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Illustrtator step and repeat
Hi does anybody know of a plug in for Illustrator CS2 and or CS4 I know InDesign has the function but I don’t want to keep swapping between programs.
Cheers Tony -
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Hello Tony,
Have a look at something like stepX by Esko Artwork, I don’t use it myself but I’m sure that this or something similar will do the job.Cheers
Jeremy -
Select the object you want to Step and repeat.
Right click and select transform and move
enter the amount you want to step the object and press copy
the copied item should now be selected
Press CTRL D to repeat as many times as required.
Not exactly Step and repeat but works well. -
OR with the pointer tool selected just hold the alt key down, click and drag, this will duplicate the object and then just hold either the apple key down or ctrl key and press D, this will step and repeat, if you hold the shift key down at the same time when you initially duplicate you can keep everything in line.
Jason
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The way I would do it is to use the "move" command.
Select the artwork you want to repeat and press the "Enter" key.
A dialogue box comes up where you specify the distance you want to move, then press "copy".
That leaves the copy of your artwork selected so, from there you just keep pressing "enter" and "copy" in turn until you have as many as you want.
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Good tips there.
Nothing better than a work flow shortcut.
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Once you’ve done what John said once you can hit CRTL + D to just keep doing it.
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quote Jason Xuereb:Once you’ve done what John said once you can hit CRTL + D to just keep doing it.
Good tip Jason. Thanks.
On a Mac it’s CMD + D though.
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Hi all.
Thanks for all the tips (wow) will try them out when I next get some free time I’m up the wall at the moment!
Still feel adobe are missing out on a function they could easily combine,
think I may rattle their cage.
Thanks again. Tony -
Hi John, sorry old school cmd is the Apple key.
Jas
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quote Jason Davies:Hi John, sorry old school cmd is the Apple key.
I know Jason. I was looking at a new keyboard at the time though, and saw the Apple key had been replaced by CMD. It was the first time I’d noticed. 😀
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Hi I’ve just tried Johns tip combined with Jason’s and it just what I was looking for, I thought there must have been a better way than copy &
paste. Thanks everyone for the input.
Cheers Tony -
Not sure where my last post went but Johns tip did the trick along with Jason’s, I thought there had to be a way.
Many thanks this will make my life a lot easier not having to copy and paste.
Cheers Tony
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