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File size blowing up when merging
Usually when I'm working with files from other artists, I do select all -> merge and select all -> make live paint group and this usually reduces the paths / file size quite a bit (I have to...
View ArticleIs there a way to select colors between fills?
I have an object with mulitple fills, gradients actually. I would like to use shift + eye dropper to select the color of another fill. Is there a way to do that? My eye dropper is checked for...
View ArticleEmbedded Art in SVG file prompts "Could not find link"
Hello all, I have been using an AI template to produce a lot of art as SVGs. The source Illustrator file has a bottom art layer, and several layers above that (6) which have a small PNG image that is...
View ArticleKuler won't sync with illustrator cc
I have illustrator cc and a kuler account. I am logged into both with the same user id. They both work seperatly. However when I go the kuler panel in illustrator and push the button to update it, none...
View ArticleTwo machines saving the same file as different sizes?
My coworker and I both have the same version of Illustratir (CS6) and both use Lion on iMacs, but today noticed something weird. He saved a file similar to a file I had done before as both an eps and a...
View ArticleNeed help with PMS Pantone spot colors
I'm building a document in CS6 Illustrator using CMYK color. I need to add and in some cases, substitute and identify the correct most closely matching PMS Pantone spot colors but don't even see the...
View ArticleMetadata not included when saving for web out of illustrator.
In Illustrator I'm using "save for web" to generate a png copy of an Illustrator file. The Illustrator file has copyright metadata, but when I check the png copy the copyright metadata is missing. Why...
View ArticleIllustrator 10 installation woes
Hi,I just installed Illustrator 10 on my windows 7 x64 PC. The installation went smoothly & s/n accepted without error messages. Unfortunately, when I go to run the program, I see the initial...
View ArticleUpdates for Illustrator CS5 won't install
Hi. I'm using Illustrator CS5 and I found a problem (a secondary problem here) with exporting PNG files (some weird white or black lines appear in the output), so I searched and learned that updating...
View Articleis there a plugin to reveal fonts in finder through Illustrator?
Hi, everyone. I work in a prepress/production facility and need a good way to keep fonts packaged with the job when they are not sent with the file. Main reason for this is because the files get passed...
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Export multiple artboards {canvases} to separate files
Hi there! I tried to find a way how to export my artboards into single file to the multiple files - each file one canvas. Do I have to manage it separately? I hope not. Monkey kind of work... Thank...
View ArticleMaintaining fill colors in character styles across multiple AI documents
I'm having a lot of trouble understanding how Adobe Illustrator (CS6) manages character styles imported from different ai documents. If I create all character styles in a single .ai document and only...
View ArticleWholesale changes in AI
Any way to make a text change to several cloned instances of some text without having to manuall change each instance?
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How to outline multiple lines of text
how to I outline multiple lines of text to create a filled outline around a group of text like this:
View ArticleConvert ai file to V9
Hi, Can anyone help? I need to convert an illustrator ai version 7 file to version 9?I only have Illustrator V7 software, and need version 9 to use in Drawplus to do a simple edit.ThxMark
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Swatches UI Broken from cs5
I was hoping this might get fixed in CC, but it didn't: Using pantone swatches in list view is much worse than in CS5. there is a lot of wasted space to the left of the colors, and the names cut off...
View ArticleSwatches are not syncing in CC
I have it checked, and when I sync my swatches do not show up. Am I doing anything wrong?
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Illustrator taking too long to do tasks and occasional crash
Hi guysFirst, I am using the new CC version but this happened in CS6 as well. I am on a mac laptop OS X 10.8.4, retina display with SSD 8GB memory. When I am working on some documents that have shadow...
View ArticleIllustrator CS5、CS6の各国語のインストーラについて
現在LWSからは、CS5は日本語のみ、CS6は日本語/Western Englishのインストーラの入手が可能です。その他の言語のインストーラはどのうように入手すれば良いのでしょう？
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