If I change the profile from custom to print in the new document view, and then units from milimiters to inches, as soon as I change any of this two values the other returns to its previous option. Why?
Thanks.
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Why I can't change the profile to print and the units to inches in the new doc window?
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Where's the Edit Content button on the left end of the Control panel?
I'm following instructions from Classrrom in a Book for AI CS6 in Mac. I have this view and can't see that button. Also, is it normal to have those Essentials covering something else on the control panel? It seems that's not the way it was.
Thanks.
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How do I create a business card with Illustrator?
Here are the specs. Thanks.
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Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Windows 7 64 Pro) File Save Anomaly - video link included - HELP?!
When I save a Illustrator file, all my toolbars blink, flash, and turn 'black'.... and the files take an unusual amount of time to save. I have inlcuded a video link so you can see exactly what it is doing...
Wondering what is causing this, and how I can fix it.
The file shown in the link is 64 mb.... and has about 4-5 Photoshop placed images.
I have Extensis Suitcase Fusion 4 installed.... someone said that might be an issue???
I believe all my system fonts are intact..... at least Fusion shows them as 'protected from deletion.'
Illustrator crashed a lot too and I have no choice but to 'Close the Program.'
Any ideas?
System has a Intel i7 920 processor, 12 gb ram, dedicated GeForce GTX 660 video card, and speedy hard drives..... what the heck is causing the chaos?
Thanks.
Here's the link.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENpTpn6so5E
PLEASE SELECT 'HD' IN THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF MY ILLUSTRATOR PROBLEM.....
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Size for printing from Illustrator PDF
I'm gonna create an Artwork on a BlisterCard and send it to a manufacturer. Since I know some basics in Illustrator I figure I should do this myself.
The template I got (and also got a sample) are only slightly bigger than the physical blister card.
But for printing, shouldn't the digital size be way larger than the original physical product in order the get the best quality?
From Illustrator I will create a PDF and from there it will be printed. I guess that since it's vector graphic It doesn't matter that much how large the size on file is, but since it's gonna be exported to PDF it may be of importance, or could it be that a PDF created from Illustrator will keep the vector information?
However, the artwork in my case wouldn't be vector all the way. There are also gonna be an image in there, so that's why I wonder if a slightly larger size of the digital representation would be enough?
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Resource specification for a treeview
Hi
I can't seem to get a resource specification 'fully' working for creating a treeview UI control. I can get the treeview control to show up but I haven't been able to get the list items to work. Probably just haven't figured out the proper formatting for the resource spec.
This creates the treeview control okay,
pickFolder: Panel {text: 'Select Folder for New Drawing', orientation: 'column', alignment: 'left', \
folderTV: TreeView {preferredSize: [470, 300]} \
} \
This does not work,
pickFolder: Panel {text: 'Select Folder for New Drawing', orientation: 'column', alignment: 'left', \
folderTV: TreeView {preferredSize: [470, 300], \
node1: Node {items: 'Projects'}\
} \
} \
I am able to get list items to show up if I add them after the window is created (using the first sample above and the following),
node1 = newDwgDialog.pickFolder.folderTV.add("node", "Projects");
Of course I could just keep doing this, but I'd like to get the resource specification doing everything if I can.
Thanks for your help
Doug
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Screen resolution help.
I just bought a computer with a very high resolution 3200 x 1800 specifically because I thought it would help with editing photos in photoshop and making marketing pieces in illistratore. The problem is now the menu's at the top and sides of the screen are so small I have to get two inches from the screen and squint to see them. Tech support told me the only way to resolve it was to increase my screen resolution but then that defiets the whole purpouse of the nice screen. All other programs show up great, it's only my adobe products that are so small.
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When saving work in CS6 as CS4 what characteristics/formatting will I lose?
Considering purchasing Illustrator CS6 to use with my Web Standard CS4. I understand that I can "save as" CS4 in Illustrator. Is there information somewhere that will tell me what formatting/features I will lose in the process?
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Help!
I recently purchased the CS5.5 and am having trouble with the Illustrator program. I believe I registered the program properly. While working in Ai, the program closes while working and a window saying "the program has failed" pops up. In this window there is also a long list of code?
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Why the word "path" doesn't appear when I click on a shape with the rounded rectangle tool?
I position the pointer on the edge of a ractantle but I don't see the word path, that I need to then click and drag to the right.
Thanks.
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How to make text look projected?
I'm sure this is an easy trick, I just can't seem to find the best wording to search for it. And I apologize for the sideways photo. The only method I've figured out, is using the blend tool, then adding a unrully amount of "specified steps". This creates a very, very big file that runs slowly on my computer, and it's not even that smooth.
Please help!
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Sell
Hi.
I am a freelance logo designer. I recently got the trial Adobe Illustrator. Can I monetize from the logos I make using that software?
Thanks
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I see 3 art boards in a file, but when I open it only the last appears...HELP
A file was sent to me. When I click to open it I see 3 art boards in the preview window. When I open it, only the last one appears. Is it me or is it them?
Thanks
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Errors and more, my first illustrator script
First, I should mention that I started scripting for Photoshop about a month ago and have had some really motivating successes there. It led me to this one task we have that is just incredibly repetitive and boring in Illustrator that I want to script.
I haven't gotten all the pieces in here that I need so far, and any form of help would be greatly appreciated, whether just suggestion, or really whatever. I don't mind doing research and trying things out myself.
