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Comment on Illustrator CS4: Cool but frustrating by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:08:14 +0000

Help on saving back from CS4 to CS3 with the crop mark issue.

I am the only one with CS4 in this office. I have to save back to CC3 for everyone else to read. When looking in the artboard, I can see the un-editable crop marks that were made in CS3, but when I work on the file and save it down, they can no longer call up the crop marks. Any clue as to were they might access what should be there?

Comment on 12 Free High-Res Leather Textures by Orkron

Orkron — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:27:25 +0000

@KA
I’m glad you like these!
As far as the ZIP format, it’s formatted that way, not to compress the image, but to force it as a download rather than allowing the browser to load the image. Not all browsers handle large images the same, so in order to make the process simple I zipped the files.
I had considered lumping ALL the textures in one zip file, but I like to keep track of which textures are the most popular.
Thanks for visiting!

Comment on 12 Free High-Res Leather Textures by KA

KA — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:38:14 +0000

Thanks for this. By the way, you don’t have to convert JPG images into ZIP files. JPEG images are already compressed and they don’t get any smaller when you zip them

Comment on Illustrator CS4: Cool but frustrating by antonio

antonio — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:17:42 +0000

What I do is use the RECTANGLE TOOL to create an exact size of your DOCUMENT SIZE (click on the artboard with the Rectangle Tool and in the dialogue box that appears, enter the EXACT measurement of your Document).
Then, with SMART GUIDES turned on, position/overlap the newly created rectangle exactly over your document, and while the rectangle is still selected, issue the CROP MARKS command under EFFECT menu. Now you’ll see an uneditable crop marks that can be moved along with the rectangle. While still selected, issue the EXPAND APPEARANCE command under the OBJECT menu.
Delete the rectangle and now you have editable crop marks which you may elect nudge them closer to the document and lock its position.
It’s extra steps but you get the result you want.

Comment on Designing for Magazine & Newspaper Ads in Illustrator by Orkron

Orkron — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:49:38 +0000

@Jennifer Glad to hear it!

Comment on Illustrator CS4: Cool but frustrating by Orkron

Orkron — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:32:18 +0000

@John
I agree; that’s usually why it takes me a while to upgrade – I don’t always have time to relearn the software!

Comment on Illustrator CS4: Cool but frustrating by KLM

KLM — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:56:37 +0000

OKay, so I have artwork that expands past the artboard (a bleed), set my crop marks to the edge of the artboard and use the “Save For Web/Devices” option. The image saves to the size of my crop marks.

However when I use the “Export” option to create a HighRes image, the crop marks appear in the exported image and the image includes all info past the artboard.

How do I export an highRes image and only export waht is within the crop marks?

Thanks!!

Comment on Photoshop CS3 Brush: Water Bubbles by enforcer

enforcer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:31:42 +0000

Awesome work.

Comment on Illustrator CS4: Cool but frustrating by Illustrator - Page 2 - Design Contest Forums

Illustrator - Page 2 - Design Contest Forums — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:58:34 +0000

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Comment on Designing for Magazine & Newspaper Ads in Illustrator by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:58:17 +0000

Thanks so much for this tip!!! It will help our company tremendously with our ad design of 5 magazines.