fajar,   Normally, such an issue would be caused by a newer version than yours.   Is yours the latest?   Is the cloud file created by you?   Trying to open your attachment gives this message "Error displaying attachment content"   Can you post a screenshot that is directly visible?   Unknown to most, it is quite easy to directly show images in posts, hence the following general suggestion: Please show images by using the Insert Photos button (looks like moon over mountains) for each at the top of the reply box which makes everything appear right there in your post together with your text, rather than he more conspicuous Drag&drop attachment which requires helpers to open a new tab for each image and wait for its showing, then go back and forth; and if they just click it and wait for its showing and press the X to get back to the text, the image is gone, so if they need another look they have to open it again and wait to see it again. ... View more

For my part you are welcome, Nate.   Now you have at least me wondering, especially with "just a simple cut from the top down": the two parts of the curved path are apart (and the end Anchor Points seem to be further apart at the top) consistent with two sets of Scissor Tool cuts so that is what I assumed. One complication is that it takes special effort to ensure that the cuts ar parallel (easiest done with a rectangle, or with two straight paths using the Pen Tool or the Line Segment Tool with Shift for vertical, then rotated for slanting cut).   I ruled out (maybe wrongly) your moving the two parts apart because of the angle difference, and the protruding stroke part must have another cause than both the use of the Scissors Tool and the rounded/elliptic path.   So I believe we still have a riddle, and "using the scissor tool on circles" in itself is fine and no troublemaker.   This brings us back to what Hans-Jürgen asked for, and whether Ctrl/Cmd+E makes a difference.   ... View more

We have about the same here, Ton.   Much more was expected, some 6 inches/15 cm by now. The current downcast says no more for over a week.   ... View more

Thank you for sharing, Peter. That is a great relief.   ... View more

A most delighful sight Peter.   Is it really showing that the spruce bark beetle spell/curse been lifted after some 40 years, and the forest is growing strong?   ... View more

Nate,   I agree with Hans-Jürgen.   One way of a vertical gap is by using the Object>Path>Divide Objects below.   You can:   1) Create a rectangle of the desired width and higher than the cut height, 2) Place it where you wish to cut, then (with the brown shape unselected) Object>Path>Divide Objects below, 3) Delete the middle part, then Direct Select both the vertical segments on either side of the gap and delete them if you wish to get rid of those parts of the Stroke as in your image.   You can also use straight vertical paths and apply Object>Path>Divide Objects below to each to the same effect, or you can have either or both slanting.   As far as I can see, the right side of the gap is a wee bit off vertical, about -0.5 degree.     With regard to the protruding stroke part, what happens if you Ctrl/Cmd+E (toggles between GPU and CPU)?   ... View more

Spot on, Dave.   One can see that it is a fine horse with a striding walk by the overtracking: the hind hoof is lifted past the fore hoofprint and sets its print in front of it.   Occasionally it can also be heard by a ding (shod) or an extra clop (unshod) when the toe of the hind hoof hits the heel of the fore hoof in the air, just as the fore hoof is lifted before the hind hoof touches the ground.   ... View more

I am sure about Ai10 (2001), uncertain about earlier such as Ai8 (1998).   ... View more

A really creative frame, critter; and such sorrowing lasts.   ... View more

Indeed, Greg.   It was actually designed as the solution to exactly what you are asking for, albeit an old and all but forgotten/little known one with limitations, like a number of other features that were new in the old days.   This one goes at least as far back as some time round the turn of the Millennium. I believe Ton can say how far.   ... View more

Greg,   Until the feature request has been realized or till the end of days, whichever occurs first, for some tasks you may be able to:   1) Select each set of desired objects across Layers, 2) Use Save Selection in the Select dropdown and give it a name you can remember (if you have more), 3) Click the name of the selection in the Select dropdown when you wish to work on it.   ... View more

Here are some sketches of farrier work done on the horseshoes kindly given by Dave, the fore (front) shoe already shown, and the corresponding hind shoe, forging to fit them to the near (left) hooves of the fine horse that saw the Horseshoe Rock, hind hoof at the top and fore hoof at the bottom.   For each of them, first the shape of the shoes from Dave, then the shape forged to fit, then placed, and last the unshod hoof.   The shapes of the far (right) hooves are almost mirrored, but not quite.     Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still ... View more

