Adding a flag to my Ai file.

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July 10, 2022
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Hi there I want add a picture of the red white and blue to my Ai file. Thats the US flag not North Korea, Cuba or Russia thanks.
just a small one.

what format would I use?

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Correct answer Jacob Bugge

Michael,

I believe the most straightforward and safest way is to create the desired part of the US flag directly in AI, possibly by simply drawing the boundary (path) of the desired part and then hiding (you can use the boundary path as a Clipping/Opacity Mask) or deleting (you can use the boundary path in itself or in different ways including Pathfinder/Shape Builder) the unwanted outlying parts.

Remember to always keep a backup of the original each time you make irreversible changes.

And in this case to make sure that your flag part is sufficiently different to (parts of) other flags.

In this context you can draw on free sources as the ones found here,

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=american+flag+vector+free&t=ffab&atb=v320-1&ia=web

Jacob Bugge

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Community Expert

Michael,

I believe the most straightforward and safest way is to create the desired part of the US flag directly in AI, possibly by simply drawing the boundary (path) of the desired part and then hiding (you can use the boundary path as a Clipping/Opacity Mask) or deleting (you can use the boundary path in itself or in different ways including Pathfinder/Shape Builder) the unwanted outlying parts.

Remember to always keep a backup of the original each time you make irreversible changes.

And in this case to make sure that your flag part is sufficiently different to (parts of) other flags.

In this context you can draw on free sources as the ones found here,

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=american+flag+vector+free&t=ffab&atb=v320-1&ia=web

M

michael22530247qquiAuthor

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Thanks. So if I put an american flag on my product would people assume that my product is made in america?
It mostly is.
I put it there as support for the country.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

You are welcome, Michael.

The interpretation will depend on the exact positioning and context.

Placed directly on the product, many/most may assume that.

Placed somewhere else, it might be seen as indicating an American website (maybe depending on the URL).

Mylenium

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Any format AI imports as laid out in the online help?! Anything more specific will require you to actualyl explain what you intend to do with the final product. Printing stuff has different requirements than just sharing a file online...

Mylenium