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Adobe Illustrator CC2015 and newer versions have auto-recovery feature as default. When Illustrator crashes or is not responding, force close the program and relaunch it and illustrator will ask you to open the auto-recovered documents from the last time it was saved. Once you open the recovered document, save it before you start working again….
To Rasterize in illustrator means to convert a vector graphic, which is made up of paths and anchor points, and converting it into a raster image, made of pixels. Vector graphics are visual representations of mathematical formulas and are easily manipulated using the tools available in Adobe Illustrator and do not lose quality with enlargement….
The Expand function in Illustrator transforms brush strokes, text and patterns into vector shapes with editable outlines and anchor points. When you expand a brush stroke, text or pattern, you are no longer able to edit their effects in their respective tool options. For instance, if you edit a brush stroke, you can’t change the…
To find a specific Pantone Color in Illustrator: Go to Window>Swatch Libraries> Color Books.
To remove the recent files on Illustrator cc: Go to Edit>Preferences>File Handling & Clipboard. Under files, in “Number of Recent files to display”, change the number from the default 20 to 0. Relaunch illustrator to effect the changes. And the recent files are gone! Now you can directly choose new document presets right on the…
