FreeHand to Illustrator Migration Guide—Key Terms 8
KEY TERMS
Graphic Hose Tool » Symbol Sprayer
The symbolism tools let you create and modify sets of symbol instances.
You create a symbol set using the Symbol Sprayer tool. You can then use the
other symbolism tools to change the density, color, location, size, rotation,
transparency, and style of the instances in the set. You are not limited to a
particular set of symbols; you can create and use as many as you want. All the
symbols you create are available in the Symbols panel.
Output Area Tool » Multiple Artboards
Controlling the boundaries of your output is best accomplished with multiple
artboards in Illustrator CS4. You can create up to 100 artboards in one le,
each of any size and arranged as you like. You can control ruler parameters,
video and title-safe indicators, and even create artboards within artboards to
dene custom subset areas of artwork. By default all artwork is cropped to an
artboard upon output, and you can choose whether your multiple artboards are
automatically output as separate pages or separate les.
Eraser » Eraser tool
Quickly remove areas of artwork as easily as you erase pixels in Photoshop by
stroking with your mouse or stylus over any shape or set of shapes. New paths
will automatically be created along the edges of your erased stroke with points
laid down economically, but still preserving the smoothness of your erasure.
Styles » Graphic styles
A graphic style is a set of reusable appearance attributes. Graphic styles allow
you to quickly change the look of an object. For example, you can change its
ll and stroke color, alter its transparency, and apply eects in one step. All the
changes you apply with graphic styles are completely reversible and editing the
attributes that make up the graphic style is easy using the Appearances panel.
You can even add styles to an object or group of objects without destroying
existing attributes.
Mixer » Color panel
You use the Color panel to apply color to an object’s ll and stroke, and also
to edit and mix colors. The Color panel can display color values using dierent
color models. By default, only the most commonly used options are visible in
the Color panel. To display the panel, choose Window > Color. To change the
color model, choose Grayscale, RGB, HSB, CMYK, or Web Safe RGB from the
panel menu.
Paste Inside » Clipping Mask
Hide parts of an object or group of objects by dening a path as a clipping
mask, with similar results as pasting contents into a closed path in FreeHand.
Work easily with both masks and masked objects, quickly switching between
them for editing and controlling visibility.
FreeHand Term » Illustrator Term
The Color panel
This intricate foliage was created using
the symbolism tools in Illustrator.
