Graphics Programs Reference
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Jackmore felt she needed to tweak the pattern brush slightly so the dark seam,
rivets, and bolts were better aligned and not cut off. To solve the puzzle about why
her pattern repeat wasn't working perfectly, she dragged the brush from the
Brushes panel onto her artboard to examine more closely how the parts fit together.
An Auto-Sliced corner tile is made of two objects overlapping each other, within an
unstroked, unfilled rectangle defining the corner parameters. To adjust the Corner
tile, Jackmore selected one image object at a time and used the arrow keys to
move it within the tile until she figured out how to solve her problem. She then went
back to Photoshop and made adjustments to the original image, including deleting
one of the bolts, enlarging the ends of the image to extend the bolt-free area, and
adjusting the dark seam on one side to align evenly with the opposite side
(
Photoshop Adjustments
). Once she thought the right changes were made, she
brought the image back into Illustrator and created a new pattern brush. Because
the image was complex, Jackmore had to make a few more trips to Photoshop and
then back to Illustrator to make new brushes with her tiles to finally achieve the
perfect image, and in the end the Auto-Corners worked perfectly (
Final Image
Shown Separated
).
