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‎Dec 26, 2022
07:55 PM
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Ton, I just wanted to thank you for all the help you gave me with this problem. I think it actually got fixed; I tried to recreate it awhile ago and it happen. Then also, now there's the intertwine tool! I actually haven't tried the intertwine tool yet, but it sounds just like what I would have needed, doesn't it? Anyway, thank you again. I very much appreciated all that you did. Casey
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‎Oct 29, 2021
08:10 AM
Thank you for voting for my post, Ton. I woke up wondering if you meant if I should copy the link over here? But you found it! Fingers crossed now ... 🙂
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‎Oct 28, 2021
09:12 PM
Thank you again for your help, Ton. I just posted the problem on Uservoice. It will be so exciting if they can fix it! Hmmm ... But I'm not sure I posted the link you were talking about. Which link did you mean?
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‎Oct 17, 2021
03:26 PM
But I will check out how to report the bug. Thank you for providing the link.
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‎Oct 17, 2021
03:24 PM
Thank you for confirming this, Tom. Lol it has been driving me bonkers. I feel some peace finally, understanding it's that, even without a "why."
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‎Oct 08, 2021
04:11 PM
I have a HUGE question: This has to do with repeating patterns. Attached is a picture of 2 circles on a background (shield your eyes, it isn't pretty :-)). When I make the pattern, the inside of the 2 circles is empty and we can all see the background. When I pull that pattern out of swatches, however, it will color in that background. In this one, it's black. It changes depending on the pattern and the colors I'm using. After countless tries to figure out what it is, it does appear to be that patterns saved to Adobe's Creative Cloud will have this happen, whereas if I save it to my computer, it will not. Can anyone please tell me WHY? Thank you so much in advance.
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‎Mar 13, 2021
06:14 PM
HI again! Well, guess what? The blobs returned. After "sitting" without being opened, when I went to open the file last week, the blobs returned when I pulled the pattern out. So now it's not a big deal, I know how to fix it. But can you tell me how I might have created that issue in the first place? I'd like to be able to avoid it in the future, rather than just fix it each time it happens. (Besides stop using the "old" drag method :-)!) Thank you so much! Casey
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‎Mar 05, 2021
10:56 AM
Oh my gosh, Ton, that worked! Thank you so much! You're right, I did use the drag method to make the pattern; I didn't realize it was "old." lol I really appreciate your help with this. It has taken me so long to fix it and I couldn't find anyone who knew what I was talking about. It didn't happen consistently, so I couldn't record it, and then for instance in this ring pattern, it would look ok, and we'd think all was good, but then it would act up again after a few days! How weird is that? I'm so happy to know about this so I can fix any others I might still have! Hopefully by using the pattern editor it won't happen again, though. Is thte pattern editor up in Object>Pattern>Make ? Thank you again, Ton, you've seriously made my day!
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‎Feb 27, 2021
08:04 PM
I'm laughing because I REALLY shared the wrong double click with you earlier! Hopefully the file share works, but just in case, I'm also attaching a screen shot of what the pattern looks like when I double click on it in the swatches. I wish I could delete that other photo.
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‎Feb 27, 2021
07:53 PM
I hope this works, I'm sharing file access. I'm attempting it through CC. https://shared-assets.adobe.com/link/077d8038-d70e-4f6d-6752-a4305c99f752 Thank you again!
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‎Feb 27, 2021
07:20 PM
Thank you for continuing this with me. I'll give dropbox a try. Here's what it looks like, though, when I double click on the pattern rather than dragging it out: Does that mean anything to you? 🙂
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‎Feb 26, 2021
07:30 PM
How do I go about sharing that? I don't mind sharing the file but I don't think I've done it before.
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‎Feb 26, 2021
04:47 PM
I found one! Here's an example: The image on the left is the pattern, the center image is when the pattern is pulled out of swatches directly into the document, and the image on the right is the pattern placed within an artboard. It didn't help, as I'd hoped. I'm disappointed to see this, too, because I checked this pattern a number of times and thought it was fixed. It's been about a week since I last worked with it. I've notice that happen, too - patterns I thought were ok, weren't after some time went by. I'm stumped.
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‎Feb 26, 2021
04:38 PM
I know, it would definitely help to have a picture, but I don't think I have any. When it happens, I've remade the pattern until it doesn't happen anymore. I'm not sure I have any left. But I will check. Thank you 🙂
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‎Feb 26, 2021
04:36 PM
I just saw that someone else had a possibly similar issue with their pattern, and they said they needed to drag the pattern into a defined square. Then it didn't happen. Could that be the issue here? I've never heard of that before but I'm new to Ai, just started using it last year.
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‎Feb 26, 2021
04:29 PM
Hello! I apologize for the vague title. I have no idea how to describe this in a brief headline. When I make a repeat pattern, I drag the pattern to swatches and it looks like the pattern I made. But when I pull it out of swatches, it changes some, all, or portions of the motifs to black or white blobs. It has happened whether I design in Procreate, Ai for the ipad, Ai on desktop or upload an image I've designed into Ai. It does not happen consistently, so I can't record what I do leading up to it to cause it. I know it happens when I use the blob brush, but I can't remember if it happens with other tools. Sometimes it will happen when I make the pattern, too, before I pull it out of swatches. I have been trying to figure this out for quite awhile now, almost a year, and I've been so far unsuccessful. TIA, Casey
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‎Sep 05, 2020
01:41 PM
Annnnd, I just found my answer to my question about grouping. I DO group.
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‎Sep 05, 2020
01:34 PM
Thank you femkeblanco, this is very helpful!
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‎Sep 05, 2020
08:17 AM
Hi, I have 2 questions regarding Offset Path. 1., What is the difference between Object>Path>Offset Path and Effect>Path>Offset Path ? Is there a difference, or is this a case of there being multiple ways to do the same thing inside Illustrator? 2., Am I supposed to group after expanding an image that has an offset path? I do it, but Expand doesn't grey out after expanding, so I just want to make sure that's how it's supposed to work. Thank you for the help, I really appreciate it.
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