Search results for query: *

Thanks for your answer. I am using the Direct Selection tool but: Sometimes when you click on an object it shows the path and clicking on a point does not allow you to select the point - i.e. if you click and drag the whole object moves Other times when you click on a point the point moves. I...

Sorry, I know this is really basic but I can't fathom it. Say you take a text character and convert it to outlines. You have a closed path? How do you select one of the points in the path so that: a) you can move it independently of other points b) you can make bezier curve handles appear It...

If you create a closed path with the pen tool - how do you split it? I have tried selecting the object and dragging the knife tool across it. The first time I do this on a new object - it seems to add an additional point to the path, but if you click on and move that point it is clear the path...

Thanks very much for your answer.

Sorry, new to Illustrator and finding it incomprehensible. Can anyone tell my why the pen tool is drawing closed paths. One point ... two points .... three points and, voila, the path is closed and filled. Surely it should draw open paths until you close the path by going back to the first point?

Thank you all very much for your answers. I know you guys all love Illustrator - as someone who has not done any graphics work for about 6 years - used to use Freehand and Quark - boy, sticking a border on a picture in Illustrator seems ... well ... inordinately complicated. But, thanks - I now...

Am I missing something? In this forum you can't reply to a specific message? Anyway thanks for you answers. I am using Illustrator CS on a PC. jmgalvin - if I right click the Pen tool - nothing happens. But I discovered the options appear if I click the pen tool and hold the mouse down (most...

Hi. Can anyone tell me please how to set the background colour and add borders to a text box. I use the text tool to drag out a box and type - so far, so good. I fancy a light tint behind the text - but clicking the fill icon and selecting a fill colour changes the colour of the text. Any help...

Okay I know I'm thick, and I'm new to Illustrator and you all love it. But how do add a border to a photo? You use File .. Place to stick the picture on the page but how can you add a border to it. I have clicked 'stroke' and set stroke values but nothing happens.