Jacob Bugge
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Jacob Bugge
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‎Feb 07, 2025
02:24 AM
defaultt,
You need two of each, one as the default appearance and one to enter the Knockout Group, and the one that serves as the mass object needs to be at the top (obvioulsy, since the others are behind it), in this case the black one; and all paths have a stroke and no fill.
You can use the following steps, making sure the black one is at the top:
1) For the black path, select and Ctrl/Cmd+C+F (hold Ctrl/Cmd and press C then F) to create a copy in front, then lock the copy in the Layers palette (with the Layer expanded); this is the selected path, so easy to find;
2) Select the unlocked original from 1), then switch from stroke to fill, then set the Opacity to 0 in the Transparency palette;
3) For the other paths (red and blue and whichever additional paths you wish), select and Ctrl/Cmd+C+B (hold Ctrl/Cmd and press C then B) to create a copy in back, then lock the copy in the Layers palette (with the Layer expanded); this is the selected path, so easy to find;
3) For each of the other paths, ClickDrag over it with the Direct Selection Tool and apply Dashed Line as desired (you can hide the locked duplicate to see);
4) Select all the non selected paths and Ctrl/Cmd to form the Group, then tick Knockout Group in the Transparency palette enough times until you have a full tick mark;
5) Unlock all locked paths in the Layers palette; now you are ready to move;
To move any of the path sets round freely:
6) With the Direct Selection Tool, Alt/OptionClickDrag (hold Alt/Option and ClickDrag) over the path set(s) you wish to move to select it, making sure to avoid selecting other path sets that need to stay in place, then ClickDrag the path set(s) by any segment/Anchor Point to move to the desired position.
In 6), you can select multiple path sets (such as the red and blue one, avoiding the black one), so they are moved in the same way.
If you are unable to select all path sets you wish to move in the same way at the same time in 6), you can use ShiftAlt/OptionClickDrag (hold both Shift and Alt/Option and ClickDrag) to select the path sets in multiple steps.
The Alt/Option lets you select whole paths.
The Shift lets you select more path sets together; you can skip it for the first set, but it is simpler and safer to use it throughout.
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‎Feb 06, 2025
12:35 PM
Viktoriia,
I am afraid I never saw the latest post by Aria.
It seems that she used a stroked rectangle rather than a filled one to show up red all the way round her.
What happens if you try the Transparency Grid, the fainter Grid, or a filled rectangle?
You can show it as Aria did, please use the Insert Image button at the top of the Reply box (looks like moon over mountains).
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‎Feb 06, 2025
06:26 AM
I am still pondering over the tough task, Trevor.
As mentioned, I can see two numbers gone, both of which are considered unlucky by some; but that also applies to at least two others still there, one them sounding like death to some.
And maybe more importantly, this dartboard features an old symbol of death, even death sentence, which you can hit.
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‎Feb 04, 2025
03:47 PM
I see two numbers gone, replaced by two doubles.
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‎Feb 03, 2025
06:58 AM
Jules,
I agree with Bobby in the use of a combination of outer shape(s) and blends.
Another way to create the perspective tyre track impression while keeping the same proportion of widths of the (track/tread) lines and the gaps in between could be to start out with uniform blends of many thin lines between the outer shapes, then expand each blend, then delete lines within the desired width of the (track/tread) lines and join the ends of the remaining outer lines with narrower gaps in between.
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‎Feb 02, 2025
01:47 PM
Brad, when seeing this exquisite staircase I immediately came to think of a house in Antigonish.
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‎Feb 02, 2025
03:15 AM
Direct high tension Sets sparks flying between them, Dolly and Danny, Those two look like trouble, but They have no time to make it
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‎Feb 01, 2025
08:11 AM
Thank you very much, Dave.
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‎Feb 01, 2025
08:09 AM
You are welcome, Jean Louis.
I hope you will share your findings.
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‎Feb 01, 2025
07:24 AM
Jean Louis,
It is very simple if you actually do exactly that "un texte curviligne dans cercle".
Starting with a circle corresponding to the Baseline (no Baseline Shift), you can do it by using a negative Baseline Shift equalling the font size applied to a circle that is twice the font size larger.
In that case you can just create the first instance and then simply use Effect>Distort & Transform>Transform with a Rotation of 60 (or you can use 360/6 which gives full accuracy if you choose another number such as 7) and 5 Copies.
Below it is shown with 24pt font size in a 648pt circle (copy added in red) corresponding to an original circle of 600, 600 + 2x24 = 648pt, with Align to Center applied in the Paragraph palette.
Starting with a positive Baseline Shift as in your image, you can subtract that from the font size and apply to a circle that is twice that amount larger (such as 600 + 2x18 = 636pt from a Baseline Shift of 6pt).
Click to get closer
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‎Feb 01, 2025
04:27 AM
Gizmo,
You can see how here, with a few outcome samples,
Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still
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‎Feb 01, 2025
02:35 AM
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‎Feb 01, 2025
02:35 AM
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Impressive flue liners, Dean, and no risk of fire there.
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‎Jan 31, 2025
03:55 PM
To me it looks like a New Stroke added to the Filled path in the appearance palette, so you can edit it after selecting only selecting the Stroke. there.
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‎Jan 31, 2025
02:31 PM
carefree,
My next thought was the (im)possibility of one document having been started as CMYK and then changed, and ruled that out because you told us that the original document was duplicated.
Then I tried the following:
First I clicked the double arrows to get the two images shown in full, and they looked very much the same (seen one after the other), quite different to the way they look together in the post.
