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i've gotten a clean trace from an image icon, but i cannot figure out how to get just a vector object from it. I want it to be just vector area over transparent, as if i'd used the pen to cre...
Mac , intel based , Tower running 2 gigs ram 10.4.11 osx.  Has Adobe Creative Suite 3 and when we triy to print it to a pdf -> adobe prof 8  it calls up the box to name it but it as a .ai exte...
I'm using Illustrator CS3 and have created two layers - one with a bigger rectangle with a black fill, and one with a smaller rounded corners rectangle over the first one, with a color gradien...
I need to urgently convert an AI file that won't import into Corel Draw into a CDR file so it can be edited.  If I convert if to a PDF Corel cant cope with it and it shuts the system down. I ...
I am using Adobe CS3 Illustrator. I want to use a large high res JPEG. It is 6,425 KB Every time I try to open it or other large JPEGs , I get an error message saying:  "Insufficient mem...
Hi I have a problem with illustrator. I have some photos in 72 dpi, they are for print so in photoshop I make the resolution to 300 dpi, I then go to Illustrator where I have the document whe...
Hi I have four boxes in illustrator I now want to center the text in the boxes but when I try the box moves, and I have to be sure that only the text in the box is moving and not the box ? Ho...
Hello. I've been given colour to work with for print and screen. It's called Pantone Matching System 294. The details are as follows: C: 100 M: 58 Y: 0 K: 21 R: 0 G: 56 B: 130 ...
How would I get the look of the background of this image in Illustrator?  Not just the ragged edges, but the mottled look as well. IFor the ragged edges,  tried a bunch of different effects...
Hi there, Using Illustrator CS2, our Art. Dept. manually creates customized PDF of the same "posters". Is there a cost effective way to "mail merge" an Illustrator document against a datab...
My Graphic Designer created a LOGO using Adobe Illustrator Software. I would Like to access this LOGO using my CORAL Software. Can he Export that file to a Coral File Format (.CDR) so that I c...
I am working with an image in Adobe Illustrator CS. I'm tracing an image by using the path tool - most of it is geometric and it's not difficult, but I wind up with a lot of different paths / ...
Just wondering if anyone can explain why CMYK image sizes are so much larger than their RGB counter-parts. I ask because I'm working with our company logo in illustrator, and CMYK offers th...
I'm working with AI, and have  a background (rect) layer, a rounded rectangle layer, and a layer with some text over. I'm trying to make the text a specific cmyk, but AI seems to always darken...
The figure in the attached file consists of 3 straight line segments and two spirals (made with the Spiral tool).  The spirals are identical, with one rotated 180 degrees.  I need all these pa...
I have a box, in it contains some shapes. See first image. If I click on the box and try to click-drag my cursor to select all the shapes, it moves the box. Irritating. I need to make a boundi...
When I nudge items in illustrator with the arrow keys they move WAY too much. Holding down control makes them move even more. Is there a way to make the "nudges" with the arrow keys more pr...
I am trying to create a stitching pattern in Illustrator, I have found some online but they are just a dotted line it seems. I am trying to find a more detailed one, of attempting to show, the...
I am trying to create the circular buoy in this site: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/transportation/6759738-sailing-icons.php?id=6759738 I have the circle part down, but I am no...
I have several PDF images that I want to convert to GIFs with transparent backgrounds.  What do the experts typically do in this scenario?   I have Adobe Creative Suite 3 installed (photosh...
I created a road with numerous paths, the image is attached below. Each section is a path/shape. I am trying to make the back of it shrnk like it is going to the back of the scene, but I can't...
Hallo I am going to make a flyer in illustrator, in the format a4, but i can not figure out how to place my objects accurate, for example I want to have a red line around the paper placed 2 c...
Guys I want to offset path but I want the old path to disappear. The old path always stays and is "grouped" with the new path. I know that I can select and delete old path manually with the cu...
I'm having some strange artifacts showing in PDF's I create from Illustrator. Where a raster image or effect (drop shadow) is applied in the artwork, the PDF shows lines around what would be t...
I've developed a simple page header logo in Illustrator 11.0.0.  When I "Save For Web" it defaults to PNG-24.  I check the transparency option which then shows a checkered background behind th...