tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post6118464467672982179..comments2024-03-26T00:52:24.638-04:00Comments on Real World Illustrator: ASK MORDY: Distributing ObjectsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795570164435872662noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-80991138777109250432010-06-21T14:26:55.545-04:002010-06-21T14:26:55.545-04:00Hi Mordy. My co-worker and I are trying to evenly ...Hi Mordy. My co-worker and I are trying to evenly distribute 6 smaller boxes inside a wider box. We tried Distribute Space and I think I know now why Illustrator just lined the big box next to the smaller ones. We're going to align the small boxes, group and align the center with that of the wide box but that doesn't mean the space is going to be uniform. The inner spaces could be off from the space to the wall of the wide box.<br /><br />What should we have done?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-91779585502376542852009-12-08T18:09:23.617-05:002009-12-08T18:09:23.617-05:00So I set the spacing to 0, select my object, click...So I set the spacing to 0, select my object, click distribute vertical spacing, and I get the dialog.<br /><br />Then I click on one of the objects in order to select it as a key and...<br /><br />NOTHING HAPPENS<br /><br />Exactly how do you select the key object?Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-49217490647645204382008-01-28T14:31:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:31:00.000-05:00Nice job on PixelPerfect today. Glad to see you a...Nice job on PixelPerfect today. Glad to see you are going to give us more next week.<BR/><BR/>Gary.Gary Spedding, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12152769931208557146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-13525956494147444212008-01-25T04:00:00.000-05:002008-01-25T04:00:00.000-05:00Your third point, the response and I guess re-iter...Your third point, the response and I guess re-iteration of the original<BR/>problem is that you can't import CS2 EPS files into Corel, My first<BR/>response is the EPS file format is being killed by Adobe and they're<BR/>using it as a tool to make life Miserable for any program that can't<BR/>import a PDF or their native file format. EPS is dying. Adobe is killing<BR/>it in the apps, don't expect relief soon. It's only going to get worse.<BR/>If the software you are using is relying on Adobe to export a clean EPS<BR/>that you can import, you're screwed. They are stacking the deck against<BR/>that workflow to bring users to their monopoly a the creative suite.<BR/>Indesign imports the native format of both Photoshop and Illustrator and<BR/>Adobe owns that market for illustration and imaging so don't expext them<BR/>to fix it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-89489411849051234602008-01-22T16:26:00.000-05:002008-01-22T16:26:00.000-05:00"The problem of Illustrator just arbitrarily chang..."The problem of Illustrator just arbitrarily changing the spacing value from Auto to 0 is not something I have seen."<BR/>Oh, it definitely happens to me, too. This problem was brought up in the Adobe User-to-User forum awhile back, and James Talmage had an explanation for why it occurs. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was...<BR/>Mike D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20113929.post-32150189165235983112008-01-22T14:13:00.000-05:002008-01-22T14:13:00.000-05:00Hi Mordy,Thanks for making clear how the Align pan...Hi Mordy,<BR/>Thanks for making clear how the Align panel works. I didn't even know I could set value for the space between the objects!<BR/><BR/>I have also another question. Is there way to set the spacing between object to increase after each other object? I tried with the move tool's dialouge box by entering horizontal value of 5*2 but it calculates it and aplies it. Or even if don't remember it as 10, it remembers it like 5*2 and calculates it again the next time. Is there a way to set the value to be multiplied, but the multiplication will be calculated everytime... or is there other way to do it at all?<BR/><BR/>Philip Papratilov<BR/>(pardon my english, i'm from bulgaria, witch explains the name also)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com