Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems.
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How do I create a polygon tessellation pattern in Adobe Illustrator?
I have no idea what they call this so I'm not having much success with searching. But lets start with an example with this site:
Image from pixden.com
Does anybody know how to create this and if it ...
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Non-displaying objects in illustrator and photoshop
So I'm trying to set up templates for other designers to use to adhere to design guidelines, and I want to know if there is any way to specify objects in illustrator and photoshop that do not show up ...
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Illustrator CS5: Multiline text along a path?
How do you create multiline text along a curve?
I'm using the Type On Path tool for single-line text, but is there a way to make the text multiline?
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Illustrator: shape dimension and resize
Is there a way in Illustrator to know the exact dimension of shape in pixel and possibly to resize it down to different (but precise) dimension?
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How to create saturated color palette in Photoshop and Illustrator?
Assume that I have an A color with value 0xff0f0f and two basic black and white colors. How can I create quickly a swatch consists of all medium colors between white and A(lighter) and between A and ...
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Flip type when its on a path, AI cs5
im putting some type on a path, a circle, but when i do it the type is upside down, how can i flip it around so it readys the right way up ? Please see attached image
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Perspective/non-linear blends with a common centre
In illustrator, if you want to take a blend between two objects with a specified number of steps and give it a perspective-like effect - changing the curve of the blend from linear to non-linear so ...
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Blend lines along font letters illustrator
Hi i'd like to achieve this final result with those letters made out of thin lines..How do I achieve that? I want to use the Myriad font. I know about the replace spine method but does it work for my ...
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Compensating for darkening that occurs during lamination
My printer has requested that a batch of graphic files be lightened by 5% to compensate for darkening that happens when the print is laminated.
That would have been easy, until I asked, "What about ...
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Can you re-number the order of artboards in Illustrator CS4?
I use illustrator with multiple artboards to design website layouts. Often I start at the beggining (what I think is the beggining at the time) and get 15 pages deep. Then I realize that I need to add ...
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Illustrator CS6 saving as CS5 by default?
I don't really use Illustrator, but as the techy I am I help someone who does use it regularly - not a techy at all.
The problem is I've installed her CS6 because of the 64 bit support, but she has ...
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Achieving same effect on a play button as show in this image
as you can see in image the rectangle has this boxy look, I was trying to get same look on my play button, but it always turned out wrong, can anyone please edit the image and give that play button ...
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Creating flexible text boxes in Illustrator
I'm going to be making images that include hundreds of lines of text of varying lengths, each of which will have the same "background", with the exception of the length of the background, which will ...
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How to combine two paths in Illustrator
Is it possible to combine an open path and a closed path in Illustrator?
I want to take these two paths:
And combine them to make a box like this, except I don't want the points of the ...
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Removing part of a stroke and adding a gradient to a stroke in Illustrator CS5
Here's what I have...
The top and bottom half are two separate objects each with their own gradient.
I would like to remove the curved horizontal line going across the shape, then I would like to ...
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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 draw a beehive in illustrator
I've been trying to draw a beehive graphic in illustrator. My approach has been to draw an ellipse in yellow and change it's perspective. Then on top of that adding a copy of that ellipse, resize it ...
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Export Multiple Artboards to Pngs Named after the Artboard Without the Filename Prepended
Given the following setup:
File: SomeFilename.ai
Which contains artboards named:
Artboard_01
Artboard_02
Artboard_03
At the moment if I export the artboards Illustrator insists ...
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Keep minium distance of 1px when resizing logo
I am currently doing some work for one of my sites, for which among other things I am designing a logo. The logo partly consists of a few squares, which are aligned directly next to each other and ...
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Illustrator: Artboard X and Y?
just want to know: what are the X and Y settings of the Artboard good for? are they in any way relevant for print?
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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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Delete one shape from another in Illustrator (CS4)
I have an image (below) of two hands over a black circle. All three are currently separate paths with a fill but no stroke, all on the same layer.
How do I delete the shape of the hands from the ...
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Can I stroke a line with a pattern in illustrator?
I have a diagram with many colour-coded lines and a key to which colour means what: red line = electricity cable; blue line = gas pipe etc.
This is inaccessible for colour-blind people.
I would ...
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What's the most flexible way to create a “wrap around” banner with an offset stroke?
So here's the graphic I'm working on (don't hate me, I didn't come up with this one). I'm in Illy 15.1.0.
