illustrator question
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- linearch
say i have a straight line pattern, like a horizontal border, but need to make it circular.....is there a way to do this without distorting the pattern? am i being silly?
thx
c
- JoshClancy0
Create a new pattern and apply that instead of the line border?
YA NOT MAKEEING TOO MUCH SENSEEE DERRR JOHNNYYY
- version30
in essence you are saying "can i change it without changing it?"
the answer would be no, it will not go in a circle if you want it to stay straight
- version30
how fitting is your name for this question though?, crazy i tell ya!
- linearch0
i was thinking that when i wrote it.....thanks for the input...i gotta start doing thing by hand....
//c
- johndiggity0
you want it as a circular border, like as it would be appear on a plate no doubt?
convert the shape to a brush and apply it as a stroke to your circle.
there's a default one close to yours in the decorative borders brush set anyway. i'd just stroke a circle with that, expand appearance, and change the colors.
- version30
wowzerz! better than my teardrop tut
- Nairn0
:) .. it piqued my interest, v4 (and I've finally caved in and got a hookie update to cs2 so am playing..)
(updated file too, there was a confusion)
- version30
impressive, how does it close itself so well? did you tweak it or was it auto?
- Nairn0
it ..er.. doesn;t make sense, tho
linearch - (assuming the image i linked to achieves what you want) you need to have your source vector selected (3) BEFORE clicking on (1).
(4) shows what a line and a circle look like with he stroke set to the newly defined pattern.
- Nairn0
it's auto. the pattern, if created strictly to a grid, is easy to tile before it's converted to a brush.
- version30
very nice
- edd-e0
jeeezus Nairn!! you and brooke you open shop and write turtorials!!!
- Nairn0
i feel deeply uncomfortable even being mentioned in the same breath as Brooke - in fact, I'm not sure whether to slap you or not, sullying her talent as you are.
epill - I challenge you to a duel
en guarde!
- edd-e0
*puts on spidey mask...
- linearch0
booyah, kids.........BOOYAH!
grazie mille!
c
- aliceblue0
now I have to go to Illy
to try this outthanks nairn :/
- adriandd0
Hah, that clown really got me when I was squinting in close to read the text. I'm awake now.