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lourdesbeard
lourdesbeard
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May 22, 2018
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Resizing image in Illustrator

  • May 22, 2018
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I have been working in Illustrator on a MAC to create a logo. All was working fine, but then for some reason I was unable to resize images and type.

When I click on the image or type I do not get a box around it any longer. It only shows anchors and path on the imported image. And on the type, it only gives a line under the word.

Does anyone know why this may have started and no longer allows for resizing with the arrow tool by grabbing the corner of the image box?

    Correct answer rcraighead

    You've turned of "Bounding Boxes" (View Menu).

    I actually prefer to work without bounding boxes. The traditional "Modifier" tools are, in most cases much more powerful than being constrained to a "bounding box". With Bounding Box turned off type "S" (scale), move cursor diagonally away from the object and start dragging in or out toward the center of the object. By holding "Shift" down you can constrain to horizontal, vertical proportional scaling, depending on the direction you drag. If you wish to scale from somewhere other than the center just click once, anywhere and start dragging again, the "center of rotation" has been reset and is identifiable by the small cyan crosshairs. These basic capabilities are transferable to the "Rotate" tool (R).

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    bengeo5
    Participant
    May 31, 2018

    How stupid is this idea.

    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 31, 2018

      schrieb

    How stupid is this idea.

    This often happens accidentally, because the shortcut is similar to another shortcut in a different software.

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    bengeo5
    Participant
    May 31, 2018

    Thanks

    Sorry to be so rude But these little changes can really slow down workflow if you are not a full time user

    Dr Mike Howarth

    MHMVR

    rcraighead
    rcraigheadCorrect answer
    Legend
    May 22, 2018

    You've turned of "Bounding Boxes" (View Menu).

    I actually prefer to work without bounding boxes. The traditional "Modifier" tools are, in most cases much more powerful than being constrained to a "bounding box". With Bounding Box turned off type "S" (scale), move cursor diagonally away from the object and start dragging in or out toward the center of the object. By holding "Shift" down you can constrain to horizontal, vertical proportional scaling, depending on the direction you drag. If you wish to scale from somewhere other than the center just click once, anywhere and start dragging again, the "center of rotation" has been reset and is identifiable by the small cyan crosshairs. These basic capabilities are transferable to the "Rotate" tool (R).

    lourdesbeard
    lourdesbeardAuthor
    Participant
    May 22, 2018

    Thank you very much for helping me correct my error. I don't recall ticking the boundary box "off", but that fixed it. Appreciate your time.

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