Imagine that you’re creating a complex print document in Adobe Illustrator that contains a bunch of objects that overlap into the bleed as well as the pasteboard—which Illustrator occasionally calls the “canvas.” If you were working in Adobe InDesign, you could hide everything outside the page by invoking the Preview mode. With CC 2019, Illustrator provides its own preview mode in the form of the Trim View command, previewing the artboard minus both the bleed and pasteboard.
- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques!…This week, I got a short one for you,…just a minute, I'd like to brag, but I do not have the time.…You know how InDesign offers a preview mode?…Just press the W key and all the extra junk disappears?…As of CC 2019, so does Illustrator,…only it's not called preview.…See this document?…Aw, it has a bleed in red, and all these objects…overlapping into the pasteboard.…But what does it really look like?…Go up to the view menu, choose trim view.…Everything outside the artboard…including the bleed disappears, and you can still edit.…
Need a shortcut?…Choose edit keyboard shortcuts.…Go to menu commands, find trim view.…Why not Control + M for trim?…On the Mac, hit Command + M and ignore the conflict.…I'm actually delighted with Illustrator CC 2019.…I say actually because, well you know…what the word actually actually means.…I got a follow-up movie on presentation mode…and much much more.…Deke's Techniques each and every week.…Keep watching!…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
4/20/2021Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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A: We publish a new tutorial or tutorials for this course on a regular basis. We are unable to offer a Certificate of Completion because it is an ever-evolving course that is not designed to be completed. Check back often for new movies.
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