Help with Illustrator

I'm useing illustrator 4 and am having ptoblems with typing fonts and making boxes they both go up hill when I start typing

Thanks Monika Gause

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I need help with illustrator 10

I need help with illustrator 10, I have artwork I need to finish in it and it keep kicking me off.
I have added transparency, using SVG effects, a lot more detail and that is when it started kicking me off. I just added 2 gb of ram thinking it was ram I needed but it keeps kicking me off.
I think there is something I need to change in how I save it???
I have a mini mac, 10.5.8
The screen also turns white while I am working and when it does kick me off it says there is an error.I know I am behind the times but I am just trying to get this deadline done and be able to update my computer and such in a few months. Help!

I have very simple artwork and when I add any textures or transparency or
any type of detail from SVG effects it will not let me copy it and paste or
when I do try to move it everything turns white or it just kicks me off.
Then I cannot get back onto illustrator. It takes a very long time to save
it or move things. This has not happened before. I have been designing
for 25 years and am self taught. I can get on my simple designs. I am
saving my artwork as AI document. I just have to finish the designs and
put them into dropbox. I do not need to print. I did add 2 GB of ram
thinking the extra memory would help. I think I need to turn something off
and turn something on. There is an error window that comes up the says the
application illustrator has quit unexpectedly. I am at a dead end on what
to do!

Need help with illustrator cs5

Hi everyone.....first time on a forum and hope someone can help. I am using illustrator cs5 on OSx snow leapard. I am designing wings, following a demo and when I get to the part where I am supposed to use the reflect tool, I come to grief. Firstly the reflect tool dialogue box has two windows in the options part.....patterns or objects. I am supposed to be able to uncheck these but they are greyed out and not changeable. Secondly when I try to reflect my wing, using the option key to copy as well, the program appears to turn my wing over and give me a view of what would be the back of the wing, not a reflection. My fella and I have spent some considerable time trying to figure out what the issue is but to no avail...........Hope someone can help ..........Josephine Star.

Josephine,
In the future, please try to title your threads with something meaningful. Titles like "help" or "need help with Illustrator" or "Beginner Question" are useless. Fairly all posts are about "help with Illustrator" and about 98% of them are from beginners.
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
why won't my reflect tool operate properly.....we have just spent another hour trying to sort it out.
Is your Reflect Tool not operating as shown in Illustrator's instructions (online Help)? If not, how is it behaving differently?
Have you looked at the instructions? If not, do you not think that spending over an hour while typing posts in an online forum, waiting for answers (which are as often incorrect as correct) for every little question you may have about Illustrator is a much less time-efficient way to learn the program than reading the provided documentation?
function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
when I try to reflect my wing, using the option key to copy as well, the program appears to turn my wing over and give me a view of what would be the back of the wing, not a reflection
"A view of what would be the back" (i.e.; a mirror image) is what Reflect means in the context of Illustrator's Reflect tool. What did you expect different?
Clicking with the Reflect Tool while holding alt/opt(Windows/Mac) sets the center of transformation where you click and invokes the dialog. So, for example, if the object is bilaterally symetrical about its vertical axis (like an upward-pointing triangle), and you altClick its center and then click OK in the resulting dialog, there will be no difference, because the mirror image of such a triangle reflected across a vertical axis would be identical.
Unless it changed in CS5 (don't have it loaded on this laptop)--which I doubt, clicking Copy instead of OK in the dialog is what makes a reflected copy; not holding the alt/opt key.
If you...
1. Mousedown with the Reflect Tool
2. Press and hold Alt
3. Drag
...then you will reflect the object about the position where you mousedown, interactively (without invoking the dialog). While doing so, if you also add the Shift key before mouseup, the reflection will be a copy.
JET

Help with Illustrator Script! Batch convert files including subfolders - please help! :)