You can probably see what I'm trying to get to next:
I want the offset rule to follow the ...
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target specific corners for rounding
I have this shape and I want only the square corners to round. When I round the whole thing, it affects the circle part...
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Printing an 8ft X 4ft design
So I have a friend who wants a vector image done for a wall print in their karate studio. But they want the image 8 ft high and 5ft long. Do you actually make a file that big then draw the design then ...
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Adding a brush to an existing custom brush library in Illustrator
I have an existing custom brush library I created in Illustrator (CS5). I just created a new brush that I would like to add to this existing library. How can I do this?
Drag and drop does not work. ...
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Transparency in clipping mask groups
I am using a clipping mask to cut out some shapes. These shapes are composed of a rectangular "base color" and then some extra shapes overlaid for shading. However, with the clipping mask I get bright ...
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Saving a single brush to an existing library
Is there a way to save one brush at a time to a library in Illustrator CS5?
So far as I've figured out so far, you can clear all-but-one of the brushes out of the default library, load the last ...
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Illustrator how to crop and save images
I have a website someone designed for me in AI but i am not sure how to crop out pieces and select layers and save them to design my website. I am only used to the way of photoshop finding the layer ...
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Font Substitution in Adobe Illustrator CS5
I'm creating a custom PDF catalog by grabbing pages from other companies PDFs (this is allowed, no legal issues!)...
I'm having problems though because I do not have the same fonts installed on my ...
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Illustrator to Tagged PDF file
Is there a way to save an Illustrator file to a Tagged PDF file. I need to make the PDF 508 compliant and it would be faster if the conversion added the tags.
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Can an Illustrator file be saved as a PDF with layers without retaining the editability of the artwork?
I would like to convert an Illustrator document to a PDF and make it available to graphic designers doing publicity. It would be convenient if the designers could turn off the different layers but I ...
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Can I resize the texture pattern that applied via Illustrator graphic styles?
Can I resize the texture pattern that applied via Illustrator graphic styles? And if not, is there any workaround to achieve this?
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How to make CMYK Spectrum the same in two documents in Illustrator CS6?
I have two documents open in Adobe Illustrator CS6 for Mac. They are both dragons and I want the dragons to be the same colour. I have entered the same value however the colours are different. I ...
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What are the limitations of the option “Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities” in Adobe Illustrator CS5?
First some background...
We have a custom piece of software that requires PDF files to auto generate web pages. These PDF files are pretty typical, the only special thing about these is that hey ...
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Photoshop or Illustrator for Icon Design
Photoshop and Illustrator compared, both expose nearly the same possibilities to create icons except that Illustrator uses a vector based system. In which situations is which product more reasonable ...
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Illustrator messes up curves while drawing with tablet
I don't know if its my Computer [Windows 7 64bit] or if its the tablet [Wacom Bamboo Pen]. But when I try to draw smooth curves in AI, it stops then continues to draw messes up the curves.
Inside ...
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How to split an SVG file with dozens of g elements into dozens of SVG files?
I have an SVG file that has, say, 10 g elements that do not start at (0,0). For example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.1, SVG Export Plug-In . ...
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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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What is the best way to resize things in illustrator?
I am working with this "complicated" ilustrated cat character in Illustrator. The problem is that I worked and modified what I needed to modify and now I have to resize this cat and I stumbled into a ...
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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 place a guide a certain distance away from an object in Illustrator?
When designing in Photoshop I frequently place a guide a certain distance away from an object so that I can keep consistent spacing (e.g. all headings could have 40px of padding below them). In ...
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How to create fading drop shadow effect in Illustrator?
Any advice on how to create the shadow effect in the attached image would be much appreciated!
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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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How to Achieve this Spherical Planet effect?
I'm interested in creating an effect similar to the one linked below, but freehand drawing with perspective isn't my strong suit. Looking at this image it appears that I could individually create the ...
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How to create an extruded halftone effect in illustrator or photoshop
I saw this photo on Smashing Magazine:
Portrait of Alfred Nobel by Viktor Hertz
And I was wondering how I can make a similar effect with the halftones extruding into 3D like it is shown. I ...
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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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Creating a custom grid for a logo in Illustrator
I always wondered how to create a those custom grids like you can see on David Pache's works (http://dribbble.com/helveticbrands) and Igor Duibanov.
I found out how to create a tangent to a circle ...
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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 ...
