In this movie, I'll show you how to take advantage of Nine-Slice Scaling which …despite its wonky name, is a really great feature that allows you to define exactly …which portions of a Symbol Scale. So that you can Stretch a Symbol and have …certain regions stay fixed in size. And it's such a great feature that you …may find it helpful even when you're not interested in replicating artwork. …So the first thing I'm going to do is go up to the File menu and choose the New …Command or you can press Ctrl N or Cmd N on the Mac. …And you want to set the profile to print in order to see the specific symbols that …I'm interested in showing you here. And then you can leave the other options …set to their defaults and click OK. Then go ahead and bring up the symbols …panel, and you'll see the symbols somewhere along the top here, called Trim …Marks with 9 Slice. Go ahead and click on it to select it.…
And then, to introduce the symbol into the artwork, you can drag and drop it, …but that will place the symbol at a specific location inside the document. …
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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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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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36. Opacity Masks
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37. Liquify and Envelope
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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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Video: Introducing 9-slice scaling