Change background color of an object and resize it
Someone sent me an Adobe Illustrator logo. It has a background color that is reddish and I want to change it to black. I also want to place it in a header of a webpage and resize it.
I have Adobe Illustrator but am a complete novice to it.
Can someone tell me how to do these above two tasks (change fill color and resize the object)? I have attached the logo to this post by first changing the name of the file from Logo.ai to Logo.txt. You will have to change it back to Logo.ai after downloading it.
Thanks
Mark
Logo.txt
I have Adobe Illustrator but am a complete novice to it.
Can someone tell me how to do these above two tasks (change fill color and resize the object)? I have attached the logo to this post by first changing the name of the file from Logo.ai to Logo.txt. You will have to change it back to Logo.ai after downloading it.
Thanks
Mark
Logo.txt
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Paul Sauvé
Merete - he mentions to change it to logo.ai...
Yep I understand that lol
I cant by renaming it
so my question
How Do I change the extension from .txt
Do you know how to?
I'd appreciate you feedback Paulsauve as we often get this unsupported file format and the asker changes the extension sometimes I can
I dont have AE but I use Inkscape for AE
I cant by renaming it
so my question
How Do I change the extension from .txt
Do you know how to?
I'd appreciate you feedback Paulsauve as we often get this unsupported file format and the asker changes the extension sometimes I can
I dont have AE but I use Inkscape for AE
What I usually do is right-click the link and "Save as" file name.NEW_EXT (in this case Save as logo.ai).
Otherwise, save the file as is to you PC and change the name by: Right-click the file -> Properties -> then change the extension...
Do you see your file extension names in Windows Explorer?
Otherwise, save the file as is to you PC and change the name by: Right-click the file -> Properties -> then change the extension...
Do you see your file extension names in Windows Explorer?
Thankyou Yes it seems we are approaching this using the same methods but different results.
Do you AI?
Inkscape wont recognise it either
I save to a new folder on my desktop and looking at explorer it sees the new folder and the logo.ai in there as well?
Is this beacuse i dont have Adobe Illistrator?
I tried open with and set Inkscape as it supports ai files but it doesnt recognise it
Sigh no progress, can you open them using?
Hopefully my suggestions can help him anyway.
I was curious about the logo and what it was.
I have successfully done this in the past but cant remember what or how I changed it to AI
cheers
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I have tested various methods naming conventions and all fail
so I believe it is corrupted or not a valid AI file
I even tried the PDF idea suggested here and Adobe says the file is damaged and could not be repaired
Opening Adobe Illustrator (AI) files when you don't have Adobe Illustrator
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/02/24/opening-adobe-illustrator-ai-files-when-you-don-t-have-adobe-illustrator.aspx
So I shall wait till karnac2020 comes back, maybe he could consider a png
Do you AI?
Inkscape wont recognise it either
I save to a new folder on my desktop and looking at explorer it sees the new folder and the logo.ai in there as well?
Is this beacuse i dont have Adobe Illistrator?
I tried open with and set Inkscape as it supports ai files but it doesnt recognise it
Sigh no progress, can you open them using?
Hopefully my suggestions can help him anyway.I was curious about the logo and what it was.
I have successfully done this in the past but cant remember what or how I changed it to AI
cheers
Post note
I have tested various methods naming conventions and all fail
so I believe it is corrupted or not a valid AI file
I even tried the PDF idea suggested here and Adobe says the file is damaged and could not be repaired
Opening Adobe Illustrator (AI) files when you don't have Adobe Illustrator
http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2008/02/24/opening-adobe-illustrator-ai-files-when-you-don-t-have-adobe-illustrator.aspx
So I shall wait till karnac2020 comes back, maybe he could consider a png
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Well that explains it,thanks a million Dan ;)
How did you go renaming the extension it opened ok in AI or Photoshop?
Even my Gimp won't open it.
At least I got the technique correct.. which version AI?
interesting colour logo burgandy on white, the black with white looks brilliant in my humble opinion but I suppose the burgandy is good.
Now I explained it but could you also show karnac2020 how to reduce the size
since he says he is a complete novis
I take it then I can longer use the newer AI with Inkscape pity that.
10 Best Alternatives To Adobe Illustrator<< may need to be rewritten as my testing them nolonger works, PSP Gimp, Inkscape, PDF
http://www.onextrapixel.com/2011/03/15/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-illustrator/
I shall remember to boycott those questions since I cannot test them..
cheers and thanks for the heads up,
Merete
How did you go renaming the extension it opened ok in AI or Photoshop?