The purpose of this script is to open a template file we have on our network drive, ask for a folder with a collection of files (these are files provided to us that contain the info we need to make labels), place one, save with a specific name, and start over, placing the next file, till they are all on the template. We do this before we can create labels for our products. There are weeks when it has to be done 50+ times and that's pretty mind-numbing.
The steps I think I need are:
- ask where the provided files are that need to be placed
- open template file
- make sure the folder chosen has the right type of stuff in it (PDFs)
- place the first file at specified coordinates
- embed the link
- lock the embedded link
- ask user to proof information on screen (ok to continue, cancel to stop and let user interact with file on their own) (95% of the time, there are no errors)
- use the embedded link's name as the name of the file and save it to a specific network location
- repeat until all the files in the chosen folder have been done
I've been lurking around here for a couple days, reading up on how Illustrator works with scripting and have broken off bits and pieces of different scripts to adapt for my purposes. So far, this is what I've come up with:
function getLabelRequests() {
return Folder.selectDialog('Please select the folder containing label requests:', Folder('~/Desktop'));
}
function placeLabelRequests(selectedFolder) {
var myDoc;
if (selectedFolder) {
var fileRef = File("/Volumes/myNetworkLocation/myTemplateFile.ai")
open(fileRef);
myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var firstImageLayer = true;
var thisPlacedItem;
// create document list from files in selected folder
var fileList = selectedFolder.getFiles();
for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
// open each document in file list
if (fileList[i] instanceof File) {
// get the file name
var fName = fileList[i].name;
// check for supported file formats
if( (fName.indexOf(".pdf") == -1)) {
// skip unsupported formats
continue;
} else {
// Give the file the name of the image file
File.name = fName.substring(0, fName.indexOf(".") );
// Place the label request on the artboard
thisPlacedItem = myDoc.layers['Job Form'].placedItems.add();
thisPlacedItem.file = fileList[i];
thisPlacedItem.position = [15,-45];
thisPlacedItem.embed();
}
}
}
}
if( firstImageLayer ) {
// display error message
alert("Sorry, but the designated folder does not contain any recognized image formats.\n\nPlease choose another folder.");
myDoc.close();
getLabelRequests (placeLabelRequests());
}
else {
// display error message
alert("Rerun the script and choose a folder with label requests, if you please.");
}
}
// Start the script off
placeLabelRequests (getLabelRequests ());
So obviously there's no loop in there, which is one of my problems at this point. I know what each of these chunks of code do, but can't necessarily understand all the syntax. Particularly things like
for (var i = 0; i < fileList.length; i++) {
I know it's saying that the variable i is zero, and while the list of files is greater than i, do whatever that last bit means, but I don't really know why it works or how it was constructed originally.
I haven't specified the save either, which might be why I'm running another of my problems, but I don't know how to get the name of the link to be the name of the file when it's saved. I also haven't given it a confirm to let the user proof either.
Here's my list of problems:
- Running the script returns the image format error, even though the folder selected contains PDFs (I suppose I don't need to confirm the files are PDFs, that could just be incumbent upon the user)
- Running the script places all the files into one iteration of the template (this may be because I haven't gotten the save or the loop in there, but I think it has more to do with the function being set up the way it is)
- Obviously, it doesn't save with the link name as the file name
- I don't seem to be able to figure out how to lock the link after it's embedded.
I also wonder if there's a way to, rather than opening-placing-saving-closing-repeat, to open-place-save, delete-placenext-save, delete-placenext-save.
Phew, sorry for the short novel.
Here is a copy of the template … or not. Can I not embed files in the post that aren't images?
Here's a JPG of the AI file that I use as a template
This document has two layers in this order normally:
Artwork
Job Form
And here are the blocks I'm using as placement for the information we are provided. These are taking the place of the files that need to be placed, and again, were PDF files, but I'm uploading as JPGs because I either don't know what I'm doing, or you can't upoad those file types.
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How to select multiple pathPoints?
Hello,
i'm getting conflicting answers for wether its possible to select pathPoints at all, but could anyone please describe,..
1) how to select multiple pathPoints?, if its possible.
thanks much for any assistance,.
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How to incorporate gradient fill in embedded files in Illustrator CC?
- I've placed File B (a circle with a gradient fill) inside File A (simple blue background).
- When I embed File B the gradient is not treated as a regular fill - instead it gets a weird double mask around it (see attached)
Is there a way to embed and expand a file with a gradient inside of it in such a way that the gradient is preserved as a regular fill?
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type problem
My sentence type changes to individual letter when I reopen the file. and it also has a clipping mask attached.
been fighting this for awhile.
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Adobe Creative Suites 5 compatibility with Maverick 10.9.2
I have an iMac 10.6.8 with Adobe Creative Suites 5 Design Premium. Does Maverick 10.9.2 support all of the Adobe Creative Suite programs, specifically Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign?
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Saving to .eps file
I need to save a PDF document to .eps file. It changes the scale and only includes the text without the margins. Is there a setting that controls this?
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I need help to convert EPS with many paths in only one path. Only the contour
Hello people.
I'm begginer in Illustrator.
First I explain the work I did it.
With Photoshop I'm obtained this image.
After that with Vector Magic vectorizer, convert PNG image to EPS. And I deleted the background. In the new EPS image appears a lot of paths, each color with her path.
I know it is possible to obtain only one path using pathfinder, but doing this disappear all colors, an image with one path is created (the contour) but without the colors. And I need the same contour but with all colours
I need to convert all paths only in one, only the contour. I need this, because after this image will be plotted, to create new T Shirt design. The ultimate format of the image must be in EPS or AI.
Can be possible to do that?
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