Working with symbols more easily | Learn Illustrator CS5 | Adobe TV

Explore ways to work with symbols in Illustrator CS5, such as how to specify and control registration points, work with smart guides, reset a symbol's instance, and work with layer structure.
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One point Mordy did not make in this excellent video is the ability to "nest" symbols. If the "tag" was a separate symbol it could be updated without altering each label symbol.

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Hello all!
I'm currently designing a full size film poster for a client. The dimensions of the poster are 27" x 40" (industry standard film poster).
I am a little uncertain in working with large files in Illustrator, so I have several problems that have come up in several design projects using similar large formats.
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Here is a link to a forum with a lot of great discussion about this issue, to get you started: http://www.cartotalk.com/lofiversion/index.php?t126.html
And another: http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1907.html
Here is a great list of tips that someone in the above forum gave:
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This business deals with alot of large files. Generally people use FTP's to send large files, or plain old CD. Another option is using segmented compression. Something like winRAR/macRAR or dropsegment (peice of stuffit deluxe) compresses files, then breaks it up into smaller manageble pieces. This way you can break up a 50mb file into say 10x 5mb pieces and send them 5mb at a time.
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*make sure your client knows how to uncompress those files. You may want to link them to the site to download the software."
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ok, thank you!
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