Even my Gimp won't open it.
At least I got the technique correct.. which version AI?
interesting colour logo burgandy on white, the black with white looks brilliant in my humble opinion but I suppose the burgandy is good.
Now I explained it but could you also show karnac2020 how to reduce the size
since he says he is a complete novis
I take it then I can longer use the newer AI with Inkscape pity that.
10 Best Alternatives To Adobe Illustrator<< may need to be rewritten as my testing them nolonger works, PSP Gimp, Inkscape, PDF
http://www.onextrapixel.com/2011/03/15/10-best-alternatives-to-adobe-illustrator/
I shall remember to boycott those questions since I cannot test them..
cheers and thanks for the heads up,
Merete
The logo was last saved in AI CS6 (on windows).
For the saving, just drag the file into Photoshop, go to File->Save for Web and then choose the size that you need there.
I selected png to keep the transparency and because it keeps the margins and corners sharp on vector images.
HTH,
Dan
For the saving, just drag the file into Photoshop, go to File->Save for Web and then choose the size that you need there.
I selected png to keep the transparency and because it keeps the margins and corners sharp on vector images.
HTH,
Dan
I was able to open it in ai cs3 fine. Dan's answer works perfect.
ASKER
Dan,
When you drag the .ai file onto Photoshop, doesn't it rasterize the file, changing it from vector to bitmap? Upon close inspection of the result (Logo.png) I can see furry edges on the type. I thought the whole reason for creating the Logo in a vector application was to be able to resize and not lose the image quality. If you resize it and save it as a png in illustrator (again, I don't know how) won't that produce a cleaner png?
Thanks,
Mark
When you drag the .ai file onto Photoshop, doesn't it rasterize the file, changing it from vector to bitmap? Upon close inspection of the result (Logo.png) I can see furry edges on the type. I thought the whole reason for creating the Logo in a vector application was to be able to resize and not lose the image quality. If you resize it and save it as a png in illustrator (again, I don't know how) won't that produce a cleaner png?
Thanks,
Mark
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Scott, can you explain the steps involved? I am new to this and just the picture didn't help me much.
Thanks
Mark
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Mark
Make sure your color and layer windows are open (Window and select layer and color).
Expand the layer window and group.
Select the circle object. Actually, you don't have to expand the layer window but it helps. Double click on the circle. You should see the object selected in your layer window.
Now you can change the color with your color pallet.
Expand the layer window and group.
Select the circle object. Actually, you don't have to expand the layer window but it helps. Double click on the circle. You should see the object selected in your layer window.
Now you can change the color with your color pallet.
I did change the color in Illustrator. See ID: 39905674
I exported the png from Photoshop, cause I don't like the way AI exports images.
If you want to place it in a web page you have to rasterize it.
And a picture should be judged at 100% zoom. All raster images will appear jagged at a larger zoom.
Yes, the point of vector designs is to be able to enlarge it as much as you want. But when using it for a practical reason (web display, document header, building billboard etc) you (or the software/company that produces the final result) need to rasterize the image. The end result will almost always be pixels.
HTH,
Dan
I exported the png from Photoshop, cause I don't like the way AI exports images.
If you want to place it in a web page you have to rasterize it.
And a picture should be judged at 100% zoom. All raster images will appear jagged at a larger zoom.
Yes, the point of vector designs is to be able to enlarge it as much as you want. But when using it for a practical reason (web display, document header, building billboard etc) you (or the software/company that produces the final result) need to rasterize the image. The end result will almost always be pixels.
HTH,
Dan
Dan, in AI you can Save For Web just like in photoshop. From there you can size down, save as jpg or png/gif. When you are dealing with some curved lines and fonts, it does come out a little better when you use AI. However, you can just as easily copy everything over to PS.
I know I can, I said I don't like the way AI exports images :)
I've done lots of tests and the PS export works better. In AI exports I've had color shifts, smaller images that were bigger in size (KB) than the larger images, objects that did not appear in the final image etc.
PS's save for web is simply the better choice, IMO.
I've done lots of tests and the PS export works better. In AI exports I've had color shifts, smaller images that were bigger in size (KB) than the larger images, objects that did not appear in the final image etc.
PS's save for web is simply the better choice, IMO.
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Nice solution