Operation Manual

USING ILLUSTRATOR

Drawing

Last updated 11/8/2011

You can edit or modify text in the same way as is done in the normal mode. For more information, see “Creating text”

on page 308.

Perspective Grid settings

You can configure the Perspective Grid settings using View > Perspective Grid. The options available include:

Show Rulers This option shows the ruler division only along the true height line. The gridline every determines the

ruler division.

Snap to Grid This option allows snapping to gridlines while bringing in perspective, moving, scaling, and drawing in

perspective.

Lock Grid This option restricts the grid movement and other grid editing using the Perspective Grid tool. Only the

visibility and the plane position can be changed.

Lock Station Point When the Lock Station Point option is selected, moving one vanishing point moves the other

vanishing point in sync with the movement. If not checked, then the movement is independent and the station point

also moves.

Tracing artwork with Live Trace

Trace artwork

If you want to base a new drawing on an existing piece of artwork, you can trace it. For example, you can create a

graphic based on a pencil sketch drawn on paper or on a raster image saved in another graphics program by bringing

the graphic into Illustrator and tracing over it.

The easiest way to trace artwork is to open or place a file into Illustrator and automatically trace the artwork with the

Live Trace command. You can control the level of detail and how the tracing is filled. When you are satisfied with the

tracing results, you can convert the tracing to vector paths or a Live Paint object.

Before and after tracing a bitmap image with the Live Trace command

Automatically trace artwork using Live Trace

1 Open or place a file to use as the source image for the tracing.

2 With the source image selected, do one of the following:

• To trace the image using a tracing preset, click the Tracing Presets and Options button in the Control panel,

and select a preset.

• To trace the image using the default tracing options, click Live Trace in the Control panel, or choose Object >

Live Trace

> Make.