Questions tagged [adobe-illustrator]
Questions about Illustrator, Adobe's vector digital file editing, creation application and tools. Ask anything related to designing graphics with Illustrator.
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Circles inside circle - evenly distributed
I want circles with DIFFERENT stroke sizes to have similar border distances / align them evenly. How can I do that in Illustrator?
The blend tool works only if border sizes are identical.
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As a graphic designer how can I chose right font and color for my design work. How can I improvise in it?
I have been working as a Graphic designer for the past 2 years. But some how I face little difficulty in choosing the right font and color for my designer work. So need ideas on improvising my work.
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Illustrator: Eliminating The Center Of The Text
I have a word repeated four times with a star over the middle of the text. Is there a way to eliminate just the letters behind the star?
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Different way to unite a vector without losing detail
This is my first time asking something here so I hope I can get the help I need. I seem to be stuck with a pathfinder problem.
I made this detailed vectorized image of my dog and I need to merge it as ...
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Convert fonts into curves/ paths automatically on export to PDF in Illustrator
Is there any way in illustrator to convert text into curves/ paths automatically when exporting as PDF?
I couldn't find any preset option in the PDF export dialog.
Are there "Actions" like ...
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Apply stroke to a filled shape in Adobe Illustrator
I'm a complete beginner in Adobe Illustrator. I've drawn a clean lineart of a drawing with the pen tool and I'm now filling it with colours. However, I would like to give the drawing a hand-painted ...
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How do I make a spacetime curvature grid like this (the black hole one)?
I wanna make a grid like the black hole one but with bigger size and more subdivisions. I tried using the Envelope Distort tool and dragging the anchor point but the result is pretty pointy, is there ...
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create an pie chart from image
I need to create an pie chart from an image.
I know how to create an pie chart and how to 3D it but how in the hell can I make this image:
I'm really lost here. Hope someone knows
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I have this ...
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How to make a circle act like a stroke in Illustrator
This is a design I'm working on:
I'm okay with the logo but the only problem is that it is very inconvenient. It needs to have the path colour frequently changed, and this works well, apart from the ...
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How would you make something like this using illustrator?
How can I calculate the necessary transformations to construct circular path and maintain the pattern? Can anyone provide me with or reference to relevant resources? Thanks!
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Creating a Random Garden Layout in Illustrator, Photoshop
How can I create a random layout, like the one in this garden plan, in Illustrator, Photoshop, or any other app? The average size of a patch is around 1-2 meters. I would like to add different plants ...
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How to make a looped corner (like in FontLab) in Illustrator?
There's a feature in FontLab that allows you to turn a corner into "Looped corner":
I'm looking for a way to do that in Illustrator. What I do now, is to add an anchor point besides an ...
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Create multiple artboards with unique sizes from list of pre-typed measurements
I have several projects that need 15-20 artboards in one file with multiple unique sizes. Right now, I create each artboard individually working of a long list of typed out measurements . Is there a ...
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How to achieve this smooth zig zag effect for these lines?
I tried to achieve this below simple effect in Adobe Illustrator.
...but my result is a not exactly that I expect and it's a little different from the original image. I've tried Zigzag effect and ...
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Importing an image in PDF format generated by R into Adobe Illustrator results in changes to the image's colors
I created a map using R and wanted to edit it in Adobe Illustrator. However, I found that some countries' colors were missing when I imported the generated PDF file into Illustrator.
The first image ...
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How to set up and export illustrator file for a huge digital billboard?
photos are much bigger than the pixels artboard and need the finale saved jpeg to be 1MB. When setting up illustrator file for a huge digital billboard what the best way to save and export the file?
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In Illustrator, when I reflect a shape the original shape can't be seen but it is still there
Example:
This is the original image:
I then use Effects > Distort & Transform > Transform and set it to reflect.
and this is what I see.
If I put my cursor over it, it shows that it is ...
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How to add a anchor point external to an object that is aligned to something internal to an object in adobe illustrator
I have a text field that I would like to rotate around a point 1 inch to the left of the text field, around a point that is aligned exactly to the vertical center of the text field. However, when I ...
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Data Variable Error "filter cannot complete because of an unknown error"
Hello, I'm a beginner in design, and I'm having trouble with applying the data variable function in Adobe Illustrator. I've searched extensively but couldn't find a solution. When I try to apply it to ...
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How do I place four "evenly" spaced lines along the perimeter of a shape in Illustrator?
I have the following shape, which I made by creating an ellipse and scaling the top and bottom handles at the same time with the s shortcut. On this shape, I want to place four spaced out lines that ...
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Extrude and Bevel adobe illustrator problem
So i'm trying this text effect on adobe illustrator wherein it creates like a hole text appearance.
The first time I did it, it worked but then the following tries it creates a problem like this.
I ...
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How to simulate depth for a group of objects (car rim)
I'm doing Illustrator artwork of a DeLorean. The DeLorean has two different tire sizes (1" larger diameter rears). The rims have more contour on the rear because of that difference. These are ...
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How can I revolve a hexagon growing pattern in a circle? (Reference in description)
Been trying to achieve this hexagon pattern, but luck so far. I have tried to use blending modes and also making a brush out of the pattern but keeps coming out very irregular.
How can i approach to ...
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Reflect tool changes stroke alignment, which then becomes uneditable
I’m trying to use the Reflect Tool to create symmetry.