Hello,
I honestly have tried reading the other answers and researching to try to solve this problem. I'm sorry for my ignorance in this area. Please help!!!
I'm trying to make a script (for Illustrator CS2) that will batch convert several files to PNG files. The source folder has several subfolders and I need the script to go into the subfolders and convert those files as well. The destination directory should be an entirely separate folder but with the same hierarchy as the original source folder.
The script I have been using (that converts just as I need) is below. The only problem is it doesn't do the subfolders.
Any help would be so amazingly appreciated!
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
Copyright 2005 Adobe Systems Incorporated
All Rights Reserved
NOTICE: Adobe permits you to use, modify, and
distribute this file in accordance with the terms
of the Adobe license agreement accompanying it.
If you have received this file from a source
other than Adobe, then your use, modification,
or distribution of it requires the prior
written permission of Adobe.
ExportDocsAsPNG24.jsx
DESCRIPTION
This sample gets files specified by the user from the
selected folder and batch processes them and saves them
as PNGs in the user desired destination with the same
file name.
// Main Code [Execution of script begins here]
// uncomment to suppress Illustrator warning dialogs
// app.userInteractionLevel =
UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
var destFolder, sourceFolder, files, fileType,
sourceDoc, targetFile, pngExportOpts;
// Select the source folder.
sourceFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select the folder
with Illustrator files you want to convert to PNG', '~'
// If a valid folder is selected
if ( sourceFolder != null )
    files = new Array();
    fileType = prompt( 'Select type of Illustrator files
to you want to process. Eg: *.ai', ' ' );
    // Get all files matching the pattern
    files = sourceFolder.getFiles( fileType );
    if ( files.length > 0 )
        // Get the destination to save the files
        destFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select the
folder where you want to save the converted PNG files.',
'~' );
        for ( i = 0; i < files.length; i++ )
            sourceDoc = app.open(files[i]); // returns
the document object
            // Call function getNewName to get the name
and file to save the pdf
            targetFile = getNewName();
            // Call function getPNGOptions get the
PNGExportOptions for the files
            pngExportOpts = getPNGOptions();
            // Export as PNG
            sourceDoc.exportFile( targetFile,
ExportType.PNG24, pngExportOpts );
            sourceDoc.close
(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
        alert( 'Files are saved as PNG in ' + destFolder
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getNewName: Function to get the new file name. The
primary
name is the same as the source file.
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    var ext, docName, newName, saveInFile, docName;
    docName = sourceDoc.name;
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    newName = "";
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the
files using the PDFSaveOptions object.
function getPNGOptions()
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options
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    pngExportOpts.artBoardClipping = true;
    pngExportOpts.horizontalScale = 300.0;
    //pngExportOpts.matte = true;
    //pngExportOpts.matteColor = 0, 0, 0;
    pngExportOpts.saveAsHTML = false;
    pngExportOpts.transparency = true;
    pngExportOpts.verticalScale = 300.0;
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You can turn off some of the dialogs with: app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
#target photoshop
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
//Turn display dialogs off
app.displayDialogs = DialogModes.NO;
//=============Find Current Documents path================//
var CurrentPath = activeDocument.path;
//=============Establish current documents destination===============//
var folder1 = Folder(CurrentPath + '/' + 'Flats');
//=============Check if it exist, if not create it.============//
if(!folder1.exists) folder1.create();
//=============Establish current documents file name=========//
//Current filename without the extension
var CurrentFileName = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');
//=============Modify current file name================//
var modifiedFileName = CurrentFileName +"Flat.psd";
//=============Establish save path====================//
var saveFileCurrentPath = new File(folder1 + '/' + modifiedFileName);
//=============Flatten document ====================//
activeDocument.flatten();
//=============Rotate document if in 'Landscape'====================//
var myDocument = app.activeDocument;
if (myDocument.width > myDocument.height) myDocument.rotateCanvas(90);
//============Save File=======================//
psdSaveOptions = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFileCurrentPath, psdSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
//Close Document
app.activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

Will additional RAM help with Illustrator crashing?

