Comments on: Fun Film Design Using Illustrator

By: james

james — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:54:12 +0000

the idea of filmstrip is sweet but the end part is confusing – the 3D part
there is a better way for that
Effect / Warp / Flag

even 3D after that works

I played with one and posted on http://www.stlgn.com on the contact page – hope is still there

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:34:35 +0000

I have the same thin line problem. didn’t work for me at all.

By: Cmorales

Cmorales — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:14:47 +0000

I guess nkk and Judi have solved their problems after 2 years (or otherwise they have desisted) but, for anyone interested: in step 11 you have to pay attention to the “surfaces” (top right of that window) and apply the symbol to all of them.

By: Judi

Judi — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:11:04 +0000

nkk, same thing happens with me. I have the symbol created and have followed the 3D steps at least 10 times but just end up with a thin line like you do. I don’t know what to change.

By: nkk

nkk — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:20:44 +0000

Hi. I have tried this tutorial over 10 times. It works till extrude and bevel but as soon as I do fit to scale and preview it the photo strip (which i have made a symbol) just becomes a thin line. Can someone please tell me why this is happening and how to make the complete photo strip as shown here??

By: Jayski

Jayski — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:31 +0000

Great tuto but Laurie saved the day for sure, couldn’t get it to work before picking the right surface.
Anyone else have trouble with the power used for this, I have a pretty big new computer, but she does not like this.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:45:15 +0000

Awesome. I just looked this up to fix an error.

By: Joseph Gardner

Joseph Gardner — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:46:55 +0000

i loved it and it worked perfectly. As far as greg above, he may need to learn to read a tutorial too. Look at link check and surface area and it will work exactly as shown. Fantastic job!

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:41:15 +0000

Would be nice if it worked, but it’s nowhere’s near useable. I used to teach Illustrator back in the day, and you have to learn how to WRITE a tutorial, there’s obviously about 50 missing pieces of info, otherwise it’d work perfectly.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:16 +0000

Hi everyone,
I am hoping you can help me.. I tend to make things more difficult then what it actually is and don’t see the simpliar things sometimes. I am new to illustrator and was wondering about what the size of document should be when you first open it up? I know how to set the size of the rectangle for the filmstrip but unsure of what the right size is for the new document should be all together.. Should I just set it the same size as the filmstrip? Like I said I am making it more difficult I am sure but would like to know what you guys have set yours too. I obviously can’t use the tool unless I have a new document open. Thanks again