[Les Nemeth]

Don’t use intersect. Use something else, like crop, etc. Find one that cuts the text into half. You probably will need to carry out the action twice. Once to cut and keep the upper, and again to cut and keep the lower part of the text.

[Les Nemeth]

Select the spline.
Structure > Edit Spline > Reverse Sequence

Maybe?

[Les Nemeth]

Could it be that your view clipping is set too small? Adjust Edit > Project Settings… > View Clipping dropdown

[Les Nemeth]

That’s the best I can recommend.

[Les Nemeth]

I am on Win, so never used FCP, but in AE you have to save AI files as PDF compatible ones, in order for AE to read them. Of course this has nothing to do with transparency, but I thought I just mention it. Maybe it gives a clue or something.

[Les Nemeth]

Check and adjust stroke options in brush palette.

[Les Nemeth]

It’s hard to tell what you are doing. Post a link to the tutorial. If it’s long, also post a time offset in the video where it happens.

[Les Nemeth]

I’ve never used it, but just checked it out for the heck of it.

I have to admit I love Adobe more and more each year for they dedication to add more and more bloated, useless features to the creative suite as opposed to adding some REAL and USEFUL features that would help creativity and workflow.

I can see maybe one or two big name corporate client would be “excited” about this feature, but most clients don’t even know how to use a computer, let alone wanting to learn another workflow. Especially executives. They are not keen on computers and want as fast and painless proof as possible. Most of them already familiar with a PDF document (took them a few years to learn), so I find they want a PDF as a proof. Some of them don’t even want to go as far as a PDF, just a simple image, like a JPG (depending of course on the project).

Personally, I’d rather see Adobe focus on new features that would actually be helpful in illustrator. Such as, creating circles, arcs, rectangles, etc by using 2, 3, 4 points and/or utilizing tangents to other shapes. There are so many functions that relates to technical illustration in CorelDraw that Adobe didn’t even bother to address in all these years. (Does XTreamPath ring a bell!?) Instead, Adobe resorts to implement features such as the CS Live bloatware, new shaded UI icons and palettes, not to mention the ability for the user to change the UI shading from dark to light. Is that what I’m getting for my upgrade money?

Or let’s take the new perspective tool, for example, which was present in Macromedia Freehand in the 90’s – if I recall correctly. Yet Adobe waited years to implement it into AI even after they bought MM.

Anyhow. To summarize, personally I’ve never used CS Review and don’t care for it. Neither do anyone I’ve ever asked.

As a matter of fact, if anyone would like to get rid of the whole CS Live buttons and it’s bloatware…

On Windows:
Just rename the folder “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager” to, for example “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\CS5ServiceManager-disabled”

On Mac:
You can find the same folder in “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CS5ServiceManager”

Cheers!

[Les Nemeth]

I kinda remember doing that exercise a while back. If I recall correctly I had the same issue. So I just simply hided the lens, since you won’t be able to see it anyhow when the bulb shines. And if I wanted to render with the light off, then I just switched the lens visibility back on.

[Les Nemeth]

Or if it’s editable, you could try Smooth Shift.