How do I get text along a path, and how do I create my own paths?

[SPYDERIX]

How do I get text along a path, and how do I create my own paths?

Thanks!

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[askIllustrator]

Use any of the shape creation/pen/pencil tools to create your own paths. Use the 'type on path' tool to select a path and set type on it. BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

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[SPYDERIX]

Thanks jAQUAN. Which do you prefer, Ilustrator, or Photoshop. Which is better, can AI do all the same things PS can do?

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[askIllustrator]

Oh man is that a can o worms, check out my FAQ by clicking on the link to the lower right of each post in this string. BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

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[SPYDERIX]

OK, thanks!. Now, for a new question. I have created an image in photoshop but it is a raster image not a vector image, can I convert raster images to vector. I will want to enlarge my image to print the size of a billboard, but the image was made at 1024*768 at 100 DPI. So can I convert this to vector so as to enlarge it? (I'm thinking the answer is no.)You can convert vector to raster though can't you?

Thanks again!

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[askIllustrator]

You can export your vector artwork at any size/resolution you want, but as you suspect you cant go the other way... easily. With a closer study of vectors you'll find that you can simulate almost any photoshop effect with vectors, espesially since AI now has pdf based effects like drop shadows and transparency. I wont even get into how friggin cool the gradient mesh tool is. There are some samples of my work at

http://www.rhythmstudios.com

goto the portfolio and look for the stuff by j stransky. Every single piece there was done using only a scan placed in illustrator. So, to answer your question, yes, you just have to rebuild it. Your biggest help however is going to come from Adobe Streamline. If you have a clean black line scan and you run it through Streamline it will "OCR" it and create vectors that you can save to .ai. The accuracy and quality of the shapes created is amazing and has to be seen to be believed. There is a line drawing of a knight in a suit of armour on one of the Excalibur Hotel/Casino's billboards that I scanned and streamlined off of one of their coupons. It helped that my boss and the CircusCircus execs. were standing right behind me, made me look like scottie in the engine room BEHOLD! As Steve Jobs introduces us the latest in desk-lamp technology!

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[bratz]

Hi, Can anyone please help me out here? How do i embed text and graohics in illustrator 10? I have saved the file as an EPS file but can't get the images and text to save as embedded. So that when i try to open up my artwork again, it loses the fonts and has to substitute them for some other TT font, instead of the type 1 fonts i want. Please help