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diggdug39
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February 23, 2017
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Design best practices: Moving type around and vector design tips

  • February 23, 2017
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  Hello everyone,

          I am trying to make a sheet of stickers out of this graphic below and I wonder if there is a way to make the bottom word centered instead of shifting to the left side? How could I remake this with a more cut out look from the white background and using what program? On another note I wonder how I am supposed to save an Illustrator file as a jpeg or gif? When I have tried to save it the only file extensions it gives are ai, svg etc.Thanks for any help

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Sebastian Bleak
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February 28, 2017

Looks like you've got some great info on how to do this in Ps. If you'd like to recreate this in Ai, I'd look for a Stencil font that matches your design, use an Opacity Mask to add the distressing (holes) Adobe Illustrator CS6 "Opacity Mask" NSL Week 96 - YouTube

When I was producing stickers, I preferred to work in Ai because I had to add CutContours for our VersaCam.

February 26, 2017

good question I have it's problem too and i get my answer now
Thank you

Inspiring
February 23, 2017

Let me try to help...

"I am trying to make a sheet of stickers out of this graphic below and I wonder if there is a way to make the bottom word centered instead of shifting to the left side?...

In Photoshop, you'd select the text, copy & paste, then move the element to the center.  Then, delete the original text element.

...How could I remake this with a more cut out look from the white background and using what program?...

You could create the artwork in either Photoshop or Illustrator, save it to the format a cutter could interpret ( this would be an actual cutout, if you want to do it visually, you'd create it the same way, just not cut it out of the media.

...On another note I wonder how I am supposed to save an Illustrator file as a jpeg or gif? When I have tried to save it the only file extensions it gives are ai, svg etc.Thanks for any help"

Like already suggested, use Export in Illustrator, select JPEG ( why GIF? ).

diggdug39
diggdug39Author
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February 23, 2017

Does it make a difference and can I still change the text more center if this image is one that was pre-made? There are no layers and I didn't make this I found it on a website. Also what do you mean save it to the format a cutter could interpret? I want to cut the text our of the white background and place the text ( each word ) on a different background I am using.

Inspiring
February 23, 2017

Also, disregard what I said about a cutter. I thought you wanted to cut the file using a digital cutting machine.

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Participating Frequently
February 23, 2017

Select both text layers and with the move tool, use the align to center option.

Derek Cross
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Community Expert
February 23, 2017

Try (from Illustrator)  File > Export – select the format from the drop-down menu.