Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Slicing Images the Easy Way
Illustrator allows you to slice a document into smaller pieces. You might want to slice an
image to create interactive links; however, the best reason is speed. You gain speed by
compressing individual slices to reduce the image size. You can draw directly on an im-
age to create a user-defined slice using the Slice tool. When you create a slice, Illustrat-
or also creates
auto slices
, which fill the space in the image that is not defined by user
defined slices. There are two types of automatic slices: auto slices and subslices. Subslices
show overlapping user-defined slices. User-defined slices are identified by a solid blue
line, while auto slices are identified by dotted red lines. The slices also are numbered from
left to right and top to bottom. If you want to make changes to the slice, you need to select
it first. When you edit or move the layer contents, the slice automatically changes.
