots and it appears that when I put them into illustrator and click off the image it then becomes pixalated. Is there a possible way to make this clear. As I don't have the ...
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How to put small elements into a big element in Illustrator
I have a question in Illustrator regarding the picture that I attached:
Is there a command in Illustrator to put a set of elements together into a bigger element considering the angles and rotation ...
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How to create a pattern or tiles from rotated elements
I have a geometric pattern – say, a cross:
Which I want to repeat with some overlap and tile … easy:
The blue square marks the 100×100 px unit tile.
However, here comes the catch: I want to ...
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How to create a curved tiles effect in adobe illustration
This curved tiles shape was created in adobe illustration:
How can I recreate it?
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How to fix the gradient's position in Illustrator?
How do I make the Illustrator not change the gradient's position and size when I change the path's shape?
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Make Illustrator use the embedded result images
I have been tasked with updating a poster that the client used last year.
Should be fairly simple, just edit the file, change the date and shrink it from A2 to A3.
But I only have the pdf that was ...
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Can I lock vector art EPS10 files to avoid editing?
I read somewhere that it is possible to save an illustrator file as a .eps file and have no layer editing options? So the art is scaleable but not editable?
I have tried but can't seem to find ...
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Illustrator gradient tool won't change direction
In Illustrator CS6, I can only get the gradient tool to add a horizontal gradient.
I can not drag either of the end points around into a vertical gradient.
What is going on here that I can't see?
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how to create sunken or inlay effect in illustrator to create depth to an object
Basicly, I need to know what is the best way to add depth to an innerbox like for example a monitor, a tv, anything that comes with a frame.
In my case it's a window frame that contains a poster.
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How to disable Align to Pixel Grid in Illustrator
When I create a new document, this option is available, but how to disable it, when the document is already created?
I can select shapes and disable it via the transform panel but not for newly ...
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How to change colour of all elements of a group, at once, in Illustrator
I have a group of objects of the same colour, consisting of coumpound paths, regular paths and groups of these. How to change the colour of all objects at once? When I tried to use colour picker or ...
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How to create a spiral logo or shape in adobe illustrator
This shape was created using Adobe Illustrator.:
How can I recreate it?
