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USING ILLUSTRATOR

Creating special effects

Last updated 11/8/2011

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“Effects quick reference” on page 373

Sketch effects

Many of the Sketch effects use black and white colors to redraw the image. The effects are raster-based and use the

document’s raster effects settings whenever you apply the effect to a vector graphic.

Bas Relief Transforms an image to appear carved in low relief and lit to accent the surface variations. Dark areas of the

image are colored black; light colors are colored white.

Chalk & Charcoal Redraws an image’s highlights and midtones with a solid midtone gray background drawn in coarse

chalk. Shadow areas are replaced with diagonal charcoal lines. The charcoal is drawn in black, the chalk in white.

Charcoal Redraws an image to create a posterized, smudged effect. Major edges are drawn boldly while midtones are

sketched using a diagonal stroke. Charcoal is colored black; the paper is colored white.

Chrome Treats the image as if it were a polished chrome surface. Highlights are high points and shadows are low

points in the reflecting surface.

Conté Crayon Replicates the texture of dense dark and pure white Conté crayons on an image. The Conté Crayon

effect uses black for dark areas and the white for light areas.

Graphic Pen Uses fine, linear ink strokes to capture the details in the original image. The effect replaces color in the

original image using black for ink and white for paper. This command is especially striking with scanned images.

Halftone Pattern Simulates the effect of a halftone screen while maintaining the continuous range of tones.

Note Paper Creates an image that appears to be constructed of handmade paper. The effect simplifies an image, and

combines the effect of the Grain command (Texture submenu) with an embossed appearance. Dark areas of the image

appear as holes in the top layer of paper surrounded by white.

Photocopy Simulates the effect of photocopying an image. Large areas of darkness tend to copy only around their

edges; midtones fall away to either solid black or white.

Plaster Molds an image as if from plaster, and then colorizes the result using black and white. Dark areas are raised;

light areas are sunken.

Reticulation Simulates the controlled shrinking and distorting of film emulsion to create an image that appears

clumped in the shadow areas and lightly grained in the highlights.

Stamp Simplifies the image to appear stamped with a rubber or wood stamp. This command is best used with black-

and-white images.

Torn Edges Reconstructs the image as ragged, torn pieces of paper, and then colorizes the image using black and white.

This command is useful for images consisting of text or high-contrast objects.

Water Paper Uses blotchy daubs that appear painted onto fibrous, damp paper, causing the colors to flow and blend.