What are the chances
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- Spookytim
I'm pounding through some editorial illustrations for two magazines. Working in Illustrator CS (1). I have four to do today. I did two, saved them, great. Started the third one, kept it simple, rattled through it and it looks really good. Simple, clean, clever, job done. I draw one last line on the piece and the spinning beachball kicks in. At that point I realise I've rattled through it so quick that I haven't saved the document yet.
I've been to make a coffee... spinning beach ball... I've been for a jiminy piddle... spinning beachball.
Before I forcequit Illustrator and lose the head start on the day I'd created for myself I just thought I'd check in case there was any wisdom out there that I was not privvy to about whether its worth waiting, whether there are any tricks that can kill the ball, and straws that I can cling to at all?
- Spookytim0
'any straws' not 'and straws'
- Spookytim0
* Forces quit
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should inspire you
dnt thank meWeLoveNoise - can't believe i fell for it again
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- moth0
What is it with Mac users? You can't ALL be this stupid.
Saving (at least on a PC) is a simple, idiot proof, two-key operation.
Perhaps you need this: http://macxtosh.free.fr/en/savec…
It's saving for idiots (mac users).
- kelpie0
I feel your pain spook, saving may be a simple 2 key process but when your heads down and you're powering through something in a genuine moment of inspiration its often the last thing you think of doing...
- Aye, that would summarise the situation. I'm back to where I was when it went now though so its all good.Spookytim
- kinross0
screen grab be of any use?
- Spookytim0
It would have been, except at the point where it froze, I'd scrolled to the right of the actual piece to draw something on a bit of clear space, so it had frozen up with the image off the screen.
Its all good now, I re-did it in about 10 minutes... always quicker the second time.
How you doing Kinross?