Symbols now have an independent layer hierarchy, which is maintained when you expand symbols. You can create sublayers for symbols in symbol editing mode. This type of scaling lets you create movie clip symbols that scale appropriately for use as user interface components, as opposed to the type of scaling typically applied to graphics and design elements. The symbol is conceptually divided into nine sections with a grid-like overlay, and each of the nine areas is scaled independently.
To maintain the visual integrity of the symbol, corners are not scaled, while the remaining areas of the image are scaled as opposed to being stretched larger or smaller, as needed. In Illustrator, you can create 9-slice grid for symbols with rotation, shear, and complex transformations. When you scale a symbol, all the nine areas of the symbol can be scaled independently.
Select the symbol on the artboard or in the Symbols panel and choose Symbol Options from the panel menu. To edit the scaling grid for a symbol, open the symbol in isolation mode by doing one of the following:. To edit the scaling grid for a symbol instance, open the instance in isolation mode by doing one of the following:. Move the pointer over any of the four guides. When the pointer changes to the move pointer, drag the guide.
Scaling still occurs if you move a guide away from the symbol boundaries thus dividing the symbol into less than 9 slices. The symbol scales according to the slice in which it falls.
Exit isolation mode by clicking the Exit Isolation Mode button at the upper-left corner of the artboard or in the Control panel. You can move, scale, rotate, shear or skew , or reflect symbol instances in the same way you can other objects.
You can also perform any operation from the Transparency, Appearance, and Graphic Styles panels and apply any effect from the Effect menu. However, if you want to modify the individual components of a symbol instance, you must first expand it.
Expanding breaks the link between the symbol and the symbol instance and converts the instance to regular artwork. To learn how to select and align objects, including symbols, see this tutorial. The options to Replace a symbol instance with a different symbol , break link when you Expand a symbol instance , and Reset transformations do not work on symbols in perspective.
After you modify a symbol instance, you can redefine the original symbol in the Symbols panel. When you redefine a symbol, all existing symbol instances take on the new definition.
The symbol is replaced in the Symbols panel and is updated in the current file. To create a new symbol with this edited version, drag the modified symbol to the Symbols panel or click New Symbol in the Symbols panel. Illustrator places the components of the symbol instance in a group. Once expanded, you can edit the artwork. If you want to duplicate a symbol in the Symbols panel, for example to create a new symbol based on an existing symbol, duplicate the symbol, not the instance.
See Symbols panel overview. This option does not work for symbols in perspective. See Adding text and symbols in perspective. To reset any transformations to symbols, select the symbol and click the Reset button in the Control panel. You can also select the Reset Transformation option from the Symbols panel menu flyout menu.
Editing and redefining a symbol changes the appearance of the symbol in the Symbols panel, as well as all instances of the symbol on the artboard. Select an instance of the symbol and click Edit Symbol in the Control panel.
When the Alert box opens, click OK. Double-click a symbol in the Symbols panel. A temporary instance of the symbol appears in the center of the artboard. Exit isolation mode by clicking the Exit Isolation Mode button at the upper-left corner of the artboard or in the Control panel or pressing Esc.
You can also apply the pixel-align property to a symbol. Select the artwork that you want to use to redefine an existing symbol. Make sure to select original artwork and not a symbol instance. In the Symbols panel, click the symbol you want to redefine, and choose Redefine Symbol from the panel menu.
The selected artwork automatically becomes an instance of the symbol. The tool looks like this,. The Symbol Screener Tool lets you make symbol instances more transparen t. The Symbol Styler Tool allows you to apply graphics styles to instances. All documents and files that you save in Illustrator are automatically saved in Illustrator format, or AI. However, you have several options when saving your work.
Illustrator will save it under its current name, or give it the default Adobe file name "Untitled-1" if it's the first untitled file you have saved. Otherwise, it might be Untitled-2 or Untitled-3, and so on. First, choose the location on your computer where you want to save the file in the Save In field. You can also specify the type of file that you want it to save as in the Save As Type field.
You can export files to other file formats and programs, as well. You will then be taken to export options. We have shown the options for AutoCAD below. If you do not know the options that you want to use, you can use Illustrator's default options, and then click OK. However, if you are exporting to a file, you should know the options that you need based on the file you have created. The first thing you have to decide is if you want to view the pages that you are going to save as Original, Optimized, or 2-Up.
