Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Bringing non-aligned objects into documents with the Align New Objects To Pixel
Grid option enabled does not automatically pixel-align those objects. To make
such objects pixel-aligned, select the object and then select the Align To Pixel Grid
option from the Transform panel. You cannot pixel-align objects such as rasters,
raster effects, and text objects because such objects do not have real paths.
17.
Press the Escape key to hide the Transform panel.
18.
Choose Select > Deselect (if available), and then choose File > Save.
Slicing content
If you create artwork on an artboard and choose File > Save For Web, Illustrator creates a
single image file the size of the artboard. One way around that would be to create multiple
artboards for artwork, each containing a piece of the Web page, like a button, and save each
artboard as a separate image file.
Note
To learn more about creating slices, search for “Create slices” in Adobe Il-
lustrator Help (Help > Illustrator Help).
You can also design your artwork on an artboard and slice the content. In Illustrator, you
can create
slices
to define the boundaries of different Web elements in your artwork. For
example, if you design an entire Web page on an artboard and you want to save a particular
vector shape as a button for your website, that artwork can be optimized in GIF or PNG
format, while the rest of the image is optimized as a JPEG file. You can isolate the but-
ton image by creating a slice. When you save the artwork as a Web page using the Save
For Web command, you can choose to save each slice as an independent file with its own
format and settings.
Next, you will create a new layer that will contain the slices, and then you will create slices
for different parts of the artwork.
1.
Click the Layers panel icon ( ) to open the Layers panel. Click to select the Text
layer. Option-click (Mac OS) or Alt-click (Windows) the Create New Layer button
( ) at the bottom of the Layers panel. In the Layer Options dialog box that ap-
pears, change the name of the layer to
Slices
and click OK. Make sure that the new
layer named Slices is selected and is at the top of the layer stack.
