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Create printouts from data submitted in a form.

Long story short:I'm looking to set up a system that automatically creates a document from data submitted in a form. So imagine I type "Jason" in the name field, "Orangutans" in the favorite animal...

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Please help! Can't open the illustration in CS6. Illegal operand.

I worked for two weeks in an illustration and I can´t open the file. Illustrator show the message: "Can't open the illustration. The illustration contains an illegal operand.((((((( -410390914..." I...

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How to Create a shaded arch

Hello again; I'm sure that this is probably old hat to you guys, but I have no idea how to create the arch part of the dials, at least I think it would be an arch.  With the top photo, the "arch" has 2...

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How to paste custom graffiti words created with brush not a pen tool, onto a...

I think i created a custom font using a paintbrush or a pencil tool but not with a pen tool. How do i paste those letters onto a curved circular path like regular text? I tried but they won't copy...

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Shape Builder tool

Hey all!  I am working on a logo that has an anchor in it. I drew the anchor myself using the pen tool, straight line tool, and eliptical tool. It appears that everything is smoothly connected and I...

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So no gradient on brush strokes?

Been trying to figure this out for awhile, and google hasnt been much help. I am using a charcaol brush on a stroke in CS6 and when I pick a gradient it just turns the color completely black. The...

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Vector Smart Object

If you place a vector smart object in Photoshop from Illustrator,It will be different from the result of rasterization pixel preview of Illustrator.(Size and anti-aliasing)Is there any way to match?

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When I save to PDF, my logo doesn't show, why?

I created a business card in Illustrator CS6, but created the logo in photoshop.  I have about five different tweaked versions but when I save the documents as PDFs, the logo disapears.  I'm thinking...

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Illustrator CC crashes on startup

Hi, I,m using Illustatror CC as part of the new CC package and it is now constantly crashing on startup.  I want to reinstall the programme but there are no guidelines on how to do this.  Have tried...

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The operation cannot complete because of an unknown error. [Parm]

I manage computer labs for a small college and we recently installed Adobe CS3 Design Premium on our Macintosh labs. When a user launches Adobe Illustrator CS3 (13.0.2), they see a widget with the Ai...

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Downloading from a Serial Number

While I was in Design School, I received a disk both for Windows and Mac that included multiple Adobe programs on it including Illustrator and Photoshop. I recently got a new Macbook Pro laptop and...

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artboards

How best to line up artboards in a grid when I have finished

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Some of my work area become rasterized after saved?

Sometimes when I work on a complex design project, I've notice that after I save and re-open my file, some of my work area was rasterize and uneditable. How can I fix this problem? Some of my work is...

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Newbie--can't remove the rectangle in the middle of my image.

Yes, I'm new to Illustrator. Every time I open up a previously made image, usually a jpg of an illustration I did by hand, there is an outline of a rectangle right in the middle of my image. I have no...

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Why does the Pixel size of a jpeg change on a different computer?

I have a Mac OS X version 10.8.2 and Adobe Illustrator CS6. When i save a file "for web" as a jpeg with a specific pixel size (320x50 for example) and then send it by email to someone, when they open...

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How can I stop Illustrator converting individual letters into text paths?

Hi, I'm generating some PostScript documents for our Art Department, however, they're reporting that the invididual letters are being compounded into a single block of text and the spacing defined in...

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Save as FXG option not available in Illustrator CC

Just installed AI to my new macbook that I use at home and noticed that save as FXG is not available, neither I can open existing FXG files. My office computer has CS6, everything works fine.  How can...

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Help with gradient angles...

When creating an object that is angled and I want to fill it with a gradient that matched the slant, is there an easy way to figure it out other than changing the angle incrementally? Below is an...

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Grunge texture won't subtract with Pathfinder tool

I made a design that consists of multiple shapes; the entire thing has been expanded and grouped. I image traced and expanded a grunge texture that I would like to "cut out" of my design. I placed the...

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Font rendering or scaling issue in Illustrator - irregular letter heights

I get a strange kind of scaling problem for some fonts in Illustrator as well as Photoshop. For example here is Helvetica Neue Light at 18px. You can see that the letters 'r' and 'v' are the wrong...

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