Illustrator Scripting :: Write A Script That Samples Anchor Points Underlying Color And Applies It?

Mar 5, 2013

script that would sample the underlying color of anchor points in a selected gradient mesh and apply it to them? I was just thinking of ways to speed up the process of creating a vector drawing based on a picture so that all you would have to do is model your mesh and then let the script apply the colors.

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Illustrator Scripting :: Way To Add / Remove / Redistribute Anchor Points On Compound Shape

Sep 10, 2013

I am wondering if there is a way to add/remove/redistribute anchor points on a compound shape so that there are evenly spaced anchors along the outline of that shape.I am aware of the "add anchor points" command. But that adds a new anchor at EVERY midpoint between two anchors. It doesn't smartly calculate where to add and where to avoid adding anchors.

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Illustrator :: Function To Add Median Anchor Between Two Anchor Points

Feb 12, 2014

I'm just wondering if there's some function to add an anchor point on a path between (exactly in the middle) two anchor points. Like Object > Path > Add Anchor Points, except only between two selected anchor points.
 
I'm using Illustrator CC (17.1) on a Mac.

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Illustrator :: Can't Delete Anchor Points With Delete Anchor Point Tool

Aug 30, 2012

I have a shape in illustrator CS6 that I'm trying to edit. When I try to click on a point with the Delete Anchor Point Tool nothing happens however I am able to select the point using the Direct Selection Tool and then remove it using the "Remove selected anchor points" option in the Control palette. Same issue with trying to use the Convert Anchor Point Tool.

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Illustrator Scripting :: VB Syntax For Pathpoint Anchor

Nov 3, 2013

I am trying to (among other things) move a pathpoint that was added on a pathitem rectangle. The add of the pathitem goes well, the add of the pathpoint to the rectangle is fine, although when it it is "added" it picks some arbitrary position, hence the need to change the position, starting with the anchor.
 
I typically write in VB.NET (2013), as I am doing here. Using Illustrator CS6.
 
In VBScript, documentation shows:
    newPoint.Anchor = Array(75, 300)

Using that syntax, I get a pre-complier error in VB.NET, as "Array" is a type and can't be used as an expression.To create an inline array in VB.NET, I would normally use:

    newPoint.Anchor = {75, 300}
Using this syntax, I get a runtime COM-exception error.

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Illustrator Scripting :: How To Add Anchor Point On A Path

Sep 22, 2012

Is there any way to find a specific point on a path, that is not necessarily an anchor point?
 
What I'd like to be able to do is tell Illustrator "Give me the coordinates of the point that's exactly at half of this path's length" or "... exactly 25% ...". And if that's possible, can I somehow add an anchor point to that point, or cut the path at that point?

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Illustrator :: Coordinates Of Anchor Points

Sep 12, 2013

I want to get the coordinates of anchor points in every path layer. Can illustrator itself offer me a list of corrdinates X/Y?

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Illustrator :: Not All Anchor Points Get Corners

Feb 25, 2014

I draw with the pen tool a rectangle... When I click with the direct selection tool on the left side anchors, none of them have the corner widget... The right side anchors / both have corner widgets appearing.
 
I have tried clicking the left-side anchors and converting them to 'corners' both nothing happens..

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Illustrator Scripting :: Move Anchor On Path Item

Jun 21, 2013

All I am trying to do is move an anchor from one location to another using vbscript.  I have searched everywhere and scoured the scripting references but I have not been able to figure this out as of yet.
 
I am able to select anchor points without an issue....moving those points seems to be a problem. 

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Illustrator Scripting :: Resetting Anchor Position Of TextFrameItem?

Feb 21, 2012

Why does this not work? The textFrameItem.anchor behaves as if it is a read only value but it isn't supposed to be. What am I doing wrong?
 
function pointText(onLayer,str){
    var pointText = onLayer.textFrames.add();
    pointText.contents = str;[CODE].....

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Illustrator :: CS5 - Cannot Join Two Overlapped Anchor Points

Mar 21, 2013

[Illustrator CS5]
 
I need to copy and paste path segments in order to create uniform serifs for letters. (For example, specific path curves).
 