This allows you to view the document in different layouts. Now, click one of the sample images to change its format.
Our sample image above is in GIF format, as highlighted in red below:. Click the downward arrow in the Preset category and select a new format from the options. You can use the Image Size section to change the image's height and width. You can also make other image adjustments. You will see the Print Options window, as shown below. Then, go to the Printer list downward arrow. Choose the printer that you want to use. Creative Cloud Libraries are displayed in the Libraries panel in Illustrator.
If you create libraries on different computers while using the same Adobe ID, the assets and libraries are all visible in the Libraries panel across computers. Use the Libraries panel to:.
Creative Cloud Library drop-down menu B. Show items as icons C. Show items in a list D. Stock search drop-down E.
Assets F. Add Content icon G. Delete icon. From the context menu, select Copy To or Move To , and then choose the library you want to copy or move assets to.
You can share your libraries with other users for them to view, edit, use, rename, move, or delete the contents of the shared library. If another Creative Cloud subscriber has shared a library with you, you can further share it with other Creative Cloud users.
In the Libraries panel, expand the flyout menu, and choose Collaborate. In the browser page that opens up, provide an email address, and specify what kind of access you would like to provide:. When a library is shared with you, you receive a notification in the Creative Cloud desktop app. Click the bell icon to access your notifications.
In the Libraries panel, select the name of a library that you would not like to share anymore from the drop-down menu. In the browser page that opens up, delete the names of all the users that the Creative Cloud Library is shared with.
In the Libraries panel, select the name of a library that you would not like to collaborate on anymore from the drop-down menu. In the Libraries panel, expand the flyout menu, and click the Leave library option. In the Libraries panel, select the name of a library that you want to delete from the drop-down menu. In the Libraries panel, click the flyout menu, and click the Delete library option.
Hover the mouse pointer on an available color asset to view the name and hexadecimal code of the color. In the New Swatch dialog, define the name, type, mode, and values for the color. After you define the color, select the Add To My Library checkbox. Select a different Library, or choose Create New Library , if you do not want to use the current Library.
To add a Color Group as a Color Theme, your Color Group must have a minimum of one color, and a maximum of five colors. Select a color using the Color Picker dialog and then click OK. When you add a Character Style to your Creative Cloud Library, more than 50 attributes of a piece of text are stored.
Select a text object in the active Illustrator document. The Add Content icon in the Libraries panel is activated.
Click the Add Content icon and choose Character Style from the drop-down menu. If a Character Style does not have the font associated with it on the local computer, a warning icon is displayed at the bottom right corner of the Character Style thumbnail. You can also use a Character Style in the document Use in Document option , so the copy and the Character style are placed into the active document. You can store objects and assets from your document in the Creative Cloud Library.
The assets you store as a Graphic in a Creative Cloud Library retain their vector form. When you reuse a Graphic from a Creative Cloud Library in another Illustrator document, it is in vector form. In the Libraries panel, in the Search Adobe Stock box, type a keyword related to an image that you are searching.
From the results displayed, select an image. You can also choose to either buy the photo or save a preview of the photo to your current library. If you place the pointer on selected image, the License and Save to downloads and Save Preview to Downloads icons are displayed.
If you select the license option, the following pop-up appears for confirmation. The graphic is updated in the Creative Cloud Library, and the thumbnail is automatically refreshed. Also, if the asset was created in Illustrator CC or later, it is a Linked Asset , and Adobe CreativeSync ensures that it is updated across all locations where it is used. In the Libraries panel, right-click a graphic and then choose Delete.
You can add text objects from your document to Creative Cloud libraries and then share them with other users and across applications. You can reuse text assets in libraries across Illustrator or InDesign documents.
If a text objects has effects and appearances applied to it, you must add it to the library as a graphics asset to preserve them. If you want to use the text asset in your document as plain text without any of these associated styles, right-click the text asset in the Libraries panel and choose Place Without Styles from the context menu.
Text assets added to libraries are also available from within the Libraries panel in InDesign. You can edit and use text assets across these two applications. I've already shared some of your tips from class with my colleague! Everyone is amazed how easy it is to draw basic 3D shapes in … read more Thank you! Everyone is amazed how easy it is to draw basic 3D shapes in Illustrator!
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