Stupid question: How do I set an Illustrator document to 4:3 aspect ratio?

Is this as simple as make a 4" wide X 3" tall rectangle.... and then proportionately scaling it up from there? I know this is an ignorant question... but thanks for confirming my assumption... or providing accurate instructions.
Thanks! Have an excellent day.

You can do it that way and then once you have the size you want go to Object>Artborads>Covert to Artboards.
Or in the New Document dialogue simply enter the dimensiions you need it is a pretty simple equation to figure if you know one dimension.
Just in case File>New gets you the New Document dialog

Similar Messages

Simple/silly question: how do I set/change default font/color for outgoing mail messages?

Simple/silly question: how do I set/change default font/color for outgoing mail messages?

Just a suggestion..........
Download Thunderbird. Easier to use when it comes to what you want to do w/your emails.

How can i export a series of images in different aspect ratios to the same height

How can i export a series of images in different aspect ratios to the same height?
I wish to make a slider callery for my website. all the images need to be 750 Pixels high, the width does not matter. I have a mixture of square pandscap and protraite images can i do thing as one export or do i have to do it twice? Once for long edge and once for shot edge?
Thanks

Yes, you can but there is a trick to it.
In the Export Dialog under <Image Sizing> select Widdth & Height.
Then enter 750 pixels for Height.
Put your cursor into the Width field behind all the numbers that appear there and with the backspace key delete the numbers. If you enter "0" it will not accept that. But it accepts when you just delete the field for Width with the backspace key. The Width field will now be just blank.
When you then export all image will have a height of 750 pixels and the width will fall variously according to thne height / width ratio.
Or alternatively you can enter 7.5" for height at a resolution of 100 ppi.

A year later...same question: How can I get a Pages document embedded ???

How can I get a Pages document embedded into an email? (so that the recipient sees it immediately and does NOT have to open a PDF). Although I know a PDF is universal and would allow anyone (mac or not) to open, read and see my business newsletter, I want it to be instantaneous for viewing. So, which leads me to a question I've kicked around for a year now on this discussion board. How do I turn a Pages doc into html for email purposes? If there isn't a way with Pages, How about with Word (the newest version) for Mac? Someone has to know this art, I receive emails like this all the time, probably from Apple! ha ha .
Please help!
-dnorheim

dnorheim wrote:
How can I get a Pages document embedded into an email? (so that the recipient sees it immediately and does NOT have to open a PDF).
we can't !
Although I know a PDF is universal and would allow anyone (mac or not) to open, read and see my business newsletter, I want it to be instantaneous for viewing.
In Mail.app, single page PDF are directly readable so you may try to
print your page #1 in a PDF
then
print your page #2 in a PDF
and so on.
So, which leads me to a question I've kicked around for a year now on this discussion board. How do I turn a Pages doc into html for email purposes?
we can't !
As Apple removed the export to html feature, I assume that it's no to reintroduce it one day
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) lundi 7 septembre 2009 17:50:32

How to correlate items in Illustrator document in GUI vs scripting objects?

As a novice to Illustrator and Illustrator scripting. I notice that without good knowledge of Illustrator (the GUI and/or scripting), it's a bit tricky to correlate the type of item/object an item is as seen in the Illustrator GUI selecting the item on screen and/or seeing it in the layer's window. Because both of those don't indicate the matching Illustrator scripting item/object type, and I have to guess at what it is (or iteratively/recursively dump all items and see if I can figure out what is what from the dumped items from the script comparing to the info/properties in the UI).
Or is there some mapping feature that will indicate this that I overlooked? If not, how best to correlate?
As some examples:
* how to figure out what type of object text is that we see in the Illustrator document (assume total novice, not knowing specific text types in Illustrator)
* how to figure out whether a certain item in a layer is a page item, path item, or both? I can't tell.

I assume this is a continuation from your previous thread?
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1765707
The only thing I have ever seen (regarding a visual reference of any kind from Adobe) is this regarding the Application SDK:
http://cssdk.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sdk/2.1/docs/WebHelp/app_notes/AI_obj_mode l.htm
[^ Pretty impressive (insert sad/pathetic) coming from the market leader in graphics software huh?]
Anyway, it looks like you are at a crossroads of needs and wants and may have to fulfill each of these yourself due to their lack of current existence. ;-)

How to chek the adobe illustrator document version.

