Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
DEL VECHIO
Auto-Overlap uses two copies of the side tile, one oriented vertically and one
horizontally, to align the tiles on their center points. It then removes any excess that
extends above or to the left of the tiles. The two remaining sections still overlap at
their center, but the tile is cut along the overlap edge, the hidden portion is deleted,
and the two parts are joined into the corner tile.
For Auto-Corners to work...
In the Pattern Brush Options field, the field Show Auto Generated Corner Tiles must
be enabled in order for you to have access to the four methods of auto corners.
An inny or an outy?
You must separately set corner methods (None, Auto Generated, or from selected
art) from pop-ups on either side of the main pattern (side) tile; set Outer corners on
the left and Inner corners on the right.
JACKMORE
Brush Corners
Pattern Brushes Made with a Raster Image
Overview:
Isolate a part of a photo to use as a raster brush by creating a mask for it in Photo-
shop or image editor; import image into Illustrator, embed and resize image; create a Pattern
Brush from the raster image; use the Pattern Brush Options to specify the attributes.
Applying a pattern brush along a path is fairly simple, and now Illustrator can help
create the corners for you. In fact, Illustrator can assist in creating corners for raster
brushes!
