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SVG Artwork file size is huge, using texture brushes
We are using texture brushes
Let us define the concept of texture.
When talking about tactile textures, we usually start with "no texture" or a super flat polished surface.
In visual ...
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Why is my SVG File for WP website not sizing it pixilates when viewed larger
The first piece of code is an SVG that just contains a raster image. It's not vector. Can you see all those random letters and numbers inside the Image tag? That's the raster image data.
The second ...
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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
You can use any text you like (e.g. a Lorem Ipsum text) and use a tool that supports Regular Expressions, such as Notepad++.
Search: \S (upper case S), \S means "no whitespace" (a lower case ...
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Showing Green Guide Layer in Adobe Illustrator 2020
Do View > Rulers > Video rulers
Then in the bar along the top click on Document Setup, then Edit Artboards
Click on the Artboard Options button in the bar along the top
Enable the following ...
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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
If you intend to use InDesign, you can set up a Character Style that uses a thick underline to cover the entire wording. Then you can create a Paragraph Style and under that, a Grep Style, that ...
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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
The visual effect that you refer to is called "Greeking".
Greeking obscures portions of a work for the purpose of either emphasizing form over details or displaying placeholders for ...
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Preparing RGB files for print
Summarizing comments...
One option with Photoshop is to set View > Proof Setup correctly for CMYK output, then choose View > Proof Colors this will display files as if they are CMYK, even though ...
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How to quickly generate rectangles in place of text
If seeking something which does not possess font dependencies...
Option 1 for Illustrator...
Draw strokes.. then erase...
Chances are I'd do this once and save it to a Symbol Library so I could ...
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Missing font on Adobe Illustrator CS5 and macOS High Sierra
I suspect the font type is the culprit. If you are using TrueType, try Open Type versions, maybe that would help.
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HELP with wireframing 3d artwork
Illustrator's classic 3D extrude effect can help you to make something resembling. An example:
I left out the background image, I have the default black wireframe and brown face fill color to make it ...
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How to delete all hidden layers at once?
Click the menu above layers and there is an option to 'Delete hidden layers'
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How can I get Illustrator to respect the rounded corners on the top shape when creating a mask?
Shape Builder Tool (Shift + M)
Play around with that before trying to make a Clipping Mask. I spent more time than I'd liked trying to make the same type of thing work.
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Unable to rename layers in Illustrator
The double click to change a layer name no longer works using a mac in Illustrator CC 2023. It's a much longer process but you can still edit the layer name.
Choose layer options - hamburger top ...
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Illustrator: how to align different elements of a layer without them collapsing together
Group all the pieces in your first image.
Select them all and hit Command/Ctrl+G (or Object > Group from the menu).
Illustrator will then treat the group as a single object, and problem solved.
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Convert anchor point tool one side curved one side straight
If you click anchor point with Anchor point tool (Shift + C) it will become straight.
If you click and drag — it will become curved.
If you double click one of handles — it will become strait from one ...
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How can I get a count of the amount of colors used in an Illustrator document?
Select All (Ctrl + A, or CMD + A)
Open Fill in Properties > Appearance
New Colour Group (folder icon)
Check Selected Artwork
Will create a new folder with all the colours inside of it
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Puffing up a logo
That eagle head is available on clip art download sites. Get it from one of them. Pay if they want a price. Otherwise you will not get a high resolution version with transparent background.
Doing as ...
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Fitting Group of Objects to Spline in Illustrator Without Warping
It's a mathematical fact that you must locally squeeze the items in the inner curves and stretch the items in the outer curves if you want to bend your sheet music passage along a curve. But the ...
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Fitting Group of Objects to Spline in Illustrator Without Warping
I think some distortion is inevitable. However, you could click and drag the entire music stave into the brushes panel, create an Art Brush from it. And then stroke a curved path with the brush. Just ...
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In Illustrator is there a way to copy then paste in specific position relative to an object, similar to adding object relative to a point in autocad?
It's a tad difficult to be precise without some sample images.
If the objects are not identical....
There really aren't any direct methods to "paste to relative coordinates" within ...
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Extend size of canvas in Illustrator - Illustrator CC
In Illustrator you can enable "large canvas mode" by creating an artboard where one of the dimensions is larger than 227 inches.
Alternatively you can set up a grid of artboards that exceeds ...
