Stuart Gill
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Zack,
There is a plugin I used to use which can rotate any text back to its original horizontal orientation. Not sure if it will work in CS4 or 5 though.
Here is the link, look for rotate text. It is a free plugin.
https://rj-graffix.com/software/plugins.html
It might rotate on the insertion point of the text, so you will have to adjust the insertion point position and move it to the centre of the text object – vertically and horizontally.
Hope this helps.
Stuart
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Andrea,
That is not relevant as two end points will join irrespective of their proximity. Being ‘too close’ to each other doesn’t make any difference. If the two points are on top of each other or too close to select individually then drag select over them with the Direct Selection tool.
The error message the first poster received is due to the selection containing one or more points which are not endpoints.
If you follow the thread and look at the linked file, you will see what the problem really is, which I pointed out in my response.
Somewhere along the way the open path was expanded into a closed polygon.
Hope this helps.
Stuart
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Alex,
You can apply multiple fills to the same object via the Appearance Panel. Each fill can be manipulated separately while still being part of the same object.
Stuart
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Andy,
I had a similar problem with a large image that I needed to get into Photoshop, although I didn’t need the layers intact. I got around it by dividing my file into three artboards (butting together seamlessly), exporting each artboard separately and then merging them in Photoshop.
You can try and do that with your work but I am not sure how the layers will merge together.
Stuart
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Vincent,
Expanding the Live Paint group gives you the same result without having to mess around with ‘oversizing’ any of the objects. The linework and the individually filled objects are then all available to be worked on separately.
Stuart
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Nick,
Chris is correct but a quicker way for you colour the objects is by using the Live Paint tool. Live Paint allows you to fill areas without them having to be individually closed polygons. To release the objects from the Live Paint Group (once filled) choose ‘Expand’ from within the Control Panel at the top of the screen.
Search for Live Paint to learn more.
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No problem Daniel, there is usually a good reason. I wanted to make sure you were not wasting your time just in case you didn’t realise what the Appearance Panel can do.
You could predefine your mask using the Appearance Panel and save it as a style, then within your action/script you can apply the style to the object.
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Is there a reason why you are not using the Appearance Panel and creating your ‘mask’ as a Graphic Style? This would mean you don’t have to use actions, instead just apply the style to the text. If you want to use this style within other documents, you can simply save the graphic style and it will be accessible from the user defined style library.
If you don’t know about the Appearance panel watch this video from Adobe:
https://tv.adobe.com/watch/csinsider-design/in-panel-appearance-editing
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It could be any number of things but the two obvious ones are a possible corruption of the file, as you said it worked properly when copied to a new file, and a glitch in the program/display/memory while working on that file. Les’ suggestion of deleting the AIPrefs file makes sense and hopefully stops it happening again.
There are a couple of options which turn off certain selection features from within the View menu anyway. You can Show/Hide Edges, which turns on/off the selection highlight lines of the paths, including nodes and handles. Show/Hide bounding box is quite an obvious one. The other one is Outline/Preview.
Although, none of the options I mentioned above from the View menu would give you the effect you saw in your file.
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Is this happening in one file or all files?
If it is only one file that is causing the problem, try copying the contents into a new file and continue using the new one.
If it is all files, try deleting the AIPrefs (Adobe Illustrator Prefs on Mac) file by closing Illustrator and going to:
On Windows – Documents and Settings > User >Application Data > Adobe > Adobe Illustrator CS* Settings (or your version of Illustrator).
You will need to show hidden files in order to see the Application Data folder.
On Mac – Open the Finder and then go to Go > Home > Preferences > Adobe Illustrator CS* settings (or your version of Illustrator).
Once you have deleted it, restart Illustrator and see if it happens again.