Then I opened each image in full again and made a screenshot, which I opened in AI and transferred the colour to a path with the Eyedropper, and they were indistinguishable, with almost (but not quite) identical RGB values.
So they look different in the post but the same when seen in full and when sampled.
This may sound too silly, but thinking of (im)possible document corruption, what happens if you create two new RGB documents and then copy and paste the nicely coloured path from the first document into one and the less nicely coloured path from the second document into the other?
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‎Jan 31, 2025
12:31 PM
Gismo,
As I (mis)understand it, you wish to be able to continue a path without changing the shape of the (lastest segment of the) existing part, in other words keep the direction and length of the existing (latest) Handle.
One simple way is to use the Line Segment Tool to make a suitably created and placed guide line for the new segment, Smart Guides being your friends.
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‎Jan 31, 2025
12:25 PM
carefree,
At a first glance it looks (a bit) like a an RGB/CMYK Color Mode issue.
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‎Jan 31, 2025
05:43 AM
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‎Jan 31, 2025
05:43 AM
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Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still
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‎Jan 30, 2025
02:33 PM
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Thank you for the clarification of the killer facts, Brad.
It would have been nice to be able to get at least some impression of the possible colours while working on them as for CMYK.
I was aware that it would be a difficult/impossible task to realize such a feature.
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‎Jan 30, 2025
02:29 PM
iom group,
There are many issues that can hit anyone at any level. RTL/LTR issues are among them.
May I asked which option you used here?
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‎Jan 30, 2025
11:36 AM
You are welcome, iom group; almost 7 years later.
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‎Jan 30, 2025
08:30 AM
defaultt,
Illy (job description Adobe Illustrator) can always come up with a sillier way, and she is always eager to help.
Here is a sample of a Knockout Group way where any or all of can be moved round freely, with red and blue lines dotted inside the black one at any time.
Click to get closer
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‎Jan 30, 2025
06:47 AM
Diniz,
I presume you wish to be able to see the actual limits relative to (s)RGB on screen, and adapt to that; obviously you cannot see the opposite (smaller) parts elsewhere that go beyond (s)RGB.
You can submit a feature request, https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests https://illustrator.uservoice.com/
If one is already submitted, you can join it.
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‎Jan 29, 2025
01:54 PM
Thank you very much for sharing, moroderix.
I like the lighter text and arc, and the further rotation.
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‎Jan 29, 2025
01:31 AM
You are welcome, moroderix.
I hope you will share the outcome.
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‎Jan 28, 2025
02:19 PM
You are welcome, Richard.
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‎Jan 28, 2025
12:43 PM
moroderix,
I believe it may be worth trying a simple adjustment by just removing the hopefully circular superfluous top part and rotating the right and left parts of the black/green band behind the 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY in place and rejoining them.
This based on the centre of the black/green circle(s), after locking the 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY and everything within the black/green circle, and with Smart Guides being your friends:
1) Select the black or green circle and hope to see the centre straight away, or when ticking the Show Center button in the Attributes palette;
2) With the Line Segment Tool, snap and ShiftClickDrag vertically upwards from the centre to somewhere above the design, then lock it; this is your vertical guide line;
3) With the Line Segment Tool, snap and ClickDrag from the centre to the lower point of the bolt to the right (where the arrow starts), then from the centre to the lower point of the bolt to the right (where the arrow starts); this is your lower right guide line;
4) Repeat 3), only from the centre to the upper point of the bolt to the right (where the arrowhead ends); this is your upper right guide line;
4) Select the lower right guide line, then switch to the Rotation Tool and Click the centre, then hold Alt/Option and ClickDrag a copy of the line to snap to the upper right guide line, then delete the copy of the line; this gives the rotation angle;
5) Select the vertical guide line from 2), then copy it twice in front of itself;
6) With the top copy from 5) still selected, switch to the Rotation Tool and hold Alt/Option and Click the centre, then Click OK to rotate this part into place to the left;
7) Click the other copy from 5), switch to the Rotation Tool and hold Alt/Option and Click the centre, then deselect the angle and add a minus in front of it, then Click OK to rotate this part into place to the right;
Now you have the cutting guide lines for the black/green band behind the 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY;
8) Select the black/green band behind the 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, or (each of) its constituent parts, then cut it at the cutting guide lines with the Scissors Tool, snapping to these, then delete the top part;
9) Hide the cutting guide lines;
10) ‌‌Select the leftmost part of the black/green band, then switch to the Rotation Tool and hold Alt/Option and Click the centre, then Click OK to rotate this part into place;
11) Select the rightmost part of the black/green band, then switch to the Rotation Tool and hold Alt/Option and Click the centre, then remove the minus in front of the angle, then Click OK to rotate this part into place;
Now you ought to have both parts rotated together;
12) Deselect, then ClickDrag with the Direct Select Tool over each set of hopefully coinciding cut points at the top (if not coinciding, Object>Path>Average Both may be used first) and Join them; if there are more paths on either side rather than one path with a green fill and a black stroke, lock the other set.
This ought to give a simple adjustment by just removing the hopefully circular superfluous top part, rather than having to change the shapes of the bolt parts.
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‎Jan 28, 2025
11:06 AM
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Richard,
What happens if you abstain from Use Preview Bounds in Preferences?
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‎Jan 26, 2025
08:28 PM
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‎Jan 26, 2025
08:28 PM
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Now that is cat power, Leslie.
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‎Jan 24, 2025
03:30 PM
You are welcome, Garbageware.
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