I just started a new job for a company that didn't have a graphic designer so they had to buy my all new equipment. Nice right? Except when the tech guy gets me an iMac instead of what I requested: a Mac G5 with a Power PC processor. Anyways I have the iMac which is nice, but not so quick when it comes to running Adobe CS2 programs...Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop to be specific. THUS causing me major problems, cause those are the programs I need to use. I've only worked with this computer for a little over a week and Illustrator is consistently crashing when I open a file in Photoshop. This is getting slightly annoying. Will maxing out the RAM help with this problem? I figure it's the fact that Rosetta has to run in the background to run my Adobe programs which is causing the slowness and crashing. I'm used to using a G5, I had one at my previous job and it was pretty nice. AHH! Can I fix it with 2gigs of RAM or will I have to wait for Adobe to release CS3? boo.

There is being able to run, and there is waiting or not realizing the benefits CS2 + Tiger offer when working on large documents. With small files, under 4GB RAM is desirable, with large files, sometimes you want/need 8 or 12GB RAM.
And running XP on iMac for those applications while they are still not optimized - but it depends on what your time is worth. Maybe they are waiting for Mac Pro and don't want to invest in G5 (a Quad G5 isn't going to be obsolete tomorrow).
The lack of 2nd drive or external SATA or FW800 is... odd. Even a MBP can add an ExpressCard w/ 32-bit SATA or FW800.

Help with Illustrator CS6 and Flash CS4

Hello I use Illustrator CS6 and Flash CS4. When I export a drawing realized in Illustrator in the size(format) .sof Flash, this one is imported in the library(bookcase) of Flash CS4 but he(it) is created with a multitude of graphic symbols and symbols Bipmap. In the scene(stage) of Flash, the image is illegible it is floutée, apparently it is not a vectorial image. Thank you for your answer. Very cordially.
Thank You !!!

Sometimes a picture is better than a description. I had to use a translator to find out that floutee means blurred.
Generally bitmaps (raster images) are not a strong suite for illustrator. It can do some things with them, just not as much as photoshop. Maybe if you could explain what you want to do with the symbol, then maybe we can give some ideas. Also by posting a screen shot, we might know of where there is a vector alternative.

Help with Illustrator Clipping Mask!

Hi,
I am trying to make a clipping mask over a alot of vectors (to be specific, have made an envelope design so am trying to use the template/evenlope outline as the clipping path) however when ever I try to create the clipping mask - command 7 - all the vectors inside are deleted mostly or half dissapear.
I have tried;
Making sure the clipping path is the top layer in the layers panel
Ungrouping the vectors and selecting individually to mask all together
Putting all into a new document and clipping
Seperating the clipping path and what I want to clip into differnt layers
None of the above has worked as yet, I have done this plenty of times before but am not sure what I am over looking. I am using CS5 on a mac.
Thanks for anyones help!
here is what I am trying to do; I need all of the vecotrs to be masked by the envelope outline.

I you are using a template in AI CS 4 or 5 then it is possible thgat the template is an artboard which you cannot use as a clipping mask.
You would have to draw a rectaangle to the size of the enevelope template and use that rectangle path as a clipping mask.
Ok! Besides from that possibility if yiou are printing an envelope withy objects that have to be clipped to the edge of the front of the enevelope that is not a very good idea.
Even if you are printing and then converting the envelope it is a bad idea as you8 would definitely need a bleed and that would wrap around to the back of the envelope and in a nott so pretty way.
OK so say you are using an inkjet that can print on an envelope and it can even successfu8lly print it with a bleed feature the way thoise bleed features have to work is that they enlarge the art slightly and so whyat every you design and create will be enlarge and trying to figure that out is not going to be very easy.

Need help with illustrator CS5 updates problem

Hi guys.....this my first time on a forum and hope someone can help. I am using Adobe CS5 on windows vista.
When there is upcoming updates in Application Manager for Illustrator CS5 in the beginning, I face no problem untill now.
If you asking me, does the other CS5 applications updates works? yes it does. Does anyone have any idea what cause this problem?
I have spent some considerable time trying to figure out what the issue is but i have no idea. Hope someone can help.
Thank You
Martin Koch
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17684154/illustrator_cs5_update_problem.jpg

Hi Martin,
Had you installed HTML5 pack after having installed Illustrator ? If yes then can you go back to the original state and try to apply the patch again.
Thanks

Need help with illustrator

how can i import a dwg or dxf file in illustrator cc if i want to keep all the layers i've created in my autocad file?
thankyou....

