Thie Thomsen
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Why exactly 7?
all modern Illustrator versions can save down to 8 or 3 (strangely enough no intermediate versions). 3 should work most of the time…
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Could you please post what actions are being recorded after you’ve finished recording?
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Select the objects you would like to apply the gradient to, select the gradient in your swatches and use the Gradient tool (hotkey : g) to draw the gradient over all on the selected objects.
The compound path way (as offered by Adolf) also works, but this method is a bit less destructive.
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Object -> Path -> Offset Path
This only gives a single outline, but using multiple of these will give the same effect.
Considering the effect you’re trying to archieve, looking into Appearance ( https://www.layersmagazine.com/illustrator-appearance-palette.html ) won’t hurt!
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Hey James,
I agree that illustrator could have made these kind of things a bit easyer to do.
But, to get a sense of what exactly you are trying to accomplish, would you mind supplying me with a example file?
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in that case it sounds like you’ve accidentally hid your bounding boxes.
ctrl+shift+b toggles them back on (command+shift+b on a Mac).
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There are two options you have, which may or may not work for you.
You won’t like the first one:
Connect all of the loose ends one by one using the direct select tool (the white pointer [hotkey: a]). Just select two ends that should be connected and press command+j. If the two points are on top of each other, illustrator will ask if you want the joint to be smooth or a corner. If the two points are a bit apart, illustrator will just connect them by drawing a line from the first point to the second.You will have to do this for the entire line. I’t okay for a couple of points, but if your original line is composed of 50 or more loose ends, this is not a nice job.
The second one doesn’t always work, but if it does, can save you a lot of time:
– Select the path, set the stroke to 2 pts/rounded corners/rounded ends
– in you menu go to object->path->outline stroke (i believe, the one above offset path)
– select the new path, and at the ends, cut the path with the scissor tool. Now throw away the outer if the two lines.
– now you should only have one line left, which is an 1pt offset of the original line. Go to Object->path->offset path and make a offset of 1 px.
– Cut the new shape again at the ends and remove the lines you do not need.Voila, One nicely closed path!
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Open your .ai in photoshop, turn anti-aliassing off, and set the image size to about 40px.
Voila, Hard Pixels…
I guess you could create a droplet for this, if you know the image size will be the same every time.
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Try pressing ctrl+shift+b (on windows) (this toggles bounding boxes on and off)
on Mac it’s command+shift+b 🙂
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What pointer tool are you using? The white or the black one.
You can’t scale with the white one, as this one is specifically for moving/selecting anchorpoints/lines. The black one is for moving/stretching entire objects.
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