Comments on: [Ask BB] Saving Brushes, Object-Expand, Raster Effects Settings and more

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:17:20 +0000

I am having trouble with my photoshop elements 7 brushes. I can use them but when I go to save them the effects are erased and doesn’t save. this is the problem for my original brushes and the ones i uploaded. I’m saving it as a jpeg in the correct folder. I’ve tried saving it to my desktop (doesn’t work). I’ve also unblocked all of my files. still nothing. could someone please tell me how to fix this problem. I’m editing my sisters wedding pictures and desperately need those brushes.

By: Janestic

Janestic — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:40:24 +0000

Nice tip. Keep going.

By: yogen

yogen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:53:09 +0000

I want a short cut for trapping

By: Large Format Printing

Large Format Printing — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:42:52 +0000

Sweet tip. Bookmarked!

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By: Krishstone

Krishstone — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:35:18 +0000

very very useful
thanks

By: Divan BE

Divan BE — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:40:44 +0000

Hi Jay,

first of all congratz with this site. I’m visiting it more and more and finally decided to register… (even made a typo in my name, damn)

Anyway, currently working on a poster where recycled paper uses a maximum ink coverage of 280%. My artwork exceeds this, more like 340%. Is there a nice way to reduce this ink coverage in a fast and easy way (photoshop or indesign, and keeping more or less the same colours).

Thanks in advance.

By: ne

ne — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:35:22 +0000

For qustion #1, when you type your text and put the curser in the font field and go up and down with the arrows in your keyboard, the text changes so it is really easy to see whether you like it or not. you just go up and down until you’re happy

By: malarts

malarts — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:08:59 +0000

I’ve had a unique Illustrator problem lately…every now and then the “Send To Back” command stops working, under the Object>Arrange> menu…Any idea as to why? I did a little searching but haven’t found anyone having this particular problem…

By: alepietra

alepietra — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:56:12 +0000

hey great work!!: im just wondering in Ai how can i crop an image?. but not alter the original one.. i mean, is there a crop tool? or one that works like one? thanx sweety!

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By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:44:09 +0000

For #3, as someone made a reference to, you can accomplish something similar using strokes if you don’t want to outline your text, although it can get you into hot water if you send it to print without outlining. By default (for some unknown reason), the strokes show up in front of the text, which everyone knows is super sucky, but if you add your strokes via the Appearance palette (contextual menu > add new stroke…) you can drag the stroke below the fill and make it look like you want. This workflow also allows you to add multiple strokes to type and objects, something that drove me CRAZY for the longest time.

By: David

David — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:01:00 +0000

Great idea Bittbox. Thanks for the info.

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By: Damion

Damion — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:26:34 +0000

TIP 2! thanks…

By: Nick Rinylo

Nick Rinylo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:52:21 +0000

In point 1 you mention that illustrator previews your text. Is this functionality possible in Photoshop as well?

Nice Post.

By: Mika

Mika — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:26:27 +0000

Thanks BB and Matt! Great piece of info.

By: dcescott

dcescott — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:07:30 +0000

I lived and breathed #3 at my first graphic design gig back in 99. It weened me away from using stokes for outlined text and so on. If a factory doesn’t have the scale strokes box checked, the job is ruined. Use #3! Very useful!

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Hey BB and everybody,

you could also use Font Explorer X by Linotype. It’s similar to Extensis Suitcase but it’s free. I used extensis for quite awhile, but i don’t have the money to drop on the new program. Font Explorer X has accomplished the basis things I did with extensis. Font explorer X is a font management software that gives you previews of fonts and allows you to activate fonts at will. here is the link.

http://www.linotype.com/2631/freedownloadmac.html

peace,
cj

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Make Stable Money Online — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:40:26 +0000

Great tip, I like the concept of answering questions from users!