Nudge palette
version 13, Universal Binary

 1998-2007 Rick Johnson/Graffix
http://rj-graffix.com

Requires Adobe Illustrator version CS3 under Mac OS X on either PPC or Intel Macintosh.

Nudge is a plug-in filter for Adobe Illustrator that performs several functions: 

 It fine-tunes the position of an object's pattern fill
 "Slides" dash pattern forward or backward along a path
 Untransforms a dash pattern, fill pattern, or transformation matrix of a placed or imbedded object
 Copies and pastes transformation matrix from one object to another
 Displays the values of the transformation matrix currently in the palette's clipboard

To use the Nudge filter, select Show Nudge palette from the Window menu. The palette can be docked just like other palettes, and its location will be saved next time you open Illustrator. Select the object(s) you wish to modify, then click on the arrow buttons to move the pattern fill or dashe pattern by one point. Hold down the Command key to move 1/2 point, the Option key to move 1/4 point, the Control key to move 1/8 point. Holding down combinations of these keys will divide the distance it moves even further. Hold down the Shift key to move 2 points, Shift-Command for 4 points, Shift-Option for 8 points, Shift-Control for 16 points, or combinations of Shift and the other modifier keys for larger increments.

Click the "Untransform" button to restore a fill pattern, dash pattern, text object, placed EPS or imbedded raster object to its default setting. This will also remove any transformations such as scaling, rotating, etc., that may have been done to the dash or fill.

Use the popup menu at the upper right corner of the palette to copy, paste or display a transformation matrix. It copies only the first matrix it encounters in the selected art (this version doesn't warn you if it encounters no matrix at all). Note: applying a transformation matrix from one object type to another can have strange results.

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Registering

Feel free to use this plugin for an evaluation period of 50 uses. If you find the plugin useful, please register your software. To do this, you'll need to provide:

 Your name
 Your address
 Your email address, if you have one
 The name, version and platform of the software you're registering
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You can pay the $15 registration fee ($45 site license) in either of two ways.

1) Send U.S. funds or Japanese Money order to:

Rick Johnson/Graffix
P.O. Box 373
Waukesha, WI  53187-0373  USA

2) Register online with your charge card at <http://rj-graffix.com/>. Click the "Register Software" link to go to Kagi's secure order form (be sure to include your user name or business name in the 'Note to vendor" field).

I'll send you a code to register the software, by email if possible.

You can find more help registering your software at <http://rj-graffix.com/software/help>.

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What the heck is Graffix? Some huge corporation? Nope. It's me, an illustrator, and one room where I do my work. You see, I'm not only the programmer and Webmaster, but I spend most of my time actually using the tools I create.

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Legalese:

This software may be freely distributed provided 1) no fee is charged for it and 2) the software is accompanied with this file, both unaltered from the original.

User has 50 trial uses in which to determine whether the software is suitable to his/her needs. Rick Johnson/Graffix assumes no responsibility nor liability for any damages or consequences arising from the use or misuse of this software. Heck, if the wealthiest person in the world and the largest software company on earth can't guarantee smooth sailing under any unforseen conditions, how can an illustrator in Wisconsin do that?

