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  1. Lyell

    Displaying Swatches in Bridge for CS5

    I have a fairly large number of swatches created in CS3 and CS4 and saved as .ASE files. In the older Bridge (v3.0.0.464), I could display my user library file and see the colors in each swatch. However, when I display my user library in the Bridge that installed with CS5 (v4.0.3.9), I can...
  2. Lyell

    CS5 Pasting Problem

    Thanks, Andrew, I do know those ways of moving an object, and have used them in CS4. But you've solved my problem: I had Paste remembered layers turned on, as I usually do. When I turned it off, I could duplicate the results of the tutorial. So I thank you very much. Problem solved, and I...
  3. Lyell

    CS5 Pasting Problem

    I’m following a tutorial on CS5 and can’t get something to work. I want to make a guide out of a curved path – a heart. I have two layers: one contains the drawing with the sublayer containing the heart; the other layer contains all my guides as sublayers. I select the drawing sublayer that...
  4. Lyell

    Any advice on tips/effects to create a photorealistic mylar balloon im

    I think you can get the effect you want with a displacement map. Here's a tutorial: http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/displace-filter/displacement-map.html
  5. Lyell

    Unable to select areas to fill with color

    You could use Live Paint to solve part of the problem. Select the object, Object>Live Paint>Make, then use the Live Paint Bucket tool to fill the eagle and the book. But for the stripe, you may have to create another object on the same layer which is the precise shape of the stripe. Then you...
  6. Lyell

    Proportional ellipse??

    Hmm -- don't know why you would see nothing. You do need to add the largest stroke first --i.e., if you want the appearance of having each oval 20 pixels wider than the previous, first add a stroke of width 40 of whatever color. Click on the word "Stroke" and make sure you have "Align stroke...
  7. Lyell

    Proportional ellipse??

    What about using the appearance panel to add a stroke of the desired width and color, then add a second stroke and color. Does that give you the effect you want?
  8. Lyell

    Creating stars in Illustrator

    You can use the regular star tool, then pucker it (Effects > Distort & Transform > Pucker & Bloat). You can use the same technique on any polygon, not just stars.
  9. Lyell

    Going from AI on Windows XP to AI on Windows 7

    The lost is found -- in case anyone else needs to know, the AI CS4 presets are at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4\Presets. And Photoshop presets are also under C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe PhotoshopCS4\Presets.
  10. Lyell

    Going from AI on Windows XP to AI on Windows 7

    I'm used to installing presets by copying them directly to the appropriate folder of CS4 which, in Windows XP, I found at C:\Documents and Settings\my folder\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS4 Settings\en_US. I'm in the process of installing a new computer running Windows 7, and I'm...
  11. Lyell

    Traced imaged doesn't show in Bridge

    Thank you, carlow -- that did the trick. You are my hero!
  12. Lyell

    Traced imaged doesn't show in Bridge

    CORRECTION to the above. I can't PRINT the damned thing! Can't live with that!
  13. Lyell

    Traced imaged doesn't show in Bridge

    I think I've done something wrong in the beginning, but I don't know how to get out of it. I placed a .jpg object with the template option checked-- unfortunately, I can't remember whether I checked the link option or not. I then traced the file and expanded the result. That layer now has the...
  14. Lyell

    Changing the alignment of strokes

    I'll vote for that, with a big golden "A" on the back!
  15. Lyell

    Changing the alignment of strokes

    You said: "like points not actually joined" -- that was it! I isolated one object, zoomed down to 6400% magnification and found that two points weren't really joined, but just had overlapping paths. And since my design was created primarily though repeating and rescaling of a couple of...
  16. Lyell

    Changing the alignment of strokes

    No, it doesn't, Andrew -- all it has to the right is the stroke weight. Some thoughts: -- I created the original pattern a long time ago, using CS3, and I'm now on CS4. Could that be a factor? -- I created the original strokes with the pen tool, and then joined pairs of them to make each...
  17. Lyell

    Changing the alignment of strokes

    I have a complicated design which I created with the default stroke alignment (which I'm pretty sure is half-inside, half-outside the object). Now I really need to change it so that the strokes are entirely inside the objects, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it. When I select...
  18. Lyell

    Anchor Points and Handles

    The "convert anchor point tool" solved my problem. Thanks a bunch, Andrew -- as usual.
  19. Lyell

    Anchor Points and Handles

    Hi, Andrew -- that's a very good explanation of the pen tool, which I'm also not too familiar with. That sure clears up a lot of conceptual problems I've had. But I didn't see anything about adding a missing handle to an existing anchor point. I suppose I could add a new anchor point, which...
  20. Lyell

    Anchor Points and Handles

    I've placed a scan of one of my sketches into AI, used live trace, and expanded the result. I'm now trying to clean up the tracing -- connect paths, add missing lines, etc. I'm using the white arrow tool and joining anchor points, then using the handles to adjust the curves in the lines. All...

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