alignment problem

[jasonr20432526]

Hi, I created a text, oulined it, made a swoosh, united everything with path, 3D effect, arc it and add some line on the letters as accent. but the accent line are not following the rest when I want to rotate and when I save, my work is not in the center. I tried ctrl a and there is nothing else around. any idea?

[Monika Gause]

Which version, which system?

How is the artboard set up?

WHich file format do you save?

Which options?

And what do you mean "not in the center"?

[jasonr20432526]

That's some questions....

how to setup artboard?

jpg, ai, png, tiff,....

tried all...

[Monika Gause]

That's some questions....

how to setup artboard?

jpg, ai, png, tiff,....

tried all...

You could start by showing a screenshot of how the artwork sits on the artboard.

And then: what did you export and with which options?

That's not too difficult: just quote where you put a checkmark.

Please show some effort or we can't help you.

And I still don't quite understand your issue. Can you please describe it better?

[jasonr20432526]

this what I made.

this is with ctrl a

this the result when I'm trying to save or export...

I tried all option with jpg, png, tiff.

I'm new to this, I dont have courses and I'm making effort...I have been trying averything I know for the last 3 days so far.....

english is not my primary language, its hard to explain in my own word...dont judge please

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

OK, thank you. That helps a lot.

So when you export, do you put a checkmark at "Use artboard"?

This option is usually in the first dialog box when exporting.

It will export your artwork with the whitespace you have on the artboard.

[jasonr20432526]

I dont have this option for png

neither for jpg

[Monika Gause]

As I said: it's in the first dialog box. The dialog box where you enter a name for the file. Directly below the menu where you select the file format.

[jasonr20432526]

I just seen it and its uncheck

[Monika Gause]

I just seen it and its uncheck

You need to check it.

[jasonr20432526]

ok that work, but why it never did that before?

[Monika Gause]

Maybe the checkbox was always checked?

Maybe you always had an invisible or white object that centered the artwork?

[jasonr20432526]

Thank a lot...

[Monika Gause]

You're welcome

BTW: the export without using the artboard in your file shows that there must be some invisible elements. Or maybe stray anchor points. You might want to search them and delete them in case you don't need them.

You couls select all and see what is highlighted or use the layers panel.

[barbara_a]

Once you've used the 3D filter, rotation should be done using that filter (not the rotation tool).

Maybe it would help if you select your artwork, then choose Object > Artboards > Fit to Artwork Bounds. And then export your artwork.

You could also try Object > Expand before exporting the file. You could save a copy before doing that in case you want to edit the original later.

[jasonr20432526]

if I do that, my image go like my saved one but on the artboead

[Myra Ferguson]

Based on the artwork's placement in your screenshot, I'm guessing there may be some point you're not seeing off to the left side. Instead of using Ctrl+A, can you select it all by dragging around your art? Then try grouping it and centering.

You could also try going through your layers in the Layers Panel to see if there is anything you can't identify. If it helps, you can enlarge the thumbnails by using the flyout menu on the top right of the panel and go to Panel Options... where you can change the thumbnail to Large.

[jasonr20432526]

I did that too and there is nothing