Best to talk to your printer. CMYK will  most of the time be less vibrant than RGB. But maybe your printer has a printing process that can capture more colors than the default conversion to CMYK. If you convert your colors using the same profiles in Adobe applications, the result will be same. ... View more

You cannot compare those 2 screens. The top one does not have Preview checked, so you don't see the tracing result. The bottom one has totally different trace settings. ... View more

Image trace? https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/image-trace.html ... View more

Richard, there are a couple of differents problem mentioned in this post. It looks like the shifting opacity masks is fixed, but obviously your opacity problem is not. To attach an Illustrator file here you need to save it as PDF or rename the .ai extension to .pdf ... View more

That is not the file you first showed, try this one: SLIP DRESS_changes_LINDA_grade changes [Converted].aic or go to https://www.adobe.com/files/ select the 3 dots on the file and choose download. Then Open that file, save it as PDF on your desktop and attach it ... View more

Hi Georgie, I am afraid we don't make progress this way. Can we start from the beginning? You showed a file: SLIP DRESS_changes_LINDA_grade changes [Converted].aic Can you Open that file and save it as PDF on your desktop? Make sure that in the Save Adobe PDF options the "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" is checked. React to this forum post and use the attach option as shown here to share the pdf. ... View more

That is the way Live Paint works. When expanded you will get at least double the points (for the fill group and the stroke group) and it will add points at intersections. But it only does that after expanding, when it is still a Live Paint group it will use the existing points. So as long as you want to edit, don't expand. ... View more

Can you try it in 29.6.1? ... View more

Don't use beta software for production. ... View more

And check if turning Off Preferences > File Handling > Export in Background helps. ... View more

What does the warning sign tell you when you click it? ... View more

What does the warning sign tell you when you click it? ... View more

Sharewithai is for files that are corrupt. I cannot access those, please just attach the .ai file (with the extension changed to .pdf) to a message here. What is also possible is to share your pattern here befor truying to split it up. ... View more

Good to hear you don't give up. You can save your file on your desktop as a regular .ai file (now it is a cloud .aic file) and attach the file here after you changed the .ai extension to .pdf (it is strange, but these forums do not allow .ai files, but .pdf they do). ... View more

Did you try the Pattern maker to create the pattern? Object > Pattern > Make ... View more

The effect creates an image, but if you select Render as Vector, a clipping mask will be applied. ... View more

How far are you zoomed in? ... View more

If you rename the extension of your Illustrator file from .ai to .pdf you can attach it to a post here. ... View more

You can simulate a library in the following way: Spot colors , Global colors, Pattern swatches, Gradients and Brushes are not very well supported in CC libraries. But as a workaround you can drag an object using a color to a CC Library You can also drag multiple items using different colors together into a CC library to simulate a library. The easiest way to add them to a new document is to hold down the Alt key when you drag them from the library and place them in a new document. The spot colors automatically added to your swatches panel. You can hit escape before you click to place the object(s) or delete the dragged library items because the swatches are now part of the document. ... View more

A clipping mask can do that. Draw a rectangle on top, that covers a part of the circle, select both and choose Object > Clipping Mask > Make ... View more

If you have the time, I would do them all. ... View more

I cannot agree more with the recommandation of Monika: "With Creative Cloud you have 3 months of LinkedIn Pro, which includes LinkedIn Learning. I would recommend that you make use of it and take some Illustrator classes. " ... View more

Ask the creator of the video. You cannot create a better one from your screendump. ... View more

Looks like a higher resolution in the video. ... View more

Looks like a good exercise for the Pen tool. ... View more

There could be some random bugs, I sometimes see a screencapture that does not disappear, no idea why. This makes it probably so difficult to solve quickly for the Illustrator team. Place is currently the safe way. ... View more

What is the resolution in Effect > Document Raster Effect Settings? And how is your rendering set up? ... View more

When something strange happens, I try the ususal, restart, reset preferences... ... View more