Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Clipping Mask in Illustrator using Photoshop image
I have two photoshop pngs, I am trying to simulate a rotating coin 3D effect. One image will act as heads and the other will act as tails. How can I get these two images to rotate together to ...
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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 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 : 'deleting' overlay compound path
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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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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Re-Recording Actions in Illustrator
I frequently record Illustrator Actions. My actions are quite long, but they all involve three common steps:
Assigning Notes to shapes
Assigning Swatches to shapes
Selecting shapes that have a ...
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Illustrator CS6 Data Variables XML Parser Error
So I have to generate flyers for 10 different laptops (and more in the future). I decided to set up variables. I've created an XML Map for MS-Excel which allows me to save the 'XML Data' type file. I ...
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Smart guides “construction guides” feature intermittent in Illustrator CS5
My sad story
In the much maligned post-CS3 smart guides, there are some known problems. This Adobe forums thread is a good example. That was all very helpful but my problem is a little different.
I ...
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How to change Blend tool's behavior in Adobe Illustrator?
Is it possible to change the way the Blend tool works here?
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7305/20130524124501.png
What if I need the Blend tool draw the crossing not under the cross but above? ...
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Embedding pdf in illustrator
So, I'm using adobe illustrator for creating vectorial figures, mainly for graphs.
In illustrator, creating graphs is not so well implemented, so I'm using another tool to make them (e.g. R, xmgrace, ...
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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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Inside path from outside path
I have a a font where the anchor points are somewhat random and I want to be able to get the inside path of an "outside" path. Take a look at the screenshot and check out the points on the path, its ...
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Does CorelDraw have a native read resolution for reading SVG's?
Does Coreldraw has a default read resolution for SVG's? The only DPI settings that will show me the number of pixels exactly as they were created is 96. Is that Corel's native DPI resolution for ...
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Symbol name becomes slice name in Illustrator - script or workflow for this?
Just wondering if there's a shortcut to giving slices the same name as the symbol they're generated from. If yes – great; if not – back to work...
Thank you!
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AI cs5/6 extend script issues on Windows
activeDocument.fitArtboardToSelectedArt()
When calling this command, AI crashes on AI 5.1/6 32bit and 64bit versions. I can use the command form the menu. Has anyone encountered this? does anyone ...
