tonyharmer
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tonyharmer
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‎Feb 25, 2025
08:23 AM
Now that's strange and somehow (admittedly probably me) the camera had changed to isometric! Anyway, solved now, thank you!
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‎Feb 24, 2025
12:21 PM
Hey Anubhav
Here's what you need from the system report:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: Mac14,6
Model Number: Z176000C4B/A
Chip: Apple M2 Max
Total Number of Cores: 12 (8 performance and 4 efficiency)
Memory: 96 GB
System Firmware Version: 11881.1.1
OS Loader Version: 11881.1.1
How do I get the video to you?
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‎Feb 24, 2025
07:30 AM
Don't know if it is of any help but I've been streaming some Neo stuff over the last couple of weeks on my YouTube channel (@thedesignninja). If you get chance to give the content a look I would appreciate any feedback as building something for new users is something I'm working on right now.
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‎Feb 24, 2025
07:26 AM
Updated to Version 133.0.6943.127 (Official Build) (arm64) this morning and the Neo UI is not rendering correctly. The tilt up/down is not showing and orbiting exhibits a weird "snapback" behaviour (as in when you orbit, your view often snaps back to where you were before). I've tried Safari on the same machine and it is working just fine. Anyone else experiencing this?
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‎Jun 05, 2023
11:37 AM
3 Upvotes
Another reason that Generative Fill may be greyed out is that an invalid layer type (such as an adjustment layer) is targeted (active).
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‎Mar 29, 2022
03:18 AM
Hey @gammarART
Have you tried my solution above? The problem is not specifically with Adobe in this instance and is OS-related (specifically to security).
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‎Mar 28, 2022
11:22 AM
As promised, here's the narrated version, with a slight amendment to my above (quick reply) as I didn't feel that creating this entirely with effects on text properly addressed the alignment:
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‎Mar 28, 2022
07:16 AM
3 Upvotes
If you also have InDesign, this feature is built-in! You can then copy/paste into Illustrator.
🙂
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‎Mar 27, 2022
03:12 AM
And again, further to my last, you can go into the group and add/delete instances as desired.
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‎Mar 27, 2022
02:44 AM
Hi (again)
After posting I decided that you could almost or probably do this all with just text, and effects. I've recorded a very quick (silent) video showing the steps to reproduce, and tomorrow (Monday 28th March 2022) will record a narrated version on my YouTube Channel, where I'll also address the alignment. In the meantime, here's the quick video that will hopefully at least get you started:
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‎Mar 27, 2022
02:23 AM
Hi
You could try this approach, maybe:
Create a group of A and B.
Add a new fill to the group and move it beneath the contents. Give the new fill the colour of your choosing.
Add another fill, move it to the bottom of the stack, and apply an offset path effect to give the stroked appearance desired.
Repeat for the second A/B group
Group both A/B groups into a larger parent group and add a new fill to that—again, move this to the bottom of the stack—and then using the Group Selection Tool or Isolation Mode, you should be able to move everything as desired and the appearances will do the bulk of the work.
Hope that helps and if I get chance today, I'll add a video showing this process.
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‎Mar 27, 2022
02:12 AM
1 Upvote
Hi
If you want to see how the live paint works, as suggested by Monika, try this video: https://youtu.be/9PNbT76P2us
🙂
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‎Mar 15, 2022
02:27 AM
1 Upvote
I'd been experiencing this in my studio across all three of the macs that have a Cintiq attached, and have finally found what may hopefully be a fix for you. In the System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility, make sure that Illustrator is added to the list of apps. Make sure that Illustrator is not running while you make this change.
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‎Mar 15, 2022
02:22 AM
1 Upvote
That is a shame—I would contact Adobe Customer Support for this one.
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‎Mar 15, 2022
02:22 AM
Hi David
Chrome is leakier than a fishnet. It will continue to have some random effects on Illustrator until the panels all change to the newer architecture, so hopefully not too long. This fix does work for a lot of bugs though!
🙂
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‎Mar 11, 2022
06:44 AM
Also, in addition to the suggestion from @marliton and actually probably before you try that—if Google Chrome is running on your system, quit it then try to launch Illustrator again. If it launches, then you can relaunch Chrome.
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‎Mar 11, 2022
06:40 AM
Hi Derek
Open the Creative Cloud Desktop app, if it is not open already, and try to save as a cloud doc again—does the issue still persist?
🙂
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‎Feb 24, 2022
05:02 AM
Salut!
Have you tried rebooting your computer? Sometimes things get a little tangled in there, so it is worth a try.
If that does not work, and you are running Google Chrome, then quit that browser and see if the issue is fixed.
Hope that helps.
🙂
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‎Feb 22, 2022
02:53 PM
1 Upvote
Expand the Live Paint (Object > Live Paint > Expand or use the command in the Properties Panel) and it will become a group, that you can ungroup if you wish.
Hope that helps!
🙂
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‎Feb 22, 2022
02:51 PM
Hi JemmaB!
Do you really need to package the file at all? Can you not send a print-ready PDF instead? Your print vendor should be able to provide you with settings compatible with their processes.
You don't need to outline fonts for a PDF, as a subset of font outlines are created in the PDF; this is within the license terms of the vast majority of font vendors, and Illustrator should warn you if that is not possible. I've only ever come across one font that did not allow this, so then had to create a copy and actually outline the text in Illustrator. I'm aware that the word outline/s is used many times in that answer—apologies for that—but the instances in bold, refer to actually outlining your text in Illustrator, whereas the italic instances are made from the font itself, by Acrobat. I hope that makes sense.
🙂
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‎Feb 22, 2022
02:42 PM
Hi Maximillian B.
Have you accidentally switched off your Smart Guides? You'll see that option in the View menu, but you can more easily toggle them with the shortcut CMD+U (CTRL+U on Windws).
Usually Smart Guides are magenta in color but this can be changed in the preferences, so I'm assuming that's why you're seeing them as blue on your machine.
Hope that helps!
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‎Feb 19, 2022
09:33 AM
Hey Christina!
Save the file as a PDF straighht out of Illustrator (you can use "Save As" if you want to keep your original as an .ai file) and in the Security category, password protect the file to prevent editing.
Hope that helps!
🙂
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‎Feb 19, 2022
08:45 AM
Oh, and by the way, if you want to find out how to add that background, you could check out this video:
or this one:
Hope that all helps! 🙂
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‎Feb 19, 2022
07:13 AM
Here you go:
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‎Feb 19, 2022
02:48 AM
Hey!
You've picked a really good one there! I'm going to record you a video to show how it could be done—stay tuned!
🙂
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‎Feb 19, 2022
02:32 AM
Is the Show All command not already assigned Opt+Cmd+3?
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‎Dec 14, 2021
10:02 AM
Are you also running Esko products? If so, their knowledgebase contains fixes. If not, let us know…
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‎Dec 14, 2021
09:54 AM
Hi Kimberley
You should see a small disclosure triangle icon attached to the parent layer—have you tried clicking that?
Best
Tony
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‎Sep 24, 2021
02:02 AM
With the most recent versions of Illustrator, in any document, you can change the ruler units by simply going to the Properties Panel and changing the units for your document there. It is a document-level attribute, as Ton pointed out.
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