Envato’s Most Wanted - $1,000 Reward for the First 40 Illustrator Actions

This is so confusing…

I want to record a drop shadow and record the ACTUAL settings, but nope… doesn’t do it.

cool..I might give it a go

I am definitely not interested in making Illustrator actions, but I am just designing another “Wanted” poster, the sequel to the one used in this ad! It will be even better than one of my best selling items, used here…

iamthwee said
This is so confusing… I want to record a drop shadow and record the ACTUAL settings, but nope… doesn’t do it.

That’s right. You can put menu items into actions, but when you replay them the user/you has to manually put in the settings for the effect or whatever. For Graphic River purposes, this would not really make them fully automated. So you are limited in what you can achieve with an Action in that sense.

The other option is to have a dropshadow style in your styles palette and record selecting it in the action, but that would mean you would need to supply the style (and instructions on how to load and use both the style and the action) into your submission. Possibly too complicated for the end user?

Interspace

Interspace said

iamthwee said
This is so confusing… I want to record a drop shadow and record the ACTUAL settings, but nope… doesn’t do it.

That’s right. You can put menu items into actions, but when you replay them the user/you has to manually put in the settings for the effect or whatever. For Graphic River purposes, this would not really make them fully automated. So you are limited in what you can achieve with an Action in that sense.

The other option is to have a dropshadow style in your styles palette and record selecting it in the action, but that would mean you would need to supply the style (and instructions on how to load and use both the style and the action) into your submission. Possibly too complicated for the end user?

Interspace

Yeah my point exactly! Making this pretty useless! The only way I can see this being done is creating some sort of actual script which hooks into illustrator. Lot’s of learning IMO .

Can someone clarify this?

Great! This most wanted seems to be a good oportunity for me to get some bounty… I’ll probably have a go!

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scottwills said

• By entering this contest, you MUST sign and agree to keep any WINNING entries online for a minimum of 2 years: http://www.formstack.com/forms/envato-envatos_most_wanted_entry_agreement See form for full details. This form MUST be completed PRIOR to uploading your items to GraphicRiver if you wish your item(s) to be eligible for Envato’s Most Wanted

Hem… I’m quite confused because on the form I see “THIS FORM MUST ONLY BE COMPLETED ONCE YOUR FIRST ENTRY HAS BEEN APPROVED ON OUR MARKETPLACE .”
??? What should I do?

tangz989 said

scottwills said

• By entering this contest, you MUST sign and agree to keep any WINNING entries online for a minimum of 2 years: http://www.formstack.com/forms/envato-envatos_most_wanted_entry_agreement See form for full details. This form MUST be completed PRIOR to uploading your items to GraphicRiver if you wish your item(s) to be eligible for Envato’s Most Wanted

Hem… I’m quite confused because on the form I see “THIS FORM MUST ONLY BE COMPLETED ONCE YOUR FIRST ENTRY HAS BEEN APPROVED ON OUR MARKETPLACE .”
??? What should I do?

Good question. Hope someone can answer it?

Hey guys, it really does not matter if the form is signed before or after as it amounts to the same thing. But I can see that it would be better to be consistent so I’ve update the announcement to make it consistent. Make sure you complete the authorization form ONCE your item(s) are APPROVED . Thanks!