Original entry edited for improvement.   ... View more

    A fine horse was intrigued by the little known Horseshoe Rock formation and had a look round; or had it a rider?   Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still ... View more

Christelle, I caught Bella in deep sleep, completely undisturbed by my bringing a tripod and fine tuning the camera settings. This was two years after her turning up as a young adult cat, feral in the deepest sense.   I believe Yuna is my first experience of a cat having a black tail with a white tip.   ... View more

  This calm, Christelle?     Click to get closer ... View more

  No New Year Show here this year, only a few balls       Click to get closer ... View more

You may fool others, James, but I really enjoy this red eye close up.   ... View more

laurelly,   In addition to what Monika said in order to make an Art Brush work properly in your case, there are a few crucial parts, see the image below with a simplified Art Brush which can be seen at 4 times the original size for detail:   1) An Art Brush really dislikes sharp corners, so a crucial part of making an Art Brush work properly is to round the sharp corner, very little rounding will do as shown to the right in the image below. Otherwise the corner will look like a Bevel Join with a spike as shown in the middle in the image below.   2) Another crucial part of making an Art Brush work properly is to either roughly adapt the total length of the Art Brush/laneline graphic to equal the length of the number 2 path (you can see them in Document Info), or to make the Art Brush Proportional (this will change the thickness of the number, maybe undesiredly). Otherwise the nice circular roundings will be distorted; you will probably be happier with the shorter version to the left in your image. An adapted length is applied in the image below.   3) The basic appearance of An Art Brush is designed for a Stroke Weight of 1pt.   4) You can change the size of the number and keep the proportions if you apply Object>Expand Appearance first. *** Remember to keep a backup of the unexpanded artwork ***     Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still ... View more

Clicking the link gives an error message,   "Document preview of Tuna with odd lines.pdf Error displaying attachment content"   ... View more

Exactly, Jane.   The early history of the genealogical tree from 1914 to 1945 with the known branches Foo, Chad, and Kilroy, is outlined here, https://www.dictionary.com/culture/pop-culture/kilroy-was-here   and sporadically referred to here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here   ... View more

Kate,   Maybe far too far out, but what happens if you hold Ctrl/Cmd and press E?   This toggles between GPU and CPU, the former sometimes being a bit unruly. You can untoggle if the issue remains. This is what GPU is about: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/gpu-performance-preview-improvements.html   GPU is faster, sometimes too fast, so it gets ahead of itself and moves in mysterious ways.   ... View more

Thank you very much, Trevor; I only just saw your kind words.   I Illied everything as vector artwork, manually and with shadows and reflexions by eye.   This little family of course belongs to a less known branch of the Foo-Chad-Kilroy genealogical tree, with the characteristic features.   ... View more

lister,   Assuming that each icon is supposed to be contained within whole pixels and maybe fitting into the 150 pixel grid, and that the lines form part of closed paths, I believe that it is best to:   1) Align strokes to outside, 2) Adjust wherever necessary, and 3) Outline.   Always keep a backup of artwork that is going to be irreversibly changed, such as stroked paths to be outlined.   ... View more

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I can see that the request has really taken off, Ton. ... View more

m,   In addition to what Ton said, it could form the basis of a(n obvious) feature request, I believe. https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests https://illustrator.uservoice.com/   It may be worth seeing whether others have made similar requests and refer to those, and/or join those and maybe refer to yours.   ... View more

Ah Peter, the topping beyond the bay.   ... View more

A real mystery indeed, Kurt.   There are some related present day equipment versions, searchable with terms like portable ski tow rope for individual and mulitple skiers, both including ready made sets and DIY solutions, all of which include anchoring.   https://duckduckgo.com/?q=portable+ski+tow+rope&t=ftsa&atb=v320-1&ia=web   ... View more

Kurt,   Peter unravelled the mystery, indeed.   I gather that the quodropod serves as its supporting gear in between its operating, and that it is anchored when operating to prevent its dragging itself down on top of the skiers, eventually at the bottom of the slope.   ... View more