I am well aware of that that is how I know you now have over 12,000 pts. But the hovering should be fixed since it is easier to see that than leaving the page. ... View more

But much of the call outs do not work for instance all the top contributors have my number of points if you hover over their names and not their own proper tally many of who have more than I do. Like Jacob and Monika and Myllenium etc. See here jacob actually has  whopping 12,000 its but you see from the screenshot it looks like he hs only 9,685 its? ... View more

Althpough Jacob is correct he did not ask what version of Illustrator you are using. If you8 are using the current version Illustrator CC then you have another option besides the round corner effect. That is that now round corners can be created by simply selecting the object with the direct select tool and dragging the inward and the corners willl round dynamically. Or you doublee clcick the round corner proxy to bring up the corner dialog which iwill give you other options like relative or absolute corners or camphor or concave corners as such. Allk of whuch can be specifgied numerically or created dynamically. ... View more

To reveal the Library director in the finder you go from the desktop menu bar to GO and while holding down the Option Key and then you will see the item Library (it refers to the Users/Username/Library not the Systems Library and it is the one you seek,) when you select that item the Library's finder window will open and you will be able to find the user's Preferences. BTW if you let gp of the Option key the item Library disappears from the drop down but if you press it again it will reappear. A hint so you can find it again is one you have the Library's finder window open add it to your favorites and it will be in your finder's window side bar, you can do the same with the user's Preferences directory. Like such: ... View more

There are reasons youyu might use the paint brush and the pencil tool rather than the pen tool and experience will tell you when the pen tool is simply more versatile and accurate so it has more usage but say you wnted to fill an object with a brush like texture like such  the brush tool will work much better than the pen tool. Circumstances usually dictate which tool is best. ... View more

I am no certain a logo is a good thing for a photographer but since you went down this rod an yu think it woks for you hen the obvious thing visually speaking is that one might consider bowing the word photography similar to the your name Jesica Shae and make it the appear to be the bottom lid of an eye. Now your logo might invoke the idea that you are intuitive about things you do. Of course the flower might be slightly larger. Keep in mind the top lashes of an eye are longer than the bottom. Also keep in mind it does not have to necessarily come across as an eye it only has to be discoverable. As far a rukes goes, there are no rules you only have to communicate your message. And if a logo works for you it looks like you are there right now. ... View more

this is what you can actually buy at this time https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_education_sl_creativesuite6.edu.html However if you look you might find it economicl to just go with the suite for 19.95 per month. $240 per year and get the whole suite. I do not believe there is a standalone student version of AI as it would be difficult to offer the application for less than 19.95 per month hiuch is what the standalone reail vrsion of Illustrator cost which is he sme price as thw whole cloud for student. ... View more

I think I like wah you did Barbara, verry nice indeed. ... View more

Barbara it is not at all a joke but they dio the best they can. Watch closely and you'll see what I mean. ... View more

Concentric cicles didfferent color fills twirl tool with large brush (setting to your desired effect) I place a color filled circle path in the back to fill any outter gaps and used a circle path on top to make a clipping mask. ... View more

In the image trace panel expand the advance options and check the ignore white box at the bottom of the advance options. ... View more

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it is more than likely a permissions problem in which a directory along the path is preventing the AI from access the file in question more than likely the somewhere along the path to the preference file or the Adobe Illustrator CC Settings folder. That was the issue in previous versions. Also could be the com.adobe.illustrator.plist file or some such. What happens is the when opening a file Illustrator has to access these folder or files and if the permissions are not correct it might not be able to do this it will either hang or quit. Same thing when creating a file. ... View more

You know I have the same isue and I am on OS 10.7.5 so it is aqn issue of support for the magic mouse it seems and an important issue. It should be fixed have you gus filesd a bug report https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform if not we all should do so I  am in the process right now. ... View more

I am not certain that waas such a wise move to install the app on anyything other than the startup disk. You have plentyof room on the SSD drive to install all the applications you want. and then use the second internal drive as the rimary scratch and the external drive as you secondary as you have. Why did you install AI on a non system disk? ... View more

Nothing but questions I was wrong about the cloud it is a good idea but not in the hands of Adobe. ... View more

