[Tom Van damme]

That does seem strange, yes.
It’s probably due to superfluous anchor points. As far as I can see, the part in your picture should be straight, right?
Maybe try to simplify the shapes first before you do create the cutouts. The less anchor points there are, the smoother the end result will be.
You can simplify paths with Object > Path > Simplify… (or Remove Anchor Points and such…)

[Tom Van damme]

Hi Lucas,

there’s a few steps you’ll need to do to obtain this result, so no fast and easy way ☺

You’ll need to draw a basic shape first – I guess some sort of rounded W stroke with some thickness will do. Then use Object > Path > Offset Path… to create the different layers. Make sure you select “Round joins”. You’ll need to experiment a bit with the offset value to get the desired result.
The created offset will go all around the basic shape so you’ll have to manually cut some parts. Make a copy of the top part, then cut this copy from the underlying part using Pathfinder > Minus Front.

Hope this helps ☺
Tom

[Tom Van damme]

Hi Kelve,

Late reply but maybe helpful for future projects.

CIDFont is not a real font, but a substitute created by the software that exported the PDF. The software probably had some issues embedding the original font, and created a CIDFont instead.
I believe the F1 to F5 define the weight of the font.

If you do not need to do any text corrections you might consider te following:
Instead of opening your file in Illustrator directly, import the file in a new Illustrator document. Then use the Transparency Flattener to create outlines of the text. This way there is no need to find the correct fonts. However, you cannot edit text (unless you like to try some copy/pasting characters manually) ?

Hope this helps
Tom

[Tom Van damme]

Hi Reza,

maybe there is some Myriad text hidden somewhere (on a hidden layer or a hidden object?) that gets parsed to the printer.
Did you try converting your file to PDF, and print this PDF file instead?
(You can automate the process of converting all fonts to outlines – how-to can be found here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/kYEYk/ )

Hope this helps,
Tom

[Tom Van damme]

Oh dear, you’re right – sorry about that ?
Like you said, I don’t think you can copy clip markers.

Maybe we’re taking the wrong approach in our workflow that requires copying clip markers, but then I would love to hear about a workaround.

[Tom Van damme]

Yes it is. ☺
There’s a simple explanation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0XYjL9S8A
but there are way more options and stuff you can do. Depends a bit on what you need, really.

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[Tom Van damme]

Isn’t this done with the Blend tool?
Select a begin and end shape and Illustrator warps the begin shape in the end shape in any given number of steps.
I tried a few things and it does create a similar effect. Tricky part is finding the best gradient fills for the shapes though 😀

[Tom Van damme]

Hi Aidan,

this is very much related to the speed factor of your clip. I’ve had the same experience before with masks on clips that run on speed other than 100%. Somehow the mask does not follow the new frame rate when you adjust speed of a clip. But it’s hard to say what it DOES follow.

I’m not quite sure how to solve this the easy way – most of the time I just try to manually adjust the mask until it fits, hoping I don’t need to adjust the speed again afterwards.
There must be a simple explanation as to why this works the way it does, but it totally eludes me ☹

Tom

[Tom Van damme]

Hi Peter,

you can actually adjust the colour of the black and white lines using an adjustment layer in Photoshop. Open the picture in Photoshop and check the Layer Panel: click on the “add adjustment layer” icon. There’s several options here, but I think the “colour balance” or “hue & saturation” are the best option for what you want to achieve.

The pen will have a colour shift as well, so you will still need to work with the layer mask on the adjustment layer to only affect the areas that you want to adjust. Click on the Layer mask and colour the areas that should not be affected. That will take some drawing skills, but you can use tools like the blur tool for the areas that are out of focus.

Hope this helps,
Tom

[Tom Van damme]

Hello Arvid,

that is an interesting suggestion. I think it is possible, but not through Illustrator.
This should be handled by your mouse driver software. Which type of mouse do you have?

I have a Logitec mouse with 5 buttons and I can assign any keystroke to any button through the software driver that came with it. That way it is possible to bind the eye dropper to a certain button.

Hope this helps.
Tom