I’m always needing to batch transform objects when I’m working in Illustrator. For example, I have a set of icons and each icon needs to be set with new dimensions. Currently within Illustrator, there is no wash way to do this. The best way I’ve found is to record an Action and play it on each icon. That’s until John Wunders released his Set ALL the Things Illustrator script!
I create a bunch of user defined libraries with custom elements for client projects, for sale on Vector Mill, and for tutorials on Vectips. There are so many elements that my user defined folders are hard to traverse. Did you know that Illustrator supports subfolder file structures in it’s user defined libraries? This makes organizing all my custom libraries a lot easier!
I use a bunch of different scripts in Illustrator, but sometimes it’s a little cumbersome to trigger one. Thankfully there is a pretty cool free extension called Script Bay that makes using scripts a lot easier! I tweeted about this extension from a post by John Wundes, but it’s worth mentioning to those who don’t follow Vectips on Twitter.
This post is like a quick tip, but it focuses on helpful Illustrator features. Did you know Illustrator can convert Freehand multi-page documents into multiple artboards? Pretty handy if you are a Freehand user moving to Illustrator or opening old Freehand files. Anyone even still using Freehand?
This post is like a quick tip, but it focuses on helpful Illustrator features. Did you know you can display different details of you current document simultaneously in a new window? You can view the same art in different View Modes, Zoom Levels, Proof Setups, and more! Pretty handy! Check it out by going Window > New Window.
This post is like a quick tip, but it focuses on helpful Illustrator features. Did you know, with Paste Remembers Layers enabled, pasted objects in Illustrator keep their layer order and will create Layers for you if there are none! Enable this feature from the pop-up menu of the Layers panel. This feature is really helpful when pasting between docs!
This post is like a quick tip, but it focuses on helpful Illustrator features. Did you know, if you have a Wacom tablet, you can flip the pen over and Illustrator will automatically switch to the Eraser tool. It’s a cool little feature that can make drawing in Illustrator a little more natural. Remember, you can also set your Eraser tool to use your pen tablet pressure sensitivity.
