Comments on: 17 Tips that will save you time in Illustrator

By: Preston Racette

Preston Racette — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:01:09 +0000

Great post! Keep them comming!

By: rinku

rinku — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:07:07 +0000

good ones

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:09:38 +0000

Ugh.
Saving to the swatch library did NOT work for me.
It forces me to either save as .asp or .ai. When I save as .ai, it does not show up whatsoever when I try to open it. When I save it as .asp, the colours don’t load either.
I’m so frustrated!!
What am I doing wrong?

By: Devonanne

Devonanne — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:40:58 +0000

Nice list! A couple I haven’t been using that will come in handy (Command-J to join paths especially). Another one you could add is Command-F to paste in the same location as the original – I use that one a lot and it’s not in the Edit menu (I learned it from a friend).

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By: brittanie

brittanie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:21:18 +0000

#15 should win an award. Thank you! I never knew this, and I’ve always been frustrated with where my object ends up when I copy & paste.

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By: Gilles

Gilles — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:47:36 +0000

In illustrator, can we change the default stroke weigh of 1 pt. For some project we use .5 pt a lot.

Thank you.

By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:49:13 +0000

referring to “AND you don’t have to look for it like when you paste a copy and it shows up in a random location. ” in tip 15, actually, if you just hit command+f (mac) then it will paste to the exact position that you copied.
p.s. i thought the swatch library tip was really helpful!
(doing couple of gradient mesh objects with pantone)

By: X3

X3 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:39:20 +0000

Very helpfull for me! Good Job!

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By: alwin

alwin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:39:03 +0000

Cal, as illustrator is a vector drawing program, jpg (any bitmap) doesn’t work like in photoshop. You have to ‘Trace’ it to vectors first (toolbar in the top). Then you have to do ‘Release Group’ or something (right mouse on the traced image) until you can select only the background. You can also use the white arrow instead of the black one (i think) to directly select something in the traced group.

By: Cal Smith

Cal Smith — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:39:10 +0000

I am new to illustrator and can’t figure out how to make a selection in an object I place on the workspace. With photoshop, the magic wand outlines the selected color with a dotted outline.
But neither the lasso or the magic wand in illustrator appear to work for me.

I am trying to delete the white background of a jpg object that I placed onto the workspace.

Can you help me?

Thank you in advance.

By: Kynbot

Kynbot — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:55:54 +0000

Not sure if anyone posted this one already, but I find the “Ctrl + Y ” keyboard short-cut to be extra effective – it shows you an outline view of your layout – making it easier to find paths and click directly on the edges to select them. It also helps you catch type and other vector thing-a-ma-dings that get left behind on your layout, that are painted in white (therefore being hidden) so that you can easily delete them and prevent all kinds of mishaps from occurring in the printing stages….
So many times I have seen replicas of text or vector symbols sitting in my layout or just off to the side that don’t need to be there….

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By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:00:03 +0000

Hi, i’ve translated two of your tips in my blog.. obviously redirecting to the source (here!)
Anyway if you have problems with it just let me know (commenting on my blog, as comments are screened until i moderate them), and i’ll remove it.

Keep on the good work,
Teresa

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:22:02 +0000

TIP 18!!!!

The tip I would suggest everyone do is increase the tolerance of point selection in Illustrator. Simply go into Preferences (under Edit Menu on PC, and under Illustrator Menu on MAC).

Edit: Preferences: Selection & Anchor Display

Then I’d suggest changing the tolerance selection to 5px and I put Snap to Point at 5px as well.

This will make your life a lot easier. You can always zoom in closer if you need the precision where theres a lot of points.

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