Illustrator

When I start a new project and I'm looking for the right font, I do: I select the text, click the font name in the field of 'character' in the top menu, I navigate through my fonts one by one using the down arrow on my keyboard when I find a font I c

There was a preference in the old forum... something like "Refresh every X minutes." This would indicate new posts, even when the discussion was active. Is it possible to have this happen in this new and improved forum? Thank you.

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When I try to edit a pdf file, with a brush, I only get the international no symbol.If I open a new brush file works fine. What should I change in the pdf file to allow the brush to use?Other tools all work fine.I tried flattening the file, change th

I first made of blobs of color that I've converted to swatch,Then in my image of hand I grouped collectively and then filled with the sample of color BLOBs .Now if I try to move the hand or select, save etc it slows my computer down so much, it seems

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I have a card with symbols on it, placed exactly where they should be. Is it possible to scale all the objects in a layer or group to be bigger, but not treat them as a layer that is stretched to scale proportionally? Basically, how could I do each l

Working on a map (using AI CS2) and use the arrow of the finger of the palette "special arrows" at the point of the map to the right. Showed a preliminary to the customer and they like it, but they want one also pointing to the left to show what is i

I created several files in Illustrator CS3 using Berylium and Berylium-BoldItalic police. They are provided standard fonts in the list drop-down font in Illustrator. Now whenever I try to open these files, the program stipulates that the police is no

Hellocan someone please confirm that Illustrator (CS4) has problems (rounding errors) when you use millimeters?Try this if you want to:-Establish a setting general millimeter (preferences/units & display perf.)-Select the area Increments keyboard for

Hello.I'm primarily a video editor and I use Photoshop, but I'm not too familiar with Illustrator.I exported the work of another for use in Photoshop, but that's all.I need probably seems very simple, but I just can't understand how do.I'm working on

.. If I'm working on a project and need to recreate the different icons 3d - ish, I need to write down them on paper. presets for as many things as possible is strongly desired by everyone. Especially the extrusion 3D & FX bevel as I use it quite fre

If I have a simple mixture of two lines, and to change the color, I'm going to > objectives > mix > release of mixture and then change the color by selecting and changing the shade of the race.  So, I have to redo the mix and eventually reapply the m

In Illustrator CS, you can get rid of those annoying stray dots that appear sometimes in the meshes-often when you delete a line of mesh, but sometimes just seemingly randomly.The solution involves selecting the stitch then when he was still selected

I just started with CS3 from Illustrator 10. Use 10 when I was drawing with the pencil tool and transparency setting has changed shape, remained with the tool until I changed another setting (both annoying and useful) transparency. I liked that I cou

HelloWhen I open the paragraph Panel, can I put the text left, align right, Center and justify any setting of the option I click, my text jumps just to right aligninment.How can I make it work?See you soonShaun

I've drawn several tracks with the pen tool, overlapping at different times.  Is there a way to take the Union of these paths?

CS4... I know it must be here somewhere, I know the tool broken down in InDesign but does in Illustrator.  I see the normal pen, but it seems just to soften the edges.  I need to start full-on one end and fade out at the other end

I have an image in grayscale with an octagon at the Center and a rectangle identical radiating out of each flat side of the Octagon.  Is there a simple way to do this in Illustrator CS4?  I did my Octagon.  Then added a rectangle position along one s

I am able to set up a custom in Illustrator without any problem gradient, but I wanted to know if there is a way to use the color picker when setting your custom colors or if you are limited to a narrow bar of color (which has all the colors but feel