Operation Manual

30 FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide
W O R K I N G W I T H G R A P H I C S
Filters and effects
Many commands for changing the look of objects are available in both the Filter
and Eect menus. For example, all of the commands in the Filter > Artistic
submenu are also listed in the Eect > Artistic submenu. However, lters and
eects result in dierent outcomes, so it’s important to understand the dier-
ence in their use. Eects are live, which means you can apply an eect to an
object and then continue to modify the eect’s options or remove the eect
using the Appearance panel. Eects are nondestructive—they don’t change the
underlying object. Once you apply an eect to an object, the Appearance panel
lists the eect and enables you to edit, move, duplicate, or delete the eect, or
save it as part of a graphic style.
Filters, on the other hand, change the underlying object, and the changes can’t
be modied or removed aer the lter is applied. One advantage to reshaping
an object with a lter is that you have immediate access to the new or modied
anchor points created by the process. (An eect must be expanded before you
have access to the new points.)
Note that when you apply lters or eects to linked bitmap images, the images
will be unlinked and become embedded in the document.
Eects from top to bottom: 3D, Drop Shadow,
Warp.
Document raster effects settings
Whenever you apply a raster eect such as Blur or Sketch, Illustrator uses
the document’s raster eects settings to determine the resolution of the re-
sulting image. These settings have a large impact on the resulting artwork;
therefore, it’s important to check the document raster eects settings before
you start working with lters and eects and, more importantly, before you
export or print your artwork. You set rasterization options in the Document
Raster Eects Settings dialog box (Eect > Document Raster Eects Settings).
Document Raster Eects Settings will be set correctly when you choose the
appropriate New Document prole for any particular medium.
Document Raster Eects Settings dialog box