Questions about Adobe Illustrator, the vector graphics editor.
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How to draw these big headed characters?
I am the graphic designer of a game and I want to recreate the look of these images (I mean the characters, not the 2.5 scene).
My questions are:
Does this character style (no legs or arms) have a ...
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Image becomes transparent after making clipping mask
I have successfully clipped an image in Illustrator by placing a shape above it and making a mask. However, some shapes result in the image being clipped but then also becoming transparent. Why would ...
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Illustrator now refuses to draw lines with stroke weight below 1 pt
Since yesterday, Illustrator has been refusing to let me set a line weight under 1pt. If I set a lower one, the line snaps back to 1pt weight.
This is crippling to my work: The art is being output to ...
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Is there a way to generate a spline centered within a font? [duplicate]
I would like to do something that seems simple, but I can't find anything on the web. Does anyone know of a way to take a font and generate a spline that follows the center of the font's stroke? 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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Horizontal and Vertical Scaling of One Character in AI
In Photoshop, I've got in my character menu Horizontal and Vertical scaling. In Illustrator I don't have it, but I need it. I know I can stretch the entire text-box in AI to simulate character ...
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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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How to avoid decimals on position and size using pixels
I am using Adobe Illustrator CS6 to create small images (like icons) for my app so I need pixel precision.
How can I avoid X, Y, W and H properties to have decimals? Can I configure 0 decimals for ...
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How do I remove texture from an object in illustrator cs6?
I created a logo with some wooden texture in it. I'd like to get rid of the texture and fill it with a different color. I'm not sure what to do. I am able to change the color but the texture remains.
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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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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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Multiple views in illustrator
I work on some detailed graphics.
I would like to have two windows of the same file open at once, one zoomed in and the other at 100%. This is easy.
But what I can't figure out is how to remove ALL ...
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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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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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Apply an action to each item in a selection in turn?
If you use an Illustrator action on a selection, it applies it to that selection as a whole.
Illustrator actions can be applied as 'batches', but this means batches of files, not batches of objects.
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How to Create Pixel Based Text Logo?
I want to write 'SBS' in Pixel Art Style
SBS is a Software House, so that's why I want to make something that is related to computers or technology etc.
like this
or like this
I want to see ...
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How to change the background color of the outer canvas in Illustrator
Is there away to change the colour of this grey area? I would like it to be white. I like to use this area as a mood board and so it helps if I am working with the same background colour.
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Is there a way to make photoshop CS6 work with touchscreens monitors?
I have a 15.6" touchscreen laptop and I would like to be able to use the touchscreen in Photoshop. It works fine in Illustrator but for some reason Adobe didn't make Photoshop compatible with touch ...
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Photoshop/Illustrator combine path shapes [duplicate]
I'm working on my first vector logo. I've done most of the work in Photoshop, just because it's more familiar to me instead of Illustrator. Everything is done using the pen tool, I've saved the paths ...
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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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How do I add colored text on a colored artboard in illustrator cs6?
I'm trying to add a red color text on a artboard that has a blue blackground. But for some reason, it appears black (I've selected the text color to be red).
I've tried this with other colors too ...
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Illustrator 3D extrude on text misses faces
I am attempting to create 3D text in Adobe Illustrator CS5 in OSX using the 3D Extrude and Bevel effect.
The problem is that if I only rotate the text on one axis, in this case the X axis and then ...
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Icon Character Design - name and methods
Im looking for tutorials about designing characters/mascots with illustrator in a specific style viewable below. I liked this design style but the actual original tutorial page is no longer online ...
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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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Creating Cut-out style Text in Illustrator
Is it possible to create something like the image below in illustrator? I know in Photoshop it would be a case of rasterizing font and cutting the text and shifting it around but Photoshop is vector ...
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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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Why can't I arrange layers in illustrator?
I'm working on a design with layered text. I want to have a word on top of another and when I select the layer and go to arrange > bring to front it won't do it. I've tried sending the rest of the ...
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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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Why does my shape have a tiny horizontal line?
I need to remove the horizontal bar of an A char so it looks like a V upside down. What I did is: I opened Illustrator and typed the character A, then I clicked "create outlines". Then I joined bottom ...
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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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Pantone color doesn't translate to new document?
I'm experiencing a very weird problem in Illustrator with a Pantone color. I have a document open with a logo in it that is Pantone 280 C, blue. I copy the logo into a new Illustrator document and it ...
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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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Printing Barcode Label from illustrator properly
hey I am drawing label in adobe illustrator with barcode (label size is 15*10 and barcode size is approx 4*3).. When I scan barcode on my screen in illustrator (actual size) it works fine.. but when I ...
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Script for InDesign that checks for halftone spot colors?
Thanks to the help of various people here, I've just about nailed this script for InDesign that I'm working on. There's only one other bit that, while not 100% necessary, I would love to be able to ...
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Illustrator - set object x and y relative to pixel grid, not artboard
When I use illustrator cs5 on another machine, all objects' x and y are relative to their artboard, not the overall pixel grid (by pixel grid I mean the entire screen). How can I change this so the x ...
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How do I convert an image to flat-shaded polygons? [duplicate]
I am looking for a way to convert an image into a flat-shaded polygonal mesh. This consists of two steps:
Creating the mesh (manually), overlaying an existing image.
Shading the mesh (automatically) ...
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Illustrator: Transforming group of paths/compound paths results in different larger version
I have a logo which I want to scale to a larger size.
I started by setting up my artboard to the size I wanted it, then I grouped all the logo paths/objects which are in one layer and opened the ...
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AI CS6 doesn't let me save
After loading a large group of vector (*.ai) files, I tried individually going through to change each one's color (they're basic, monochrome vectors).
After pasting the hex value into the object's ...
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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: ...
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Move artboard without changing contents position
Often when I move an artboard in Illustrator using the mouse, the contents end up having moved half or 1 pixel within the artboard. Is there a setting or something else I can do to prevent the ...
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Convert text to paragraph text in Illustrator
Is there any quick way to convert text created at point (automatically resizable boundaries) to a area (paragraph) text (with fixed boundaries) in Illustrator CS3?
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illustrator cs5- paste in place not changing layers
I'm trying to re-organize a project that has gotten a lot of objects stuck in the wrong layers.
For some reason when I select a group of objects and try to move them to another artboard my paste in ...
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How can I export an image from Illustrator image at multiple sizes?
I am new to Adobe Illustrator and I have a logo image which I need to use in 5 or 6 different sizes. The logo image was created in Adobe Illustrator, but when I try to save the image to PNG or JPEG ...
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How can I create realistic business card mockups?
I'm trying to produce the effect in the below image:
I'd preferably like to do this with Photoshop or Illustrator. How can this be accomplished?
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Simple Spot Color Separations for Screen Printing
Ok, I'm an Illustrator noob, but I've worked in screen printing.
I made a design which is composed of an expanded Live Trace, a couple of rectangles with fills and strokes, and some text within said ...
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Illustrator : 'deleting' overlay compound path [closed]
I made a circle, and above that I put a compound path which I download from internet, a custom B, I want to just take the circle without the custom B, I did it before, let say a circle with star ...
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How to cut the non-overlapping part of 2 shapes in Illustrator CS6
I have 2 shapes (see below) a circle and a shape of the US. I want to remove the part of the US that falls outside the circle. How is this possible?
Thanks
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How can I rename a footage .ai file for AE without breaking the references? [migrated]
I've got a composition in After Effects CS 6 on Windows that contains several .ai files. One of them has over 30 layers, which I imported and animated in AE. Unfortunately, I gave the .ai file the not ...