hi all,
Can anyone guide me how to check the version of the adobe illustrator document.(currently active document).
I tried using app.version which gives the version of adobe illustrator application i.e 12.0.0 for CS2.
But i want the version of the illustrator document.I tried app.activeDocument.version which gives me the undefined value.
Any suggestion on this ?????
Also please help me on the script for finding out the font type used in the document. e.g. times new roman,arial new etc.
thanks in advance,
Sanat

owh dear
var v_fl = "/d/_temp/3ds_eles_msh.ai"
function getFileVersion(v_flToOpen){
    var v_fileObj = new File(v_flToOpen);
    var vrs = null;
    v_fileObj.open("r");
    try{
        while(v_fileObj.tell() < v_fileObj.length) {
            var line = v_fileObj.readln();
            //alert(line.reflect.methods);
            var idxOf = line.indexOf("Creator: Adobe Illustrator(R)");
            if(idxOf > 0) { vrs = line.substring(idxOf+30, line.length);}
    catch(ex) { alert("There is some sort of strange error ... damn, and all was going so well");}
    finally { v_fileObj.close(); return vrs; }
var v_fileVersion = getFileVersion(v_fl);
if(v_fileVersion != null) {
     alert("Version of the file is:" + v_fileVersion);
} else {
     alert("Now seriously did you really selected an .ai file? If so, something strange happened!");
cheers;

How to change DV/DVCPRO video to 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio in Final Cut Pro X?

I shot some DV video footage on a Canon XL2 in 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio mode. I captured it on a Firestore and imported it into Final Cut Pro X, and it is now being displayed in an incorrect standard 4:3 aspect ratio.
How can I change the aspect ratio of the video within FCPX once I've imported it?
I've tried playing with the Spatial Conform setting for the video file, but that keeps it in a standard aspect ratio and fits or fills the video into a different aspect ratio. So that's not the answer.
I've tried an old trick I used when working with DV widescreen video and iDVD, but this process doesn't fix the aspect ratio in FCPX. Here's the article for your reference:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2179
Did Apple forget that DV/DVCPRO video--although standard def--can be displayed in 4:3 or 16:9? It seems to force it to 4:3.
Thanks.

@daguerratype
The Spatial Conform is one of the things I tried. Unfortunately none of its settings fixed the aspect ratio. When I choose "Fit", it simply shows it as 4:3 and leaves left and right black borders on a 16:9 timeline. When I choose "Fill", it zooms the 4:3 video and chops off the top and bottom parts.
@Thomas Emmerich
This is a decent workaround. Fortunately my clips are named in such a way that I can easily drop them all in the timeline and do a Command-F (Find) to search by clip name, highlight all of them in the search results, then use the Inspector to modify the properties of all the clips at once. I have to change X-scale to 133% and Spatial Conform to "Fit", and now at least it fits the 16:9 timeline properly.
Thanks to both replies. I still hope Apple adds a way to fix the clip in the Event browser so that I don't have to do this workaround.

How do I insert a picture into iMovie regardless of aspect ratio

When I insert a picture, i either have the choice of cropping the picture or having black bars on the sides. How can I insert a picture into imovie and not be dictated based on the aspect ratio. thanks

Klaus1 wrote:
Must be one of the wonderful improvements introduced in iMovie 11.
nope, never.
look:
example #1: a 1:1 pic in a 16:9 screen
option A bars l/r
option B cat-off
example #2: a wiiiide screen pic in a 16:9 screen
option A bars t/b
option B catcut off
and you don't want kitty look like that:
(1:1 aspect ratio distorted to make fit onto a 16:9 screen)

How can I properly export an image with corrected pixel aspect ratio?

Hi, I have a bunch of .png screenshots from old MS-DOS era software that I wish to convert to a 0,8 pixel aspect ratio to simulate the stretch from old CRT monitors.
I can easily preview it by enabling the pixel aspect ratio correction under the "View" menu, and it looks great. But if I try to "save as" the file as a .png or .gif, it looks blurry and horrible:
Any hints on how to do this?

Ok, thanks letting me know. Only last thought is a screen cap of image 2 (that I believe you want) saved to png.
There's a program called Greenshot that would use the Print screen key and allow you to marquee select and save the shot as a png file. Greenshot - a free and open source screenshot tool for productivity
That's for Windows, Cmd-Shift-4 on a Mac does the same thing.
I know it is a pain if you have a hundred of these, but I suppose if you are not in a big hurry you can get it all fixed up.
Gene

Stupid question: how do i get the cursor to move in DWCS4???

yes, dumb question i know. i'm not a web guy at all but have built a couple of sites years ago using an older version of DW. however, i just downloaded the trial of CS4 and everwhere i read it just says simply "place the cursor where you want the text" or object on the page. however, my cursor will not leave the upper left corner no matter what i do. clearly im doing something stupid. it cant possibly be that hard? help?

