tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post2844311483153900035..comments2024-03-26T00:52:24.638-04:00Comments on Real World Illustrator: Of document sizes and crop areas: A bedtime story about Save for Web & DevicesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-65776051241425113802014-08-21T12:57:08.962-04:002014-08-21T12:57:08.962-04:00Another reluctant CS3 user (I have CS6 for freelan...Another reluctant CS3 user (I have CS6 for freelance work, but my FT employer has CS3) saved by this write-up! Still relevant and much appreciated :)Kathttp://kat-and-mouse.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-76506528366876928962014-04-09T08:53:00.219-04:002014-04-09T08:53:00.219-04:00This is the solution I was looking for. I was gett...This is the solution I was looking for. I was getting an Illustrator crash and freeze whenever I tried to Save for Web. So now I just make sure that I have selected the right artboard and then it doesn't open the 14400 x 14400 monster and works like a charm. Alhamdulillah. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-70526981133096298722012-12-11T19:38:01.369-05:002012-12-11T19:38:01.369-05:00you are awesome! thanks so much 4 years down the l...you are awesome! thanks so much 4 years down the line from when you wrote it.CharityGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894663332724026710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-48966892610856502992011-11-17T16:06:04.571-05:002011-11-17T16:06:04.571-05:00Freaindly toturial. Simply and easy. Congrats!Freaindly toturial. Simply and easy. Congrats!Diseño webhttp://www.publicamiweb.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-70747097879203972072011-03-15T09:59:57.985-04:002011-03-15T09:59:57.985-04:00woo hoo!
that little "crop to artboard"...woo hoo!<br /><br />that little "crop to artboard" tick box was what i was looking for. this post helped me find it. <br /><br />much ta!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-27442036557018618412011-02-08T11:41:14.606-05:002011-02-08T11:41:14.606-05:00The warning is just there to let you know that som...The warning is just there to let you know that something bad *may* happen. But if the export succeeds, the file should be perfectly fine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-3447372580366749572011-02-08T11:38:13.811-05:002011-02-08T11:38:13.811-05:00Hi Mordy
Re: "The image exceeds the size Sav...Hi Mordy<br /><br />Re: "The image exceeds the size Save for Web was designed for. You may experience out of memory errors and slow performance. Are you sure you want to continue?"<br /><br />Thanks for this post, but I have a question anyway...<br />I am working in Illustrator CS4. My artboard is 700x700 in px (a print document though). I want to save it as a big jpg file. In Save for Web & Devices I change the size to 4000x4000px and hit "Apply" and I get the error dialog regardless if the "Clip to Artboard" is checked or not. So I continue to save anyway and a jpg file is created.<br /><br />So my question is, was it ok to ignore the warning since I was able to save? - The file opens up ok in Preview and my browser for instance...Sollahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379388553374400268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-7075102566995804122010-03-09T08:39:11.082-05:002010-03-09T08:39:11.082-05:00Thanks! You helped me save a lot of time!!Thanks! You helped me save a lot of time!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-7789710583616084272009-12-29T09:19:40.781-05:002009-12-29T09:19:40.781-05:00Mille Grazie!!!!
mi hai salvato la vita!!!