The way to keep layers, has to do with how you export in Autocad. I am not an autocad operator, but one person showed my they are atleast 2 (probabaly 3 with print to pdf) different ways to make a .pdf from auto cad. He got to the correct one by Ctrl Clicking to get a contextual menu to save as .pdf, and then flipped come checkboxes around.
If you find how to do this, please feel free to post with screenshots what the exact options are, as this question comes up regular on the forums here.
You also can make the paths so that all vector points are connected adn can be fileld in Illustrator.

Download help with Illustrator.

I just purchased the trial, month-to-month Illustrator but it won't download. Help.

Where are you choosing to download the install files too? I would recommend choosing the default of your User folder.

Need help with illustrator problem

First problem is when i selected object and try to move, the object is copying itself.
Second is when i selected brushes or pencil, The smooth tool is appeal and i can not draw anything.
Anyone know how to solve this problem?
Cheers
mimi

Darn this problem just kicked in for me. I was working fine then suddenly dragging items is duplicating them as though I was pushing option. It doesn't happen though if I move an item with arrow keys. I've been using the character viewer and making characters using the option key so I could have pressed some key combo all unknowing. (Similar mystery problem happened when I automatically pressed cmd-H which is the combo for hide in most apps but not Illustrator. In Illustrator this inconveniantly hides edges. Now I know that if selection is a problem I should see if I cmd-H'ed at some point but I found this out the hard way :/ .)
Additionally, when I type characters using the type tool I am NOT getting the characters that would happen when pressing option so the option key is not stuck. Nor is the option key malfunctioning in other apps. Moreover, I just tested and like the OP smooth tool is selected instead of pencil.
This is very aggravating.

Help with illustrator TYPE TOOL ,text is bugged

okay so when i use the type tool in illustrator it gives me wierd kind of thing,icant figure out wheather its the text characters mixed up or something else, howevver when i use 0.25pt stroke i can see the characters as u can see in the screenshot.

Need help with Illustrator CC type scale issue.

I have my units set to inchs and when I type a font in at 12" high the actual size I get is only 8.3789"
Is there a fix for this?

George,
To get the desired letter/glyph height you may, with the live Type selected:
1) Effect>Path>Outline Object;
2) Edit>Preferences>General>Use Preview Bounds;
3) In the Transform palette, set the desired height and Ctrl/Cmd+Enter (to keep proportions).
You can see the correspondingly changed font size in the Character palette.
Remember to undo especially 2) when done.

Help needed with Illustrator texture swatches imported into Flash

Hey, so I basically scanned a texture into illustrator and added it into the swatches. After drawing a character in illustrator I used the colour of the swatch I had added to colour in my character and by using the tilde button I could move the texture to see which speicifc part of the texture I wanted for certain parts.
Once I completed my character I imported him into Flash. Here is where the problem lies in, when I attempt to use the bone tool to animate him, as soon as I move a certain limb, the specific texture I had applied for that certain area causes the texture to move and make the area that I had coloured in using the swatches look different to what I initially imported into Flash.
This has been a huge problem I have been facing and haven't been able to find an answer anywhere, I would really appreciate if I could get some help with this. Thank you very much!
P.S. If i explained my situation poorly, just ask for an image and I will gladly post a few so everything's clearer and makes more sense.

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I purchased a file that advised it works with Illustrator intalled via extension manager and it only shows in my 'others products'? I cant even open the file in illustrator or in design? Help =)

I purchased a file that advised it works with Illustrator intalled via extension manager and it only shows in my 'others products'? I cant even open the file in illustrator or in design? Help =)

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