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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Is snap not available for mesh on Illustrator?
I am using Adobe Illustrator 2023 with guides that "snap to grid". I have a rectangle that is within the guides that go both horizontal (1px distance) and vertical (1px distance). Once I ...
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Can anyone explain to me how to achieve this look? Looks 3d Extruded
I am trying to create a graphic using a technique like this and I have tried 3d extrusion and get a super ugly result. I am curious if anyone can help me understand how to get it in a color with the ...
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Colour profile not matching - Adobe Illustrator, InDesign CC
I am a bit confused as to why I am getting a prompt pop up when I am copying something from adobe InDesign and pasting to Illustrator and vice versa.
I have checked colour settings in both programmes ...
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Make Live paint group into single shape
I recently followed this tutorial to create pixel art in Illustrator using a live paint group.
The difference between the example and mine is that mine is effectively all one colour. I want to export ...
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Align stroke to inside and outside greyed out with paths - Illustrator CC
Just realised that it seems align stroke to inside and outside only works on circle and rectangles in Illustrator. I have tried to put a stroke on a path or any line but it the option becomes greyed ...
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Metallic Gradient Foil vector effect?
I'm attempting to create a gradient foil effect, however I can't seem to find any direction as to how to make this as a vector. I've seen other examples like the one below, but the ones I've made look ...
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svg music flat symbol does not position correctly
I am using Adobe Illustrator CS4; I have an ai file that displays correctly, I convert to an svg file that also displays correctly in Illustrator. Then I load it up to a web site and the flat symbol ...
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How to add stroke in Ai Object
I created this drawing in AI. later to remove the plainness I took each one into Photoshop (Copy, and paste as pixel). done some coloring and merge all layers. later I place each one in Illustrator ...
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Illustrator: Creating a stroke around blend? Or other method?
Hi, I'm trying to recreate, in Illustrator, two parts of this logo's treatment: 1. the smooth blend from the front to the back and 2. the single stroke around the final complex shape. For now, I'm ...
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How to generate random path lengths in Illustrator
I want to generate an array of 200 paths with varying (random) lengths.....
I can easily generate the 200 paths.
I'm struggling to find a method or tool to randomize the path lengths. I could, of ...
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How to re-scale the vector so that the outline is equal to 5m
I have the image below, which is an outline vector image. I would like to resize the image, so that the total length of outline is 5 meters. Could somebody help me to fix this?
Thank you.
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Recreate this 3D effect in Illustrator
I'd like to replicate the 3D effect on the ellipse shown in the image below
I've already tried to play with all 3D options but I can't figure it out how to have this round and 3D shape.
How can I ...
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Making 3d render in adobe illustrator cc
I just wanted some advice. Basically I got given a brief at work requesting 3d mock-ups to be made of a trade show display for a building construction retailer. I was asked to provide 3 different '...
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How to expand a pen stroke exactly as-is in Adobe Illustrator?
I have a pen stroke in Adobe Illustrator that I wish to expand (Object > Expand). However, the expanded object is not pixel perfect with the unexpanded pen stroke. To reproduce this behavior, ...
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Freeform gradient doesn't stay fixed when moving - Illustrator CC
I've been using the freeform gradient tool for shading. I have noticed when a gradient is applied to an object however whenever I move it the gradient doesn't stay fixed it changes or disappears. The ...
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Light up a Star (Photoshop)
How can I add light to the star on the right hand side (2B) in order to achieve the desired result (2A - picture on the left)?
How would you do that in Photoshop / Illustrator?
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How to get Envelope Distort to fill shape without leaving empty space in it in Illustrator?
I can try to fill the empty space left manually after doing "reset with mesh" but I want this to be automatic.
If I only use text, it will get extended without leaving empty space.
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How can I strictly limit the amount of colours Image Trace uses in Adobe Illustrator CC?
When Image Tracing an image, I like to control the amount of colours exactly. As far as I know, older versions allowed this with the 'Colors' slider, enabling me to pick exactly the amount of colours ...
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layers hidden when saving to .pdf from illustrator
When "saving as" an illustrator file (with multiple layers) to .pdf, only the varnish and gloss layers are present. Looks like text and images are buried behind image. Working file sent to ...
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Is there a quick way to create a series of point text objects in Adobe Illustrator with sequentially increased numbers?
For a simple game design, I find myself needing numbers in a consistent style, all of them single point text objects. Importing a text file creates a single text frame, and that's not what I want.
Is ...
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Are there any paid or free (preferably free) brand iconography resources?
I've been wanting to get into brand iconography design and was wondering if anyone has directions of where I could start? it could be books, youtubers or paid courses. Thanks in advance.
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Diactric marks like `ąęłćżńźó` not working with keyboard shortcut
Is there any possibility to be able to write using alt + [] to make diactric marks (Polish), while having Adobe Illustrator in English language? Using for example alt + e only results in starting ...
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Struggling to achieve this gradient effect
I'm attempting to recreate these paintings digitally, but having a very difficult time achieving a similar gradient. I'm pretty new to illustrator, so I'm not sure if it's meant to be a gradient ...
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Why would guides in Adobe Illustrator not move?
I have guides in Adobe Illustrator that I can't move. They look like this:
I can't even select them. Any ideas why would that be? How do I move them?