Thanks...Mille Grazie!!!!<br />mi hai salvato la vita!!!<br /><br />Thanks, you saved my life!!!Manuel Colombohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603345499859814307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-54581161873710530662009-04-02T16:26:00.000-04:002009-04-02T16:26:00.000-04:00oooo thanks a lot! this was a bis mistery! hahaNow...oooo thanks a lot! this was a bis mistery! haha<BR/>Now is fixed! one day, maybe, i have the certificate... thanks!<BR/>kisses from braziL!donna pandanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-46384646782365758802009-03-17T15:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T15:28:00.000-04:00Great post Mordy!I was getting the thin hairline p...Great post Mordy!<BR/>I was getting the thin hairline pixel offset border problem on my slices and "clip to artboard" helped me figure out my problem as it was perfect with it deselected. ...turned out the x,y co-ordinates of my artboard were slightly off. i.e. there is no snap to pixel when moving an artboard around. ...I'm referring to CS4 here of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-46573460212832778042009-03-03T21:32:00.000-05:002009-03-03T21:32:00.000-05:00Mr Mordy, T H A N K S!You´re great! I read de sill...Mr Mordy, T H A N K S!<BR/><BR/>You´re great! I read de silly explanation on AI CS3 docs about crops and... no, no, no...<BR/><BR/>So, T H A N K S again...<BR/><BR/>Time saving tip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-78556563604530385012009-01-07T13:04:00.000-05:002009-01-07T13:04:00.000-05:00You could create a second crop area -- one that is...You could create a second crop area -- one that is larger than the first. Switch to the larger one when exporting your repeating background and go back to the smaller one for other times. Does that work for you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-23110808761874440332009-01-07T11:49:00.000-05:002009-01-07T11:49:00.000-05:00I was having trouble moving my slices around and w...I was having trouble moving my slices around and was experimenting (i.e. clicking random buttons). This is where I stumbled upon the "Clip to Artboard" option in the Slice menu. <BR/><BR/>This created alot of headaches, and Im so glad to have found this post! Long story short, experimenting is good - but only under adult supervisionterrablue444https://www.blogger.com/profile/08671240606134746424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-83437643506015966842009-01-07T10:29:00.000-05:002009-01-07T10:29:00.000-05:00khiltd ... well said. users should expect the func...khiltd ... well said. users should expect the functionality to be essentially the same across products, and Adobe is foolish for changing the feature so drastically.<BR/><BR/>However, i'm having another problem. I'm trying to crop outside of the "crop area" (not the 14,000x14,000 default artboard size, but my own set crop area of 900x800).<BR/><BR/>Essentially, i'm trying to slice my x-repeating background, which I have never had any trouble doing in illustrator. This background gradient, obviously, is larger than the crop area size.<BR/><BR/>Now that Adobe has implemented this "crop area" feature, every time I try to crop anything outside of my crop area, the save for web tool will not crop it to my specified size. I have even tried deleting the crop area and sizing my artboard back to my original size of 900x800px. <BR/><BR/>Any ideas?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688407241421812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-11812993031610339362008-05-28T07:59:00.000-04:002008-05-28T07:59:00.000-04:00Close your eyes, lunaAnd I kiss youDon't worry, ba...Close your eyes, luna<BR/>And I kiss you<BR/>Don't worry, baby ) I miss you<BR/>Remember I always be true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-64694367358867299522008-05-14T03:38:00.000-04:002008-05-14T03:38:00.000-04:00Mordy, thanks for the reply. I am referring to the...Mordy, thanks for the reply. <BR/><BR/>I am referring to the W X H of an odd-object. Usually it shows something like W: 21.45px and H: 37.992px. What I usually do is create a rectangle on top of that odd-shape object. Copy the X,Y,W,H of the odd-shape object and apply it to the rectangle so that it's precise before exporting it as PNG. If I open the exported file in Fireworks, the W X H is rounded up like this ... W:21px X H:38px. <BR/><BR/>My question is simple - just wondering if is there an easier way, a single button click, that is similar to Fireworks' Trim Canvas feature in Illustrator CS3?<BR/><BR/>And to your question : dont really get you. My example is a reference to the W,H,X,Y feature in Illustrator, seems like very precise as it doesnt round up the value.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-53772316084551877072008-05-13T22:50:00.000-04:002008-05-13T22:50:00.000-04:00"physically" possible to create a fraction of a pi..."physically" possible to create a fraction of a pixel?<BR/><BR/>hmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-253486782423431462008-05-13T17:26:00.000-04:002008-05-13T17:26:00.000-04:00Luna, you can use the method you describe to creat...Luna, you can use the method you describe to create and position crop areas numerically -- very precise. But I do have a question for you -- how is it physically possible to create a fraction of a pixel?