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How do I stop Illustrator from snapping to pixel increments?
THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED IN VERSION 23.0.1 You have to turn OFF "snap to grid" behavior. The preferences for alignment of objects are in three DIFFERENT places:
In VIEW menu uncheck "Snap to Point" (...
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how would you recreate the distorted/noise effect that google uses in their new material design illustrations?
The below was done in Illustrator but could be done in Photoshop.
First create your object. For the demonstration I am using a linear gradient. You can mess around with a gradient mesh for more ...
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Smart guides aren't smart
Smart guides aren't smart
They are but do not work so good with grids because the pixel grid moves the object on the previous or next pixel/point.
Disable the "align to pixel" and "align to point" ...
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How do I stop Illustrator from snapping to pixel increments?
In Illustrator 2019, the snap-to-pixel toggle has been moved to a more convenient location in the top right of the application. It is the magnet icon connected to three vertical squares.
Clicking it ...
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How to open a multiple page PDF file as artboards in Illustrator CS6
I forked and translated the original Multi-Page PDF Loader 4 AI v2.5 script to English, and added the ability to import .AI files.
I tested this and can successfully import multi-page documents as ...
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Illustrator CS6- How do I draw a rectangle to perfectly fit my artboard?
Switch to the Artboard tool (Shift+O)
Note the W and H measurements in the Control Panel across the top of the screen
Grab the Rectangle Tool and click once on the artboard (just click, no drag)
This ...
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Illustrator CS6 - cut document into three panels
So if I got this right.
You could either manually make 3 artboards side by side, or:
With Rectangle tool M, draw a rectangle on top of your current artboard and make sure it is exactly the size of ...
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staggering line paths evenly in illustrator
Option One: An Effect
Draw one path.
Select it and choose Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform from the menu.
Tweak the values there. (Note the settings in the screenshot below)
Then,...
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Select only one side of a text frame in InDesign CS6
With the white arrow – the direct selection tool – you can select the bottom vertexes of your rectangle; but that won't do you any good. The border of a frame in InDesign is applied to the entire ...
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InDesign: how to get anchored objects to flow within text boxes
The option you want to set is Keep within Top/Bottom Column Boundaries in the Anchored Object Option
With the anchored object selected go to Object -> Anchored Object -> Options and check Keep ...
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Illustrator CS6 ".ai" replaced by ".pdf" when Save As PDF
If you have an AI file open, then click File > Save a Copy instead, then choose the PDF file type.
If you do that, Illustrator simply exports the file as a PDF, and doesn't open the PDF automatically....
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How can I align layer to center of canvas in Photoshop
Select the Move Tool.
Select the layer you want to center.
Press Ctrl / Cmd + A to select all. (This creates a selection the size of the canvas which you can then align the selected layer according to....
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Creating leaf shape illustrator CS6
Use the Pen Tool to draw the shape. There's nothing particularly difficult here if you learn how to use the tool. If you don't get the curves perfect first time, you can adjust them later using the ...
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How to convert paths into shape in photoshop cs6
After having created a path, deselect it and switch to the pen tool. Draw a single point outside the canvas (for the sake of easily finding it later). This creates an [almost] empty shape shape layer. ...
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Photoshop - Scale an image based on part of the image
This is Ben. Ben's head is 100 pixels wide. But you want his head to be 80 pixels wide.
You draw a box 80 pixels wide in the center of the area you want to resize relative to (in this case, Ben's ...
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Smart guides aren't smart
Apparently, all this has nothing to do with Smart Guides.
Check if Align New Objects to Pixel Grid selected (if so, turn it off)
If it's on... it will keep on jumping like this:
To turn it off, go ...
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Round corners (fillet) in Illustrator CS6
The others have given an answer that works by eyeballing and plugin. I will give 2 answers that work by measurement. The other one uses a script the other is manual.
By Script
There is a wonderfully ...
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Round only three corners of a rectangle in Illustrator CS6
You can also use this nice script; Round Any Corner by Hiroyuki Sato, you can download their entire package of useful scripts from their website.
Using the Direct Selection Tool (A) select the ...
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Finding open paths in Adobe Illustrator
My method:
Create a pattern brush using grey for the inner sections, but with bright red end caps for the beginning and end sections.
Apply the brush to the artwork to identify the open paths.
Undo ...
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Move a selection on multiple layers at once in Photoshop CS6
Unfortunately I don't think this is possible.
The only way you could accomplish this is by merging the layers together and then making your selection and moving it.
You can move multiple layers ...
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How to export the images that inside adobe illustrator file
You appear to be using a legacy version of Illustrator.
In Illustrator CC you can highlight embedded images in the Links Panel and choose Unembed... from the Links Panel Menu which will bring up the ...
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How can I make my typing "stick" to box side?
Have your text on its own layer.
Convert to Smart Object (can be done on Layer Menu, Filter Menu, or Layer Panel)
Edit Distort
Align the angled sides first:
Then adjust for the size you want it to ...
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Script to automatically snap all points to grid in Adobe Illustrator?
Here you go, make sure the paths that you want to snap are selected:
// jooSnapToDocumentGrid.jsx
#target illustrator
main();
function main(){
var grid = getDocumentGrid();
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InDesign: how to get anchored objects to flow within text boxes
All of the problems you describe are inherent in the underlying structure of an InDesign document. E.g., InDesign can only calculate how to move text out of the way of an anchored object after the ...
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How to put a layer into one of the RGB channels?
Your own answer is really close, but there is a better way...
You can use ADJUSTMENT LAYERS to strip the unwanted channels out of each layer rather than deleting them by hand. This is non destructive ...
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Rounding and aligning crescent shapes in Illustrator
You aren't far wrong with your approach, certainly for making the crescent shape by using the path finder exclude function.
To round the corners, add two anchor points using the add anchor point tool ...
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How Would I Generate a Human Face Using Software?
Luckily for you, there are some free options but you need to understand that achieving the specific look you are looking is a matter of actually working on that look.
First, the 3D model of the head
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