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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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how can I arrange four objects into two rows and two columns?
Is there an easy way to take four objects that are in the same location? The objects are pasted on top of each other, and arrange them into two rows and two columns without scrambling them manually, s …
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How can I make Illustrator reopen the files I was previously working on?
I can't for the life of me find a way to tell Illustrator to save the files that I have currently open and reopen them after I restart. Am I missing an obvious setting?
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how to combine a line and a path in illustrator
I have a path with a black fill that has two curves that meet at a point. I also have a vertical line that connects the beaks of both curves. How can I combine them so the right white triangle disap …
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How to change a text object in Illustrator and export programatically?
I want to generate a bunch of pngs from an Illustrator file. They're all identical except for one specific text field which contains a number (1, 2, 3, etc.).
Is there an automatic way to generate 10 …
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How to repeat the last run script in Illustrator?
If I run a script, is there a way to run it again without doing File|Scripts|My_script?
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How to make a triangular selection in illustrator?
I want to select the circles in the image that are in the bottom left corner. Imagine I have 100 circles, so doing it manually is impractical. Is there a way to select objects using something else tha …
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How to export an illustrator artboard in two sections?
I've tried reading similar answers about exporting to different sizes, but I'm still a bit confused.
What I'm trying to do is to optimize my process of creating header images for my blog. For each …
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How to apply a fill to a shape without losing the individual paths?
In the image I have a black 1/4-circle and two wavy lines. Is there a way I can apply a fill to the space between the two wavy lines without selecting all the shapes and using the pathfinder tools to …
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How to distort text to make it look like it's lying down?
I'm trying to study how the image below was done. The text in black is mine. I was able to more or less match the style of "DELIVERS" by using the shear tool, but to do the same in "WORKFLOWS" I need …
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How to repeat text formatting settings in Illustrator
I have a bunch of text point objects and I'd like to select a subset of them and change their font size (for example). They might be in different groups so I can't select them all at once, so I select …
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How to export a sequence of layers in illustrator?
I often have to modify pdf files and show them in stages. Like this:
First:
Second:
Third:
I'm currently doing it by separating each part of the plot into layers and then hiding some of them …
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How to add a small amount of local noise to a path in illustrator?
I'm trying to recreate the xkcd look. Is there a way I can take a path and apply an effect that makes it look like this?
I've tried using Effect | Distort & Transform | Roughen but haven't been abl …