Steve Dixon
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The latest Beta 28.8.0.37 now has this function back.
You can enable the mode using a button in Control Panel or in Properties, with the Artboard tool picked.
The option automatically enables Scale Strokes & Effects option temporarily.
As always, you can hold Shift to resize proportionally.
Please test it and comment back!
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An error occurred while saving the comment Another idea:
An error occurred while saving the comment Here is another idea for the toolbox:
An error occurred while saving the comment I started using Illustrator in 92. The boss placed a Mac 2 on the design desk and said this is supposed to be good for graphic designers - learn it. That was about it for training. I remember it had illustrator 88 - I think that was vrs 1 installed and also an early version of Typstyler. Ive used every version of illustrator since. Working at different places Ive used freehand and Corel as well. They all had advantages over the other. Corel was easy to use but terrible at colour management it was virtually useless if you were designing say a poster for offset printing with maybe a spot colour. It would be complete guesswork to know the outcome of the print. I loved the multiple pages in freehand and being able to copy and paste in place- great for setting up separations for screen printing. I remember being excited for vrs 4 for some reason. I might have been using a PC then.
Anyway the attributes panel has been there for a long time and important especially for overprinting. Also fonts were unstable in old versions so if you converted fonts to outlines the compound paths would play up so you needed to change direction of the inner paths of the A's and Ds to work properly. Maybe it's the type of work I do now but I haven't opened the attributes panel in years.
Ive probably rattled on enough, thanks for your replies.An error occurred while saving the comment Ah Yes that's right the appearance panel- never a fan. I only use it if I have to adjust a filter effect setting. Had been working with illustrator for a decade before Illustrator introduced appearance panel. Tried to adopt using it for a while. When it came to working in a busy workplace and designers constantly working on each other's files - some had their way of stacking effects - nightmare to sort out. Also outputting files to print shops in the early days made the appearance panel more of a headache than anything. I know it works for a lot of designers... not me.
An error occurred while saving the comment Yes with aim you can loose focus. Why does the fill and stroke have to be overlapping? Couldn't we just have them sitting side by side with an x in the middle of the coloured box? When you are drawing, and are in a certain headspace and flow you do things automatically without thinking. If your mind has to stop and double handle a task your focus can be distracted. That's probably why I put this post up in the first place.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Ah yes the colouring control.
I had accidentally switched that off when I was minimising the amount of tools I wanted in a custom workspace. I have hot keys set up for everything and actions as well for common tasks. In fact I have so many actions saved I have ran out or Function keys using (shift and command function buttons) wish we could use OPT & Control keys too. That maybe a new post request for later.Back to the LHS Tool box stroke/colour its purely for speed in the moment. I often use the keystroke x to toggle between stroke and fill which is fine, but sometimes when you are flat out an immediate response is needed.
Anyway thanks for your replies.
Thanks,
SteveAn error occurred while saving the comment Talking about the stroke and fill in the left hand side (LHS) tools.
Ive attached a file to explain.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Also it could be a half tone aware brush that you sweep over a traced area that converts the selected area into perfect dots or even random Mezzotint or stipple effect. I realise that the complexity will make a file bigger, but hey new chips are faster too.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Here is an attached instance where I may use half tone for an effect. After I trace the you can see that the vectors are all over the place. Even if the trace recognised the dots and transformed them into circles in diminishing increments.
SteveAn error occurred while saving the comment Yes Halftone. Say Ive created a poster with a Screen printed look - lets say with a 50lpi screen effect in photoshop and I may want to vectorise the image in Illustrator. I want the trace function to realise halftone and create correct halftone either real editable circles. Another use would be if I created a brush effect for behind a header or logo, I may need to vectorise it as a halftone to prepare it for a client so it is as editable as possible. I wouldn't expect this would work for massive tonal areas because of the complexity but for smaller areas this would make an awesome feature.
I hope that explains it.
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An error occurred while saving the comment Thanks for getting back... I'll give the suggested scripts a go.
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Allow to hold Opt/Alt while using Lasso tool to toggle freeform / polygonal modes, like in Photoshop
2 votesAn error occurred while saving the comment If you hold down Option before you start to use the lasso tool in photoshop the lasso tool becomes a combination of the polygonal lasso and the standard lasso tool. This allows for more detailed selections.
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Woah... It was late when I had to reduce a page size. That new feature was automatically on. I thought I was seeing things... I thought I must be overworked and went to bed. Just read about that feature. It all makes sense now. I can see myself using this feature.
Maybe make the page perimeter a different colour to indicate a different page size option.
Thanks,
Steve