You see I read at the time that there were some licenses on high end software for movie editing that were paid for by subscription and thought is was a good idea. I make lt's of feature requests whether thAat is why the features appear I have no idea but I made those request. For instance when the iPod came out I made a suggestion on this forum that Apple would have to make it a phone as well and if they did not do it someone else would. By the way I post most of the feature request that I submit here on the forum first and then I submit them. For instance I had suggested that illustrator have 3D capability and had a running battle with several other users on the forum who insisted that Illustrator should not have it. My purpose for having it was different than what it became but nontheless it was a feature request I made and then I met Mordy and I said that perhaps it did not have to be a full fledge 3D feature only so you cold manipulate a 3D object. I meant I did not mean to be able to make 3D objects just to manipulate 3D objects within Illustrator. But we got something a little bit more than that but not quie what I actually wanted. I also made a request for a 3D feature in Photoshop which was also eventually realized. And there again I had a long running dispute with a couple of users on the forum about that request as well. Perhasps Scott W recalls this all and if not you can ask Mordy perhaps. You might all think your smart but I think I just have better ideas than you. And that's life. ... View more

Yes I do not see the problem. And I don't think any of you actually have a problem except maybe it is a way of doing things you are not familiar with and that that makes you uncomfortable. I think in time you might find it your advantage and find new uses for the software as well. All you need is an open mind. I think most people that make the cahnge will find it is the right way to go. I made a feature request when Illustrator 10 came out to be able to pay for the software on a monthly subscription basis with the ability to pay for programs on a month by month basis, but the way the cloud works is bvetter than what I wanted and more economical in the long run. Yes I have no prob;lem with it. ... View more

Intriguing outlook on this subject. The graphic arts is a business or am I wrong about that? Everyone here makes money and profit. What is the real problem? ... View more

I wonder if Adobe introduces features and new services that you find you need if that will change your position on this? ... View more

I tell you what it sounds like then I will tell you what I tthink the problem might be in both cases you w0n't like it. One you save the file without thinking then you go to do a save as for isntace and there is no need to do so ssince you actually saved it. That what it sounds like. But two I seem to recall an issue like this years ago maybe more than a decade ago and then once again about a decade ago. Scott might also recall the issue popping but not in recent memory. At the time it was concluded that this was caused be a cconflict with either another application and or a script, if I recall correctly the first time it might have been caused by a script associated with a folder but on the other occasion it was caused perhaps by software the nature of which I cannot recall. Now haven't written this I will state that at my age, 68, I might not be recalling this correctly on the otherhand if you are having such a problem and it is being caused by a conflict you might wish to at first contact each other by private message and determine if you have software that is similar, the nature of this software and see if you have software even if not the same but similar in function, especially software that affects the system. Have written this as well I can assure that it is entirely possible that I am directing you down a dead end road. However if this is a serious problem for you it might be worht the hike. ... View more

I offer some insight here, hopefully. When you embed the image and also create a pdf compatible ai file it embeds the file twice one for the ai file and the other for the pdf version of the file. The file size includes twice the image data so it will be considerable. If you turn off this option it will reduce the file size but you will not be able to place the file in another program with a preview as the preview is a part of the pdf data. Not only that but you will not be able to print the file to a non-postscript printer that is it must be outputted through the postscript process or if you wish a postscript driver. In the past the generally accepted and recommended method was to link the image as a way of working and maintaining a smaller size file and then use the Include Linked Images option in the Illustrator Save Options dialog so only the file you sent the printer would be large. Of course if you are like me and make back ups of everything then you would now have a copy of what you sent the printer as well and the original file which would take more space than a single file with the embedded image. The more modern way of doing this is to work with the link file and then save it as a pdf as well the pdf will be considerably smaller in size and the linked ai file will be as well together they will be about the same as an ai file with the pdf compatibility turn off which is another way of doing this which is fine if you are not placing or opening the file in another application or sending it to a non postscript driver for output. I recommend for your purposes to work linked, the traditional way, and output to pdf and send the pdf to the printer or if you are a member of the Cloud link the image and use the new collect for output mechanism which will collect you file images and fonts for out put in a neat folder for you, or at least that is what I understand. This is only a suggestion not a directive, it is meant to be helpful. Please feel free to ignore it entirely if it does not suit your needs. ... View more