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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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Rotate illustrator canvas and contents?

Press Shift+O. At the top of the screen you can switch from portrait mode or landscape mode. Select your desired position. Then press V (Selection Tool) then Ctrl/Command + A (Select All) to selec …
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Transparency is lost in illustrator CS6 when I use image trace. Help!

What is happening is when you trace your image, Illustrator is making your "transparent background" into "white space". What you need to do is remove this from your trace. 1.Menu > Window > Image Tr …
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3D objects with raised border in illustrator

Generating 3D objects in illustrator is all about illusion. In your case you are trying to create a 3D object with 1 shape. However sometimes it's best to create the illusion of 1 shape or object by u …
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Make two vector points move together (Sketch or Illustrator)

If the move is symmetrical. Select both points Menu > Object > Transform > Scale Check the preview box in the bottom of the new window and adjust from there. You could also use guidelines, the …
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CS6 Illustrator: join two differenty sized lines, maintaining individual stroke Weight

Although I don't think you can simply join to different stroked lines together and keep the different weights separate. Here are some options however. You could over lap them and group them. You co …
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How to overlap multiple objects in Illustrator

Another way you could achieve this overlapping effect would be to use the shape builder tool. You would create your shapes in the position you would like. I will use the example like @JohnB's. Sele …
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Can't select paths from PDF file in Illustrator

All of the layers in the file are in clipping masks. Right click the whole file and release clipping mask. In the layers palette you will see a bunch of clipping mask layers. You can either continue …
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Cannot place images into Illustrator

This problem has been reported before and was linked to plugins you may have either installed recently or updated recently. When you uninstalled Illustrator, the plugin files may have remained on your …
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converting image to vector, resizing, in illustrator cs6

Place the scanned image into Illustrator. Navigate to Window - Image Trace. This will open a new window with a few different options for tracing in Illustrator. Select your image and in the new window …
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How do your place your artwork on a package?

Firstly, I would check the printer specifications on recommended paper weight (if they are listed).I have printed on heavy Bristol without any problems, however my printer is likely not the same as yo …
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How do I create fold lines on my dieline?

In illustrator you cannot have different styles (strokes or dashes) on the boxes your referring to without a hack job. In your case, it might be easiest to Press C and then click the two points that c …
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Can you create linked objects in illustrator that are not grouped?

When I think of Indesign and editing/ type setting, I use character and paragraph styles. These functions are extraordinarily useful when you get into formatting/adjusting styles over many pages etc. …
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