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Got a question about copying something I already posted. I posted some thumbnail images which have external links when clicked. I know some forums allow you to go in and edit your post and when you do that you can also copy the embedded code for the thumbnails too. I can't figure out how to do it on this site. It might not allow that to be done on this site, but thought I ask in case I just missing it somehow. Any help would be appreciated.

thats what i meant, how to remove it from acrobat, everytime i open one, i click save a copy, then i open it in illustrator and i can not use it, it wont convert to live paint and i do not know why. so i guess how do you remove vector files from acrobat?

What I do is this.

First, in Acrobat, zoom right in on the pdf to make sure the graphic in it is indeed originally a vector graphic.

If it pixelates, it's probably a gif or other raster file in the original.

If it is a vector, then I save the pdf.

I then open up Illustrator and open the pdf. File>Open

It comes up with a box "Acrobat pdf plug in".

From there I pick the page I want to get the graphic from.

That's about it really.

Maybe you're missing some of the software.

Follow those steps and once you open it it illustrator, it will work like any other AI file. If it is indeed vector.

I am trying to create a weathered logo. So that it looks not only vintage, but as if it was painted 30 years ago.

Anybody know a good tutorial for AI? And a good site to find weather/scratched images to use?

I think it uses an opacity mask.

Try looking on Adobe Exchange for brushes or other aged effects. Lots of free stuff on there. You trying to do it only in Illustrator? Seems like more of a Photoshop job. If you do that you can try using the Machine Wash action/plugin. They have a good looking aged/weathered look.

hey guys, quick question. In a post in the requset forum, MiltonandLumbergh(?) posted that it is really easy to remove vector files from adobe reader, how do i do that?

Not sure how to from reader, I use full Acrobat. But you can open PDF's with Illustrator and get them that way.

I know, but I am trying to get the .PSD versions of the jersey templates, and I keep getting either the .AI format or the PSD with only one layer. Could someone covert it to .PSD while keeping the layers?

And if the layers are not visible in AI, I think when you export, it takes those layers out automatically. So if you have some elements that can be turned on and off, keep them visible for exporting.

Well, I actually have the Education edition of Illy CS2. Are some options that are on the full version disabled on this version?

Far as I know it should have all the function of the full retail version.

Hello?

As long as there is a stroke, the option should be there. An object it one whole thing. You could use the Slice tool and draw the shape you want and it will cut the object into pices.

Anyone know a way to add to a Swatch group that has been saved already? The Swatches open differently in Illustrator then they do in Photoshop. I know in Photoshop just opening the Swatch you can make new ones into the one just opend and then just save it when you're done. But Illustrator opens the Swatch into it's own little window and I have not found a way to add new ones to it and then be able to save it. The only way I have found is to click every swatch in the one I open so it becomes a color in the document I am working on, then I can resave it over. But it is a pain to click a couple hundred colors to add to the document. Anyone know of a way to add new colors to a Swatch group in CS2?