Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems.
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Distorting a layer to fit shape
I have a rectangular image which I'd like to distort so that it fits into a shape. I can almost do it using "Distort", but I need to move more than just the corners, which is all I can seem to do ...
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Saving Illustrator as PDF without the hidden layers
We have roughly 55 cards that all have the exact same text. The titles and backgrounds differ among the cards. So I've made just one AI with the different backgrounds and all the text as one copy in a ...
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Adobe Illustrator vs Adobe Indesign for brochures
You may know me (not that I am worth knowing) from my first question. I am a noob in web design, graphic desgin, font theroy, color theory, guess all of the mixes that are crucial. My expertise ...
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Illustrator 3D Extrude Pipe Elbow
I'm trying to create a 3D extrude of an ABS pipe elbow like this:
Large image.
Although it can be solid, isn't necessary for a hollow pipe.
I created a doughnut from two ellipses (one deleted ...
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What is an easy way to create a bulk of rounded rectangles in Illustrator?
Image is taken from this site.
Is there a way in Illustrator to draw a group of rectangles like this without having to draw them one by one? The idea is to divide the area into as many rectangles of ...
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Multiple non-inheriting transforms effects?
I'm designing a template for product packaging. While designing, I'd like to have the layout as it would be printed out flat, but I'd also like to have different 'views' (front, back, bottom, etc) so ...
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How to vertically center text in a box in Illustrator CS5
How do I vertically center text in a box in Illustrator CS5? I cannot find a way to do that; in InDesign, it's a click away!
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Multiple objects spaced evenly around a circle
I have a project where I am taking 6 different images and placing them on a circle. All of the images have duplicates (anywhere between 3 of the same image to 24). In total, I need the circle to have ...
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Illustrator Vector Graphics Appearing Pixellated
This has been puzzling me for a few days now, and I asked a graphic designer I knew before trying here and haven't been able to solve it yet. It's quite weird so please bear with me for a bit.
I am ...
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How to convert text to single stroke in illustrator
The question really says it all. I want to apply brush effect on the stroke once it looks like text. All my tries have resulted in stroke being outline of the text.
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Use an artboard as a template, exporting multiple versions with an image swap?
I have an artboard with a card design and I have an image that have to change one hundred times inside that. It´s an image that changes the meaning of the card, but it will always have the same width ...
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Sampling color of partially transparent objects in Illustrator
Sometimes when using Adobe Illustrator I need to get a range of tints from a certain color, so I'll drop the opacity to, say, 75%, 50%, and 25% on a white background to get there. It's the quickest ...
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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 bind line to rectangle
I want to create some kind of flow chart with Illustrator CS3. In other programs it is possible to bind a line or arrow to a rectangle and whenever I drag the rectangle, the binded line is adapted in ...
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Illustrator Text Bounding Box Resize
I have an illustrator file, and I need to resize the bounding box of all the components, without changing the size of the text. Is there an easy way to do this, or do I have to go and rewrite all of ...
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Is there a way to imitate a pencil or pen in illustrator?
I'm working with illustrations and I realized that it's easier to draw lines in Illustrator and combine them in Photoshop with other effects and textures. The problem is that I cannot find a way to ...
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Does the usage of symbols improve illustrator performance?
I create quite big illustrations with a lot of small complex symbols/icons in it, for example different kinds of servers etc. Some icons/symbols are used multiple times in one illustration. Would it ...
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Vector pasting in wrong spot / Font Lab and Illustrator
I built out some shapes to test out a font icon idea.
I drew them in Illustrator. I set my art-board to pt at 1000 x 1000.
I filled the objects and moved the ruler so that 0 was the baseline.
From ...
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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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Change Background Color of Text Box in Illustrator CS5
Any way to change the background color of a text box without all the workarounds such as placing another shape behind the text.
I need to have a textbox filled with color of 249, 249, 249 and a ...
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Is There An “Erase Lines Mode” In Illustrator?
Is there a way to 'erase lines' in Illustrator similar to the way it's done in Adobe Flash?
The clearest example is around 06:40 of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr2Y3DKHiJg
Basically ...
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Opening Adobe illustrator CS5 file in CorelDRAW X5
I was totally new to graphic design and the best I could do was resize images in MS Paint or use Word 2010. Than I discovered Adobe Illustartor as I needed to make a logo and Letter Head. After ...
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Exporting drawing for icon images to be used in Android for various screen sizes in a not too labourious manner?
I want to make a set of icons for android phones. The guide has a set of recommendations for the denstiy and sizes link to recommendations. What is an efficient manner to go about producing these ...
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Illustrator: Snap at some distance from existing objects
I'm drawing a bus line map. On some streets several bus lines pass together, so parts of the lines should be parallel and on a uniform distance from each other.
Ideally, I would like that when I draw ...
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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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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 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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Why are some details of an icon fuzzy?
I've created an icon in Illustrator for an iPhone app.
When the icon is in the size for the iPhone, parts of the graphic fuzzy. How can I improve the details on the icon? My icon is a clock, and it ...
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Efficient use of Illustrator's export File Dialogue
When I File > Export using Artboards from Illustrator the (OSX)file dialogue is always pointing at the directory where the Illustrator document is located. If I need to export to a different directory ...
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Extract image x/y coordinates and width and height info from PDF via IL or PS
We have a professionally designed floor plan in PDF form for an event we are running currently. It is similar to a CAD drawing. We have booths (rectangular squares) drawn on it.
I have a colleague ...
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How to do Vintage floral seamless patterns with Photoshop and Illustrator [closed]
How can i create the following type of images with either photoshop or illustrator? Please see these are the images
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Adobe illustrator: symmetrical editing of card indices (A, K, Q, J, etc.)
I have a set of playing cards in FXG format serving as asset for a Flex card game.
However the indices of the cards are in English language: A, K, Q, J and my game is in a different language.
My ...
