In this movie I'll show you how you to work with symbols, and I'll also show you …why they are such remarkable time savers. I'm looking at a kind of dimmed out map …of Yellowstone National Park. And you can see that I have a hand full …of these picnic areas that are represented by these picnic table icons. …Now, as opposed to collecting these paths into a group, for example and then …duplicating the group to new locations. What we're seeing is repeated instances …of a single symbol. And to confirm that's the case, I'll go …up to the window menu and choose the Symbols Command.…
Or you can just click on this little Clover icon, over here in the panel Column. …And notice that we do indeed see the picnic area icon here inside the panel. …If you're working along with me, go ahead and click on that symbol, and then go out …to the symbols fly out menu and choose Select All Instances. …And that goes ahead and selects every one of the picnic table icons here inside the …document window. All right, now let's say you want to make a …
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4/30/2013- Setting up angular construction guides
- Kerning and clipping hand-drawn type
- Creating and naming symbols
- Using symbols to simulate master pages
- Creating a gradient mesh
- Using gradients to cast shadows
- Fading artwork with a gradient opacity mask
- Warping and distorting artwork with Liquify and Envelope
- Assembling a seamless pattern brush
- Creating charts and pictographs
- Working in 3D space
Skill Level Advanced
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Q: In the "Assigning colors to mesh points" lesson, I cannot pick up the color of the visible tracing/photograph layer with the Eyedropper tool. What am I missing?
A: Make sure the template file is embedded in your file, not just linked, and try to sample the color again.
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33. Using Smart Guides
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34. Working with Symbols
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Creating and naming symbols6m 42s
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Introducing 9-slice scaling4m 31s
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35. Gradient Mesh
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Creating a gradient mesh4m 23s
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36. Opacity Masks
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Introducing opacity masks6m 24s
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37. Liquify and Envelope
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Introducing the Warp tool7m 50s
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38. Pattern Brushes
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39. Charts and Pictographs
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40. 3D Effects
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Conclusion
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See ya52s
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