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-12213100068103082292008-05-13T04:15:00.000-04:002008-05-13T04:15:00.000-04:00Hi there,I am wondering if there's an equivalent o...Hi there,<BR/><BR/>I am wondering if there's an equivalent of Firework's Trim Canvas in Illustrator CS3. It works like this. If I have a 1024 x 768 Canvas/Document Size in Fireworks, I can draw a small square the size of 24px X 24px and then do a Modify > Canvas > Trim Canvas. It will trim the canvas/document size to 24px X 24px. <BR/><BR/>I am so used to this feature in Fireworks that I wonder if there is an equivalent in Illustrator CS3 and if it's easy to do? <BR/><BR/>If I create a square 24px X 24px in Illustrator and copy+paste that square on top and then do a Crop Area and export it as PNG or others - that works fine. <BR/><BR/>But I want it to be precise especially if the icon shape is not exactly square or rectangle. Like 23.451px X 24.521px.<BR/><BR/>Hope you can help. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-65576563437443748122008-05-12T06:13:00.000-04:002008-05-12T06:13:00.000-04:00This is real mad action & active web life.This is real mad action & active web life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-28154320500343832032008-05-12T06:11:00.000-04:002008-05-12T06:11:00.000-04:00How wants to see my own site logotipe? I make it i...How wants to see my own site logotipe? I make it in Corel... It so cool :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-77095899077500041972008-05-12T06:09:00.000-04:002008-05-12T06:09:00.000-04:00I use Illustrator CS and very enjoy this program. ...I use Illustrator CS and very enjoy this program. I want buy BMW when get a lot of money on my work in Minsk (Belarus).Без BMW в Минскеhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995032969165933680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-65201310460940861592008-03-13T13:02:00.000-04:002008-03-13T13:02:00.000-04:00Well I don't really think it's entirely unreasonab...Well I don't really think it's entirely unreasonable of a user to assume that a given feature which presents a nearly identical interface across a given vendor's implementations will function in a nearly identical manner. Adobe certainly agreed with that logic when it came to their text engine and color management settings. Though the latter is still very much a work in progress, someone is clearly working on it. <BR/><BR/>The problem I have is that "Pixel Preview" is never an accurate representation of what "Save For Web" will generate, making the actual positioning of one's slices (or even basic crop areas) something of a crapshoot. Someone's anti-aliasing invariably gets chopped incorrectly, leaving you with gaps and/or awkward looking borders when reassembled on the page. <BR/><BR/>I've also never seen how to go about naming slices in Illustrator, so it just spits out an incomprehensible mess of files I have to go through and rename manually each time I save. There might actually be a way to do this that I've simply been too lazy to look for, but Photoshop's approach is arguably more intuitive, and it's one that Illustrator *could* adopt if it wanted to. <BR/><BR/>So I just pretend that Illustrator has no "Save For Web" feature at all and things tend to come out the way I want them on the first try. Adobe wants to solve every web developer's problems with more Flash these days, leading them to neglect features like these which actually matter. I'm not sure when they're going to realize that the vast majority of web developers rejected Flash in favor of standards and indexable content ages ago and stop wasting time integrating it into every facet of everything (no Mr. Nack, nobody wants a Flash enabled web browser embedded in an application splash screen regardless of whether or not it's full of spyware from your PR department), but it's going to have to happen sooner or later unless the only users they want to keep are wedding photographers and industrial designers. Those people don't think a web page is done until everything on it moves continuously and makes a lot of noise, so it's a match made in heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-80796240192188145522008-03-13T02:59:00.000-04:002008-03-13T02:59:00.000-04:00I use slices in Illustrator all the time, too - mo...I use slices in Illustrator all the time, too - mostly without problems. But every once in a while they start acting like a classroom of unruly first graders, and just cannot be made to do what their told.<BR/><BR/>But that's not the subject of my comment.<BR/><BR/>I've gotten into the habit of appending the pixel dimensions of a graphic to its name when I Save for Web. But just when I'm ready to create the file name, I find the S4W settings is set for the Color Table tab by default. I have to cancel my save, click the Image Size tab - so now I can see the dimensions - and return to Save. <BR/><BR/>All things considered, don't you think the Image Size tab should be showing by default when you invoke S4W?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05941004580033095807noreply@blogger.com