The "frames" you're referring to are Absolutely Positioned Divs. "Frames" are a very different and out-of-favour tool.
The page is constructed entirely of what used to be called Layers - now called Absolutely Positioned Divs or APDivs for short (weird name but technically more accurate and much less confusing trying to explain to newbies the difference between Layers in DW and Layers in Photoshop and Illustrator).
If all you want to do is move elements arounds on that page, go to Window > AP Elements (F2) and you'll see your APDivs listed in the AP Div panel.
Click on one (or all) of them and drag as desired.
Note: AP Divs are generally a poor method for page layout for many reasons but they'll probably be OK as a very quick and dirty solution for the limited application that you have in mind.

Simple Java Question - How to Overwrite Set

After working so much in Java, wondering how do i overwrite java.util.Set
My pojo is Set of associated object. For example
class Parent
private Set child = new HashSet(0);
public Set getChild() {
return this.child;
I wanna overwrite set of child objects in pojo with the set passed from UI tier
Any pointers/suggestions will be highly appreciated
Regards
Bansi

public void setChild(Set child) { this.child = child; }or if you need more control over the Set instance:
public void setChild(Set child)
this.child.clear();
this.child.addAll(child);
}

Newbie question: How do I set the input for a series of audio recordings to be different, if I only have a 2 channel interface?

I am using a 2 channel interface (Apogee Duet) and I can record a voice and guitar track fine. My question is how do I record a third audio track after the fact? It seems when I attempt to record an additional track, say bass for example, Logic treats it as though it is on input 1 or 2 (which hardware wise it is of course) and merges them in a sense. I don't know how to make it a seperate independant track, despite the fact that it was recorded through an input that I also used to record something else on a diferent track.
Thanks in advance, I very much appreciate any help.

Thanks for the response. I know it sounds ridiculously basic. Yes I am creating a new track and selecting it. The third track appears in the arrange window, but changes to, for example, the third track affect the 1st. Doesn't matter if it's a 1/4 inch guitar or XLR mic. Yes I'm listening to the headphone output from the Duet.
I think the fundamental problem is my not understanding something about mono/stereo, or prehaps input and output settings. I just can't seem to find the appropriate controls/settings.

Stupid Question: How to tell MAC which drive to boot from?

This may sound really stupid but coming from the Windows world....how do I get the system to boot from a different drive (if and when I get it setup :-)).
Is their an equivalent <F>Key in the Mac World?
Thx

I decided to get an external firewire drive (Maxtor) to boot my Macs in the event that I was unable to get one of the Macs to boot. I installed the Tiger OS on the Maxtor using my Powerbook G4 disk and then tried it out with the Option key pressed at startup and it booted from the Maxtor and worked great on the Powerbook. I then (using the firewire cable again) attached it to my Powermac G5 that I bought about a year ago (Dual processor, 2.3 Ghz.) and it also booted from the Maxtor just fine.
I then hooked it up to my newest Mac the exact same way (Powermac G5, Dual Core, 2.3 Ghz) and got a kernel panic. Why would that be?
Powerbook G4, PowerMac G5, Dual Core, and PowerMac G5 Dual Processor Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Very stupid question -- how do I delete old word processing documents??

I have a zillion old word processing documents stored away. Many of them are old school projects my kids did, and I would really like to clean house. But I can't figure out how.
Going to "File," clicking on "Open" to get the list of all documents, then highlighting a document and hitting "delete" (which is pretty much what you do in WordPerfect) does NOT do the job. Nothing happens.
I ask this very basic question because the Appleworks "Help" feature on my machine doesn't give an answer, and neither (as far as I can tell) does the pdf Appleworks manual on the Apple site. I'm at a loss. Can anyone give me a hand with this?

Deleting files from a dialog whose purpose is to open
them is not the Mac way. Simply locate the files in
the Finder and drag them from their folder to the
trash.
Thank you so very much! I've worked in Appleworks on one computer or another for two years and have exhausted every research item I had trying to figure what should be a very simple action. AppleHelp sure doesn't address it nor does The Missing Manual for Appleworks. How simple - but how impossible to know unless someone told you. And, yes, this is the Mac way.
Thanks again!

Stupid question How to Import into Motion???

Just curious how to import video into Motion, can't get it to go. I use a sony ex3, and Final Cut Pro.
Help please, just getting started!!! Thanks ahead of time

FCS is sooo easy to use it's insane... easy way to import - right click the clip in FC and Send To~ Motion / Color
That's the ultra basic persons way :P

Stupid question: How do I set an Illustrator document to 4:3 aspect ratio?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for