Shumway Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Does anyone know how to connect to seperate paths? Maybe with a weld tool or something. ThanksClick on the two endpoints you want to join, and press Apple/CTRL "J". I can't remember what menu the join tool is actually under.Or, if you mean two shapes, Use the pathfinder tool. It'll be the first button on the left, I believe. Then, click the expand button, and it'll be one continuous shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldswoosh33 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Does anyone know how to connect to seperate paths? Maybe with a weld tool or something. ThanksClick on the two endpoints you want to join, and press Apple/CTRL "J". I can't remember what menu the join tool is actually under.Or, if you mean two shapes, Use the pathfinder tool. It'll be the first button on the left, I believe. Then, click the expand button, and it'll be one continuous shape.thank you i think that makes sense ill try Quote Romans 5:8 NikoLazar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heernumurr Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Has anyone else had a problem with non-Roman fonts in Illustrator? I ask because the program kept crashing when it was loading, turns out it was a problem with the font menu as I'd installed a Chinese font. Problem solved by removing the offending font, but is there a fix for this as I still need to use it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldswoosh33 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 First select the numbers with the selection tool, then right click on it and select "Create Outlines". Now keep the paths selected and go to Object>Path>Offset Path. Now pick how thick you want the outline to be by adjusting the "offset". Miter, bevel, and round changes whether the edges of the offset path are sharp, squared off, or rounded, and the miter limit changes how long and sharp the offset path would be: a good tip is to leave it fairly low around 4 or 5 so you don't have crazy pointy edges all over the place.It works,but i cant get the new path to be a different color. do you know how to do that? Quote Romans 5:8 NikoLazar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 First select the numbers with the selection tool, then right click on it and select "Create Outlines". Now keep the paths selected and go to Object>Path>Offset Path. Now pick how thick you want the outline to be by adjusting the "offset". Miter, bevel, and round changes whether the edges of the offset path are sharp, squared off, or rounded, and the miter limit changes how long and sharp the offset path would be: a good tip is to leave it fairly low around 4 or 5 so you don't have crazy pointy edges all over the place.It works,but i cant get the new path to be a different color. do you know how to do that?You'll have to either:1. Ungroup it, then group the layers that you want the same color.2. Use the direct selection tool to solely select the offset path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldswoosh33 Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 First select the numbers with the selection tool, then right click on it and select "Create Outlines". Now keep the paths selected and go to Object>Path>Offset Path. Now pick how thick you want the outline to be by adjusting the "offset". Miter, bevel, and round changes whether the edges of the offset path are sharp, squared off, or rounded, and the miter limit changes how long and sharp the offset path would be: a good tip is to leave it fairly low around 4 or 5 so you don't have crazy pointy edges all over the place.It works,but i cant get the new path to be a different color. do you know how to do that?You'll have to either:1. Ungroup it, then group the layers that you want the same color.2. Use the direct selection tool to solely select the offset path.Thank You very much it works wellNew question: How do wrap or curve text, WITHOUT distorting the letter/numbers? Quote Romans 5:8 NikoLazar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruColor Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Here's one that might be easy for most of you, but I don't have a clue. I've got a logo that - instead of using an object with a gradient applied - is about 200 individual objects all set to a slightly different color. It's obvious by looking at it that it really should have been a gradient between two colors.Is there an easy way to combine these objects somehow? And then re-color the object with a gradient effect?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 you're all on it CWwhat i do is select the two outer colors that you want to recreate the gradient for. then draw a simple box with that gradient color properties for reference. next, combine the original broken parts into single object (pathfinder>add to shape area[alt-click]), and recolor fill with gradient. you may have to adjust the gradient to get it just right.that happens when you have newer versions saved back to older versions, or cross app saves/edits (think Quark to *.eps) *shudders. Quote Carolina Dreamin' ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ When a robotic Nixon is on the loose, we have a duty to take action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ldswoosh, it sounds like you want to "fit text to path". use the text tool flyout for the tool w the Type on a Path tool. you need to build the curve or circle before you can set text to it. you can freehand pen draw a curved line or do complete circle, (or even use a graphic object) then click path text tool on the baseline you want to use. the baseline will be editable if you need to adjust the curvature or whatnot. if the text is on wrong side of your baseline/curve, drag the ][ from the center of the text selection to move it along the curve or inside/out of the selection. Quote Carolina Dreamin' ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ When a robotic Nixon is on the loose, we have a duty to take action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I have a question.It's about the scissors tool, cutting tool, whatever it's called. The one where on a shape you click on a point on the edge, then you click on another point on a different edge, and it cuts the shape from point to point. Then you have two shapes. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Well, it's all good for single shapes, but what if I want to cut through multiple elements with the same "cut". Like, I want to cut a vector logo in half. I just can't figure it out. Hopefully it's possible.Thanks to anyone who can help. Quote Dribbble ... Behance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 I have a question.It's about the scissors tool, cutting tool, whatever it's called. The one where on a shape you click on a point on the edge, then you click on another point on a different edge, and it cuts the shape from point to point. Then you have two shapes. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Well, it's all good for single shapes, but what if I want to cut through multiple elements with the same "cut". Like, I want to cut a vector logo in half. I just can't figure it out. Hopefully it's possible.Thanks to anyone who can help.You'd probably be best suited making a clipping mask. Quote LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 agreed. then if you had to remove the unseen clipped paths, you could use the pathfinder>trim to remove the masked areas from your file. Quote Carolina Dreamin' ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ When a robotic Nixon is on the loose, we have a duty to take action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigma716 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Just got my hands on illustrator cs3, any good tutorials out there for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Just got my hands on illustrator cs3, any good tutorials out there for it?Check youtube, actually. Someone on here (pcgd?) made a tutorial, If I recall.I actually learned just by trying it on my own. I'm essentially self-taught in Illustrator, and it seems to be working out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrissey Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 I'm very new to Illustrator and have been finding it extremely daunting, especially the pen tool which I simply could not comprehend. But I found this tutorial reading through the thread tonight, and after 10 minutes the pen tool suddenly seems like the easiest thing in the world. Thanks a million Pat, I don't know what I would have done without you!http://www.patrickcummings.net/tutorials/After about an hour, still far from perfect but it's about 10000% better than where I was yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamSoda Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 that pen tool takes awhile to learn but makes illustrator so much easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadensdad Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 (edited) New here. Wanted to say hello and hope to add to many conversations when I can. Anyway I have an illustrator question.I have ilustrator CS3 and it won't let me save any projects as an eps. I get an error that says "can't save illustration, can't print illustration" has anyone ran into this? I tried to reinstall the software but it does the same thing. It lets me save as .ai and thats all. Thanks Edited August 28, 2008 by cadensdad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagan696 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 New here. Wanted to say hello and hope to add to many conversations when I can. Anyway I have an illustrator question.I have ilustrator CS3 and it won't let me save any projects as an eps. I get an error that says "can't save illustration, can't print illustration" has anyone ran into this? I tried to reinstall the software but it does the same thing. It lets me save as .ai and thats all. Thanksit sounds like you may have:a) a large file (embedding linked files?)b ) not enough memoryc) not enough hard drive "scratch disk"to complete the save. Quote Carolina Dreamin' ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ ΓΔΒ When a robotic Nixon is on the loose, we have a duty to take action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmike Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I just downloaded Inkscape and I need to know where I could watch a tutorial or if someone could give some pointers that would be great Thnx. Quote                            Check out my new NFL 2016 Series!  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottysprings Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 I just downloaded Inkscape and I need to know where I could watch a tutorial or if someone could give some pointers that would be great Thnx.http://www.patrickcummings.net/tutorials/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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