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  1. Byn

    How do I make a line transparent in Illustrator CS5

    Hi Everyone, Image I've got a block of white and next to it a block of blue, then white etc, etc. What I want to do is draw a zig-zag line with the pen tool of say 1pt thickness and when I place it over the blue and white blocks the line is white over the blue blocks and blue over the white...
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    How do I make a line transparent in IIllustrator CS5

    Hi Everyone, Image I've got a block of white and next to it a block of blue, then white etc, etc. What I want to do is draw a zig-zag line with the pen tool of say 1pt thickness and when I place it over the blue and white blocks the line is white over the blue blocks and blue over the white...
  3. Byn

    Can't install program with Virtual PC

    Hi flyboytim, Thanks for the reply. It seems I didn't have the CD/DVD drive set up correctly. Your much appreciated advice solved the problem. Thanks again. Regards, Byn
  4. Byn

    Can't install program with Virtual PC

    Hi Everyone, Would someone please give me some advice on how to install a program with/on Virtual PC. Virtual PC can see the installation CD but when I look in the folders on the CD with Virtual PC the folders are empty.When I try to install the program nothing happens. However, all the files...
  5. Byn

    Help Needed With Type Tool Illustrator

    Hi Everyone, Sorry about the waste of time. It seems the problem has corrected itself. Thanks
  6. Byn

    Help Needed With Type Tool Illustrator

    Hi Everyone, I'm having trouble getting the type tool tool to display text in the correct size. No matter what size I set the type to, the size shown on the page is so small I can barely see it. This is the first time I've encountered this problem. I'd appreciate any assistance. Thanks. Byn
  7. Byn

    HP Laserjet 1200 Print Media

    Hi Everyone, Would someone please tell me if I can print magnet sheets (A4 or approximate) on a HP Laserjet 1200 laser printer. Alternatively, is it possible to print clear adhesive sheets of some decription. I'd use these to print name tags and stick them on the magnetic sheet if I can't print...
  8. Byn

    Help Need Making Centres of Letters Transparent

    Hi jmgalvin, That's actually what I was hoping to do but due to inexperience it didn't quite work out that way so I had to tackle it from another angle. I experimented a bit with a few things but when I saved it as a .tiff file the quality was very poor. When I saved it as a .psd file, the...
  9. Byn

    Help Need Making Centres of Letters Transparent

    Hi MarcusStringer & itchybug, Thanks for your replies. Firstly, MarcusStringer, I unknowingly misled you a bit when I described the situation. It wasn't a simple matter of just typing the word, it was actually a signature I needed to reproduce but I thought it would be all the same. Secondly...
  10. Byn

    Help Need Making Centres of Letters Transparent

    Hi Everyone, Would someone please tell me how I can make the centres of letters transparent. For an example, this is what I've got. I have a .psd image with with the word BOOT written in the middle of it. I used the extract command to extract the word BOOT from the image. The image I extracted...
  11. Byn

    Advice Needed New Computer Components

    Hi Everyone, I'm about to build a new computer that will be used predominantly for Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator applications. Would someone please give me some advice on which CPU size(Intel or AMD), Graphics Card would be best suited for these applications. I don't intend to do any video...
  12. Byn

    Help Needed with Clipping Path

    Hi mscallisto & Pixelchik, I've managed to mask out the moon on a transparent background, but when I place it Illustrator, I still have the "white box" surrounding the moon. I want to place the moon on top of a page of text so that the text comes up to the edge of the moon, not just to the edge...
  13. Byn

    Help Needed with Clipping Path

    Hi Everyone, Let's say I have a .jpg image of a moon against a dark night sky. I scanned it into Photoshop CS2 and saved it as Moon.psd What I need to do now is remove the dark background so I have just the moon, and save that file so I can place it into an Illustrator CS2 file. This is what I...
  14. Byn

    Advice Needed Exporting File Maker Pro Files

    Hi JeanW, Thanks once again for a top reply. I told you I didn't know much about this. :-)) I'm starting to get the idea now. I want to try and put the records into ACT! and it looks like the file type I want is .dbf, but I'll have to confirm that before I start. I'll follow your advice and...
  15. Byn

    Advice Needed Exporting File Maker Pro Files

    Hi JeanW, Thanks for the reply. As you can probably tell, I don't know much about this. I just need to clarify a few points if that's ok. The program that I'm currently using was written with FileMaker Pro and the file(s) I wish to extract/export to another program have the file extention .usr...
  16. Byn

    Advice Needed Exporting File Maker Pro Files

    Hi Everyone, Would someone please advise me if it's possible to export a File Maker Pro .usr file, which contains database records, into another database program. I'm not satisfied with the current program I'm using and wish to export the records into another application, which has yet to be...
  17. Byn

    Help needed changing Partition Size

    Hi Everyone, I have a 30Gb HDD which is partitioned into C: 15Gb and F: 15Gb. Is it possible to change the partition sizes to say C: 25Gb and F: 5Gb without upsetting anything? There is nothing of importance on the F: drive but needless to say the C: drive is fairly important. :-) Thanks. John
  18. Byn

    Help needed saving Illustrator file as .pdf

    Hi jmgalvin, Thanks for the reply. I checked all the settings as you suggested and discovered that there was a box checked that scaled the image. After correcting this the image printed to the correct scale. The part that confused me was that it printed the correct scale in Illustrator. Thanks...
  19. Byn

    Help needed saving Illustrator file as .pdf

    Hi Everyone, Would someone please tell me how I can save aN Illustrator CS file as a .pdf file? The problem I have is this: Let's say I draw a rectangle 180mm x 25mm in Illustrator CS. Whe I save the file as a .pdf file it alters the dimensions of the rectangle to 170mm x 25mm in the .pdf...
  20. Byn

    Help needed with Glass Effect

    Hi Everyone, I'm new to Illustrator and need some help to achieve the following effect. I want to create a business card that looks like the text (details on card) has been etched on a piece of glass either plain of coloured. Would someone please give me some advice on how to create this...

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