By the look of it, it seems as if the path on the left has an outside stroke alignment and the path on the left has an inside stroke alignment.
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Alignment is not working
I prepared a logo, grouped the entire thing, and then I tried to align it to the artboard. Problem is each time I align the group one of the the text layers shifts its position. I don't want to ...
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How to write on a circular path from inside
I have been trying to write on a circular path. Everything is okay, but No way I can put it inside of the path, I mean the margin (path) will b on the top of the letters, and it will start from left ...
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(Illustrator) Warp text inside and around a ring/circle, maintaining its shape
A sketched example of what I'd like to achieve:
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Distribute lists (equally) separated by a character
I would like to add a paragraph to my document containing names separated by bullet points. Since the names are in different lengths the distribution is not balanced on every line.
When I set the text ...
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Can I automatically convert an outer stroke into an "inner" stroke in SVGs?
I know the title is sort of confusing but I really don't know how to describe it better. I will first visualize what I want to achieve, because it becomes really clear then.
The following image is a ...
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How to apply this kind of spot gradient on live text in photoshop
I just got stucked how to apply partical gradient effect on this texts.
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How to set the initial color of fill/stroke in the Illustrator?
Although I saw this question and followed the process step-by-step, I have trouble setting the default color of fill/stroke.
I want to set the fill with white(#ffffff) and stroke with black(#000000) ...
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How to quickly remove all duplicate paths created during the use of the Shapebuilder tool in Adobe Illustrator?
The Shapebuilder tool always gives me quite a few duplicate paths stacked on top of each other, which can sometimes cause problems when using other tools later and selecting the paths thinking I’m ...
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Is there a good way to work with this powerpoint file in illustrater
I have quite a complex powerpoint. I made it in powerpoint in the first place, because I knew how to make it like this so far. But now the next part will be easier in illustrator. It has to be ...
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Scanned a Pdf with Washed Out Colors
I scanned a book into a pdf, but the room light I used to illuminate the pages caused the scans to have a washed out effect
The black text at the top of the page is light in the scans. The lack of ...
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Adobe Illustrator 2023 URLEncoding "fi" in hyperlinks
I'm trying to create a PDF document with clickable hyperlinks using Abode Illustrator 2023, however I've noticed a weird issue - if the URL contains the characters "fi" they will be replaced ...
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Why does this happen to my out of bounds shape?
I'm importing a PSD file into Illustrator and I've noticed there's sort of a "clipping shape" the size of the artboard mixed with the shapes that happen to be "out of bounds" (in ...
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How to change outline color with eyedropper in Adobe illustrator
I am trying to work on a big project and i need to change lines color just with one click, the is so much shapes, every time i pick i dropper it changes the shapes color not only the outline
Any ...
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Can anyone help me do a similar effect to this on illustrator?
I am trying to recreate the lines effect that was done on the letter H in the graphic seen below, does anyone know how I could replicate this effect?
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How to lighten text based on background in Illustrator?
I'm trying to add a textual tattoo to an image in Illustrator, and would like the lighten the text based on the skin color in the image as shown in the image below from a Photoshop tutorial to account ...
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How to round corners without perfectly circular arcs?
I found this neat way to round corners in Photoshop:
https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/2772/182037
Basically, you apply a gaussian blur to the image and then sharpen it. I like this method ...
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How to trim multiple paths within a clipping mask?
the image below was created from a clipping mask; is there a way to trim what is outside of the mask? I want to keep the paths separate and preserve their individual stroke colours. I have tried using ...
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Determine whether the Text Frame, text within the Text Frame or no Text Frame or text portion is selected
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We work with product label design in Adobe Illustrator CC 2022. The purpose of this script is to convert our metric value to Imperial value depending on the user selection: ML to FL OZ ...
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Inner glow with gradient illustrator
I want to create following text effect glow in illustrator, not sure from where I get.
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How can I set an arrowhead "back" from the end of a line?
I am drawing a graph (network), like this:
I would like to be able to reposition my vertices (grey circles) without having to meticulously reposition all my edges.
Here's what I've tried:
draw the ...
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How to fix the home screen captions in Illustrator 25.3?
I deleted some important files inside the Adobe Illustrator folder and I can't find them anymore.
Recently when I opened the Illustrator I faced these non-friendly captions on the Home screen.
Does ...
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How do I make a part of a graphic transparent in Illustrator?
With Illustrator, how do I make the skull transparent? Every element is on a separate layer (including the set of teeth) and I'm trying to have only what's in teal cut all the way through the logo.
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How are the geometry shapes made?
I am trying for a quite of a time to understand how these shapes are created.
Seems this is not something that rotates around its center.
I see 10 circles around, if I am not wrong, but how is this ...
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Creating segmented spiral in Illustrator
I am trying to create a circle in Illustrator with the pattern shown in the image. I tried creating a series of rotated objects then scaling them down and rotating as I go, but that didn't work. I ...
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AI - Can't see or edit anchor handles on simple object
I made a triangle with the pen tool, and cannot edit the anchor handles (the points themselves can be seen and moved with the direct selection tool). Each angle has a white dot inside the shape for ...
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Structural Diagram
Hi, I'm new to adobe illustrator. I'm trying to create this exact diagram with the grey axis plane. I can make the T shape by making the T using two rectangle and extrude it but I cannot change the ...
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