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How to see DPI of image in Illustrator - Illustrator CC
Digtal images don't tenchnically have a DPI setting (they have pixels, not dots)*. It doesn't matter what the PPI is set at either - I see it's set at 72ppi in your screenshot, but this means nothing ...
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Illustrator - Offset Path Outlines thicker after export
Finally found the issue. For some reason the red filoplumes had a stroke on it that wasn't showing up in the adobe preview. Setting that to zero fixed it. Probably a bug
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How to see DPI of image in Illustrator - Illustrator CC
From the Document Info Panel Choose Embedded Images or Linked Images (whichever is appropriate).. and select your image. The PPI will be shown in the Panel.
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Transform a smart object in photoshop dragged from illustrator - Illustrator CC
In Photoshop, if you wish to distort, warp, or use perspective distort, on a linked/embedded vector smart object (dragged in from Illustrator)....
First... convert the existing Vector Smart Object ...
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How to separate lines in my design?
Nobody will be able to tell you exactly how, because this is an artwork specific method. Generally, you will need to use the Direct Selection Tool in Outline Mode and you will probably need to merge ...
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Can Illustrator files exported through the "export for screens" method also be printed? Is that the best practice?
as recommended by most YouTube videos I've seen
Ouch. It would be best if you found better Youtube channels. :)
You need to differentiate 4 types of files.
I. Source files.
The native file format ...
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Can Illustrator files exported through the "export for screens" method also be printed? Is that the best practice?
When you save to .pdf in Illustrator, near the top of the dialog box there's a dropdown option that says "Adobe PDF Preset", and selecting [High Quality Print] will provide you with a better ...
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Adobe Illustrator: How can I align an object which is at an angle?
Click the red elemement to highlight it, and grab the rotation tool
With the rotation tool, click the bottom most border that is aligned properly to set the rotation point.
Grab the top of the red ...
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Creating dieline for inkjet printing
You could set the document up so the light grey lines are printed on the inside of the box, so when it's folded they are invisble.
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Printing multiple pictures
This depends on what software you currently have. If you are using Adobe photoshop, this is very easy.
You would create an action that resizes the image to 4.5. Then saves a copy and closes the image.
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Unable to rotate guides in Adobe Illustrator
Make sure the giude you want to select is not locked, and active when you use the rotate tool. The active guide will be a different color than the non-active guides.
In my version of CS5 Illustrator I ...
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How to edit PDFs dropped into open Illustrator document?
When one "drops" a vector PDF into an open Illustrator document the external file is then linked within the open document. i.e. "Dropping" creates a linked reference in the ...
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Can Illustrator files exported through the "export for screens" method also be printed? Is that the best practice?
Clients should really never be "printing" PNG images of logos... ever. (I do realize clients will do this though. They'll do all sorts of "wonky" stuff.)
If Illustrator is being ...
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In Illustrator's Export for Screens, how do I specify exact height in px – or see what the actual pixel dimensions are?
If you started a new file at 8.5 x 11" and turned on rulers, then select Export > Export as... and select jpg, then it will ask what dpi you want it to be. If you say 300dpi and the image on ...
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Can Illustrator files exported through the "export for screens" method also be printed? Is that the best practice?
You should ask the client to show you the file and what size they were enlarging it to. If they were using a file at 1500px for a 10" wide space, then it was too small. Asking a client for the ...
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How to link objects to each other in Adobe Illustrator?
There is sort of a method... but not "linking" really.
Select the objects
Choose Select > Save Selection from the menu
Give the selection a name so you can easily remember it.
Then, in ...
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How to link objects to each other in Adobe Illustrator?
Ctrl + G that will group them together. To ungroup them Ctrl + G + shift
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Recolor artwork (Illustrator): Colors don't match up
We managed to fix the issue, so I hope this will help others with similar issues.
Turns out that illustrator wasn't depicting black as it's supposed to be. We changed the settings here: Illustrator &...
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Illustrator SVG export tossing around path locations / rotations
Solved, kinda. figured out a workaround. details of how i made these line the first time and the second time that worked below:
shoutout to @BillyKerr who pointed out excessive grouping was probably ...
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Area Type text box not moving textbox when I click and drag corner anchor point - Illustrator CC
I'm not able to replicate this, it works fine in my copy of AI (latest update).
For some reason, probably because of your display settings, and because the text box is small, you probably get ...
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