btw: Rove Hidden is now under "Redact" ... View more

OK, this really shows how ridiculous Adobe have become, as per other posters here since 2012 (probably earlier too) it's now 2017 and there's STILL no Delete Layer option!! ... View more

I don't think we're talking fully structured documents here, just calling for a more useful hyperlink function in AI, which is just a hair's breadth away from it anyway. Have a go at the Slice workaround for hyperlinking text- it's clear the basic functionality is in the app already, it just needs a mod. By locking the HTML code view field that we see while using the workaround it implies this is not actually a deliberate restriction even- more of an oversight in an, admittedly obscure, area. ... View more

Yeah, to paraphrase JMPJMP back in 2016- "...stupid...It is 2017". I can confirm that Acrobat is actually pretty good when it comes to what we need here. I have an expensive full CC subscription anyway so I downloaded Acrobat DC Pro and added transparent boxes over icons and non-html text that required hyperlinks. I've now got a PDF CV that has working hyperlinks for all social media items, a mailto link on the email address and even a working "tel" link on my phone number.Links and attachments in PDFs, Adobe Acrobat It's awesome but I have to say that adding transparent boxes on top of perfectly good existing objects seems really clunky and primitive, not to mention I had to download a whole app just for this one function! It should be part of Illustrator anyway- it's clearly capable of doing the job. With a little tweak it could perform to it's full potential. C'mon Adobe, get with the century! ... View more

oh well I might have guessed that! Thanks Ton. Wonder why the other way (Preferences > Units) requires a restart? ... View more

Sorry to not contribute to the discussion here but... Illustrator... lol ... View more

No problem ajp! If you like you could mark an answer as Correct to say thanks ... View more

Hi ajp96, You're working on a quite low resolution file there, by the look of it, which will make this issue more visible. Photoshop is a Raster (pixel-based) app, not a Vector app, so some pixel fringes will be inevitable from time to time. But there are 2 good ways to fill like you want to, methods A and method B: A) Good Method 1) Make sure your line art is on a separate layer (a layer with a transparent background). That's just sensible generally 2) Use the magic wand to click inside the area you want to colour- tolerance at 255, point sample mode. 3) Expand your selection by a few pixels using Select > Modify > Expand. I have a keyboard shortcut assigned for this, it's so useful. 3) Choose your colour then, on another layer behind your line art (label it "colour"!) hit Alt and Backspace (Delete) on the key board. Your foreground colour will fill the expanded selection. In the art industry this is called good "trapping". B) Best Method 1) With proper layer organisation, as described above, on the right transparent "colours" layer click the area you want to fill with the Paint Bucket Tool using these settings: Opacity 100%, Tolerance 100 (or anything somewhere around the middle of 1 to 255), Anti-alias=yes, Contiguous=yes, All Layers=yes. 2) That's it- if you want the filled colour to creep under the line art a little more- just click it again. If you like those settings for your paint Bucket Tool I suggest you save it a a Tool in your own Tools palette, then this will never be a problem for you again. The Paint Bucket Tool is not perfect, but there are far worse things in Photoshop to gripe about Here's some grabs: This one shows how with 2 clicks of the Paint Bucket Tool the colour creeps under the line art edge very nicely! ... View more

OK... I'll do it myself and send you a screen grab of the process. Hang on... ... View more

Barbara's supplied some good advice there. The Paint Bucket tool is more complex and useful than it appears but it's far from the worst problem in Photoshop. The white dots you refer to sounds like pixel "haloes", so learn about "antialiasing" and play with the settings. I keep my Paint Bucket Tool ramped up at 255 (the maximum) and I've never had to use any other setting for it. ... View more

Lovely example Mike, thank you. Must disagree with respect to Illustrator though- it's simply a dev oversight. When you consider all the amazing things AI can do, it seems extremely unlikely it's unable to do what other apps can for any good reason. Gradients, conical included, are the mathematical manipulation of pixels, governed by clever algorithms and as such should be well within the scope of any modern vector app. I'd be more willing to believe there are good reasons why AI team have not managed to implement this if there weren't also so many other basic flaws and omissions in the program. I'll have to mark your answer correct as you've been so helpful, though, to be honest I think this post is the more Correct answer Fo anyone else searching this year- NO: AI cannot do this and provides no way to save a conical gradient swatch, you'll have to use Mike's workaround. ... View more

That's great Mike, thank you. Not quite what I'm looking for though as... a) It's clearly a weird workaround for the lack of native conical gradients in AI, b) It limits your live gradients to 1000pt wide (the stroke limit of a stroked path in AI). I'm creating artwork for tents and due to various other factors, I'm working at large document sizes, so it's not ideal for me. c) As far as I know you can't add it to the Swatches panel. It's now been over 5 years since this was first flagged as a flaw in AI, maybe it's time it got addressed in the next Update? ... View more

Great- I'll try it tonight (GMT offset 0) and report back with results, plus a description of the method. Thanks! ... View more

Hi KEN, Glad you like the illustration. I found even basic use of a 3D app extremely useful for achieving artwork that would otherwise prove impossible time-wise. I've just finished my own Teacher Training so anything you'd like to know I'm happy to relate! "Introduction to Computer Art" sounds just like what I should be doing, hope it's in high demand. Best, Tom ... View more

@Kenj63410513 That's a great piece of advice- I'll give it a go! Can the app provide SINGLE PATH lines from raster lineart? btw: Love your artwork, I'm getting in to simulating antique map illustration myself just now and was wondering if you've any tutorials or something? [LINK REMOVED - stop spamming] ... View more

Agree with most posters here- It's now 2017 and workarounds to this problem using the Shape Builder Tool or Object > Path > Divide Objects Below (both unreliable) are still not present where they logically should be- in the Pathfinder palette. cs6 - There Must Be A Way: Trimming Groups Of Lines To Fit Complex Shape - Illustrator - Graphic Design Stack Exchange Shapes or lines regardless: It's like there's a family gathering in Pathfinder and just one member is missing! Come on Monika, etc- prove the AI haters wrong and provide a Pathfinder based solution here, please. ... View more