So imagine I have a horizontal segment and a curve segment. I mouseover each one seperately and I can see they have anchor points where I want them to merge afterwards. I drag one towards the other to make them intersect. Then I try to select both anchor points and press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + J, but it displays this error: "To join, you must select two open endpoints. (...)" Which makes me think I'm not really selecting both anchor points when they're overlapped.
 
I have the idea that they can't overlap, because my path segment won't detect the anchor point in the other path. They're just visually intersected but not connected.
 
If I try to join them when they aren't overlapped, they will join but distort the original shape of the path segments. I select them both with the Direct Selection tool, pressing Shift to add the second anchor point to the selection, which won't work when they're overlapped because Shift + Clicking will deselect the anchor that seems on top.
 
I also tried various shape modes in pathfinder and nothing works.
 
How can I properly overlap and join / merge them?
 
(I'm using a white fill so I can see the shape forming as I add more anchor points so I'm sure they aren't joined).

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Illustrator :: Anchor Points In Opposite Directions

Jan 31, 2013

I want to move two opposite anchor points in opposite directions so that they are equally spaced. So if I have one anchor point I want to move right and the other left how can i make sure that they have equal spacing apart without having to resort to rulers. Is it possible to select both points and get them to move in opposite direction together?

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Illustrator :: How To Select Individual Anchor Points

Oct 25, 2013

The direct selection and lasso tools keep selecting entire paths. I thought these tools were for selecting individual or small groups of anchor points so that they can be edited. I am using Illustrator CS6, and I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if my program is being buggy.

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Illustrator :: Too Many Anchor Points - How To Simplify Picture

Feb 8, 2013

I'm making a picture and I have a problem - I need a maximum of 2000 anchor points, and I have about 11k.
 
Seems like I have a lot of unnecessary points, but when I try to simplify the picture gets all messed up. Any other way to fix this?
 
Here's part of the picture, you can clearly see that a lot of the points don't have to be there..

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Illustrator :: Measure Path Between Two Given Anchor Points?

Sep 29, 2013

How do I measure  a path between two given anchor points?

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Illustrator :: How To Join Anchor Points Into One Ellipse

Aug 12, 2012

In the above image, I have four symmetrical corners of an ellipse which I'm trying to join together into one ellipse that is perfectly symmetrical. I am trying to line up the anchors perfectly (one corner at time) and then do a join, yet the result is always slightly off. I've been selecting the two points I want to join and using Path -> Average, then Path -> Join to do this, yet as mentioned it's not coming out precise.

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Illustrator :: Anchor Points Move Incorrectly?

Mar 31, 2013

I have Illustrator CS6 for mac ox mountain lion. I was working with a vector image and everything was working fine. Now when i try to move any anchor point, it acts as if its not calabrated, for lack of better terms. If i try to move it one way it snaps twoards another, or if i try to adjust the hadles, they do the same. it doesn't follow my direction like it did befor. Its now impostible to use!

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Illustrator :: Why Don't Handles Show On All Anchor Points In CS5

Jan 25, 2014

When using the pen tool in illustrator I see the handles as I create the object, but when I go to modify it sometimes some of my anchor points don't have handles to manipulate them. I went to show edges, bounding box, and clicked the little handles box but it still doesn't bring handles to certain points I want to curve or straighten.

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Illustrator :: Select Range Of Anchor Points?

Feb 18, 2014

I am working on a scanned black and white image that I image traced in Illustrator. I am now in the process of seperating certain parts of the image from each other for changing colors. I know how to do this, but my way is by using direct select and going in and picking out points and joining them which is going to take ages. Is there any way to say select a range of anchor points on a path (not the whole path, but not individual points either) like shift clicking a range of files in windows explorer? Are there any other ways I can go about this in a more time efficient manner? I am using the Creative Cloud.

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Illustrator :: Corner Anchor Points With Handles?

Jun 20, 2013

Is there such a thing as a corner anchor point with handles? It's quite a common thing in other vector programs (i.e. Inkscape), but I can't change the direction (angle) of the curve leaving/entering a corner anchor point.

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Illustrator Scripting :: How To Get Position Of Point Text From Left Anchor

Jun 9, 2012

I'm trying to get the position of point text from left anchor if left aligned, middle if center aligned and right if right aligned. is this even possible?
 
here are the keys of object I am trying to get at:
 
keys:
 
story : [Story]
contents : export me
textRange : [TextRange]
textSelection : [TextRange]
rowCount : 1
columnCount : 1
rowGutter : 0
columnGutter : 0
flowLinksHorizontally : true
spacing : 0
opticalAlignment : false
kind : TextType.POINTTEXT
contentVariable : undefined
orientation : TextOrientation.HORIZONTAL
 
this is what I am using to get at it:

app.activeDocument.textFrames[2].anchor[0]
 
am i confusing anchor point with baseline position?

