Wondering if any of you image gurus can help me out on something. I had someone that is good with this stuff put together a marquee for a homebuilt arcade cabinet and I need a color change to the image. I can't have her do it because she's too busy I guess and I can't really get ahold of her anymore.

Its a .ai file and I just need the text color changed. You can see a thumbnail of the marquee here:



I just need the orange colored "Arcade Anthology" changed to pink. I have the exact hex digits for the pink shade I need. If anyone can help just send me a PM and I can email you the actual .ai file. I will be greatly appreciative if anyone has some spare time to help a brother out. Thanks!

7/24/2008 11:13:46 AM

Sounds like you need Illustrator help. Isn't .ai an Adobe Illustrator file?

7/24/2008 11:15:58 AM

I don't see on my PS where it supports .ai files, although it should, seeing as how they're both owned by Adobe, right?

7/24/2008 11:22:23 AM

^ Please learn the difference between vector and raster formats.

7/24/2008 11:27:35 AM

.ai is adobe illustrator

and PS can open AI files but i'm not sure if all the layers would translate properly...

7/24/2008 11:29:36 AM

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"and PS can open AI files but i'm not sure if all the layers would translate properly..."

You really don't want to rasterize a vector file unless you have a reason to. Keep filesize small ftw.

7/24/2008 11:37:02 AM

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"Please learn the difference between vector and raster formats."

you need Illustrator help

7/24/2008 11:45:06 AM

ok, so can anyone help out then? I thought maybe a change this simple would work in Photoshop but I don't want to quality getting shitty. its a pretty huge file (because its a huge image) and I want to get it professionally printed by this marquee company as soon as its finished. Anyone able to help out?

7/24/2008 3:31:29 PM

How big is the file?

7/24/2008 3:33:33 PM

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"I don't see on my PS where it supports .ai files, although it should, seeing as how they're both owned by Adobe, right?"

retarded statement of the day right here folks

7/24/2008 3:41:22 PM

Not really, photoshop handles pdf's just fine, and for half a grand, it had better edit my damned ASCII art if I ask it to.

7/24/2008 8:43:20 PM

i was more saying adobe reader wasn't gonna handle photoshop files.. both by adobe!

7/24/2008 8:48:32 PM

needles: email the file to me tyler@snotmonkey.com, along with the hex codes for the pink colors, and ill make the changes and send it back to you when i get home tonight

7/24/2008 11:25:42 PM

geez, i've never seen people get so fucking haughty over programs they most likely can't use


if by some odd happenstance you cant get up with Tyler(^) needles, send me an IM tomorrow (kiljadn on AIM), and I'll do it for you.


I'd do it right now actually if you were on, but you don't seem to be.

7/24/2008 11:58:58 PM

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" for half a grand"

Oh yeah. I still can't believe I didn't decide to purchase it while I was still in college - could have saved hundreds going through the bookstore.

7/25/2008 12:05:42 AM

^ You're not supposed to use educational priced software for commercial uses.

7/25/2008 12:28:37 AM

You are with Adobe software.

It turns to a full commercial license upon graduation.

7/25/2008 1:32:29 AM

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"Please learn the difference between vector and raster formats."

Two words: Smart Object.



^x? Illustrator layers are not retained on import.

7/25/2008 7:49:52 AM