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Adobe Illustrator: Get a smooth blur effect


I remember how the pixelated blur effects in Adobe Illustrator made me feel so frustrated back in my IT Elective 4 class. It’s only now that I found out the solution for that problem, after doing a Google search. Here is how we can avoid pixelated blur effects in Adobe Illustrator. Please note that I am using Adobe Illustrator CS4.

  1. Click on Effect.
  2. Choose Document Raster Effects Settings.
  3. Choose High (300 ppi) as your Resolution.

Doing the three steps above enhanced the blur effect on the graphic I am working on. I hope it helps you too.

Adobe Illustrator: If you cannot see or select points


From now on I’ll be posting short entries like this, which will show solutions to small problems in graphics tools, programming, OS, and etcetera.

I was working on an assignment (gradient mesh portrait) on Adobe Illustrator, when suddenly I could not see my mesh points. When I hovered on the mesh object I could see the lines, but clicking doesn’t let me select it. I tried drawing a path using the pen tool to check if I could select anchor points, and found out that I couldn’t select them too.

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