Guides are not locked:
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How to flatten TIFF files when exporting from Adobe Illustrator
I am trying to prepare some vector drawings for publication, of which the outlet in question require the images to be submitted as TIFFs. I have been doing the images in Adobe Illustrator, but I've ...
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Straight line with slowly increasing thickness
How can I get a straight line that starts thin and gets thicker?
Of course I can achieve something with the width profiles -> see image above. It must also be possible to change the thickness of ...
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Update to Illustrator 2023 - presets lost
I've just updated my Adobe Illustrator version to the 2023 version. Unfortunately by doing so I lost all my customized presets from the previous version
a) can I restore them?
b) what do I have to do ...
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How wrap shapes(not blend) to a path
I was trying to create a data visualization with this style in illustrator
by using these shapes from a chart data
Obviously you can create this using blend tools and path, however, if it's from a ...
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Adobe Illustrator Layers are not going outside the main layer
I can't believe I have to post such stuff! I saw a lot of tutorials on how to drag layers from the main layer, after applying release to layer sequence! But no way I can do that! I tried several times!...
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How can I make this typo effect
want to make a work with distortion in photoshop or illustrator.
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Adobe Illustrator and wireframes: How to remove hidden lines?
In Adobe Illustrator, I create a mesh grid, transform it to obtain an isometric perspective, and then apply an Envelope Distort from a mesh to obtain a bulge that resembles a bivariate (3D) Gaussian ...
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How to remove gap in adobe Illustrator Pattern brush
I am following one tutorial. There the tutor draws a rollercoaster in Ai. I try to draw the same. my understanding is she used a pattern brush to draw the rollercoaster. (She didn't show tho how did ...
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How to create a spilling two colors gradient along a shape/stroke? I'd like to recreate one of these examples
I'd like to recreate one of these examples. Is it possible to do this with Adobe Illustrator? Another software?
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Is there any way of combining the use of the 3D effect and freeform gradient fill on Adobe Illustrator?
I am trying to use the 3D effect on a path. However, adding the effect does not change the path visually and returns the message:
'3D and Materials' effect currently works only on some object types ...
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How to draw strokes under shape outlines on the same layer?
When drawing vector art in Illustrator, it is often the case that I wish to add highlights to a filled and stroked shape via a path with opacity. However, when I try to do this, the highlight bleeds ...
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Why are other text fields affected?
My code actually works very well. My goal is just to replace the word PANTONE. But why does it distort the colors and sizes of other text areas?
for(var j = 0; j < app.documents[0].textFrames....
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Equal distance for 2 pairs of objects
The following are 4 text boxes. I would like to relocate lmn such that the vertical distance between lmn and hij is the same as the vertical distance between efg and abc.
Does anyone know how to do ...
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Change the width of a polygon without impacting others
I would like to draw a polygon as follows. I know how to use pen tool or shape builder tool (1 rectangle + 1 triangle - 1 triangle) to do this.
But when I modify the width of shape by moving the ...
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Left-align two text boxes
I'm a beginner of AI. I very often need to left-align two text boxes. Sometimes, I can just move one around the other, and a "glyphbound" can appear. But the "glyphbound" does not ...
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Shortcut to enter preview mode in AI
In AI, we could go to the menu "View" => "Presentation Mode" to preview entirely an artboard.
I would like to know if there is a shortcut to do that. I tried Command+Y on Mac, ...
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Bug in compound path from text outlines? I'm baffled
I'm fiddling with compound paths and discovered something I cannot explain. It's baffling me.
Create two text objects (e.g. A, B). Outline both, ungroup, release compound path and remove the bowl ...
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illustrator to photoshop
I created one documentry in Illustrator (1000 px x 1000 px). then I draw my illustration in 200 px x 200 px cube. so that the total 25 cubes cover the 1000px x 1000 px area. but when I copy paste ...
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How to perfectly blend together two images?
I have two mosaic images that I wish to blend together, one in blue and one in magenta. [\1]
The first approach is to add a mask of gradient opacity onto one of them, and then simply put the gradient ...
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Making a Gradient Follow a Loop
I recently started learning Adobe Illistrator and I'm trying to make a gradient follow a loop. From what I could find online, I've learned how to make a gradient follow a path, but I can't find ...
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In Adobe Illustrator, pasting an object to a specific location
Is there any way in AI to past an object at a specific location in my artboard and not let it paste somewhere random?
For example, I would like to paste an object several times and not drag it and ...
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Excessively large PDFs when converting from SVGs
Here is what I tried:
Save this maths formula from Wiki as SVG
Open the SVG in Adobe Illustrator
Save it as PDF (File / Save as / Format PDF)
I noticed that the file size of the PDF is 60x times ...
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Cannot find the shape tool button
I'm learning AI by following this video.
However, I cannot find the shape tool button of the video on my left.
I have much less buttons than in the video.
Could anyone help?
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Why is my Trim View greyed out in Illustrator?
I tried to change to CPU preview, also to unlock some of my frames, but it doesn't work.
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Issues with path fill in Adobe Illustrator
Here is the shape itself, just so you have a general reference
I created it with a path tool, but it ended up being two shapes, regardless, they seem to have identical points, the join function doesn'...
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Reflect object from exact centre using reflect tool - Illustrator CC
Is there a way to reset, or position the cyan anchor(not sure what its called) in the exactly in the middle of an object when using the reflect tool? I know if I click on what I assume to be the ...
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