Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
You can easily add an image created in an image-editing program to an Adobe Illus-
trator file. This is an effective method for incorporating images into your vector art-
work or for trying out Illustrator special effects on bitmap images.
Getting started
Before you begin, you'll need to restore the default preferences for Adobe Illustrator CC.
Then you'll open the finished art file for this lesson to see what you'll create.
1.
To ensure that the tools and panels function exactly as described in this lesson, de-
lete or deactivate (by renaming) the Adobe Illustrator CC preferences file. See
“
Restoring default preferences
” in the Getting Started section at the beginning of
the topic.
Note
If you have not already downloaded the project files for this lesson to your
computer from your Account page, make sure to do so now. See the “
Get-
ting Started
”
section at the beginning of this topic.
2.
Start Adobe Illustrator CC.
3.
Choose File > Open. Locate the file named L14_end.ai in the Lesson14 folder in
the Lessons folder that you copied onto your hard disk. This is a small poster for a
vacation destination, and you will add and edit graphics in this lesson.
