rjmusto

Hi Hokusai, Thanks a lot for the response - and for the link: very helpful. So it seems that AD is just not capable of exporting shading/gradients in EPS in a way that is reliable for stock images. Pity, I like AD (and AP). R

HI, I am very new to the vector drawing idea, so exploring my way slowly. I have a contributor account with Shutterstock and have tried creating some simple vector drawings for submission. One problem I have is that if I use the Gradient Tool to create shading, then the EPS files submmitted to Shutterstck are always rejected, probably due to some rasterising issue. (I do select rasterise nothing in the export dialogue). I know Shutterstock can be very picky about these things, so is there some set procedure to follow on AD that can make this work? Thanks.

Thanks for the advice. First step then is to pick up a stylus (Bamboo Fineline maybe) and then give Astropad a whirl.

Hi all, I have been thinking about buying a drawing tablet to use with Affinity Designer and have spent a bit of time trying to make sense of all the options. Then it occurred to me that I have a (rather elderly) iPad 2 lying almost unused and maybe that could be used as a drawing tablet...... And, heck, there are a lot of options here too. Two main questions to find answers to: which software to go for, and which stylus? After some reading, it looks like AstroPad is one good option, or Duet. No free trials unfortunately, so no chance to try them first. So I wonder if someone has been through this already and can recommend a combination that works well with AD - and will run on an iPad 2? Thanks a lot, Ralph

Nobody got any info on this one?

I'd like to bump this topic again.... I was also having problems getting any vector drawings accepted by Shutterstock and have found this is due to the artboard size in the EPS file. Although the document size settings and the display on-screen all look ok in AD, if I open the EPS file in Adobe Illustrator (got a trial running on that at the moment), then the artboard is shown much smaller than the drawing. Resizing the artboard in AI and exporting the EPS from there, gives me a file that Shutterstock does accept. So it looks like, either I am not doing the EPS export correctly from AD - maybe missed some settings somewhere? - or AD is not creating the exported file correctly. Anyone got more info on this? (I really d not want to have to pay subs to Adobe, just so I can run files through AI for export) Thanks.