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Illustrator :: Making Margins - Anchor Points Disappeared

Feb 14, 2013

I was playing around with the guides making margins ect. I typed some text & went to grab it to expand it & now it wont work? It seems the anchor points are locked or something? I cant drag out the corner of a box to make it bigger or smaller either?

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Illustrator :: How To Distribute Equal Spacing With Anchor Points

Mar 15, 2012

I am working in Lesson 5 of Adobe Illustrator CS5 Classroom in a Book, and am having a problem selecting the 2 anchor points to distribute equal space based on the bottom center anchor point of the violin.  The note said to reference chapter 2, which I have already been through, but even after reading the Illustrator Help dialog on pg 75, I am still at a loss. how to distribute this equal spacing of 2 anchors relative to one anchor point?

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Illustrator :: Moving Individual Anchor Points And Not Whole Path

Oct 25, 2011

I'm used to working with the pen tool in Adobe Photoshop, so Illustrator is just different enough to be problematic, since my automatic keyboard shortcut uses don't quite work. My biggest problem when drawing paths in Illustrator is that I can't figure out how to move individual anchor points without moving the entire connected path. I'm not using the direct selection right, or I don't have the rest of the path deselected properly, or something? How to move only individual anchor points in a path. (I am very tired of trying to move anchor points and ending up scooting the entire path along with it.)
 
General Information:
Windows Vista (relevant only for keyboard shortcuts, I suppose)
Illustrator CS2

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Illustrator :: Change Position Of Anchor Points On Line

May 16, 2013

How do I change the position of  anchor points on my line,  at the moment the anchor points are in the middle of my line, I would like the anchor points on the inside edge of my line so I can make my cut cuides more accurate. I am using illustrator CS6 cloud.

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Illustrator :: Increasing Anchor Points Display Size?

Sep 4, 2012

How can I increase the display size of anchor points? i.e. the vertices.? they are too small to see clearly. i am used to vertice point size of coreldraw.

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Illustrator :: Difference Between Straight And Curved Anchor Points?

Sep 25, 2012

Using the pen tool and plotting anchor points, what is the difference between a straight and a curved anchor point, and how do you know which they are? I know you can drag out curves when drawing with the pen tool, though I am unclear on actual straight and curved anchors.

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Illustrator :: Automatically Delete Anchor Points When New Image Placed On Top?

Sep 5, 2013

I know that I can delete anchor points but I was wondering if there is a shortcut to do it on a larger scale.
 
Can you automatically delete anchor points when a new image is placed on top - so that it 'replaces' the image, only on the parts obviously that you cover with the new one.

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Illustrator :: Adjusting Multiple Anchor Points Of A Path?

Dec 5, 2012

In CS5, and in various documentation it doesn't appear possible to be a way to move multiple anchor points (as it is, in Photoshop). If this is the case... are you kidding me? Even Photoshop can do this.
 
Quite frankly, on my return to Illustrator, it's, as expected, Adobe has pulled a fast one with their suite of software. What was broken years ago is still broken today.
 
Photoshop needs the ability to add gradients to shapes, path brushing, symbols, ie the functionality of Illustrator needs to be placed into Photoshop.

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Illustrator :: Hovering Over Paths Shows Anchor Points Or Something Else?

Sep 14, 2012

As I move the Selection tool over a path I see what looks like a white anchor point that moves along with the selection tool as I hover over the path, however, there are not anchors other than the beginning and ending of this path. Are these anchor points or something else?

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Illustrator :: Join 3 Anchor Points For Intersection Effect?

Sep 16, 2013

I'm seriously stuck trying to join 3 open paths with stroke only, into something of an intersection that is dividing 3 pie slots. However I can't join more than 2 of them, as the screenshot below the third one gets left behind, Join command doesn't work   Because I have the opacity down to 70% you can see the ugly overlap in the intersection and I need to join all the 3 points for them to look as they should. If/how this can be done in Illustrator?

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